FIREWALL 10.1: IMPROVING SECURITY POSTURE AND HARDENING PAN-OS FIREWALLS (EDU-214)

The Palo Alto Networks Firewall 10.1: Improving Security Posture and Hardening PAN-OS (EDU-214) course is instructor-led training that will help you: Determine the efficacy of your current security policies; Develop workflows for managing your security posture, Identify rule usage across security policy sets; Modify your existing policy set to implement security best practices; Use the interactive web interface and firewall reports to monitor network traffic; Use tools such as the BPA tool to further understand your environment.

Objectives

Successful completion of this three-day, instructor-led course will help the student manage and maintain a Palo Alto Networks firewall-protected environment. The student will learn how to improve non-greenfield environments and will be better equipped to ensure that configurations match security best practice. The student will also be able to develop an operational strategy for maintaining a high level of compliance.

Target Audience

Security Engineers;

Security Administrators;

Security Operations Specialists;

Security Analysts;

Support staff.

Requirements

Students must have completed the "Firewall Essentials: Configuration and Management" course. Students also should be familiar with basic security concepts. Experience with other security technologies (IPS, proxy, and content filtering) is an advantage.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3 Days 

Format: Lecture and hands-on labs

Course Modules

  1. Introduction
  2. Security Profile Revision
  3. Daily Operations and Maintenance
  4. Establish Initial Baseline Visibility
  5. Analyze and Update Security Rules that Pass Traffic
  6. Inbound Security Rules Best Practice and Analysis
  7. Outbound Security Rules Best Practices and Analysis
  8. Internal Security Rules Best Practices and Analysis
  9. \Administratively Hardening PAN-OS
  10. Reducing Policy Set and Simplification