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The new Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) exam

afontana — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:15:29 GMT

Any info on this exam. On the PA cert web site it says it is coming soon.

Thanks

Re: The new Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) exam

MP18 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:34:02 GMT

which is this exam ?

never heard of it?

Re: The new Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) exam

LeslieGomba — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:40:14 GMT

This is still in Beta until the end of the year.

I was taking the EDU-210 class earlier this month, and the instructor mentioned that this was for System Administrators and that the EDU-210 class is what is recommended for this PCNSA certification.

Its free to take/schedule until the end of the year, I scheduled one for Dec 30th 🙂

My understanding is that this is like PCNSE but without Panorama, CLI, Traps .. (as per the instructor).

The Overview section of the provided Beta Study Guide states

"The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) is a formal, third‐party proctored certification that indicates that those who have passed it possess the in‐depth knowledge to design, install, configure, and maintain most implementations based on the Palo Alto Networks platform.
This exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills necessary to implement Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall PAN-OS® 8.1 platform in any environment. This exam will not cover Aperture and Traps."

Regards ... Leslie

Re: The new Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) exam

afontana — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:50:04 GMT

Thanks Leslie, that clears it up. May I ask where you scheduled the exam at? I checked on Pearson Vue and

its not listed as an option.

Re: The new Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) exam

LeslieGomba — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:24:24 GMT

You send an email to

Certification <certification@paloaltonetworks.com>

requesting this exam, and they provide you a

"Private Access Code"

"The Beta version of the PCNSA exam will be offered at no cost from Dec 10, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018. To sign up, please go to https://home.pearsonvue.com/paloaltonetworks and use the Private Access Code provided"

Regards ... Leslie