PCNSA
Overview
The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator is an instructor-led, hands-on certification training course. Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) is a customer-centric certification designed to help customers learn and work towards the Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE). The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) can work with Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls to protect networks from the latest cyber threats. The PCNSA certification validates the member’s ability to configure key features of a Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall and the ability to effectively deploy firewalls to secure network traffic based on who (User-ID), what (App-ID), and when (Policy) while ensuring security (Content-ID).
The PCNSA exam should be taken by anyone who wants to demonstrate a deep understanding of PaloAlto Networks technologies, including customers using PaloAlto Networks products, value-added resellers, pre-sales systems engineers, system integrators and system administrators.
This certification training course is available in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Australia and Live Virtually.
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Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth
Course Type
- Full-Time (Weekdays)
Days
- Monday to Friday
Time
- 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Duration
- 5 days
Price
- $1849
Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth
Course Type
- Part-Time (Weeknights)
Days
- Mondays and Tuesdays
Time
- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Duration
- 5 weeks
Price
- $1849
Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth
Course Type
- Part-Time (Weekends)
Days
- Saturdays only
Time
- 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Duration
- 5 weeks
Price
- $1849
Available
Live Virtual Online
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In-House Training
Pre-requisites
- You will have two to three years of experience in the networking or security industry and the equivalent of 6 months' experience working full-time on a Palo Alto Networks security operating system
Exam
- Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator
- The certification exam can be registered and attempted within 3 months of course/module completion at our training centre on weekdays during normal business hours (excludes public holidays)
Books
- Course material for Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator provided
Delivery Method
- Instructor-led Classroom Training at our premises.
- Live Virtual Online Training attend in real-time from anywhere
- In-House Training at your premises (4+ participants)
Skills Gained
- You can deploy, configure and install Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform components
- You understand the unique aspects of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform and how to deploy it appropriately
- You understand the network and security policies used by PAN-OS® software
Audience
- Sales executives
- System engineers
- Security administrators
- Students of cybersecurity
- Security administrators are responsible for the operation and management of the Palo Alto Networks network security suite
Course Outline
- Identify the components of the Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Portfolio
- Identify the components and operation of Single-Pass Parallel Processing architecture
- Given a network design scenario, apply the Zero Trust security model and describe how it relates to traffic moving through your network
- Identify stages in the cyberattack lifecycle and firewall mitigations that can prevent attacks
- Identify and configure firewall management interfaces
- Identify how to manage firewall configurations
- Identify and schedule dynamic updates
- Configure internal and external services for account administration
- Given a network diagram, create the appropriate security zones
- Identify and configure firewall interfaces
- Given a scenario, identify steps to create and configure a virtual
- Identify the purpose of specific security rule types
- Identify and configure Security policy match conditions, actions, and logging options
- Given a scenario, identify and implement the proper NAT solution
- Given a scenario, select the appropriate application-based Security policy rules
- Given a scenario, configure application filters or application groups
- Identify the benefits and differences between the Heatmap and the BPA reports
- Identify the purpose of application characteristics as defined in the App-ID database
- Identify the potential impact of App-ID updates to existing Security policy rules
- Identify the tools to optimize Security policies
- Identify features used to streamline App-ID policy creation
- Given a risk scenario, identify and apply the appropriate Security Profile
- Identify the difference between Security policy actions and Security Profile actions
- Given a network scenario, identify how to customize Security Profiles
- Identify the firewall’s protection against packet- and protocol-based attacks
- Identify how the firewall can use the cloud DNS Security to control traffic based on domains
- Identify how the firewall can use the PAN-DB database to control traffic based on websites
- Identify how to control access to specific URLs using custom URL filtering categories
- Given a scenario, identify an appropriate method to map IP addresses to usernames
- Given a scenario, identify the appropriate User-ID agent to deploy
- Identify how the firewall maps usernames to user groups
- Given a graphic, identify User-ID configuration options