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PSE-Cortex Palo Alto Networks System Engineer - Cortex Professional Questions and Answers

Questions 4

In addition to migration and go-live, what are two best-practice steps for migrating from SIEM to Cortex XSIAM? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Execution

B.

Certification

C.

Conclusion

D.

Testing

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Questions 5

A Cortex XSOAR customer wants to ingest emails from a single mailbox. The mailbox brings in reported phishing emails and email requests from human resources (HR) to onboard new users. The customer wants to run two separate workflows from this mailbox, one for phishing and one for onboarding.

What will allow Cortex XSOAR to accomplish this in the most efficient way?

Options:

A.

Create two instances of the email integration and classify one instance as ingesting incidents of type phishing and the other as ingesting incidents of type onboarding.

B.

Use an incident classifier based on a field in each type of email to classify those containing " Phish Alert " in the subject as phishing and those containing " Onboard Request " as onboarding.

C.

Create a playbook to process and determine incident type based on content of the email.

D.

Use machine learning (ML) to determine incident type.

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Questions 6

In the DBotScore context field, which context key would differentiate between multiple entries for the same indicator in a multi-TIP environment?

Options:

A.

Vendor

B.

Type

C.

Using

D.

Brand

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Questions 7

What is the primary mechanism for the attribution of attack surface data in Cortex Xpanse?

Options:

A.

Active scanning with network-installed agents

B.

Dark web monitoring

C.

Customer-provided asset inventory lists

D.

Scanning from public internet data sources

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Questions 8

The prospect is deciding whether to go with a phishing or a ServiceNow use case as part of their POC We have integrations for both but a playbook for phishing only Which use case should be used for the POC?

Options:

A.

phishing

B.

either

C.

ServiceNow

D.

neither

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Questions 9

An adversary is attempting to communicate with malware running on your network for the purpose of controlling malware activities or for ex filtrating data from your network. Which Cortex XDR Analytics alert is this activity most likely to trigger ' ?

Options:

A.

Uncommon Local Scheduled Task Creation

B.

Malware

C.

New Administrative Behavior

D.

DNS Tunneling

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Questions 10

Which deployment type supports installation of an engine on Windows, Mac OS. and Linux?

Options:

A.

RPM

B.

SH

C.

DEB

D.

ZIP

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Questions 11

When preparing the golden image in a Cortex XDR Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment, which step is required?

Options:

A.

Disable automatic memory dumps.

B.

Scan the image using the imagepreptool.

C.

Launch the VDI conversion tool.

D.

Enable the VDI license timeout.

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Questions 12

Which two troubleshooting steps should be taken when an integration is failing to connect? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Ensure the playbook is set to run in quiet mode to minimize CPU usage and suppress errors

B.

Confirm the integration credentials or API keys are valid.

C.

Check the integration logs and enable a higher logging level, if needed, view the specific error.

D.

Confirm there are no dashboards or reports configured to use that integration instance.

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Questions 13

The certificate used for decryption was installed as a trusted root CA certificate to ensure communication between the Cortex XDR Agent and Cortex XDR Management Console What action needs to be taken if the administrator determines the Cortex XDR Agents are not communicating with the Cortex XDR Management Console?

Options:

A.

add paloaltonetworks com to the SSL Decryption Exclusion list

B.

enable SSL decryption

C.

disable SSL decryption

D.

reinstall the root CA certificate

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Questions 14

Which four types of Traps logs are stored within Cortex Data Lake?

Options:

A.

Threat, Config, System, Data

B.

Threat, Config, System, Analytic

C.

Threat, Monitor. System, Analytic

D.

Threat, Config, Authentication, Analytic

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Questions 15

A customer has 2700 endpoints. There is currently concern about recent attacks in their industry and threat intelligence from a third-party subscription. In an attempt to be proactive, phishing simulations have been prioritized, but the customer wants to gain more visibility and remediation capabilities specific to their network traffic.

Which Cortex product provides these capabilities?

Options:

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Questions 16

Which product enables the discovery, exchange, and contribution of security automation playbooks, built into Cortex XSOAR?

Options:

A.

XSOAR Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)

B.

XSOAR Automated Systems

C.

XSOAR Ticketing Systems

D.

XSOAR Marketplace

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Questions 17

A customer has purchased Cortex XSOAR and has a need to rapidly stand up the product in their environment. The customer has stated that their internal staff are currently occupied with other projects.

Which Palo Alto Networks service offering should be recommended to the customer?

Options:

A.

Deployment

B.

Onboardinq

C.

Fast-Track

D.

QuickStart

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Questions 18

What are two reasons incident investigation is needed in Cortex XDR? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

No solution will stop every attack requiring further investigation of activity.

B.

Insider Threats may not be blocked and initial activity may go undetected.

