Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management Training Course

Introduction

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

Getting Started

• Configuring initial firewall settings
• Configuring management network settings
• Activating a firewall
• Managing licenses and software

Managing Firewall Configurations

• Managing configurations
• Viewing and monitoring firewall logs

Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts

• Managing firewall authentication and authorization
• Creating a local firewall administrator account
• Creating a non-local firewall administrator account
• Creating a firewall administrator account for non-interactive login

Connecting the Firewall to Production Networks

• Blocking threats through network segmentation
• Utilizing network interfaces and security zones
• Configuring Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces
• Using virtual wire interfaces
• Configuring tap interfaces
• Utilizing virtual routers
• Configuring loopback interfaces

Managing Security Policy Rules

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

Blocking Threats

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

Threat and Traffic Information

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

Security Best Practices

Summary and Next Steps