Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Associate (PCCSA) :-

Palo Alto Networks is recognized around the world as a leading provider of cybersecurity products. Palo Alto Networks certification validates an IT professional's knowledge and skills in security management using Palo Alto products.The aim of the Palo Alto certification path is to give IT professionals the opportunity to demonstrate the skills required to secure the internet.

Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Associate (PCCSA) Exam Topics:

Cybersecurity Foundation :-

1. Cybersecurity Landscape

• Modern computing trends

• New application framework and threat vectors

• Turbulence in the cloud

• SaaS application risks

• Compliance and security are not the same

• Recent high-profile cyber-attack examples

2. Cyberthreats

• Attacker profiles and motivations

• Modern cyber-attack strategy

3. Endpoint security basics

4. Cyber-attack Techniques and Types

• Malware

• Vulnerabilities and exploits

• Spamming and phishing

• Bots and botnets

Spamming botnets

DDoS botnets

Financial botnets

5. Wi-Fi and Advanced Persistent Threats

• Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

Wired equivalent privacy

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2/WPA3)

• Wi-Fi man-in-the-middle attacks

Evil Twin

Jasager

SSLstrip

• Advanced Persistent Threats

2 . Cybersecurity Gateway

1. The Connected Globe

• The NET: How things connect

• Introduction to networking devices

• Routed and routing protocols

• Area networks and topologies

• Domain Name System (DNS)

2. Physical, Logical, and Virtual Addressing

• IP addressing basics

• Introduction to subnetting

3. Packet Encapsulation and Lifecycle

• The OSI and TCP/IP models

• Data encapsulation

4. Network Security Models

• Perimeter-based network security strategy

• Zero Trust security

Core Zero Trust design principles

Zero Trust conceptual architecture

Key Zero Trust criteria and capabilities

Implementing a Zero Trust design

5. Cloud and Data Center Security

• Cloud computing depends on virtualization

• Cloud computing security considerations and requirements

• Traditional data security solution weaknesses

• East-west traffic protection

• Implementing security in virtualized data centers

6. Network Security Technologies

• Firewalls

Packet filtering firewalls

Stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewalls

Application firewalls

• Intrusion detection and prevention systems

• Web content filters

• Virtual private networks

Point-to-point tunneling protocol)

Layer 2 tunneling protocol

Secure socket tunneling protocol

Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption

OpenVPN

Internet Protocol Security

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

• Data loss prevention

• Unified Threat Management

• Security information and event management

7. Endpoint security

• Anti-malware

Signature-based

Container-based

Application whitelisting

Anomaly detection

• Anti-spyware

• Personal firewalls

• Host-based Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS)

• Mobile device management

8. Cloud, Virtualization, and Storage Security

• Cloud computing

• Virtualization

• Local and remote storage

9. Networking Concepts

Server and system administration

Patch management

Configuration management

• Directory services

• Structured host and network troubleshooting

• ITIL fundamentals

• Help desk and technical support

3. Cybersecurity Essentials

1. Security Operating Platform

2. Network Security

Next-generation firewalls

Application identification

User Identification

Content identification

Log correlation and reporting

Palo Alto Networks Expedition (Migration Tool)

Network security management (Panorama)

3. Endpoint Protection

Advanced endpoint protection (Traps)

Malware prevention

Exploit prevention

Traps deployment architecture

Traps in action

Mobile security and VPN management (GlobalProtect)

4. Cloud Security

Cloud monitoring and compliance (Evident)

SaaS security (Aperture)

SaaS threat prevention

Data exposure visibility

Contextual data exposure control

Advanced document classification

Retroactive policy

5. Application Framework and Logging Service

• Behavioral analytics (Magnifier)

• Log management (Logging Service)

• Threat intelligence (AutoFocus)

Priority alerts and tags

Threat correlation

Actionable intelligence

• Threat indicator sharing (MineMeld)

• Malware analysis (WildFire)

Behavior-based cyberthreat discovery

Threat prevention with global intelligence sharing

Integrated logging, reporting, and forensics

I have prepared this practice test course for all those candidates who are planningof taking Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Associate (PCCSA) Exam in near future.

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