Sophos XG Firewall Administrator Course


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 2 days to complete, of which approximately half will be spent on the practical exercises.

Objectives

On completion of this course, trainees will be able to:

  • Recognize the main technical capabilities and how they protect against threats
  • Complete common configuration tasks
  • Manage security events
  • Backup and restore the system
  • View, manage, and interpret logs and reports
  • View, manage, and interpret logs and reports

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course; however it is recommended that trainees should:
  • Have networking knowledge equivalent to CompTIA N+ or better
  • Be familiar with security best practices
  • Be able to setup a Windows server
  • Have experience of configuring and managing network gateway devices
  • Have knowledge of general Windows networking and Microsoft Active Directory

If you are uncertain whether you meet the necessary prerequisites to take this course, please email us at qlobaltraininq@sophos.com and we will be happy to help.

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 A attempts.

Lab Environment

Each student will be provided with a pre-configured environment which simulates a company network with two sites, a head office and a branch office and contains Windows Servers, a Windows Desktop and two XG Firewalls,

Price

600$

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