Firewall

Firewalls are a fundamental component of network security. They act as a barrier between a trusted internal network and untrusted external networks (like the internet) to filter incoming and outgoing traffic. Firewalls can be hardware-based or software-based.

Course Modules

PCNSE:

Core Concepts

identify how Palo Alto Networks products work together to improve PAN-OS services
Determine and assess appropriate interfaces or zone types for various environments
Identify decryption deployment strategies
Enforce User-ID
Determine how and when to use the Authentication policy
Fundamental functions
Define multiple virtual systems (multi-vsys) environment

Deploy and Configure Core Component

Configure Management Profiles
App-IDDeploy and configure Security Profiles
Configure zone protections, packet buffer protection, and DoS protection
"Design the deployment configuration of a Palo Alto Networks firewall"
Configure authorization, authentication, and device access
Configure and manage certificates
Configure routing
Configure NAT
Configure site-to-site tunnels
Configure service routes
Configure application-based QoS

Deploy and Configure Features and Subscriptions

Configure App-ID
Configure Global Protect
Configure decryption
Configure User-ID 149
Configure Wild Fire
Configure Web Proxy

Deploy and Configure Firewalls Using Panorama

Configure templates and template stacks
Configure device groups
Manage firewall configurations within Panorama

Manage and Operate

Manage and configure log forwarding 181
Plan and execute the process to upgrade a Palo Alto Networks system
Manage HA functions

Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot site-to-site tunnels
Troubleshoot interfaces
Troubleshoot Decryption
Troubleshoot routing
General Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot resource protections
Troubleshoot Global Protect
Troubleshoot policies
Troubleshoot HA functions

PCNSA:

Device Management and Services

Firewall management interfaces
Provision local administrators
Maintain firewall configurations
Push policy updates to Panorama-managed firewalls
Schedule and install dynamic updates
Create and apply security zones to policies
Identify and configure firewall interfaces

Managing Objects

Create and maintain address and address group objects
"Configure and maintain application filters and application groups"

Policy Evaluation and Management

Differentiate specific security rule types
Configure security policy match conditions, actions and logging options
Identify and implement NAT policies
Optimize security policies using appropriate tools

Securing Traffic

Compare and contrast different types of security profiles
"Create, modify, add and apply the appropriate security profiles and groups"
Use information available in logs
Enable DNS security to control traffic based on domains
Create and deploy URL-filtering-based controls
Differentiate between group mapping and IP-to- user mapping within policies and logs

FortiGate Firewall Course - NSE 4 Course Curriculum:

FortiGate Security

Security
Authentication
Privacy

FortiGate Infrastructure

Routing
IPsec VPN
IPsec VPN
Fortinet Single Sign-on (FSSO)
High Availability (HA)
Diagnostics

NSE 7 (Advanced course) Course Curriculum: Enterprise Firewall

Security Fabric
Routing Protocols
Web Filtering

SD-WAN

Introduction
Routing
SD-WAN Rules

Advanced Analytics

Introduction to Multi-Tenancy
Collectors and Agents
Rules
Introduction to Baseline

Advanced Analytics

Introduction to Multi-Tenancy
Collectors and Agents
Rules
Introduction to Baseline

Advanced Threat Protection

Attack Methodologies
Protecting the Edge

OT Security

OT Infrastructure
FortiSIEM

FortiSOAR Design and Development

Introduction to FortiSOAR
Variables
Playbooks

Secure Access

Authentication and Authorization
Configuration and Security

Cisco ASA and FTD Firewal

Introduction to Network Firewalls

Firewall Technologies
Cisco ASA Firewall
Basic Commands

Cisco ASA Products and Licensing

Cisco Firewall
Licensing

Basic Setup of ASA

Initial Setup
ASDM
Interface Configuration
DHCP service
Manual Clock Setup

System Maintenance

Management
Remote Access
Password Recovery
System Monitoring and
Syslog Server

AAA Services

Active Directory
Authentication
Configuration
Accounting

Network Access Control

ACL
Object

Network Access Translation

NAT
Randomization
Configuration
Monitoring address translation

IPv6 Support

IPv6
Address

IP Routing

Routing
RIP
OSPF
EIGRP

Application Inspection IP Routing

Inspection
Commands
IPsec

Transparent Firewall

Transparent Firewall
Route Configuration
ASA Firewall

High Availability

Stateful Failover
Clustering

Firewall

Course Modules

PCNSE:

Module1

Core Concepts

Module2

Deploy and Configure Core Component

Module3

Deploy and Configure Features and Subscriptions

Module4

Deploy and Configure Firewalls Using Panorama

Module5

Manage and Operate

Module6

Troubleshooting

PCNSA:

Module1

Device Management and Services

Module2

Managing Objects

Module3

Policy Evaluation and Management

Module4

Securing Traffic

FortiGate Firewall Course - NSE 4 Course Curriculum:

Module1

FortiGate Security

Module2

FortiGate Infrastructure

Module3

NSE 7 (Advanced course) Course Curriculum: Enterprise Firewall

Module4

SD-WAN

Module5

Advanced Analytics

Module6

Advanced Analytics

Module7

Advanced Threat Protection

Module8

OT Security

Module9

FortiSOAR Design and Development

Module10

Secure Access

Cisco ASA and FTD Firewal

Module1

Introduction to Network Firewalls

Module2

Cisco ASA Products and Licensing

Module3

Basic Setup of ASA

Module4

System Maintenance

Module5

AAA Services

Module6

Network Access Control

Module7

Network Access Translation

Module8

IPv6 Support

Module9

IP Routing

Module10

Application Inspection IP Routing

Module11

Transparent Firewall

Module12

High Availability

CoreMount

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