Sophos Firewall Administration for End-users Training
In January 2023: Monday 9 & Tuesday 10
(2 days crash Training / NSS Training Center – remote / on premises)
A two-days crash training program which is designed for technical professionals who will be administering Sophos Firewall and provides the skills necessary to manage common day-to- day tasks.
Trainer: Micheal Eleftheroglou
Training room: NSS ATC training room 3rd floor
Objectives
On completion of this course, trainees will be able to:
- Explain how Sophos Firewall help to protect against security threats
- Configure firewall rules, policies, and user authentication
- Demonstrate threat protection and commonly used features
- Perform the initial setup of an Sophos Firewall and configure the required network settings
- Identify and use troubleshooting tools, reporting and management tasks
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course; however, it is recommended you should:
- Be knowledge of networking
- Be familiar with security best practices
- Experience configuring network security devices
Certification
To become a Sophos Certified Administrator, trainees must take and pass an online assessment.
The assessment tests the knowledge of both the presented and practical content.
The pass mark for the assessment is 80% and is limited to 4 attempts.
Content
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- Module 1: Firewall Overview
- Module 2: Getting started with Firewall
- Module 3: Network Protection
- Module 4: Webserver Protection
- Module 5: Site-to-site Connections
- Module 6: Authentications
- Module 7: Web Protection and Application control
- Module 8: Application Control
- Module 9: Email Protection
- Module 10: Wireless Protection
- Module 11: Remote Access
- Module 12: Logging, Reporting and Central Management
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Certification + Exam:
SOPHOS FIREWALL ADMINISTRATOR
Duration 2 Days Remote + Labs
Athens Cyberpark training room 3rd floor (Aggistis 1 & Paggaiou)
Language: Greek & English
Agenda
DAY 1
09:30 – 10:30 Module 1: Firewall Overview
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:30 Module 2: Getting started with Firewall
12:30 – 13:00 Labs (getting familiar)
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Module 3: Network Protection
14:30 – 15:30 Module 4: Webserver Protection
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 17:05 Module 5: Site to Site Connection
DAY 2
09:00 – 10:20 Module 6: Authentications
10:20 – 11:20 Module 7: Web Protection and Application Control
11:20 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:00 Module 8: Application Control
12:00 – 12:50 Module 9: Email Protection
12:50 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Module 10: Wireless Protection
14:15 – 15:05 Module 11: Remote Access
15:05 – 15:20 Break
15:20 – 16:20 Module 12: Logging, Reporting and Central Management
16:20 Labs discussion