Palo Alto Networks PSE-SWFW-Pro-24 Exam Questions

When a virtual machine moves between hosts and its IP address changes (or if it's assigned a new IP from a pool), traditional static security policies become ineffective. Dynamic Address Groups solve this problem.

A . Dynamic Address Groups: These groups automatically update their membership based on criteria such as tags, VM names, or other dynamic attributes. When a VM moves and its IP address changes, the Dynamic Address Group automatically updates its membership, ensuring that security policies remain effective without manual intervention. This is the correct solution for this scenario.

B . Dynamic User Groups: These groups are based on user identity and are used for user-based policy enforcement, not for tracking IP addresses of VMs.

C . Dynamic Host Groups: This is not a standard Palo Alto Networks term.

D . Dynamic IP Groups: While the concept sounds similar, the official Palo Alto Networks terminology is 'Dynamic Address Groups.' They achieve the functionality described in the question.

Cloud NGFW for Azure and VM-Series share certain functionalities due to their common PAN-OS foundation.

Why A, C, and D are correct:

A . Panorama management: Both Cloud NGFW for Azure and VM-Series firewalls can be managed by Panorama, providing centralized management and policy enforcement.

C . Transparent inspection of private-to-private east-west traffic that preserves client source IP address: Both platforms support this type of inspection, which is crucial for security and visibility within Azure virtual networks.

D . Inter-VNet inspection through a transit VNet: Both can be deployed in a transit VNet architecture to inspect traffic between different virtual networks.

Why B and E are incorrect:

B . Inter-VNet inspection through Virtual WAN hub: While VM-Series can be integrated with Azure Virtual WAN, Cloud NGFW for Azure is directly integrated and doesn't require a separate transit VNet or hub for basic inter-VNet inspection. It uses Azure's native networking.

E . Use of routing intent policies to apply security policies: Routing intent is specific to Cloud NGFW for Azure's integration with Azure networking and is not a feature of VM-Series. VM-Series uses standard security policies and routing configurations within the VNet.

Palo Alto Networks Reference:

Cloud NGFW for Azure Documentation: This documentation details the architecture and integration with Azure networking.

VM-Series Deployment Guide for Azure: This guide covers deployment architectures, including transit VNet deployments.

Panorama Administrator's Guide: This guide explains how to manage both platforms using Panorama.

A . VM-Series firewalls cannot be used to protect container environments: This is incorrect. While CN-Series is specifically designed for container environments, VM-Series can also be used in certain container deployments, often in conjunction with other container networking solutions. For example, VM-Series can be deployed as a gateway for a Kubernetes cluster.

B . All NGFW platforms support API integration: This is correct. Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including PA-Series (hardware), VM-Series (virtualized), CN-Series (containerized), and Cloud NGFW, offer robust API support for automation, integration with other systems, and programmatic management. This is a core feature of their platform approach.

C . Panorama is the only unified management console for all NGFWs: This is incorrect. While Panorama is a powerful centralized management platform, it's not the only option. Individual firewalls can be managed locally via their web interface or CLI. Additionally, Cloud NGFW has its own management interface within the cloud provider's console.

D. CN-Series firewalls are used to protect virtualized environments: This is incorrect. CN-Series is specifically designed for containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift), not general virtualized environments. VM-Series is the appropriate choice for virtualized environments (e.g., VMware vSphere, AWS EC2).

Firewall flex credits and authcodes are used to license VM-Series firewalls. The methods for using authcodes during bootstrapping include:

A . /config/bootstrap.xml file of complete bootstrapping package: The bootstrap.xml file is a key component of the bootstrapping process. It can contain the authcode for licensing.

B . /license/authcodes file of complete bootstrap package: A dedicated authcodes file within the bootstrap package is another valid method for providing license information.

C . Panorama device group in Panorama SW Licensing Plugin: While Panorama manages licenses, specifying authcodes directly via a device group is not the typical method for bootstrapping. Panorama usually manages licenses after the firewalls are bootstrapped and connected to Panorama.

D . authcodes= key value pair of Azure Vault configuration: While using Azure Key Vault for storing and retrieving secrets (like authcodes) is a good security practice for ongoing operations, it's not the primary method for initial bootstrapping using flex credits. Bootstrapping typically relies on the local bootstrap package.

E . authcodes= key value pair of basic bootstrapping configuration: This refers to including the authcode directly in the bootstrapping configuration, such as in the init-cfg.txt file or via cloud-init.

Software NGFW credits and deployment profiles manage licenses for VM-Series firewalls.

A . Edit the current deployment profile to remove the Advanced URL Filtering license: This is the correct approach. Deployment profiles are used to define the licenses associated with VM-Series firewalls. Modifying the profile directly updates the licensing for all firewalls using that profile.

B . On the firewall, issue this command: > delete url subscription license: This command does not exist. Licenses are managed through the deployment profile, not directly on the firewall via CLI in this context.

C . Add a new deployment profile with all the licenses selected except Advanced URL Filtering: While this would work, it's less efficient than simply editing the existing profile.

D . Delete the current deployment profile from the cloud service provider: This is too drastic. Deleting the profile would remove all licensing and configuration associated with it, not just the Advanced URL Filtering license.