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Being a Firewall Engineer : An Operational Approach: A Comprehensive guide on firewall management operations and best practices
Second Edition 2021.
What makes you a firewall expert? Understand different firewall products and the Packet-flows. Get familiarize with Change management and understand how to incorporate change management process in to firewall management operations. This book gives you a broad overview on Firewalls, packet flows, hardening, management & operations and the best practices followed in the industry. Though this book is mainly intended for firewall administrators who are in to operations, this book give a quick introduction and comparisons of the major firewall vendors and their products. In this book I have covered the following topics.
Various Job roles related to Firewalls.
What makes you a firewall expert?
Know the major firewall vendors and their models.
Firewall ranking and benchmarks.
Understand the packet flow or order of operation.
Understand the different types of firewalls.
Daily tasks of a firewall administrator
Guidelines on firewall hardening and compliance.
Understand Change Management process.
Illustration on How to make a firewall change (incorporating Change management process) with a real world example.
Note: This book is not a configuration guide. Intended for beginners and junior professionals.
What makes you a firewall expert? Understand different firewall products and the Packet-flows. Get familiarize with Change management and understand how to incorporate change management process in to firewall management operations. This book gives you a broad overview on Firewalls, packet flows, hardening, management & operations and the best practices followed in the industry. Though this book is mainly intended for firewall administrators who are in to operations, this book give a quick introduction and comparisons of the major firewall vendors and their products. In this book I have covered the following topics.
Various Job roles related to Firewalls.
What makes you a firewall expert?
Know the major firewall vendors and their models.
Firewall ranking and benchmarks.
Understand the packet flow or order of operation.
Understand the different types of firewalls.
Daily tasks of a firewall administrator
Guidelines on firewall hardening and compliance.
Understand Change Management process.
Illustration on How to make a firewall change (incorporating Change management process) with a real world example.
Note: This book is not a configuration guide. Intended for beginners and junior professionals.
62 pages, Paperback
Published October 23, 2021
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About the author
Jithin Alex
7 books7 followersJithin Alex, an accomplished Security Professional and Author, brings extensive expertise in security operations and proficiently managing a diverse range of security solutions and products across various technology sectors. Formerly serving as an senior engineer at a leading multinational corporation, he utilized his technical acumen and practical experience to author books that have garnered significant acclaim.
Notably, his book "Network Automation using Python 3" achieved recognition as one of the top new Automation books by Bookauthority.
Additionally, "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense NGFW" was acknowledged as one of the best Firewall books of all time.
Explore his technical articles, CTF challenges, and write-ups at www.jaacostan.com
Notably, his book "Network Automation using Python 3" achieved recognition as one of the top new Automation books by Bookauthority.
Additionally, "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense NGFW" was acknowledged as one of the best Firewall books of all time.
Explore his technical articles, CTF challenges, and write-ups at www.jaacostan.com
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