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    <title>article Introducing our role-based Cortex XDR certifications! in News</title>
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rocket:"&gt;🚀&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; Exciting News! Introducing our role-based Cortex XDR certifications! &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get ready for the launch of the XDR Analyst and the XDR Engineer certifications on April 29, 2025. Explore the datasheets today! Please note that the digital learning paths for both will be published on April 29, 2025.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The Palo Alto Networks Certified XDR Analyst validates the job-ready skills required to demonstrate understanding of the basic architecture, components, and operation of Cortex XDR. Learn more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-analyst" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-analyst&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The Palo Alto Networks Certified XDR Engineer validates the knowledge and skills required for engineers to deploy, configure, manage, onboard data, and create playbooks in a security operations environment using Cortex XDR. Discover more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-engineer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-engineer&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;As a reminder, we will be retiring the PCDRA exam on April 30, 2025. All active PCDRA certifications will remain as such until their stated expiration date. To help you transition to the new XDR certifications, use promo code XDR2025 to enjoy a 30% discount at checkout when registering for XDR Analyst and XDR Engineer exam appointments on or before June 15, 2025. Don't miss this opportunity!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>aallen</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2025-04-30T14:54:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Introducing our role-based Cortex XDR certifications!</title>
      <link>https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/news/introducing-our-role-based-cortex-xdr-certifications/ta-p/1227372</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rocket:"&gt;🚀&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; Exciting News! Introducing our role-based Cortex XDR certifications! &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get ready for the launch of the XDR Analyst and the XDR Engineer certifications on April 29, 2025. Explore the datasheets today! Please note that the digital learning paths for both will be published on April 29, 2025.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The Palo Alto Networks Certified XDR Analyst validates the job-ready skills required to demonstrate understanding of the basic architecture, components, and operation of Cortex XDR. Learn more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-analyst" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-analyst&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The Palo Alto Networks Certified XDR Engineer validates the knowledge and skills required for engineers to deploy, configure, manage, onboard data, and create playbooks in a security operations environment using Cortex XDR. Discover more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-engineer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/palo-alto-networks-xdr-engineer&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;As a reminder, we will be retiring the PCDRA exam on April 30, 2025. All active PCDRA certifications will remain as such until their stated expiration date. To help you transition to the new XDR certifications, use promo code XDR2025 to enjoy a 30% discount at checkout when registering for XDR Analyst and XDR Engineer exam appointments on or before June 15, 2025. Don't miss this opportunity!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>aallen</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-04-30T14:54:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Introducing our role-based Cortex XDR certifications!</title>
      <link>https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/news/introducing-our-role-based-cortex-xdr-certifications/tac-p/1245359#M37</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/158822"&gt;@aallen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;, do you know,&amp;nbsp;what is the exam code and best way for study???&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:38:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>tlmarques</dc:creator>
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