The Prisma Access feature responsible for interconnecting security processing nodes within the cloud infrastructure is called __________.

Question

Options

• ACloud Direct Connect
• BIP Tunneling
• CService Chaining
• DBackbone Routing

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  91% (39)

Explanation

Backbone Routing is the Prisma Access feature that interconnects the cloud-based security processing nodes (called Prisma Access nodes or cloud instances) across Palo Alto Networks' global infrastructure, enabling seamless traffic forwarding between them without requiring separate VPN tunnels between sites.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Cloud Direct Connect is not a Prisma Access term; it conflates AWS/Azure direct connectivity concepts with Prisma Access architecture.
• B. IP Tunneling is a generic networking mechanism used within Prisma Access (e.g., IPSec for connecting remote users/branches), but it is not the name of the feature that ties the nodes together internally.
• C. Service Chaining refers to sequencing multiple security services (e.g., NGFW → DLP → sandbox) in a processing pipeline - a different concept entirely.

Memory tip: Think of the Prisma Access cloud as a country - the backbone is the highway system connecting all the cities (nodes) internally, while tunnels are just the on-ramps from remote locations into that highway.

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