Firewalls Playbook for Teams: Operator Edition
RCCE students will learn firewall technologies including stateful packet inspection, next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, network segmentation with firewalls, firewall rule management, and firewall log analysis. RCCE students will learn to design firewall architectures for enterprise networks, write and optimize firewall rules following least-privilege principles, troubleshoot firewall connectivity issues, analyze firewall logs for blocked and suspicious traffic, implement firewall change management processes, assess firewall configurations for security weaknesses, and respond to incidents involving firewall bypass or misconfiguration. This team-oriented course builds collaborative workflows and organizational playbooks for security operations. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to create and implement standardized procedures that enable consistent performance across team members and shifts. Students develop the documentation, communication, and coordination skills needed for effective team-based security operations.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Firewalls Playbook for Teams: Operator Edition
- Execute hands-on tasks for firewalls playbook for teams
- Execute hands-on tasks for operator edition
- Explain Course Overview: Firewalls Playbook fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Execute hands-on tasks for team operator skills — covering Standardized SOC firewall playbooks.
- Execute hands-on tasks for firewall fundamentals: core concepts
- Execute hands-on tasks for packet filtering
- Execute hands-on tasks for stateful inspection
- Execute hands-on tasks for application layer — covering Inspects header fields only, Tracks connection state tables.
- Execute hands-on tasks for state table mechanics — covering Tracks 5-tuple: src/dst IP, ports, protocol, SYN → SYN-ACK → ACK handshake validated.
- Execute hands-on tasks for tcp state tracking — covering SYN → SYN-ACK → ACK handshake validated.
- Execute hands-on tasks for spi connection lifecycle management
| Module 01 | Firewalls Playbook for Teams |
| Module 02 | Operator Edition |
| Module 03 | Course Overview: Firewalls Playbook |
| Module 04 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 05 | Team Operator Skills |
| Module 06 | Firewall Fundamentals: Core Concepts |
| Module 07 | Packet Filtering |
| Module 08 | Stateful Inspection |
| Module 09 | Application Layer |
| Module 10 | State Table Mechanics |
| Module 11 | TCP State Tracking |
| Module 12 | SPI Connection Lifecycle Management |
| Module 13 | State Entry |
| Module 14 | Common Failures |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice firewalls playbook for teams: operator edition by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for firewalls playbook for teams
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for operator edition
- Lab 3: Explain Course Overview: Firewalls Playbook fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for team operator skills
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Firewalls Playbook for Teams: Operator Edition, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI