Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Operations Professional (PSOG) (Certification)

This certification is designed to validate knowledge, understanding, and the job-ready skills required for basic application of the Palo Alto Networks Cortex portfolio of solutions and related technologies in a Security Operations Center (SOC)

Target Audience: This exam is designed for the individuals with the following job roles:

• Security Operations Center (SOC) professionals responsible for the basic application of Palo Alto Networks Cortex products and solutions:
  • Cortex XDR
  • Cortex XSIAM
  • Cortex XSOAR

Skills Required The successful candidate can demonstrate understanding of SecOps processes and procedures

• MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Incident response plans
• Investigative lifecycle
• Cortex XDR, Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XSOAR in the SOC
  • Review dashboards and generate reports (compliance)
  • Identify key components of incidents
  • Initiate playbooks
  • Identify IOCs
  • Escalate incidents
  • Initiate response actions
• Basic knowledge of analytics concepts, such as profiling and entity classification
• Alerts and incidents
• Interaction with playbook tasks to progress an investigation