Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of the Palo Alto Networks portfolio and architecture
• Firewall architecture fundamentals

Getting Started

• Configuring initial firewall settings
• Setting up the management network
• Activating the firewall
• Managing licences and software updates

Managing Firewall Configurations

• Overseeing configuration management
• Reviewing and monitoring firewall logs

Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts

• Handling firewall authentication and authorisation
• Creating local firewall administrator accounts
• Creating non-local firewall administrator accounts
• Setting up firewall administrator accounts for non-interactive logins

Connecting the Firewall to Production Networks

• Mitigating threats through network segmentation
• Utilising network interfaces and security zones
• Configuring Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces
• Deploying virtual wire interfaces
• Setting up Tap interfaces
• Implementing virtual routers
• Configuring loopback interfaces

Managing Security Policy Rules

• Creating and maintaining security policy rules
• Creating and maintaining NAT policy rules
• Controlling application usage via app-ID

Blocking Threats

• Mitigating threats using security and NAT policies
• Blocking packet- and protocol-based attacks
• Blocking threats from known malicious sources
• Blocking threats by identifying specific applications
• Blocking threats by identifying users
• Blocking threats by identifying devices
• Mitigating unknown threats
• Blocking threats within encrypted traffic
• Preventing the use of stolen credentials
• Blocking threats using security profiles
• Filtering inappropriate web traffic via URL filtering
• Using decryption to block threats in encrypted traffic

Threat and Traffic Information

• Extracting valuable insights using logs and reports
• Forwarding threat and traffic data to external services

Security Best Practices

Summary and Next Steps