Mastering Palo Alto Networks (Udemy.com)
Dominate and take control of all the features that Palo Alto firewalls can offer to protect and secure your network
Created by: Packt Publishing
Last updated December 2019
What you will learn
- Implement Palo Alto NGFW profiles and policies such as URL Filtering, App-ID, Antivirus and DoS to leverage Palo Alto's stateful security protection
- Enable IPsec Tunnel based VPNs and SSL-VPN configurations (Globalprotect VPN) for a cost-effective and scalable remote connectivity solution
- Configure dynamic and static routing process in Palo Alto's virtual routers and configure Network Address Translations
- Multi-Tenant or Multi-Context Deployment scenarios providing logical segmentation between Virtual firewall instances in a traffic and control-plane standpoint
- Highly available Active-Active and Active-Standby configurations to provide always-on redundant firewall policing, inspection and routing services
- Enable Load Balancing and Floating Virtual IPs to leverage hardware resources and scale the firewall network architecture
How it compares
Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 45% of them
- Reviews2,015#249 of 1,183 by number of reviews
- Length8.8 hourslonger than 66% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2019earlier than 87% of them
Course Description
Network security is not a choice; it’s a must! Palo Alto Networks is one of the top firewall platform choices when it comes to protecting and securing all your critical on-premise and cloud infrastructures. That said, it’s highly probable that you—as a Network Security Engineer—is or will be managing or deploying one in your own or your customers’ environments.
This training guide will help you fully understand what tools, features, and options your Palo Alto firewalls can offer to protect and enhance visibility in your network traffic. It has been developed by someone who understands that learning every possible aspect of a technology platform can consume precious time.
Why is this course perfect for you? It will get you from zero to hero in no time, so you can take full advantage of all of the features that the Palo Alto firewall platform has to offer. From initial policy configurations to configuring Nat and security rules to performing Active-Active highly available clusters, you’ll learn all there is required to set it up like a pro!
After completing this training guide, you’ll feel confident that you can take full advantage of all of the features of Palo Alto firewall and most importantly, keep the bad guys out of your network.
About the Author
Rene Cardona is a Network Solutions Architect with over 8 years of experience in core data centers and security infrastructure designs, architecture, consulting, and implementations. He has performed many security and data center architecture refreshes for major U.S. corporations in the logistics, retail, healthcare, and education fields.
He has provided expert insights during migrations from firewall platform vendors such as Palo Alto, Cisco, Fortinet, and Checkpoint. His vast proficiency experience ranges from Hyper-Converged Datacenter Environments, VXLAN, SDN, SD-WAN and Multi-Datacenter High Availability (MDHA) to Network Security (firewalls, Network Admission Control, and Network Security Architectures). He is currently in charge of securing one of the biggest shipping container terminals in the United States.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
2,015 Reviews
Packt Publishing
Packt are an established, trusted, and innovative global technical learning publisher, founded in Birmingham, UK with over eighteen years experience delivering rich premium content from ground-breaking authors and lecturers on a wide range of emerging and established technologies for professional development.
Packt’s purpose is to help technology professionals advance their knowledge and support the growth of new technologies by publishing vital user focused knowledge-based content faster than any other tech publisher, with a growing library of over 9,000 titles, in book, e-book, audio and video learning formats, our multimedia content is valued as a vital learning tool and offers exceptional support for the development of technology knowledge.
We publish on topics that are at the very cutting edge of technology, helping IT professionals learn about the newest tools and frameworks in a way that suits them.
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Reviews
By Charles Marlin on 7/23/2021
I really enjoyed this course. I have worked with Palo Alto firewalls before, but there were a lot of things that were not so clear, this course pretty much went over everything in a very easy to understand and follow format. The only thing that would have made it better would be a PDF with notes and the slides, but I took my own notes so it was no big deal. Thanks for the course.
By Nuno on 1/14/2021
Very good course. I think the author could show the labs topology in Eve-NG or GNS3 before showing the GUI with the commands, procedures, etc It's more like a small advice because the course is very well structured, Rene is clear and concise. Coming from a zero knowledge in Palo Alto, I now feel confident in working with one. Thanks
By Anonymized User on 11/5/2020
In the end the course has good content, but, the instructor seems to be making the course on the fly, constantly repeating ideas, an taking too much time on a not so relevant concepts specially during preambles. The instructor also has several pet phrases that I found distracting.
By Christian on 6/2/2020
Great job! professional Trainor, clear and precise. Good job on putting Quiz to Test our Knowledge on every Section. Keep it up and I will definitely enrol on your other videos. God bless!
By Anonymized User on 5/14/2020
Too fast to talk and too fast to click on the videos and this require me to rewind the video to see again. can be extend this training from 9 hours 15 hours. other than this, it is very good and excellent. If the instructor share a material, will be good too.
By Krishna Boodoo on 5/12/2020
I think this course has introduced a solid understanding of the PA FW in a quick and solid way. Rene is correct when he said practicing will greatly enhance one's knowledge. This is true for any technology. I appreciate this training because it has boosted my knowledge very quickly. I do have Cisco Firepower and FTD background so it was quite easy to follow along. There were a couple of areas which went by quickly but overall I was pleased. Thanks Rene for this experience.
By Mohammed Abdullah Balfakih on 3/22/2020
Course was awesome and providing good knowledge in Palo Alto FW. Thanks a lot. I think this course needs more labs and examples for more understanding. You need a good knowledge in networking for good understanding
By Rodrigo Heringer de Salles on 12/4/2019
Professor tem uma ótima didática e as aulas são muito interessantes. Ele demonstra ter muito conhecimento do assunto, tanto prático como teórico e relembra o aluno a todo o momento das coisas importantes. As legendas ajudam os alunos que têm pouca familiaridade com o inglês a entenderem as aulas.
By Donavan Walker on 10/12/2019
This is a great course. The instructor was very knowledgeable about the material. Very clear, concise and informative teaching. He teaches from a beginners perspective and that helped to fill in some of the blanks that were missing for me. Thank you sir!
By Sreeram Redipali on 7/25/2019
Great course to start with for getting familiar and to become beginner to intermediate level firewall administrator. Hopefully Rene will come up with a detailed course on PCNSE in future.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












