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Palo Alto Networks Certified


Cybersecurity Entry-Level Technician (PCCET)


Validates Knowledge and understanding of fundamental cybersecurity, network security, cloud security, and Security Operations Center (SOC) solutions





Objectives

This certification validates foundational knowledge and understanding of industry-recognized cybersecurity and network security concepts as well as various cutting-edge advancements across all Palo Alto Networks technologies.


Target Audience

This certification is designed for the emergent workforce, students, tradespeople transitioning into cybersecurity, hiring managers seeking entry-level technical help, technical professionals, educators, and any non-technical individuals interested in validating comprehensive knowledge of current cybersecurity tenets.


Recommended Prerequisites

There are no recommended prerequisites for this exam.



Course Details

1. Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

  • Distinguish between Web 2.0 and 3.0 applications and services
  • Describe port-scanning methodologies and their impact
    • Nonstandard ports
    • Identify applications by their port number
  • Recognize applications used to circumvent port-based firewalls
  • Differentiate between common cloud computing service models
    • SaaS
    • PaaS
    • IaaS
  • Describe the business processes of supply-chain management
  • Describe the vulnerabilities associated with data being stored in the SaaS environment
    • Describe roles within a SaaS environment
    • Describe security controls for SaaS applications
  • Describe the impact of governance, regulation, and compliance
    • Differentiate between compliance and security
    • Identify major cybersecurity laws and their implications
  • Describe the tactics of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Identify a leading indicator of a compromise
    • Describe how to use CVE
    • Describe how to use CVS
  • Identify the different attacker profiles and motivations
    • Describe the different value levels of the information that needs to be protected (political, financial, etc.)
  • Describe the different phases and events of the cyberattack lifecycle
    • Describe the purpose of command and control (C2)
  • Identify the characteristics, capabilities, and appropriate actions for different types of malwares and ransomware
  • Differentiate between vulnerabilities and exploits
    • Differentiate between various business email compromise attacks
    • Identify different methodologies for social engineering
    • Identify the chain of events that result from social engineering
  • Identify what chain of events follows an attack
  • Differentiate between the functional aspects of bots and botnets
    • Describe the type of IoT devices that are part of a botnet attack
  • Differentiate the TCP/IP roles in DDoS attacks
    • Differentiate between DoS and DDoS
  • Describe advanced persistent threats
  • Describe risks with Wi-Fi networks
    • Differentiate between common types of Wi-Fi attacks
    • Describe how to monitor your Wi-Fi network
  • Describe perimeter-based network security
    • Identify the types of devices used in perimeter defense
  • Describe the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
  • Describe the transition from a trusted network to an untrusted network
    • Differentiate between North-South and East-West zones
  • Describe Zero Trust
    • Identify the benefits of the Zero Trust model
    • Identify the design principles for Zero Trust
    • Describe a microperimeter
    • Differentiate between Trust and Untrust zones
  • Describe the integration of services for network, endpoint, and cloud
  • Identify the capabilities of an effective Security Operating Platform
    • Describe the components of the Security Operating Platform

