Description

This 3-day course is designed for IT Professional working with Watchguard Firebox, with little to no previous Watchguard experience. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects interested in identifying, implementing and locally managing a Watchguard Firebox using leading practices as well as implementing policies to enforce security through the Watchguard Firebox appliance. After achieving the technical certification (exam taken separately in a Kryterion Testing Center), candidates will contribute to their organization WatchguardOne partnership status.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the functionalities and capabilities of a Watchguard Firebox
• Learn how to obtain and install Watchguard Firebox licenses
• Administer the device via Watchguard System Manager and Firebox Web UI
• Configure Firebox Network Interfaces
• Configure Firewall Policies
• Understand how Proxy Policies enable deep packet inspection
• Enhance your organization’s security posture via Watchguard Security Services
• Troubleshoot and Monitor your Firebox Appliance
• Setup BOVPN to interconnect with your organization’s branch office
• Setup Mobile VPN to enforce security for your remote workers

Prerequisites

• Laptop with a web browser
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP and networking protocols

Course Outline:

Module 1:

• Introduction to Watchguard Firebox
• Firebox management types
• Firebox Setup and Management

Module 2:

• Logging and Notification
• Firebox Visibility with Watchguard Cloud
• Configure Firebox Logging to Dimension
• Monitoring with Firebox System Manager
• Monitoring with Firebox Web UI

Module 3:

• Network and security basics overview
• Network Routing Modes
• Interfaces
• Secondary Networks
• Static Routing

Module 3:

• Multi-Wan
• Link Monitoring
• SD-WAN

Module 4:

• Dynamic NAT
• Static NAT (SNAT)
• 1-to-1 NAT
• NAT Loopback

Module 5:

• Network Services
• Management Policies
• Packet Filter Policies
• Policy Scheduling

Module 6:

• Botnet Detection and Tor Exit Nodes
• Intrusion Prevention Service
• Application Control

Module 7:

• HTTP-Proxy
• AntiVirus Scanning
• WebBlocker

Module 8:

• Certificate Management
• HTTPS-Proxy

Module 9:

• Authentication
• Users and Groups in Policies

Module 10:

• Mobile VPN with IKEv2
• Mobile VPN with SSL

Module 11:

• Branch Office VPN Topology
• Policy Based VPN
• VIF Based VPN