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Start guided practiceDeploying Palo Alto software firewalls in virtual and containerised environments: VM-Series and CN-Series design, cloud deployment, automation and licensing models.
Palo Alto Networks does not publish numeric exam codes — PCSFE is the common abbreviation.
Palo Alto Networks Certified Software Firewall Engineer is Palo Alto Networks's professional-level cloud computing certification, referred to across the industry by the shorthand PCSFE. The exam runs for 1 hour 20 minutes and presents up to 60 questions, with a pass mark of not published by Palo Alto Networks. It costs US$175 at the standard rate.
Palo Alto Networks publishes the syllabus as 5 weighted domains. VM-Series Deployment carries the most weight at 25%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 65% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
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The published exam guide for PCSFE, in the vendor's own order.
01Software Firewall Concepts
20%02VM-Series Deployment
25%03CN-Series and Kubernetes
20%04Public Cloud Integration
20%05Automation and Licensing
15%PAN-OS knowledge plus cloud or virtualisation experience.
Professional level — Advanced credentials covering design, scale and trade-off decisions.
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Palo Alto Networks lists up to 60 questions, to be completed in 1 hour 20 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
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PAN-OS knowledge plus cloud or virtualisation experience.
The exam guide covers Software Firewall Concepts, VM-Series Deployment, CN-Series and Kubernetes, Public Cloud Integration and Automation and Licensing. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.
Yes — this exam has 101 practice questions available here, each with the correct answer marked. They are community-contributed, compiled from exam discussions posted publicly by other people rather than written here, and most do not carry an explanation.