PCCSE Prisma Cloud Security Training Certification Course
Length
5 days / 5 weeks
Price
$3499
Days
Mon - Fri
Why Choose This Course
PCCSE: Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer Training is an exam‑aligned course designed to help cloud and security professionals learn how to onboard, deploy and administer Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud across multi‑cloud and hybrid environments. You will explore core capabilities including cloud security posture management, workload and container protection, identity‑based access analysis, code and pipeline security, and data security posture. The training combines conceptual understanding with hands‑on practice so you can apply Prisma Cloud to real environments spanning AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes.
Organisations in Australia are accelerating cloud adoption and containerised application delivery, which increases the need for cloud‑native security skills. This course focuses on the security controls and workflows used by modern teams: agentless and agent‑based workload protection, runtime defence, cloud network visibility, identity and entitlement analysis, and prevention‑first policy design. You will learn how to interpret cloud findings, automate remediation, and integrate alerts with existing SecOps and DevOps toolchains.
The course is suitable for professionals working in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra who need practical skills to secure workloads at scale. Whether you are refining an existing Prisma Cloud deployment or preparing for your first enterprise rollout, the curriculum is structured to map directly to the official PCCSE certification scope while providing scenario‑driven labs and review activities. The goal is to give you confidence to implement Prisma Cloud features that reduce risk, strengthen compliance, and support secure software delivery.
By the end, you will understand how to configure policies, assess posture, protect hosts, containers and serverless functions, secure infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines, and investigate incidents using Prisma Cloud’s query language and dashboards.
Prerequisites
- There are no formal prerequisites for this course.
Exam
- Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE)
Books
- PCCSE: Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer Training course material included.
Delivery
- Face-to-Face
- Live Virtual Instructor-led
Training
Skills Gained
- Explain Prisma Cloud architecture, licensing concepts, and deployment models
- Onboard cloud accounts and organisations across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Discover assets and evaluate configuration posture using built‑in policies and standards
- Create, tune and test custom policies for configuration, network and anomaly detection
- Implement alert rules, notification channels and workflow states for incident management
- Use the Resource Query Language (RQL) to investigate assets, users, networks and events
- Apply Cloud Workload Protection to scan images and hosts for vulnerabilities and compliance
- Configure runtime defence for containers, hosts and serverless functions
- Secure web applications and APIs using WAAS, including exceptions and DoS protections
- Implement identity and access analysis to calculate effective permissions and reduce risk
- Deploy code security to scan IaC templates and integrate checks into CI pipelines
- Align environments to compliance frameworks and generate evidence‑ready reports
- Operationalise agentless and agent‑based scans; plan defender deployment where required
- Configure Prisma Cloud Compute (self‑hosted) console basics and manage authentication
- Set up integrations with ticketing, SIEM/SOAR and messaging platforms
- Build remediation playbooks, including auto‑remediation for common misconfigurations
- Use dashboards and analytics to prioritise findings and measure risk reduction
- Segment cloud networks and apply identity‑based microsegmentation policies where applicable
- Implement data security posture discovery and classification for cloud data stores
Audience
- Cloud security engineers and analysts working with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Kubernetes
- DevSecOps and platform engineers responsible for CI/CD and infrastructure as code
- Security architects and consultants designing cloud‑native controls
- AppSec engineers and site reliability engineers integrating security into delivery pipelines
- Managed security and operations personnel administering Prisma Cloud in enterprise environments
Course Schedule & Pricing
Choose the schedule that fits your life — all options include full course materials & certification support
Full-time immersion for rapid certification readiness.
Balance your career while you upgrade your skills.
Maximum flexibility for busy working professionals.
Outline
- Introduction to Prisma Cloud platform and components
- Tenant setup, licensing concepts and role‑based access control
- Cloud account onboarding for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Asset inventory, configuration history and change tracking
- Policy framework: types, scope, exceptions and lifecycle management
- Compliance standards mapping and custom framework creation
- Alert rules, notifications, reports and case workflow
- RQL fundamentals: resource, network, and activity queries
- Third‑party integrations for inbound and outbound notifications
- Auto‑remediation patterns and safe change controls
- Cloud Workload Protection overview: images, hosts and clusters
- Image vulnerability scanning and admission control options
- Host vulnerability and compliance monitoring
- Runtime defence for containers and hosts: models, audits and incidents
- Serverless protection: scans, policies and auto‑protect
- Web Application and API Security (WAAS): application specs and API protection
- Kubernetes and container security best practices and baselining
- Identity and access analysis: effective permissions and entitlement risk
- Data security posture discovery and classification
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
What is the PCCSE certification and how does this course relate to it?
PCCSE validates the skills required to onboard, configure and administer Prisma Cloud across multi‑cloud and hybrid environments. This training follows exam‑aligned objectives and focuses on the practical tasks you perform in real deployments.
Who should attend if my role is more DevOps than security?
DevOps and platform engineers benefit directly, particularly around IaC scanning, CI integration, container security and policy automation. The course emphasises workflows that fit into delivery pipelines without slowing release cadence.
Do I need prior Palo Alto Networks certifications?
No. There are no formal prerequisites. Familiarity with cloud platforms, containers or Kubernetes, and basic security concepts will help you get the most from the sessions.
Is this training suitable for all major Australian cities?
Yes. The course is designed for professionals based in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, with examples and use cases relevant to Australian organisations and public cloud adoption patterns.
Will I get hands‑on practice with Prisma Cloud?
The training includes guided exercises and scenarios so you can practise onboarding accounts, creating policies, scanning workloads, querying with RQL and configuring alerts and integrations.
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