PSE-Strata Exam Dumps : Palo Alto Networks System Engineer Professional - Strata

To run Cortex XDR effectively, the following three mandatory components are required:

NGFW with PANOS 8.0.5 or Later: The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) running PANOS 8.0.5 or later is necessary to provide advanced security features and integration with Cortex XDR.

Cortex Data Lake: This component is essential for storing and analyzing large volumes of data, providing the necessary infrastructure for Cortex XDR to perform threat detection and response.

Traps: Traps (now part of Cortex XDR Endpoint Protection) is essential for endpoint protection, helping to prevent, detect, and respond to threats on endpoints.

These components work together to provide comprehensive threat detection and response capabilities within the Cortex XDR framework.

The command show mlav cloud-status is used to verify that the machine learning-based antivirus (MLAV) for portable executable (PE) files is functioning correctly within the Palo Alto Networks WildFire environment. This command provides the status of the machine learning model updates and their integration with the antivirus profile. If the model is working properly, this command will return information indicating that the MLAV service is active and synchronized with the cloud-based threat intelligence. This ensures that the firewall is effectively leveraging machine learning to identify and block malicious PE files.

Decryption Broker on a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) provides two primary benefits:

Offloading SSL decryption: The NGFW decrypts traffic once and then forwards it to multiple security devices for inspection, avoiding the need to decrypt and re-encrypt traffic multiple times, thus improving efficiency.

Reducing third-party devices: By handling SSL decryption within the NGFW, the need for separate, dedicated SSL decryption devices is eliminated, reducing the complexity and number of devices required for network security.

These features streamline traffic analysis and enforcement while maintaining robust security.

References: Palo Alto Networks Decryption Broker documentation.