This course is designed for technical professionals who will be administering Sophos XG Firewall and provides the skills necessary to manage common day-to- day tasks.
On completion of this course, trainees will be able to:
- Explain how XG 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 XG 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 their knowledge of both the presented and practical content. The pass mark for the assessment is 80%, and is limited to 4 attempts.
Content
- Module 1: XG firewall Overview
- Module 2: Getting started with XG firewall
- Module 3: Network Protection
- Module 4: Webserver protecion
- Module 5: Site to site connections
- Module 6: Authentications
- Module 7: Webprotection 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
Certification
+ exam: Sophos XG Administrator
Duration
2 days + Labs
Agenda
Trainer: Micheal Eleftheroglou
Day 1 Tuesday 26 October 2021
9:30-10:30 Module 1: XG firewall Overview
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:30 Module 2: Getting started with XG 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 Wednesday 27 October 2021
9:00-10:20 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