Question 1
During a security audit at a financial services branch, analysts observe: A branch Security rule allows employee web browsing but attaches only URL Filtering, leaving malware downloads unscanned by its intended threat controls. Which Palo Alto Networks configuration or investigation action BEST corrects the identified issue?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Attach an approved Security Profile Group that includes required Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and Vulnerability Protection profiles to the matching allow rule. This is the most direct response to the stated incident: A branch Security rule allows employee web browsing but attaches only URL Filtering, leaving malware downloads unscanned by its intended threat controls. The technical mechanism is: URL classification alone does not supply file malware and exploit inspection. Confirmation requires: A controlled benign test confirms the rule references the full group and logs show each applicable inspection profile.
Incorrect Answers
Inspect actual group membership, replace retired references and test each profile's matching policy effects. That could address a different issue in the same blueprint area: A bank treats a security profile group's name as proof that the listed profile members are current while one member still points to a retired URL policy. It does not directly correct the given incident, whose decisive mechanism is: URL classification alone does not supply file malware and exploit inspection.
Update the matching File Blocking profile's file types, directions and actions according to the approved baseline. That could address a different issue in the same blueprint area: A remote office receives suspicious executable downloads while its file-blocking profile only prohibits compressed archives, not the executable type specified in policy. It does not directly correct the given incident, whose decisive mechanism is: URL classification alone does not supply file malware and exploit inspection.
Bind the reviewed WildFire Analysis member to the group actually attached to the policy and confirm supported file submission types. That could address a different issue in the same blueprint area: A sensitive site has a WildFire Analysis profile enabled in a folder, but uploads from the target application bypass sandbox submission because the Security rule uses another profile group. It does not directly correct the given incident, whose decisive mechanism is: URL classification alone does not supply file malware and exploit inspection.