Prerequisites
Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:
- Students must have a basic familiarity with networking concepts including routing, switching, and IP addressing.
- Students should also be familiar with basic security concepts.
- Experience with other security technologies (IPS, proxy, and content filtering) is a plus.
Course objectives
Successful completion of this five-day, instructor-led course should enhance the student’s understanding of how to configure and manage Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls. The course includes hands-on experience configuring, managing, and monitoring a firewall in a lab environment.
Course content
Module 1: Palo Alto Networks Portfolio and Architecture
Module 2: Configuring Initial Firewall Settings
Module 3: Managing Firewall Configurations
Module 4: Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts
Module 5: Connecting the Firewall to Production Networks with Security Zones
Module 6: Creating and Managing Security Policy Rules
Module 7: Creating and Managing NAT Policy Rules
Module 8: Controlling Application Usage with App-ID
Module 9: Blocking Known Threats Using Security Profiles
Module 10: Blocking Inappropriate Web Traffic with URL Filtering
Module 11: Blocking Unknown Threats with WildFire
Module 12: Controlling Access to Network Resources with User-ID
Module 13: Using Decryption to Block Threats in Encrypted Traffic
Module 14: Locating Valuable Information Using Logs and Reports
Module 15: What's Next in Your Training and Certification Journey
Appendix A: Securing Endpoints with GlobalProtect
Appendix B: Providing Firewall Redundancy with High Availability
Appendix C: Connecting Remotes Sites using VPNS
Appendix D: Configuring User-ID Windows Agent
This course is provided in association with our partner Global Knowledge.