An administrator needs to add capability to perform real-time signature lookups to block or sinkhole all known malware domains. Which type of single unified engine will get this result?

The correct answer is D. Content-ID. Content-ID is Palo Alto Networks' single unified threat inspection engine that performs real-time content analysis, including DNS-based lookups against Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence to block or sinkhole known malware domains. It integrates IPS, anti-malware, URL…

Submitted by tunde_lagos· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

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AUser-ID
BApp-ID
CSecurity Processing Engine
DContent-ID

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A
3% (1)
B
3% (1)
C
5% (2)
D
90% (35)

Explanation

Content-ID is Palo Alto Networks' single unified threat inspection engine that performs real-time content analysis, including DNS-based lookups against Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence to block or sinkhole known malware domains. It integrates IPS, anti-malware, URL filtering, and DNS security capabilities. User-ID (A) maps IP addresses to usernames. App-ID (B) identifies applications. The Security Processing Engine (C) is the underlying hardware/software processing platform, not a specific feature engine for threat lookup.

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#Content-ID#Threat Prevention#Malware Domains#Security Engines

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