NETWORK SECURITY

Palo Alto Networks Firewall – Advanced Traffic Control

Explore advanced traffic management solutions available on Palo Alto Networks Firewall. Throughout this series, you will learn how to effectively implement Network Address Translation (NAT), deploy decryption strategies to inspect and control encrypted traffic, and utilize advanced protection features to harden the perimeter, optimize firewall performance and defend against a wide range of threats.

This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical configurations, ensuring that you can apply what you learn directly to your network environment.

Course Summary

Maximize the security of a Palo Alto Networks firewall deployment with NAT, decryption, and advanced protection features.

Piotr Kaluzny

Instructor

 

Domain
Network Security
Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Status
Complete
Duration
4 hours
Complexity
Key Learnings
  • Configure and deploy NAT on PAN-OS for effective network traffic management
  • Understand the principles of decryption and implement decryption policies to inspect encrypted traffic
  • Apply advanced security profiles to protect against a wide range of threats
  • Implement zone protection to safeguard network perimeters
  • Set up and manage DoS protection to prevent denial-of-service attacks
Intended Audience

This course is intended for network security engineers, network engineers, IT security professionals, cybersecurity analysts, and anyone with a foundational understanding of Palo Alto Networks Firewall who wants to enhance their skills in advanced traffic control and security management.

Course Prerequisites

While there are no formal prerequisites, participants should be familiar with the PAN-OS GUI, have the ability to initialize the firewall and configure Security Policy rules.

Course Playlist
Overview
Course Introduction2m
Network Address Translation (NAT)
1. NAT on PAN-OS32m
2. Deploying NAT38m
Decryption
3. Understanding Decryption24m
4. Deploying Decryption47m
Advanced Protection
5. Security Profiles31m
6. Zone Protection27m
7. DoS Protection29m
Resources
Review Questions
Further Reading
Technology Lab
Lab Workbook
Lab Topology
Task 1 Solution Walkthrough
Task 2 Solution Walkthrough
Task 3 Solution Walkthrough
Task 4 Solution Walkthrough
Task 5 Solution Walkthrough