Duration: 4 days
Price: $4195

The Palo Alto Networks Firewall 8.1: Optimizing Firewall Threat Prevention (EDU-214) course is four days of instructor-led training that emphasizes the PAN-OS® threat prevention capabilities.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the cyber-attack lifecycle and recognize common forms of attack
• Describe PAN-OS® threat prevention capabilities
• Use firewall logs and reports to make better configuration decisions
• Configure the firewall to detect, block, and record threats

Topic Outline

• Module 1: The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle
• Module 2: Blocking Packet- and Protocol-Based Attacks
• Module 3: Blocking Threats from Known-Bad Sources
• Module 4: Blocking Threats Using App- ID™
• Module 5: Blocking Threats Using Custom Signatures
• Module 6: Creating Custom Threat Signatures
• Module 7: Blocking Threats in Encrypted Traffic
• Module 8: Blocking Threats in Allowed Traffic
• Module 9: Authenticating Firewall User Accounts
• Module 10: Blocking Threats from Phishing and Stolen Credentials
• Module 11: Viewing Threat and Traffic Information

This course is recommended for Security Engineers, Security Administrators, Security Operations Specialists, Security Analysts, Network Engineers, and Support Staff.

Prerequisites:

Participants must complete the Firewall 8.1 Essentials: Configuration and Management course, or have equivalent experience. Students must have a basic familiarity with networking concepts including routing, switching, and IP addressing.

At this time there is no associated certification with this course.