PCCSE Exam Information and Outline
Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer
PCCSE Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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Exam Name: Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE)
Exam Code: Not publicly specified (check Palo Alto's official site for updates)
Total Questions: Approximately 50-60 multiple-choice and scenario-based questions
Exam Duration: 80 minutes (1 hour 20 minutes)
Passing Score: 70-75% (varies slightly based on exam difficulty)
Exam Format: Online proctored or at a Pearson VUE test center
Prerequisites Recommended: Experience with Prisma Cloud- cloud security concepts- and multi-cloud environments
Languages Available: English
1. Prisma Cloud Overview & Architecture
- Prisma Cloud deployment models (SaaS- Self-Hosted)
- Multi-cloud support (AWS- Azure- GCP- Alibaba- OCI)
- Prisma Cloud components (Console- Defender- Access- Compute- Twistlock- RedLock)
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) vs. Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)
- Prisma Cloud licensing & subscription models
- CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management)
- CWP (Cloud Workload Protection)
- Defender (Agent-based protection)
- Compute (Serverless & container security)
- RedLock (Cloud threat detection)
- Twistlock (Container security)
- Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition vs. Business Edition
2. Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
- Cloud asset inventory & visibility
- Compliance benchmarks (CIS- NIST- HIPAA- GDPR- PCI-DSS)
- Risk prioritization & remediation
- Policy as Code (PAC) using Terraform & Sentinel
- Cloud misconfiguration detection & remediation
- Continuous monitoring & drift detection
- CIS Benchmarks
- Drift Detection
- Policy as Code (PAC)
- Resource Query Language (RQL)
- Remediation Workflow
- Cloud Account Integration (AWS IAM- Azure Service Principal- GCP Service Account)
3. Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)
- Host-based & agentless workload protection
- Vulnerability management (CVEs- image scanning)
- Runtime protection for containers & VMs
- Malware & threat detection
- Network segmentation & microsegmentation
- Serverless security (AWS Lambda- Azure Functions)
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Runtime Defense
- Container Image Scanning
- Serverless Security
- Forensic Analysis
- Zero Trust Microsegmentation
4. Identity & Access Security
- Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) best practices
- Role-based access control (RBAC) in Prisma Cloud
- Just-in-Time (JIT) access
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement
- IAM (Identity & Access Management)
- JIT (Just-in-Time Access)
- PAM (Privileged Access Management)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Service Account Security
5. Data Security & Encryption
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for cloud storage
- Encryption (at rest & in transit)
- Key management (AWS KMS- Azure Key Vault- GCP KMS)
- Tokenization & masking
- Cloud Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
- DLP (Data Loss Prevention)
- KMS (Key Management Service)
- Tokenization
- Data Masking
- Encryption in Transit vs. At Rest
6. Threat Detection & Incident Response
- Cloud threat intelligence & anomaly detection
- UEBA (User & Entity Behavior Analytics)
- Automated incident response workflows
- SIEM integration (Splunk- Azure Sentinel)
- Forensic investigation & log analysis
- UEBA (User & Entity Behavior Analytics)
- SIEM Integration
- MITRE ATT&CK Framework
- Forensic Analysis
- Alert Triage
7. Prisma Cloud Administration & Troubleshooting
- Onboarding cloud accounts
- Defender agent deployment & troubleshooting
- Logging & monitoring in Prisma Cloud
- API integration & automation
- Common troubleshooting scenarios
- Defender Logs
- Prisma Cloud API
- Troubleshooting Connectivity Issues
- Cloud Account Onboarding