Firewall Engineering
About Firewall
A firewall is a security tool that guards your network against unwanted access to confidential information. Additionally, to protect computers against harmful malware, firewalls separate trusted internal networks from unauthorized external networks.
It protects users' privacy and security against unsecured services. It restricts access to a private network that is linked to the internet by unauthorized users. Firewalls offer quicker reaction times and have a better capacity for traffic flows.
Why is Firewall Engineering important?
The task of keeping IT infrastructure systems secure from an external security breach falls to firewall engineers. They create and implement safeguards to maintain the integrity of the data, typically through adjusting firewall settings, overseeing private networks, and putting up security gear.
Who should take the Firewall Engineering Exam?
- IT managers, senior executives, executives
- Network Engineer
- Security Engineer
- Network Security Analyst
- Firewall Administrator
- Security Operations Specialist
Firewall Engineering Certification Course Outline
- Firewall technologies
- Packet flow of a Firewall
- Firewalls Now and Then
- Placing a firewall in a Network
- Palo Alto Firewall Architecture
- Common Network Security Terms
- Licensing Palo Alto Firewall
- Software Updates and Dynamic Updates
- Overview of Dashboard features.
- Set up a hostname, Management interface settings and CLI commands.
- Setup DNS and NTP
- Understanding Service Route Configuration
- Palo Alto Managing BackUps
- Zones and Zone-Based Policy?
- Security Policy Concepts
- Virtual Routers.
- Interface Management Profile
- Palo Alto as DHCP Server
- Objects - Address and Address Group
- Objects - Tags and Dynamic Address Group
- Objects - Service and Applications
- Objects - App filters, EDL and HIP
- Objects - Custom Objects and Schedule
- Creating Administrators and Admin Roles
- Understanding Security Profiles
- Implementing Anti-Virus Security Profile
- SSL Decryption Overview
- Implementing SSL Decryption
- URL - Filtering Profile
- File Blocking Profile
- Static Route and Static Default Route on Palo Alto
- RIP on Palo Alto Firewall
- OSPF on Palo Alto Firewall
- BGP on Palo Alto Firewall
- Network Address Translation Concepts
- Source NAT (SNAT)
- Destination NAT (DNAT)
- Concept of U-Turn NAT
- Redundancy and High Availability Concepts
- Palo Alto High Availability Theory
- IPSec Theory
- IPsec VPN (Site-to-Site) - Lab
- Remote Access VPN (Global Protect)