Course Outline
Introduction
Palo Alto Networks and Cybersecurity
- Specifications and platforms used in Palo Alto Networks
- Palo Alto Networks ecosystem integration
Palo Alto Firewalls
- Deployment options
- Firewall behaviors
Overview of Malware
- Propagating
- Non-propagating
Preparing the Virtual Laboratory
- Configuring an AWS account
- Configuring a Palo Alto instance in AWS
- Configuring the Windows-based User-ID agent
Palo Alto Networks Development Environment
- Implementing basic settings
- Adding commit changes
- Managing interface
- Enabling updates
Security Configuration and Threat Prevention
- Managing packet flow and traffic
- Configuring the firewall
- Setting up dynamic block lists
- Implementing Palo Alto AntiVirus protection
- Optimizing data filtering
- Configuring denial of service protection
Networks and Availability
- Enabling the Palo Alto firewall as a host server
- Configuring virtual routers
- Configuring ports
- Configuring different IPs
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Experience with information security
Audience
- System administrator