Palo Alto Firewall Simulator ((free)) < iPad >

Unlocking Hands-On Cybersecurity Skills: A Guide to the Palo Alto Firewall Simulator

• Firewall 1: VM-Series (Active)
• Firewall 2: VM-Series (Passive – to practice HA config sync)
• Panorama: A virtual Panorama server to manage both.
• Linux Server: Simulates a Web Server (Host-Only network).
• Windows 10 VM: Simulates an internal user.

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Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)

Palo Alto Networks provides this tool through their learning portal.

Start small. Build a single "Allow" rule. Then break it. Then fix it using the CLI. Once you can troubleshoot dns-proxy errors and decryption policy mismatches in the simulator, walking into a real data center with a physical PA-5400 series will feel like second nature. palo alto firewall simulator

Basic Policies

: Practice creating Security Policies to allow/deny traffic and NAT Policies for internet routing. Unlocking Hands-On Cybersecurity Skills: A Guide to the

The simulator allows testing of advanced threat prevention: Simulator vs