C.

Analysts need to acquire forensic artifacts of malware that has been blocked by the XDR agent.

D.

Detailed reports are needed for senior management to justify the cost of XDR.

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Questions 19

When preparing for a Cortex XSOAR proof of value (POV), which task should be performed before the evaluation is requested?

Options:

A.

Ensuring that the customer has single sign-on (SSO) configured in their environment

B.

Building out an executive-IeveI proposal detailing the product capabilities

C.

Planning for every different use case the customer has for the solution

D.

Gathering a list of the different integrations that will need to be configured

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Questions 20

Which task allows the playbook to follow different paths based on specific conditions?

Options:

A.

Conditional

B.

Automation

C.

Manual

D.

Parallel

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Questions 21

Why is Premium Customer Success an important part of any Cortex bill of materials?

Options:

A.

It provides full implementation services.

B.

It provides managed threat hunting

C.

It provides instructor-led training courses.

D.

It provides expert-led configuration guidance.

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Questions 22

" Bob " is a Demisto user. Which command is used to add ' Bob " to an investigation from the War Room CLI?

Options:

A.

#Bob

B.

/invite Bob

C.

@Bob

D.

!invite Bob

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Questions 23

Which Cortex XDR license is required for a customer that requests endpoint detection and response (EDR) data collection capabilities?

Options:

A.

Cortex XDR Pro per TB

B.

Cortex XDR Endpoint

C.

Cortex XDR Prevent

D.

Cortex XDR Pro Per Endpoint

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Questions 24

Rearrange the steps into the correct order for modifying an incident layout.

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Options:

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Questions 25

Which technology allows a customer to integrate Cortex Xpanse with third-party applications or services, assets, and IP ranges while leveraging investigation capabilities?

Options:

A.

POSTMAN

B.

Webhook

C.

REST API

D KPI

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Questions 26

What allows the use of predetermined Palo Alto Networks roles to assign access rights to Cortex XDR users?

Options:

A.

role-based access control

B.

cloud identity engine

C.

endpoint groups

D.

restrictions security profile

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Questions 27

A customer wants the main Cortex XSOAR server installed in one site and wants to integrate with three other technologies in a second site.

What communications are required between the two sites if the customer wants to install a Cortex XSOAR engine in the second site?

Options:

A.

The Cortex XSOAR server at the first site must be able to initiate a connection to the Cortex XSOAR engine at the second site.

B.

All connectivity is initiated from the Cortex XSOAR server on the first site via a managed cloud proxy.

C.

Dedicated site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) is required for the Cortex XSOAR server at the first site to initiate a connection to the Cortex XSOAR engine at the second site.

D.

The Cortex XSOAR engine at the first site must be able to initiate a connection to the Cortex XSOAR server at the second site.

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Questions 28

How does an " inline " auto-extract task affect playbook execution?

Options:

A.

Doesn ' t wait until the indicators are enriched and continues executing the next step

B.

Doesn ' t wait until the indicators are enriched but populate context data before executing the next

C.

step. Wait until the indicators are enriched but doesn ' t populate context data before executing the next step.

D.

Wait until the indicators are enriched and populate context data before executing the next step.

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Questions 29

In Cortex XDR Prevent, which three matching criteria can be used to dynamically group endpoints? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Domain/workgroup membership

B.

quarantine status

C.

hostname

D.

OS

E.

attack threat intelligence tag

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Questions 30

Which type of log is ingested natively in Cortex XDR Pro per TB?

Options:

A.

Google Kubernetes Engine

B.

Demisto

C.

Docker

D.

Microsoft Office 365

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Questions 31

Which two areas of Cortex XDR are used for threat hunting activities? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

indicators of compromise (IOC) rules

B.

query builder

C.

live terminal

D.

host insights module

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Questions 32

Which Cortex XDR capability extends investigations to an endpoint?

Options:

A.

Log Stitching

B.

Causality Chain

C.

Sensors

D.

Live Terminal

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Questions 33

Which Cortex XDR capability allows for the immediate termination of a process discovered during investigation of a security event?

Options:

A.

file explorer

B.

Log stitching

C.

live sensor

D.

live terminal

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Questions 34

When integrating with Splunk, what will allow you to push alerts into Cortex XSOAR via the REST API?

Options:

A.

splunk-get-alerts integration command

B.

Cortex XSOAR TA App for Splunk

C.

SplunkSearch automation

D.

SplunkGO integration

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Questions 35

The Cortex XDR management service requires which other Palo Alto Networks product?

Options:

A.

Directory Sync

B.

Cortex Data Lake

C.

Panorama

D.

