Exam PCNSE topic 1 question 80 discussion

Actual exam question from Palo Alto Networks's PCNSE

Question #: 80
Topic #: 1

An administrator has been asked to configure a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to provide protection against external hosts attempting to exploit a flaw in an operating system on an internal system.
Which Security Profile type will prevent this attack?

A. Vulnerability Protection
B. Anti-Spyware
C. URL Filtering
D. Antivirus

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by benfero at June 9, 2020, 5:36 p.m.

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guilherme_a

Highly Voted 4 years, 5 months ago

A is correct. Because anti-spyware has identified compromised outgoing traffic. Vulnerability Protection identifies incoming traffic.

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benfero

Highly Voted 4 years, 7 months ago

A is correct

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Marshpillowz

Most Recent 1 year ago

Selected Answer: A

A is correct

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TAKUM1y

2 years, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: A

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-web-interface-help/objects/objects-security-profiles-vulnerability-protection

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UFanat

2 years, 7 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A is correct

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Biz90

3 years, 3 months ago

Answer here is A. Key word here is 'Flaw' that a flaw can be classed as a vulnerability, in which can then be further exploited by an attacker.

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lol1000

4 years, 2 months ago

a https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-web-interface-help/objects/objects-security-profiles-vulnerability-protection.html

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