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Palo Alto Networks PSE-SoftwareFirewall Exam Overview :

Exam Name: Palo Alto Networks Systems Engineer (PSE): Software Firewall Professional
Exam Code: PSE-SoftwareFirewall
Certifications: Palo Alto Networks PSE Certification
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Palo Alto Networks PSE-SoftwareFirewall Exam Topics :

Section Weight Objectives
Software Firewall Fundamentals 14% This domain covers a variety of software firewall types, such as subscriptions to Cloud-Delivered Security Services, cloud next-generation firewalls, and VM-Series and CN-Series firewalls. It also looks at other licencing choices such pay-as-you-go, Enterprise Licence Agreement subscriptions, and Flex licencing.
Securing Environments with Software Firewalls 16% This section focuses on methodologies for securing data centers, including segmentation, virtualization, application visibility and control, and VPN connectivity controls.
Deployment Architecture 18% This domain looks at popular centralised and distributed VM-Series deployment types and describes how to use VM-Series firewalls in centralised and distributed environments, particularly for high availability scenarios and Google Cloud Platform deployments.
Automation and Orchestration 16% This section covers software firewall management tools like Panorama, Helm charts, and cloud-specific interfaces. It also describes automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and AWS CloudFormation templates.
Technology Integration 13% This domain explains how Intelligent Traffic Offload integrates with VM-Series firewalls and outlines the deployment process for VM-Series and CN-Series software firewalls using third-party marketplaces and Panorama.
Troubleshooting 13% This section focuses on troubleshooting CN-Series and VM-Series software firewalls, covering both deployment and traffic-related issues.
Management Plugins and Log Forwarding 10% The final domain describes Cloud NGFW log forwarding destinations for various cloud platforms and the use of management plugins for public clouds, Kubernetes, and VMware environments.

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