Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management Training Course

Introduction

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

Getting Started

• Configuring initial firewall settings.
• Configuring management network settings.
• Activating the 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 via network segmentation.
• Utilizing network interfaces and security zones.
• Configuring Layer 3 interfaces and sub-interfaces.
• Using virtual wire interfaces.
• Configuring tap interfaces.
• Using virtual routers.
• Setting up loopback interfaces.

Managing Security Policy Rules

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

Blocking Threats

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

Threat and Traffic Information

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

Security Best Practices

Summary and Next Steps