90 practice questions for Palo Alto Networks Network Security Professional, with full explanations.
Every question comes with the correct answer, the reasoning behind it, and a short note on why each wrong option is wrong. Work through it once with the answers, then again with the questions-only copy under exam conditions.
- 90 questions mapped to the Network Security Professional exam blueprint
- Answers and explanations for every question, including the wrong options
- A questions-only PDF for timed practice runs
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Last updated September 2026 · 90 questions
What makes the Network Security Professional exam hard
Network Security Professional is where the new Palo Alto Networks track starts, sitting where PCNSA used to, and its datasheet was refreshed in June 2026. It is a breadth exam: every product in the network security portfolio, what it does, and entry-level configuration, rather than deep PAN-OS work. Two of the six domains are about explaining products, not configuring them, and the June 2026 refresh added quantum security risks, AI-related security risks and Next-Generation Trust Security, none of which exist in older material.
Platform Solutions, Services and Tools is the biggest domain at 30%: security efficacy of NGFW and Prisma SASE, every CDSS component from IoT security, Enterprise DLP and SaaS Security to PAN-OS SD-WAN, Premium GlobalProtect, Advanced WildFire, Advanced Threat Prevention, Advanced URL Filtering and Advanced DNS, AIOps and Best Practice Assessment, NGTS for identity governance and trust, harvest-now-decrypt-later and post-quantum readiness, and AI application access and data exposure. Fundamentals and Infrastructure Management are 17% each: App-ID inspection, slow path versus fast path, SSL Forward Proxy, Inbound Inspection and SSH Proxy, Content-ID, Zero Trust, User-ID, Device-ID and zones, then policies, profiles and updates for CDSS, IoT security and DLP, and configuration management in Strata Cloud Manager and Panorama. The maintenance domain is only 10%, which tells you how conceptual this exam is.
About the exam
The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Professional is a Professional-level certification covering network security fundamentals, NGFW and SASE solution functionality, platform solutions, services and tools including CDSS, NGTS, quantum and AI security, solution maintenance and configuration, infrastructure management, and connectivity and security. No prerequisites. Datasheet dated June 2026.
Exam domains
- Network Security Fundamentals: 17%
- NGFW and SASE Solution Functionality: 13%
- Platform Solutions, Services, and Tools: 30%
- NGFW and SASE Solution Maintenance and Configuration: 10%
- Infrastructure Management and CDSS: 17%
- Connectivity and Security: 13%
90 minutes, multiple choice and multiple select, US$200 per attempt, in person at Pearson VUE test centres only (no online proctoring), certification valid for two years. Palo Alto Networks does not publish a fixed passing score.
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