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Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundation

Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundation Course Description: In this 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 security zones, authentication, and policies on a next generation firewall. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Upon completion of this course students will be able to perform the following: • 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. • 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. • Examine how to secure the future with Cortex Data Lake and XDR. • Apply two-factor authentication on the next generation firewall (NGFW). • Configure the NGFW to allow only trusted applications.

Status: Network Security
Status: Zero Trust Network Access
IntermediateCourse13 hours

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ER

5.0Reviewed Mar 25, 2023

Actually a very good course covering all the foundational concepts of Cybersecurity. Hat's off to the professor.

SL

4.0Reviewed Oct 27, 2023

this is one of the excellent course for those who wants to begin their journey in cybersecurity

JR

5.0Reviewed Mar 14, 2022

Recommended even to an individual with no prior knowledge to security like me. It is very helpful. And all important details are tackeled

DB

5.0Reviewed Mar 27, 2022

It was perfect, I loved the trainer way of teaching.

TM

5.0Reviewed Aug 25, 2023

I learned by the coursera batter then expectation best material and good videos to understand the topics thanks coursera

JM

5.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2025

Excelentes conocimientos que comparten en este curso

PM

5.0Reviewed Jun 16, 2025

Quite informative and covers the fundamentals of cyber security!

MA

4.0Reviewed Mar 14, 2022

I​ like it. Perhaps you will consider not reading the handouts fully. If we are told to read the printouts, why are you reading them in the videos?

AC

5.0Reviewed Aug 28, 2023

TOP - very well explained, a lot of informations/pdf/audio/video

AM

4.0Reviewed Aug 25, 2024

it is good course for begginers to learn the basic fundamentals

AA

5.0Reviewed Nov 28, 2021

Nicely packed Foundation course. There is a room to improve though.

AK

5.0Reviewed Jan 9, 2022

Well delivered, the materials and assignments really helped to understand more about the course.

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