Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management Training Course

Introduction

• Exploring the Palo Alto Networks product suite and system architecture
• Understanding firewall design principles

Initial Setup

• Setting up initial firewall parameters
• Configuring management network preferences
• Commissioning the firewall device
• Handling licensing and software updates

Firewall Configuration Administration

• Maintaining configuration states
• Analyzing and overseeing firewall activity logs

Administrator Account Management

• Handling firewall authentication and authorization protocols
• Establishing a local administrator account
• Setting up a non-local administrator account
• Creating an administrator account for automated, non-interactive access

Integration into Production Networks

• Mitigating risks through network segmentation
• Leveraging network interfaces and security zones
• Working with Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces
• Utilizing virtual wire interfaces
• Configuring Tap interfaces
• Implementing virtual routers
• Setting up Loopback interfaces

Security Policy Rule Management

• Developing and maintaining security policy rules
• Creating and handling NAT policy rules
• Regulating application behavior using app-ID

Threat Mitigation

• Countering threats via security and NAT policies
• Defending against packet and protocol-based intrusions
• Blocking threats from identified malicious sources
• Identifying threats through application recognition
• Filtering threats based on user identity
• Blocking threats by device identification
• Mitigating unknown threats
• Securing encrypted traffic against threats
• Preventing the use of compromised credentials
• Applying security profiles to block threats
• Filtering inappropriate web content via URL rules
• Employing decryption techniques to secure encrypted traffic

Threat and Traffic Analytics

• Extracting insights from logs and reports
• Sharing threat and traffic data with external platforms

Security Best Practices

Conclusion and Future Directions