An organization wants to migrate to an SSE model using Prisma Access for hybrid workforce connectivity. Following bandwidth analysis, network engineers have identified high-bandwidth requirements (>2 Gbps) sustained throughput to the data center for privately hosted applications (e.g., three tier applications active FTP and SMB file servers, EDR toolsets).
Business continuity for the organization requires the ability to use multiple cloud providers for private-application connectivity, ensuring no single cloud provider outage can disrupt operations.
The network operations team has expressed concerns about migrating to SSE with legacy routing technical debt noting multiple redistribution protocols in place across the environment.
Which two network connectivity methods will meet the business requirements to access private applications from Prisma Access? (Choose two.)

• A. Colo-Connect
• B. Service connections
• C. ZTNA Connectors
• D. Cloud gateways

A firewall must block known vulnerabilities and exploits in real time. Which security profile is MOST relevant?

• A. DNS Security
• B. WildFire
• C. URL Filtering
• D. Vulnerability Protection

A global organization is modernizing its data center and private cloud infrastructure. The environment consists of:
- A Nutanix AHV cluster hosting critical east-west application workloads
- A VMware ESXi cluster with multi-socket hosts, supporting high-throughput workloads (>10 Gbps)
- A new pair of PA-5450 firewalls to secure the perimeter and handle encrypted traffic inspection at scale
- Strict performance service-level agreements (SLAs) for both north-south and east-west flows, with heavy reliance on TLS 1.3 and IPSec
- A Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) environment on KVM to provide high-performance security services to maximize packet throughput and minimize latency The chief architect is tasked with ensuring that the firewall design avoids hypervisor contention optimizes non-uniform memory access (NUMA) and uses hardware features for encrypted traffic.
VM-Series on Nutanix AHV - Resource Allocation
- Because the Nutanix cluster is already heavily used, the architect's main concern is preventing performance degradation of the virtual firewall. Thin provisioning or ballooning could introduce latency and unpredictability which is unacceptable for a security-sensitive workload.
VM-Series on VMware ESXi - NUMA and vCPU Placement
- In the VMware ESXi environment, the architect is deploying VM-Series for workloads pushing >10 Gbps. Assigning vCPUs across NUMA nodes or oversubscribing cores would create latency due to cross-socket memory access and scheduling delays. Similarly, dedicating logical hypethreads does not provide the deterministic data plane performance required.
Operational Integration and High Availability
- With performance guaranteed by correct hypervisor and hardware provisioning, the architect also considers high availability (HA). VM-Series pairs are deployed in active/passive HA across Nutanix and VMware clusters, while PA-5450s form the data center's north-south secure perimeter deployment. This ensures resilience without introducing unnecessary east-west inspection bottlenecks.
- The recommendation must be a scalable, high-performance firewall deployment aligned with enterprise SLAs and the CISO's encrypted traffic concerns.
While using the VM-Series to build the NFV environment, which configuration should the architect use?

• A. SR-IOV-enabled network interfaces and standard Linux bridge networking
• B. Virtio drivers connected to an Open vSwitch (OVS) bridge
• C. SR-IOV-enabled network interfaces and DPDK mode enabled
• D. Virtio drivers and DPDK mode enabled

An organization with offices throughout the world has an SD-WAN solution in which all traffic is backhauled to a central set of data centers. Many of the offices have IoT / OT devices. Which IoT Security requirement must be taken into consideration by the security architect when determining which Zero Trust network solution will help this organization evolve its security architecture?

• A. The organization must have local NGFW for enforcement.
• B. All DHCP requests must traverse the Prisma SD-WAN fabric for IoT / OT detection.
• C. A local sensor must be deployed as either an agent on the DHCP server or as a container on the virtual infrastructure.
• D. Either a Prisma SD-WAN ION or an NGFW device must be present for accurate IoT / OT detection.