Course Curriculum - Firewall: Configuration and Management (EDU-210)


​Module 0: Introduction
     1. Core Features
     2. The Threat Landscape - How a device gets compromised
     3. Threat Prevention Techniques - How to protect end-user devices
     4. Threat Prevention Techniques - How to protect a datacentre
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Module 1: Platforms and Architecture 
     1. Next-Generation FireWall Architecture - Concept
     2. FireWall Platforms - Overview
     3. Zero Trust Security Model - Concept
     4. Public Cloud Security - Overview
     5. Basic Troubleshooting Methodologies
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Module 2: Initial Configuration
     1. Administrative Controls - Overview
     2. CLI - Overview and HowTo
     3. Initial Access to the System - HowTo
     4. Maintenance Mode and Password Recovery - HowTo
     5. Configuration Management - Concept and HowTo
     6. Committing a Config and Transaction Locks - Concept and HowTo
     7. Config Audit and Configuration Log - Concept and HowTo
     8. Licensing - Overview and HowTo
     9. Software Updates - HowTo
     10. PAN-OS and Dynamic Updates - Best Practices
     11. Software Updates - Troubleshooting
     12. Using Log files for Troubleshooting
     13. Service Route - Concept, Best-Practices and Configuration
     14. Account Administration - Concept and Configuration
     15. Account Administration - Best Practices
     16. Account Administration - Troubleshooting
     ​17. Viewing and Filtering Logs - Overview and HowTo
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Module 3: Interface Configuration
     1. Flow Logic and Deployment Options - Concept and Overview
     2. Security Zones and Interfaces - Concept
     3. Layer 3 interfaces - Concept and Use Cases
     4. Layer 3 interface - Configuration
     5. Layer 3 Subinterfaces - Concept and Use Cases
     6. Layer 3 Subinterfaces - Configuration and Best Practices
     7. Interface Management Profile - Concept
     ​8. Interface Management Profile - Configuration and Best Practices
     9. Virtual-Wire - Concept and Use Cases
     10. Virtual-Wire - Configuration
     11. Tap interfaces - Concept and Use Cases
     12. Tap interface - Configuration
     13. Layer 2 interfaces - Concept and Use Cases
     14. Layer 2 interface - Configuration
     15. Virtual Router - Concept
     16. Virtual Router - Configuration
     17. Virtual Router - Troubleshooting
     18. PBF - Concept and Use Cases
     19. Route Path Monitoring - Configuration
     20. PBF - Configuration and Best Practices
     ​21. PBF - Troubleshooting
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Module 4: Security and NAT Policies
     1. Security Policy Fundamentals - Concept
     2. Security Policy Administration - HowTo
     3. NAT Overview and Flow Logic - Concept
     4. Source NAT - Concept
     5. Source NAT - Configuration
     6. Source NAT with Static or Dynamic mapping - Concept and Configuration
     7. Destination NAT - Concept
     8. Destination NAT - Configuration
     9. Destination NAT with Port Forwarding - Concept and Configuration
     10. Bi-Directional NAT - Concept and Configuration
     ​11. NAT Troubleshooting
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Module 5: Application Identification
     1. Application Identification - Overview
     2. Application Identification Flow Logic - Concept
     3. Using App-ID in a Security Policy - Concept and HowTo
     4. Updating App-ID - HowTo
     ​5. Security Policy and App-ID - Troubleshooting
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Module 6: Content-ID
     1. Content-ID - Overview
     2. AntiVirus - Concept Configuration and HowTo
     3. AntiSpyware - Configuration and Log HowTo
     4. Vulnerability Protection - Configuration and Log HowTo
     5. File Blocking - Configuration and Log HowTo
     6. External Dynamic Lists - Concept and Configuration
     7. Security Profile - Best Practices
     8. DoS Protection - Concept
     9. DoS Zone Protection - Configuration
     10. DoS Protection Policy - Configuration
     11. DoS Protection - Best Practices
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Module 7: URL Filtering
     1. URL Filtering - Overview
     2. URL Filtering - Configuration
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Module 8: Decryption
     1. SSL - Concept
     2. SSL Outbound Decryption - Concept
     ​3. SSL Outbound Decryption - Configuration
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Module 9: Wildfire
     1. Wildfire - Concepts
     2. Wildfire - Configuration and Reporting


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Module 10: User Identification
     1. User-ID - Concept
     2. Terminal Services Agent - Concept
     3. Active Directory Integration - Concepts and Best Practices
     4. User-ID - Configuration and Best Practices
     ​5. User-ID and Group Mapping - Troubleshooting
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Module 11:  GlobalProtect
     1. GlobalProtect - Concept
     2. GlobalProtect - Configuration and Best Practices



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Module 12: Site-to-Site VPN
     1. Site to Site VPN - Concept
     2. Site to Site VPN - Configuration and Best Practices
     ​3. Site to Site VPN - Troubleshooting


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Module 13: Monitoring and Reporting
     1. ACC - HowTo




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Module 14: High Availability
     1. High Availability - Overview
     2. Active/Passive High Availability - Concept
     ​3. Active/Passive High Availability - Configuration and Best Practices


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Module 15: Security Best Practices
     1. Network Security Framework - Concept
     2. Migration Strategy - Concept
     3. Migration Tool - HowTo
     4. Designing a Web Access Policy - Concept and Configuration
     5. Threat Investigation Reporting - HowTo
     6. Threat Investigation Analysis - HowTo
Recommended follow on courses
Firewall: Optimizing FireWall Threat Prevention (EDU-214)
Firewall: Troubleshooting (EDU-330)

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