Description
Who should attend
Security Engineers, Security Administrators, Security Operations Specialists, Security Analysts and Support Staff
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Next-Generation Firewall Engineer
Prerequisites
- Participants must be familiar with networking concepts, including routing, switching, and IP addressing.
- Participants also should be familiar with basic security concepts.
- Experience with other security technologies (IPS, proxy, andcontent 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 student should learn and get hands-on experience configuring, managing, and monitoring a firewall in a lab environment .
Detailed Course Outline
- 1 – Palo Alto Networks Portfolio and Architecture
- 2 – Configuring Initial Firewall Settings
- 3 – Managing Firewall Configurations
- 4 – Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts
- 5 – Connecting the Firewall to Production Networks with Security Zones
- 6 – Creating and Managing Security Policy Rules
- 7 – Creating and Managing NAT Policy Rules
- 8 – Controlling Application Usage with App-ID
- 9 – Blocking Known Threats Using Security Profiles
- 10 – Blocking Inappropriate Web Traffic with URL Filtering
- 11 – Blocking Unknown Threats with Wildfire
- 12 – Controlling Access to Network Resources with User-ID
- 13 – Using Decryption to Block Threats in Encrypted Traffic
- 14 – Locating Valuable Information Using Logs and Reports
- 15 – What’s Next in Your Training and Certification Journey
- Supplemental Materials
- Securing Endpoints with GlobalProtect
- Providing Firewall Redundancy with High Availability
- Connecting Remotes Sites using VPNs
- Blocking Common Attacks Using Zone Protection



