Deploy and manage industry-leading PAN-OS 10.x solutions to secure your users and infrastructureKey FeaturesUnderstand how to optimally use PAN-OS features
Build firewall solutions to safeguard local, cloud, and mobile networks
Protect your infrastructure and users by implementing robust threat prevention solutions

Book Description
Palo Alto Networks' integrated platform makes it easy to manage network and cloud security along with endpoint protection and a wide range of security services.
This book is an end-to-end guide to configure firewalls and deploy them in your network infrastructure. You will see how to quickly set up, configure and understand the technology, and troubleshoot any issues that may occur. This book will serve as your go-to reference for everything from setting up to troubleshooting complex issues. You will learn your way around the web interface and command-line structure, understand how the technology works so you can confidently predict the expected behavior, and successfully troubleshoot any anomalies you may encounter. Finally, you will see how to deploy firewalls in a cloud environment, and special or unique considerations when setting them to protect resources.
By the end of this book, for your configuration setup you will instinctively know how to approach challenges, find the resources you need, and solve most issues efficiently.What you will learnExplore your way around the web interface and command line
Discover the core technologies and see how to maximize your potential in your network
Identify best practices and important considerations when configuring a security policy
Connect to a freshly booted appliance or VM via a web interface or command-line interface
Get your firewall up and running with a rudimentary but rigid configuration
Gain insight into encrypted sessions by setting up SSL decryption
Troubleshoot common issues, and deep-dive into flow analytics
Configure the GlobalProtect VPN for remote workers as well as site-to-site VPN

Who this book is for
The book is for network and security professionals, and administrators who want to bring in the power of Palo Alto Networks and firewalls to secure their networks. Engineers should have a good grasp of networking and routing protocols, basic knowledge of stateful or next-generation firewalls is helpful but not required.Table of ContentsUnderstanding the Core Technologies
Setting Up a New Device
Building Strong Policies
Taking Control of Sessions
Services and Operational Modes
Identifying Users and Controlling Access
Managing Firewalls through Panorama
Upgrading Firewalls and Panorama
Logging and Reporting
Virtual Private Networks
Advanced Protection
Troubleshooting Common Session Issues
A Deep Dive into Troubleshooting
Cloud based firewall deployment
Supporting Tools