Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Apprentice

There are no pre-requisites for this certification training course.

We basic knowlege in the networking or network security industry.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).

• Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Apprentice

• Cybersecurity
• Network Fundamentals
• Network Security
• Endpoint Security
• Cloud Security
• Security Operations

• Career changers (non-technical roles transitioning to cybersecurity)
• Students (high school, college, or university)
• IT professionals seeking foundational security knowledge
• Emergent workforce with no prior cybersecurity experience

• Identify and describe vulnerabilities and exploits
• Identify and describe the stages of the cyber attack lifecycle
• Identify and describe common attack types (e.g., malware, insider threat, C2, social engineering, AI-powered)
• Identify and describe common threat detection systems
• Identify and describe threat prevention systems and practices (e.g., end user awareness, security updates, antivirus, intrusion prevention systems, firewalls)
• Explain the purpose of a DMZ
• Explain the purpose of Zero Trust
• Identify and describe types of area networks
• Explain external (north-south) and internal (east-west) traffic flow patterns for environments
• Explain the function of a default gateway
• Explain the function of NAT, DNS, and DHCP
• Explain routed protocols and routing protocols
• Explain the TCP/IP model and the OSI model
• Identify and describe devices that operate in Layer 1 through Layer 4 of the OSI model
• Identify and describe network segmentation methods (e.g., IP subnetting, VLAN)
• Explain the function of stateful firewalls and next-generation firewalls (NGFWs)
• Explain the function of URL filtering
• Explain the function of a VPN
• Explain the function of a proxy
• Identify and describe tunneling protocols
• Explain the function of data loss prevention (DLP)
• Explain the function of enterprise browsers
• Identify and describe internet of things (IoT) devices and endpoints
• Explain the objectives of endpoint security and network security
• Identify and describe endpoint security components
• Differentiate between single-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication
• Describe identity and access management (IAM)
• Identify and describe the four cloud-computing deployment models
• Identify and describe common cloud service models
• Explain the cloud shared responsibility model
• Explain cloud security and cloud-native security
• Define common cloud terms (e.g., hosted, virtualization, virtual machine, container, microservice, API)
• Explain the cloud native security platform (CNSP)
• Explain the function of continuous integration and continuous delivery / deployment (CI/CD)
• Explain security operations functions
• Identify methods to optimize security operations center (SOC) performance (e.g., automation and AI, collaboration and information sharing, regular Security policy updates, security framework alignment)
• Define common security operations terms (e.g., event, alert, SOC, DevSecOps, incident response plan, disaster recovery plan)
• Explain the concepts of false positive alerts and false negative alerts
• Explain the function of syslog
• Explain security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) and security information and event management (SIEM)
• Explain AI as it relates to alert analysis