OVERVIEW
The course is available either online or as an instructor-led classroom course. It consists of presentations and practical lab exercises to reinforce the taught content, and electronic copies of the supporting documents for the course will be provided to each trainee through the online portal. The course is expected to take 3 days (24 hours) to complete, of which approximately half will be spent on the practical exercises.
OBJECTIVES
On completion of this course, trainees will be able to:
Explain how XG Firewall help to protect against security threats
Perform the initial setup of an XG Firewall and configure the required network settings
Configure routing, site-to-site connectivity, remote access and wireless
Protect web applications using web server protection
Configure firewall rules, policies and user authentication
Find information using logs, reports and tools
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course; however, it is recommended that trainees should:
Have practical knowledge of networking, including subnets, routing, VLANs, and VPNs
Be familiar with security best practices
Have 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.