Cybersecurity Essentials PAN8

Palo Alto Networks

Overview

The Cybersecurity Essentials PAN8 labs allow learners to gain hands-on practice in evaluating cybersecurity principles and demonstrating how to secure a network computing environment through the application of security controls, using Palo Alto Networks firewalls. While examining strategies for network defense, learners will deploy a variety of security methodologies, as well as technologies and concepts used for implementing secure network environments.

Learn more about Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy

Lab Exercises (12 labs)
# Title
1 Creating a Zero Trust Environment
2 Configuring Authentication
3 Using Two-Factor Authentication to Secure the Firewall
4 Allowing Only Trusted Applications
5 Managing Certificates
6 Decrypting SSH Traffic
7 Decrypting SSL Inbound Traffic
8 Securing Endpoints using Vulnerability Profiles
9 Stopping Reconnaissance Attacks
10 Using Dynamic Block Lists
11 Denying International Attackers
12 Configuring HIP for Global Protect
Pod Topology Palo Alto Cybersecurity Essentials PAN8 Pod
Palo Alto Cybersecurity Essentials PAN8 Pod

Virtual Machines

Client DMZ Firewall vRouter

Documentation & Resources

Setup: Install PAN8 Cybersecurity Essentials via the Course Manager. See the Admin Guide →

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