What does Prisma SD-WAN use to automatically classify and prioritize applications?

Question

Options

• AUser-ID
• BMachine learning (ML)
• CApp-ID
• DTraffic steering

• B
  3% (1)
• C
  91% (32)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

App-ID (C) is correct because Prisma SD-WAN uses Palo Alto Networks' App-ID technology to automatically identify, classify, and prioritize applications by analyzing traffic patterns, port behavior, and protocol signatures - without requiring manual configuration.

• User-ID (A) is a Palo Alto mechanism for mapping users to IP addresses for identity-based policies; it's not the engine for application classification.
• Machine learning (B) may assist in broader threat detection contexts, but it is not the primary named mechanism Prisma SD-WAN uses for app classification - App-ID is the specific branded technology for this function.
• Traffic steering (D) is an outcome or action that SD-WAN performs after an application is identified, not the classification method itself.

Memory tip: Think "App-ID = App Identity." Just as User-ID identifies who is on the network, App-ID identifies what is running - Prisma SD-WAN uses App-ID to "know the app" before it decides how to route or prioritize it.

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