Juniper Security Associate (JNCIA-SEC JN0-231) Practice Exam

Juniper Security Associate (JNCIA-SEC JN0-231) Practice Exam

The Juniper Security track provides an opportunity to showcase a comprehensive grasp of security technology in a broad sense, along with expertise in Junos OS software for SRX Series devices. JNCIA-SEC, which is the entry-level certification in this track, targets networking professionals possessing beginner to intermediate proficiency in Juniper Networks Junos OS for SRX Series devices. The written examination evaluates your comprehension of security technologies, platform configurations, and troubleshooting skills.

Who should take the exam?

The Juniper Security Associate (JNCIA-SEC JN0-231) exam is ideal for several IT professionals interested in pursuing a career in network security, particularly those who want to specialize in Juniper Networks security solutions. This includes:

• Network Security Professionals (Early Career)
• Help Desk Technicians with Security Aspirations
• Network Administrators Seeking Security Expertise
• IT Professionals Preparing for Advanced Juniper Security Certifications

Exam Details 

• Exam Code: JN0-231
• Exam Name: JNCIA-SEC
• Exam Languages: English
• Exam Questions: 65 Questions
• Time: 90 minutes

Course Outline 

The Exam covers the given topics  - 

Topic 1: Understand SRX Series Devices

Identify concepts or general features of SRX Series devices

• Interfaces
• Hardware
• Initial configuration
• Traffic flow/security processing
• vSRX

Topic 2: Junos Security Objects

Identify concepts or general functionality of security zone, screen, address, or services objects

• Zones
• Screens
• Addresses/address books

Topic 3: Overview of Security policies

Describe the concepts, benefits, or operation of security policies

• Zone-based policies
• Global policies
• Application firewall
• Unified security policies
• IPS/IDP
• Integrated user firewall

Topic 4: Learn about Juniper Advanced Threat Protection

Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of Juniper ATP Cloud

• General operation
• Blocking mechanisms

Topic 5: Network Address Translation

Describe the concepts, benefits, or operation of NAT

• Source NAT
• Destination NAT
• Static NAT

Topic 6: Understand IPsec

Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of IPsec VPNs

• IPsec tunnel establishment
• IPsec traffic processing
• IPsec site-to-site VPNs
• Juniper Secure Connect

Topic 7: Unified Threat Management

Identify the concepts, benefits, or operation of UTM

• Content filtering
• Web filtering
• Antivirus
• Antispam

Topic 8: Learn Monitoring/Reporting and Troubleshooting

Describe methods for monitoring, reporting, or logging for Juniper security solutions

• J-Web
• Sky Enterprise
• Junos Space Security Director