SSE Engineer case studies
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The SSE Engineer credential is listed by Palo Alto Networks as "PCSSE" and "Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Service Edge Engineer" in our exam catalogue. It targets engineers who design, deploy, and operate Security Service Edge (SSE) controls, with Prisma Access as the principal product family in scope. The SSE Engineer case studies are 5 cases and about 4,473 words.
1Backhaul, Breakout and Compute Location Sizing for a Global Manufacturer
Northwind Industrial is a manufacturer with 6,500 mobile users in 32 countries and 55 branch offices connected by MPLS to data centers in Chicago and Frankfurt. All branch internet traffic backhauls to Chicago, where a PA-5220 inspects it before egress.
963 words, about 5 min2IP Pool Overlap and Silent Remote Networks During Prisma Access Onboarding
Contoso Health is onboarding Prisma Access with Panorama 11.1 and the Prisma Access plugin. Phase 1 covers 12 clinics in three countries, each behind an SD-WAN edge supporting IKEv2 and BGP, plus 3,000 mobile users.
909 words, about 5 min3BGP Default Route, Asymmetric Return Paths and a Flapping Service Connection
Fabrikam runs Prisma Access with two service connections - Chicago and Amsterdam - each with two IPSec tunnels carrying BGP. The core advertises a summary 10.0.0.0/8 plus 172.20.0.0/16 to Prisma Access and accepts whatever Prisma Access advertises.
724 words, about 4 min4Any/Any, QUIC and a Category Block That Broke the Sanctioned SaaS
Tailspin runs a 'Trust to Untrust, any application, allow' rule at the top of its Prisma Access policy with a strict Threat Prevention profile and WildFire attached, followed by a decryption policy that decrypts everything except the 'financial services' URL category. A user downloaded an ISO from a legitimate file-sharing SaaS over TLS 1.3 and executed it; no WildFire verdict was ever generated for the file.
923 words, about 5 min5Stalls, Thirty-Minute Disconnects and a Saturated Location
Wingtip has 25 remote networks and 5,000 mobile users served from two compute locations. Over three weeks the help desk has collected four complaints.
954 words, about 5 min