PCCSA - Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity [ 2021 ]

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Exam Title: Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity
Exam Code: PCCSA
Number of Questions: 50 Questions
Duration: 60 min.
Availability: Pearson VUE Testing Center
Test Format: Multiple choice
Passing score: 70%  ( they didn't announce it anymore but is used to be 70% )
Language Exam: English

## Exam Topics ##

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# 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

# 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

# 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