Which two services are part of the Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered security services (CDSS) package? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• Avirtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
• BInternet of Things (IoT) Security
• CAdvanced URL Filtering (AURLF)
• Dsecurity information and event management (SIEM)

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  93% (40)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Palo Alto Networks CDSS is a suite of natively integrated, cloud-based security subscriptions that extend Next-Generation Firewall capabilities - IoT Security (B) provides device visibility and risk assessment for connected devices, and Advanced URL Filtering (C) delivers real-time, AI-powered web threat prevention, both of which are core CDSS offerings.

VDI (A) is a desktop virtualization technology (e.g., Citrix, VMware Horizon) - it's an infrastructure solution, not a security service sold by Palo Alto Networks. SIEM (D) is a category of security analytics platform (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel) - it aggregates and correlates log data but is not part of the CDSS bundle.

Memory tip: Think of CDSS as services that "ride on top of" a Palo Alto NGFW via subscription - IoT Security and Advanced URL Filtering both inspect and protect traffic flowing through the firewall in real time, which is the hallmark of a CDSS service. If the answer choice sounds like a separate product category or infrastructure technology rather than a firewall add-on, it's likely a distractor.

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