Cortex XSOAR

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Questions 36

A test for a Microsoft exploit has been planned. After some research Internet Explorer 11 CVE-2016-0189 has been selected and a module in Metasploit has been identified

(exploit/windows/browser/ms16_051_vbscript)

The description and current configuration of the exploit are as follows;

PSE-Cortex Question 36

What is the remaining configuration?

A)

PSE-Cortex Question 36

B)

PSE-Cortex Question 36

C)

PSE-Cortex Question 36

D)

PSE-Cortex Question 36

Options:

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

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Questions 37

Which Cortex XSIAM license is required if an organization needs to protect a cloud Kubernetes host?

Options:

A.

Attack Surface Management

B.

Cortex XSIAM Enterprise

C.

Identity Threat Detection and Response

D.

Cortex XSIAM Enterprise Plus

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Questions 38

How does the integration between Cortex Xpanse and Cortex XSOAR benefit security teams?

Options:

A.

By enhancing firewall rule management

B.

By enabling automatic incident response actions for internet-based incidents

C.

By providing real-time threat intelligence feeds

D.

By automating endpoint detection and response (EDR) processes

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Questions 39

For which two purposes can Cortex XSOAR engines be deployed? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

To execute recurring daybooks based on specific time schedules or changed to a feed

B.

To add processing resources for a heavily-used integration via load-balancing groups.

C.

To integrate with tools in a network location that the Cortex XSOAR server cannot reach directly

D.

To connect Cortex XSOAR to all required Palo Alto Networks resources such as the Cortex Gateway

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Questions 40

When running a Cortex XSIAM proof of value (POV), why is it important to deploy the Cortex XDR agent?

Options:

A.

It will prevent all threats in the environment.

B.

It is used to enforce license compliance.

C.

It runs automation daybooks on the endpoints.

D.

It provides telemetry for stitching and analytics.

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Questions 41

What is the difference between an exception and an exclusion?

Options:

A.

An exception is based on rules and exclusions are on alerts

B.

An exclusion is based on rules and exceptions are based on alerts.

C.

An exception does not exist

D.

An exclusion does not exist

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Questions 42

In addition to incident volume, which four critical factors must be evaluated to determine effectiveness and ROI on cybersecurity planning and technology?

Options:

A.

Analyst, training costs, duplicated, false positives

B.

People, staffing costs, duplicates, false positives

C.

People, security controls, mean time to detect, false positives

D.

Standard operating procedures, staffing costs, duplicates, mean time to respond

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Questions 43

Within Cortex XSIAM, how does the integration of Attack Surface Management (ASM) provide a unified approach to security event management that traditional SIEMs typically lack?

Options:

A.

By providing a queryable dataset of ASM data for threat hunting

B.

By offering dashboards on ASM data within the management console

C.

By manually correlating of ASM data with security events

D.

By enriching incidents with ASM data for all internet-facing assets

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Questions 44

Which option is required to prepare the VDI Golden Image?

Options:

A.

Configure the Golden Image as a persistent VDI

B.

Use the Cortex XDR VDI tool to obtain verdicts for all PE files

C.

Install the Cortex XOR Agent on the local machine

D.

Run the Cortex VDI conversion tool

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Questions 45

Which two formats are supported by Whitelist? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

Regex

B.

STIX

C.

CSV

D.

CIDR

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Questions 46

What does the Cortex XSOAR " Saved by Dbot " widget calculate?

Options:

A.

amount saved in Dollars according to actions carried out by all users in Cortex XSOAR across all incidents

B.

amount saved in Dollars by using Cortex XSOAR instead of other products

C.

amount of time saved by each playbook task within an incident

D.

amount of time saved by Dbot ' s machine learning (ML) capabilities

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Questions 47

Why is reputation scoring important in the Threat Intelligence Module of Cortex XSOAR?

Options:

A.

It allows for easy comparison between open-source intelligence and paid services.

B.

It deconflicts prioritization when two vendors give different scores for the same indicator.

C.

It provides a mathematical model for combining scores from multiple vendors.

D.

It helps identify threat intelligence vendors with substandard content.

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Questions 48

When initiated, which Cortex XDR capability allows immediate termination of the process-or entire process tree-on an anomalous process discovered during investigation of a security event?

Options:

A.

Live sensors

B.

Live terminal

C.

Log forwarding

D.

Log stitching

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Questions 49

Which resource can a customer use to ensure that the Cortex XDR agent will operate correctly on their CentOS 07 servers?

Options:

A.

Administrator Guide

B.

Compatibility Matrix

C.

Release Notes

D.

LIVE community

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Questions 50

Which two filter operators are available in Cortex XDR? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

< >

B.

Contains

C.

=

D.

Is Contained By

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Exam Code: PSE-Cortex
Exam Name: Palo Alto Networks System Engineer - Cortex Professional
Last Update: May 26, 2026
Questions: 168

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