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Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Architect

NETWORK-SECURITY-ARCHITECT

The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Architect certification validates the skills and experience required to architect secure, highly available, and scalable systems using the Palo Alto Networks network security portfolio. Designed for experienced architects, it confirms your ability to translate technical and business requirements into complex security blueprints aligned with industry frameworks and compliance objectives. Earning this credential demonstrates your expertise in designing for Zero Trust across the network security platform.

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10Domains

45Objectives

215Practice pages

986Free questions

NETWORK-SECURITY-ARCHITECT free practice questions

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1.1 Design User-ID and device health, host information profile (HIP) and security posture, and Device-IDbased least privilege access Security policy controls

16 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–16

1.2 Design and differentiate between network segmentation and microsegmentation

26 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–26

1.3 Differentiate access to specific applications

15 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15

1.4 Implement continuous security scanning of allowed traffic to stop malware and exploits

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

1.5 Implement continuous monitoring and analytics of zero trust environment

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

3.1 Architect Panorama and log collectors

23 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–23

3.2 Architect Strata Cloud Manager (SCM), Strata Logging Service, and Cloud Identity Engine

23 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–23

3.6 Evaluate Cloud Identity Engine use cases

12 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–12

4.1 Architect Prisma Access in regional and global deployments

20 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20

4.2 Differentiate between on-ramp and off-ramp architectures

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

4.3 Determine private application access through Prisma Browser

20 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20

5.1 Evaluate Prisma Browser, Prisma Access Agent, explicit proxy, and GlobalProtect use cases

16 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–16

5.2 Architect GlobalProtect connection methods: On-demand, User-logon (Always On), Pre-logon (Always On)

16 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–16

5.3 Architect Prisma Access Mobile Users

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

5.4 Design AI-Powered Autonomous Digital Experience Manager (ADEM)

34 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–34

6.1 Compare and design branch architectures for SASE security and HA

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

6.2 Evaluate advanced security for Prisma SD-WAN

20 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20

7.1 Differentiate between SaaS Security Inline and SaaS API Security

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

7.2 Determine the most secure approach for SaaS application usage control

30 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30

7.3 Analyze and architect to Enterprise DLP functionality

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

8.1 Architect Device Security

21 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–21

8.2 Differentiate between IoT sensor placement options

24 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–24

8.3 Explain visibility functionality (e.g., NGFW, virtual metadata collector, Prisma SD-WAN, PAN-OS SD-WAN)

23 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–23

8.4 Evaluate and design to Device-ID capabilities

21 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–21

8.5 Confirm and design to Device Security capabilities

27 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–27

9.1 Explain NGFW standard integrations, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

9.2 Design for maintenance and security across CSP environments

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

9.3 Design to AWS NGFW standards

16 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–16

9.4 Design to Azure NGFW standards

14 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–14

9.5 Design to GCP NGFW standards

19 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–19

9.6 Justify VM-Series and Cloud NGFW solutions

11 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–11

10.1 Assess private cloud scope and capacity requirements

14 questions · 3 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–14

10.2 Design VM-Series deployments across hypervisors (e.g., AHV, KVM, ESXi)

31 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–31

10.3 Evaluate SSL decryption versus performance trade-offs

22 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–22

10.4 Architect HA deployment for private cloud resilience

16 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–16

10.5 Explain Layer 3 deployment routing considerations

27 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–27

10.6 Evaluate systems management options and considerations

25 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25

10.8 Evaluate SSL inspection sizing requirements

17 questions · 4 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–17

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Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Architect

NETWORK-SECURITY-ARCHITECT free practice questions

Domain 1 · Zero Trust Enterprise11% of practice bank · 5 objectives · 104 questions11%

Domain 2 · AI Security9% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 89 questions9%

Domain 3 · Centralized Management and IAM14% of practice bank · 6 objectives · 138 questions14%

Domain 4 · SSE Private Application Access6% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 59 questions6%

Domain 5 · Mobile User Security9% of practice bank · 4 objectives · 91 questions9%

Domain 6 · Modernizing Branches5% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 45 questions5%

Domain 7 · Data Security8% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 77 questions8%

Domain 8 · Securing IoT Environments12% of practice bank · 5 objectives · 116 questions12%

Domain 9 · Public Cloud10% of practice bank · 6 objectives · 98 questions10%

Domain 10 · Private Cloud (PA-Series, VM-Series, Hypervisors)17% of practice bank · 8 objectives · 169 questions17%