Cybersecurity Foundation

In the Cybersecurity Foundation course, students will learn fundamental principles associated with the current cybersecurity landscape and identify concepts required to recognize and potentially mitigate attacks against enterprise networks as well as mission critical infrastructure. Students will also learn how to initially setup and configure interfaces, security zones, authentication, and policies on a next generation firewall.

Course objectives:

• Discover modern computing trends and application threat vectors.
• Configure a network interface and test for connectivity.
• Identify cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) application challenges.
• Review cybersecurity industry regulations and standards.
• Explore recent cyberattacks and their impact on business.
• Review attacker profiles, motivations and the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle.
• Recognize high-profile cybersecurity attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats.
• Identify malware types, vulnerabilities, exploits, spamming and phishing attacks.
• Configure and test a malware analysis security profile.
• Describe how bots and botnets are used to attack enterprise networks.
• Explore Zero Trust design principles, architecture, capabilities, and implementation.
• Review perimeter network security strategies, policies, models, and trust boundaries.
• Setup and configure inside, outside and DMZ security zones on a NGFW.
• Create and test an authentication policy on a next generation firewall.
• Review capabilities of the Security Operating Platform and components.
• Explore how to secure the enterprise with NGFW and Traps endpoint protection.
• Discover how to secure the cloud with Prisma Access, SaaS, and Cloud.
• Apply two-factor authentication on the next generation firewall (NGFW).
• Configure the NGFW to allow only trusted applications.

Course Modules

Module 1: Cybersecurity Landscape
Module 2: Cybersecurity Threats
Module 3: Cybersecurity Attack Types
Module 4: Cybersecurity Design Models
Module 5: Security Operating Platform

Scope

• Level: Introductory
• Duration: 2 credits – 30 contact hours
• Format: Instructor Led or Self-Paced

Target Audience

Entry level candidates in the Cybersecurity workforce.
Anyone who participates in Internet activities.

Prerequisites

There are no course prerequisites for the Foundation course. Students are expected to have basic Internet and application software skills.

Palo Alto Networks Education

The academic curriculum developed and authorized by Palo Alto Networks Academy and delivered by Palo Alto Networks Academy Partners helps provide the knowledge and expertise that prepare you to protect our digital way of life. Our trusted certifications validate your knowledge of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform and
your ability to help prevent successful cyberattacks and safely enable applications.