PCNSE PCNSE Advanced Threat Prevention 4

Question 1

Which feature in Advanced Threat Prevention provides protection against evasive C2 traffic that uses encrypted or obfuscated channels?

Accepted Answer

Advanced C2 Prevention using ML models via Inline Cloud Analysis

Answer

Advanced C2 Prevention uses ML-based Inline Cloud Analysis to detect encrypted or obfuscated command-and-control channels that evade signature-based detection.

Question 2

What happens when a firewall running WildFire receives a 'Phishing' verdict for a submitted URL?

Accepted Answer

A phishing signature is generated and distributed to WildFire subscribers

Answer

A Phishing verdict causes WildFire to generate and distribute a new anti-phishing signature to all WildFire-subscribed firewalls.

Question 3

An administrator notices that a Vulnerability Protection profile is consuming high CPU on the firewall. Which action can reduce resource usage without eliminating protection?

Accepted Answer

Enable only 'critical' and 'high' severity signatures in the profile

Answer

Limiting active signatures to critical and high severity reduces the number of patterns inspected per session, lowering CPU overhead while maintaining coverage for the most dangerous threats.

Question 4

Which PAN-OS feature allows administrators to view the behavioral activity of a malware sample analyzed by WildFire, such as file system changes and network connections?

Accepted Answer

WildFire Analysis Report

Answer

The WildFire Analysis Report provides a detailed behavioral breakdown of a submitted sample, including process activity, registry changes, and network communication.

Question 5

A company's compliance policy prohibits sending any internal files to the cloud. Which WildFire deployment mode meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

WildFire private cloud using a WF-500 appliance

Answer

The WF-500 private cloud appliance performs all sandboxing on-premises so no file content leaves the organization's network.

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PCNSE PCNSE Advanced Threat Prevention 4