Palo Alto Firewalls PCNSE Prep Part 1

Palo Alto Firewalls PCNSE exam preparation Part 1

What you'll learn:

• Understand Palo Alto Firewalls Deployment Methods
• Understand how to deploy Palo Alto Firewalls in AWS
• Understand Palo Alto Firewalls Security Policies
• Understand Palo Alto Firewalls NAT configuration
• Understand User ID Integration
• Configure user ID integration using User ID Agent
• Configure Captive Portal to authenticate users
• Understand Captive Portal different methods including, redirection, transparent and SSO with examples
• Understand security zones and traffic processing in PaloAlto Firewalls
• Understand the packet flow through the PaloAlto Firewalls
• Understand AntiySpyware and DNS Sinkholing
• Configure AntiSpyware

PaloAlto firewalls are true Next Generation firewalls built from the ground up to address legacy firewalls issues. It is the first firewall platform to make decisions based on applications not just ports and protocols. The PCNSE exam requires deep understanding of the topics.

I will show you how to create an eve-ng environment and setup a lab where you can launch the environment in AWS using terraform. This way you can start and stop the environment to minimize the charges. I will show you how you can you use a combination of eve-ng and AWS setup deployed using terraform to test the functionality of AWS using a licensed version.

Topics covered

• Understand the Basic concepts of the Palo Alto Firewall.

• Review the GUI to understand all the areas of configuration.

• Understand how to setup the Palo Alto firewall in AWS.

• Understand how to setup an EVE-NG instance in your home lab and connect it to an instance in AWS for practicing.

• Understand Basic NATconfiguration.

• Understand User ID topics, agent, agentless and captive portal.

• Understand DNS security and how to configure DNS sinkhole and DNS security features.

• Understand SSLDecryption Concepts

• Understand the different deployment options.

• Understand the core threat prevention features.