Based on https://www.reddit.com/r/paloaltonetworks/comments/9bxun8/pncse_study_guide_notes/
- Platforms and Architecture
- Initial Configuration
- Interface Configuration
- Security and NAT Policy Configuration
- App-ID
- Content-ID
- URL Filtering
- Decryption
- Wildfire
- User-ID
- Global Protect
- Site to Site VPN's
- Monitoring and Reporting
- High Availability
- Security Best Practices
- Panorama Overview
- Initial Configuration
- Adding Firewalls to Panorama
- Templates
- Device Groups
- Administrative Accounts
- Log Collection and Forwarding
- Aggregated Monitoring and Reporting
- Panorama Design
- Troubleshooting
- Overview
- The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle
- Block Packet-Based and Protocol-Based Attacks
- Blocking Threats from Known-Bad Sources
- Blocking Threats Using App-ID
- Blocking Threats Using Custom Applications
- Creating Custom Threat Signatures
- Blocking Threats in Encrypted Traffic
- Blocking Threats in Allowed Traffic
- Blocking Threats from Stolen Credentials
- Viewing Threat and Traffic Information
- For PCNSE exam, EDU 114 is optional
- For PCNSA exam, only these topics are relevant: