Palo Alto and Panorama — Hardening the Configuration

As per Hardening Network Devices National Security Agency Cybersecurity Information, the below points are covered in this Course.

Palo Alto and Panorama — Hardening the Configuration (gumroad.com)

The possibility of unwanted access to a network’s infrastructure is decreased by hardening network equipment. A malicious cyber actor might take advantage of flaws in device management and configurations to establish a presence and maintain persistence within a network. Adversaries are increasingly focusing on targeting specialized and embedded devices, such as routers and switches, rather than only standard endpoints. They achieve this by managing routing protocols, exploiting configuration flaws, and introducing malware into the operating systems.

In the cybersecurity world, that means making that device more secure and resilient to attacks. By hardening a device, you are making it more difficult to break into for hackers.
Minimizing attack surface, or surface of vulnerability, and potential attack vectors
Hardening the Firewall Configuration
Hardening the Network devices Firewalls, Routers Switches etc
The possibility of unwanted access to a network’s infrastructure is decreased by hardening network equipment.
The management interface is kept secure, and access is limited to only those administrators that need access.
Accessing internet resources from offline management
Admin accounts also need to be set so they only have access to the sections of the configuration they need to access and use external authentication.
Password security
Keep Content and Software Updates Current Patch vulnerability
Set up notifications for system and configuration log messages
Monitor system and configuration logs

Practical Firewall Penetration Testing

Palo Alto and Panorama — Hardening the Configuration (gumroad.com)

Firewall penetration testing is the process of locating, investigating and penetrating a certain firewall to reach the internal trusted network of a certain system.

Mostly considered to be a key part in external network penetration testing, firewall In this video we discussed the below points.

Locating The Firewall
Conducting Traceroute
Port Scanning
Banner Grabbing
Firewall Enumeration Testing
The Firewall Policy
Firewalking
How to identify Firewall Specific Vulnerabilities
Firewall Penetration Test Process/Checklist

Below Tools used:

NMAP
HPING3
Firewalk
Network audit tool
Tracert
Traceroute

This course also covered the Best Deployment practices Hardening Network Devices used in the industry and some real-world scenarios including Tips and Tricks. You will learn a lot in this course and will surely find this valuable.

Palo Alto and Panorama — Hardening the Configuration (gumroad.com)

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Palo Alto and Panorama — Hardening the Configuration

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