Updated NetSec Analyst Exam Dumps (V10.02) – Prepare for Your Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Analyst Exam 2026

1. A security administrator wants to determine which action a URL Filtering profile will take on the URL “www.chatgpt.com”. The firewall has a custom URL object with “www.chatgpt.com” as a member called “Permitted-AI.” The URL “www.chatgpt.com” is also categorized as “Artificial-Intelligence,” “Computer-and-Internet-Info,” and “Low-Risk.” The URL Filtering profile has the following in descending order:

Artificial-Intelligence set to continue

Computer-and-Internet-Info set to block

Low-Risk set to alert

Permitted-AI set to allow

Which action will the URL Filtering profile take when traffic matches the “www.chatgpt.com” URL on a rule with this profile attached? (Choose one answer)

2. DNS rewrite can only be configured on a NAT rule with which type of destination address translation?

3. A user reports that they can reach a website, but the page elements are not loading correctly. The analyst suspects that a security profile is silently dropping some of the web content.

Which log, when filtered by the user's IP, will show the specific Content-ID match that is causing the partial page failure?

4. What is a primary benefit of using "Templates" within Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager?

5. A firewall administrator implementing Palo Alto Networks best practices on the company firewall reviews NGFW alerts in Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) and determines that one alert does not apply to this environment. If the administrator has no intention to resolve the underlying issue, what is the appropriate next step?

6. What are two valid pattern types in a Data Filtering profile? (Choose two.)

7. A security administrator is creating an internet of things (IoT) Security policy and needs to select behaviors for the traffic.

Which characteristic has the greatest impact to the risk level of applications?

8. An analyst wants to create a custom application for an internal tool that uses a specific proprietary protocol.

Which information is required to ensure the firewall correctly identifies this application using App-ID?

9. Based on the image below, what is a risk associated with this configuration?

10. A company requires that all file transfers only over HTTP (tcp/80 and tcp/8080) to SaaS storage must be inspected for data exfiltration. Traffic to encrypted HTTPS SaaS storage cannot be inspected based on the company decryption restrictions.

When using a security profile group, which Security policy configuration meets this requirement?

11. To comply with new regulations, a company requires all traffic logs related to the "HR-App" application across all Security policies be sent to a compliance syslog server. A Log Forwarding profile already exists to send logs to a default syslog server.

What is the most efficient process for configuring an NGFW to comply with the new regulations without disrupting existing traffic logs being sent to the default syslog server?

12. What is an important consideration when defining custom data patterns for data loss prevention (DLP) on Palo Alto Networks platforms? (Choose one answer)

13. A firewall administrator is creating an application override rule to bypass Layer 7 inspection for a pre-defined application.

What is the expected behavior for Content-ID checks for this application?

14. There are intermittent connectivity issues between two internal zones on a PA-Series firewall. Although the Security policies appear correctly configured, traffic between the zones is experiencing unexpected drops.

Which troubleshooting step will isolate the root cause of this behavior?

15. An administrator is using Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) and notices that several firewalls are reporting a low health score due to "Untrusted Certificates" being used for management.

Which specific SCM dashboard provides the fastest way to identify which certificates are nearing expiration across the entire estate?

16. How often should external dynamic lists be updated to ensure effective Security policy enforcement?

17. A financial company is deploying NGFWs with the Advanced SD-WAN subscription to improve uptime and bandwidth across thousands of ATMs. The company requires that traffic flows to the internal application needed by the ATMs always use the path with the lowest latency and packet loss.

Which unique SD-WAN rule parameters meet this criteria?

18. What is the benefit of the Command Center’s centralized dashboard in Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)?

19. What is the most granular method for ensuring that traffic to a firewall’s public IP address on the public interface is translated to the private IP address of the web server?

20. Which aspect of a network’s current health does the Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) Device Health dashboard provide?

21. An analyst determines that several sanctioned, predefined applications are being intermittently blocked, even though there is an existing policy permitting them. An investigation reveals that the applications are using non-standard ports, which is causing them to be blocked. The applications are critical for business operations, and the analyst has approval to allow them.

Which configuration adjustment should be implemented to ensure secure access to the applications?

22. Beyond being a SaaS-based delivery platform, what is an advantage of Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)

over Panorama? (Choose one answer)

23. An analyst needs to prevent users from downloading executable files from "High-Risk" URL categories while allowing them from "Business-and-Economy." Which profile should be configured to achieve this specific file-type restriction?

24. A Palo Alto Networks NGFW for a high-security environment is being configured and requires a security profile group that includes vulnerability protection. When configuring the action based on the severity of the threat types, what does Palo Alto Networks recommend? (Choose one answer)

25. An analyst notices latency on the firewall and wants to improve performance.

Which steps can be taken to reduce management plane CPU while working to determine the underlying problem?

26. Which log type should be checked first using Log Viewer when a user reports being unable to access a specific website?

27. 1.Which action ensures that a Panorama push will not fail due to pending local firewall changes?

28. Which type of object should be used to ensure that a Security policy rule automatically updates when a new virtual machine is spun up in a public cloud environment and assigned a specific tag?

29. A security analyst is using the Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) Policy Optimizer to create specific and focused rules. The analyst accepts the new rules from Policy Optimizer and updates the rule base, but the traffic does not hit these new rules.

Which action needs to be taken to resolve this issue?

30. Which action ensures that sensitive information such as medical records, financial transactions, and legal communications are not decrypted and that they maintain strong security?