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PCNSA Palo Alto Networks Associate

Palo Alto Certified Network Security Administrator

NGFW architecture and setup, security policies and NAT, Content-ID, URL filtering, GlobalProtect.

Program: Palo Alto Firewall Engineer
Certification
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator
Exam
PCNSA
Level
Associate
Modules
4

About this class

PCNSA teaches you to configure and manage Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. You start with architecture and initial setup, then move to security policies and NAT, Content-ID, URL filtering and threat prevention, and GlobalProtect VPN and monitoring.

The course is hands-on and centred on the tasks a firewall administrator performs every day.

Who it's for: Network and security administrators, support engineers and anyone starting to work with Palo Alto Networks firewalls.

Prerequisites: Basic networking knowledge (IP, routing, NAT). Firewall experience is helpful.

Career roles

  • Firewall / network security administrator
  • Security operations analyst
  • Network engineer
  • Managed-security-service engineer

What you will learn

Curriculum

  1. Palo Alto NGFW Architecture Initial Setup
  2. Security Policies NAT Configuration
  3. Content ID URL Filtering Threat Prevention
  4. GlobalProtect VPN Monitoring

Industry trends: why this matters now

Next-generation firewalls

Application- and user-aware policy has replaced simple port-based rules.

Zero-trust segmentation

Firewalls enforce fine-grained segmentation inside the network, not just at the edge.

SASE and cloud-delivered security

Security services are increasingly delivered from the cloud to remote users and branches.

Threat-intelligence-driven prevention

Cloud-delivered analytics update protections automatically.

Your certification pathway

  1. Networking / security foundations
    For example CompTIA Network+ or Security+
  2. PCNSA Network Security Administrator This class
    Administer Palo Alto Networks firewalls
  3. PCNSE Network Security Engineer
    Design, deploy and troubleshoot at scale

This class follows the PCNSA objectives. The certification validates day-to-day firewall administration skills and leads naturally to the PCNSE engineer certification.

Class schedule

No classes are scheduled for this course yet.

Training materials

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