Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management

About this course

Set up and run Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls, from first configuration to daily monitoring. Over five practical days you will set up initial settings, zones and administrator accounts, write Security and NAT policy rules, control applications with App-ID and users with User-ID, block known and unknown threats with Security Profiles, URL Filtering and WildFire, decrypt traffic, and monitor activity through logs and reports.

What you'll learn

• Configure and manage the essential features of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls
• Configure and manage Security and NAT policies to enable approved traffic to and from zones
• Configure and manage Threat Prevention strategies to block traffic from known and unknown IP addresses, domains, and URLs
• Monitor network traffic using the interactive web interface and firewall reports

Curriculum

Who it's for

Network and security engineers who know routing, switching and IP addressing and are deploying Palo Alto Networks firewalls.

Before you start

• Participants must have a basic familiarity with networking concepts including routing, switching, and IP addressing. Students also should be familiar with basic security concepts. Experience with other security technologies (IPS, proxy, and content filtering) is a plus.