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 management network parameters
• Activating the firewall
• Licensing and software management

Managing Firewall Configurations

• Handling configuration tasks
• Viewing and monitoring firewall logs

Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts

• Administering authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Creating local firewall administrator accounts
• Setting up non-local firewall administrator accounts
• Establishing accounts for non-interactive login access

Connecting the Firewall to Production Networks

• Threat mitigation through network segmentation
• Utilizing network interfaces and security zones
• Configuring Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces
• Deploying virtual wire interfaces
• Implementing tap interfaces
• Setting up virtual routers
• Using loopback interfaces

Managing Security Policy Rules

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

Blocking Threats

• Threat mitigation using security and NAT policies
• Countering packet- and protocol-based attacks
• Neutralizing threats from known malicious sources
• Identifying and blocking threats based on applications
• Identifying and blocking threats based on user identity
• Identifying and blocking threats based on device type
• Addressing unknown threats
• Inspecting encrypted traffic for threats
• Preventing the use of compromised credentials
• Implementing security profiles to block threats
• Filtering inappropriate web traffic via URL filtering
• Utilizing decryption to detect threats within encrypted streams

Threat and Traffic Information

• Extracting valuable insights from logs and reports
• Sending threat and traffic data to external services

Security Best Practices

Summary and Next Steps