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
• Managing licenses and software updates

Managing Firewall Configurations

• Overseeing configuration management
• Viewing and monitoring firewall logs

Managing Firewall Administrator Accounts

• Administering 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

• Threat mitigation through network segmentation
• Utilizing network interfaces and security zones
• Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces
• Implementing virtual wire interfaces
• Deploying tap interfaces
• Configuring 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 using 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
• 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
• Leveraging 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