Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) -2025

PCNSE Training Content

• Firewall Fundamentals:

  Hardware Types

  Interfaces Types

  Zones

  Interface Management Profiles

  Life of a Packet

  Session Types

  Basic Lab & Traffic Troubleshooting

• SSL Decryption:

  SSL/TLS

  Certificates

  Forward Proxy

  Inbound inspection

  Forward Proxy Lab Implementation

• URL Category & Filtering:

  Pre-defined Category

  Custom URL category

  URL Filtering

  URL Category & Filtering Lab Implementation

• IPSec VPN

  IPSec fundamentals

  Phase-1

  Phase-2

  Routed based VPNs & Policy based VPNs

  LAB Configuration

  Troubleshooting Scenarios

• Global Protect:
  Agent
  Portal
  Gateway
  Connection Methods
  Remote-Site VPN
  LAB Configuration and Troubleshooting

• High-Availability:
  Active-Passive setup
  Active-Active setup
  LAB Configuration

  Failover & Troubleshooting Scenarios

• Panorama:
  What is Panorama?
  Panorama Managed devices
  Device Groups
  Templates

  Lab Implementation on Panorama
  Logging & Reporting
  Commit