Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundation

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. Additionally, students are introduced to artificial intelligence and the role it plays in cybersecurity today.

In this module you will examine the Modern Computing Trends associated with Cloud technologies including Software as a Service - SaaS. You will also focus on identifying the job skills that will be utilized for Cloud services security and compliance.

Module 3, Cyber-Threats, analyzes how attackers exploit vulnerabilities and promote attacks through the Cyber-Attack lifecycle. Students learn to identify High-profile cybersecurity attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats, as well as localized Wi-Fi attacks.

Module 4 - Cyber Attack Types and Techniques - analyzes how threat actors exploit vulnerabilities and perform cyber attacks by using various techniques including spamming and phishing attacks.

Module 5 - Cybersecurity Models and Design Principles, emphasizes the importance of a Zero-Trust design model. Students also examine the typical traffic patterns associated with application and datacenter services.

Module 6 - Security Operating Platform, explains the critical need for an interoperable Security Operating Platform. Students explore the various applications and services that are included in a Security Operating Platform.

This module explores the role of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, examining how AI and machine learning are being applied to enhance security capabilities and protect against evolving cyber threats.