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A security engineer is configuring a Palo Alto Networks NGFW to protect against zero-day malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) that bypass traditional signature-based detection. Which cloud-delivered security service should be enabled and configured?
- AURL Filtering
- BThreat Prevention
- CDNS Security
- DWildFire
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Correct answer: D. WildFire
WildFire is Palo Alto Networks' cloud-based threat analysis service that uses dynamic analysis (sandboxing) to identify and generate signatures for previously unknown (zero-day) malware, providing protection against advanced threats.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. URL Filtering blocks access to malicious or inappropriate websites, but doesn't analyze unknown files for zero-day malware.
- B. Threat Prevention primarily uses signatures to block known vulnerabilities, exploits, and malware, but is less effective against true zero-days without WildFire's analysis.
- C. DNS Security protects against DNS-based attacks and malicious domains, but doesn't perform dynamic analysis of unknown files for zero-day malware.
WildFire
Palo Alto Networks' cloud-based threat analysis service that identifies and prevents unknown malware and zero-day exploits through dynamic analysis (sandboxing) and machine learning.
- Analyzes suspicious files and links in a virtual sandbox environment.
- Generates new signatures and updates threat intelligence for NGFWs globally.
- Provides protection against zero-day threats and advanced persistent threats (APTs).
Memory trick: To catch a new fire, you need WildFire's eyes.