Firewalls Threats, Tactics, and Defenses
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 threat-focused course teaches students to think like adversaries while building robust defenses. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn to analyze attack techniques, build detection logic, and implement defensive strategies that proactively identify threats before they cause damage. Students develop a threat-informed mindset that drives better security decisions across all operational activities.
- 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 Threats, Tactics, and Defenses
- Execute hands-on tasks for firewalls: threats, tactics,
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for focus areas — covering Firewall architecture design.
- Execute hands-on tasks for threat skills — covering Adversary TTP analysis, Stateful & next-gen firewalls, Bypass technique detection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for adversary ttp analysis — covering Stateful & next-gen firewalls.
- Execute hands-on tasks for firewall fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for core definition
- Execute hands-on tasks for key capabilities — covering Network security device filtering traffic, Packet filtering and inspection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for evolution timeline — covering 1988: Packet filters → 1994: Stateful inspection → 2004: UTM appliances.
- Explain Firewall Types Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for packet filter — covering Operates at Layer 3-4, Stateless header inspection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for stateful inspection — covering Tracks connection states, Understands session context.
| Module 01 | Firewalls: Threats, Tactics, |
| Module 02 | Course Overview |
| Module 03 | Focus Areas |
| Module 04 | Threat Skills |
| Module 05 | Adversary TTP analysis |
| Module 06 | Firewall Fundamentals |
| Module 07 | Core Definition |
| Module 08 | Key Capabilities |
| Module 09 | Evolution Timeline |
| Module 10 | Firewall Types Overview |
| Module 11 | Packet Filter |
| Module 12 | Stateful Inspection |
| Module 13 | Operates at Layer 3-4 |
| Module 14 | Application Proxy |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice firewalls threats, tactics, and defenses 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: threats, tactics,
- Lab 2: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for focus areas
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for threat skills
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for adversary ttp analysis
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Firewalls Threats, Tactics, and Defenses, 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