  • Differentiate between hubs, switches, and routers
    • Given a network diagram, Identify the icons for hubs, switches, and routers
  • Describe the use of VLANs
  • Differentiate between routed and routing protocols
  • Differentiate between static and dynamic routing protocols
    • Differentiate between link state and distance vector
  • Identify the borders of collision and broadcast domains
  • Differentiate between different types of area networks
    • WAN
    • LAN
  • Describe the advantages of SD-WAN
  • Describe the purpose of the Domain Name System (DNS)
    • Describe how DNS record types are used
    • Identify a fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
    • Describe the DNS hierarchy
  • Differentiate between categories of IoT devices
    • Identify the known security risks and solutions associated with IoT
  • Identify IoT connectivity technologies
  • Differentiate between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
    • Describe binary-to-decimal conversion
    • Describe IPv4 CIDR notation
    • Describe IPv4 classful subnetting
    • Given a scenario, identify the proper subnet mask
    • Describe the purpose of subnetting
    • Describe the structure of IPv4 and IPv6
    • Describe the purpose of IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
  • Describe the purpose of a default gateway
  • Describe the role of NAT
  • Describe OSI and TCP/IP models
    • Identify the order of the layers of both OSI and TCP/IP models
    • Compare the similarities of some OSI and TCP/IP layers
    • Identify the protocols and functions of each OSI layer
  • Describe the data-encapsulation process
    • Describe the PDU format used at different layers
  • Identify the characteristics of various types of network firewalls
    • Traditional firewalls
    • Next-generation firewalls
    • Differentiate between NGFWs and traditional firewalls
  • Describe the application of NGFW deployment options (i.e., PA-, VM- and CN-Series)
  • Differentiate between intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems
    • Differentiate between knowledge-based and behavior-based systems
  • Describe virtual private networks
    • Describe when to use VPNs
  • Differentiate between the different tunneling protocols
  • Describe the purpose of data loss prevention
    • Classify different types of data (e.g., sensitive, inappropriate)
  • Differentiate the various types of security functions from those that are integrated into UTM devices
  • Describe endpoint security standards
    • Describe the advantages of endpoint security
    • Describe host-based intrusion detection/prevention systems
    • Differentiate between signature-based and behavioral-based malware protection
    • Describe application block and allow listing
    • Describe the concepts of false-positive and false-negative alerts
    • Describe the purpose of anti-spyware software
  • Identify differences in managing wireless devices compared to other endpoint devices
  • Describe the purpose of identity and access management
    • Single- and multi-factor Authentication
    • Separation of duties and impact on privileges
    • RBAC, ABAC, DAC, and MAC
    • User profiles
  • Describe the integration of NGFWs with the cloud, networks, and endpoints
  • Describe App-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID
  • Describe Palo Alto Networks firewall subscription services
    • WildFire
    • URL Filtering
    • Threat Prevention
    • DNS Security
    • IoT Security
    • SD-WAN
    • Advanced Threat Prevention
    • Advanced URL Filtering
    • GlobalProtect
    • Enterprise DLP
    • SaaS Security Inline
    • Virtual Systems
  • Describe network security management
    • Identify the deployment modes of Panorama
    • Describe the three components of Best Practice Assessment (BPA)

  • Describe the NIST cloud service and deployment models
  • Recognize and list cloud security challenges
    • Describe the vulnerabilities in a shared community environment
    • Describe cloud security responsibilities
    • Describe cloud multitenancy
    • Differentiate between security tools in various cloud environments
    • Describe identity and access management controls for cloud resources
    • Describe different types of cloud security alerts and notifications
  • Identify the 4 Cs of cloud native security
  • Describe the purpose of virtualization in cloud computing
    • Describe the types of hypervisors
    • Describe characteristics of various cloud providers
    • Describe economic benefits of cloud computing and virtualization
    • Describe the security implications of virtualization
  • Explain the purpose of containers in application deployment
    • Differentiate containers versus virtual machines
    • Describe Container as a Service
    • Differentiate a hypervisor from a Docker Container
  • Describe how serverless computing is used
  • Describe DevOps
  • Describe DevSecOps
  • Illustrate the continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline
  • Explain governance and compliance related to deployment of SaaS applications
    • Describe security compliance to protect data
    • Describe privacy regulations globally
    • Describe security compliance between local policies and SaaS applications
  • Describe the cost of maintaining a physical data center
  • Differentiate between data-center security weaknesses of traditional solutions versus cloud environments
  • Differentiate between east-west and north-south traffic patterns
  • Describe the four phases of hybrid data-center security
  • Describe how data centers can transform their operations incrementally
  • Describe the cloud-native security platform
  • Identify the four pillars of Prisma Cloud application security
  • Describe the concept of SASE
  • Describe the SASE layer
    • Describe sanctioned, tolerated, and unsanctioned SaaS applications
    • List how to control sanctioned SaaS usage
  • Describe the network-as-a-service layer
  • Describe how Prisma Access provides traffic protection
  • Describe Prisma Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

  • Describe the main elements included in the development of SOC business objectives
  • Describe the components of SOC business management and operations
  • List the six essential elements of effective security operations
  • Describe the four SecOps functions
    • Identify
    • Investigate
    • Mitigate
    • Improve
  • Describe SIEM
  • Describe the purpose of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)
  • Describe the analysis tools used to detect evidence of a security compromise
  • Describe how to collect security data for analysis
  • Describe the use of analysis tools within a security operations environment
  • Describe the responsibilities of a security operations engineering team
  • Describe the Cortex platform in a security operations environment and the purpose of Cortex XDR for various endpoints
  • Describe how Cortex XSOAR improves security operations efficiency
  • Describe how Cortex Data Lake improves security operations visibility
  • Describe how XSIAM can be used to accelerate SOC threat response


Fees Structure : 15500 INR / 185 USD
Total No of Class : 186 Video Class
Class Duration : 120:30 Working Hours
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