Instructor-Led Courses

SonicWALL provides instructor-led courses and technical eLearning modules designed to supply you with extensive technology foundations, in-depth SonicWALL-specific knowledge, in addition to online practice and an array of supplemental resources to enhance learning.

SonicWALL Technical Instructor-led Courses:

SonicWALL offers hands-on, instructor-led courses as part of our technical certification curriculum. Each course is designed to instruct the student in key security technology fundamentals, along with specific SonicWALL design, configuration, implementation and troubleshooting topics. Pass the associated certification exam offered at the conclusion of each of these classes and you become a Certified SonicWALL System Administrator (CSSA)—passing 3 or more of these certification exams entitles you to the Master CSSA distinction and benefits.

Network Security Basic Administrator Training

This 2-day, hands-on, instructor-led course provides students the required background, knowledge and experience to begin designing, implementing and troubleshooting SonicWALL security appliances running SonicOS firmware.

This course covers basic deployment and configuration using SonicOS firmware. Attendees will become technically familiar with a wide spectrum of SonicWALL-innovated feature sets, such as Basic Configuration, Scalability and Reliability, Unified Threat Management (UTM), VPN, Basic High Availability, and much more. While learning the wide array of security features SonicOS has to offer, students also learn how to validate settings and to use troubleshooting techniques with the SonicWALL diagnostic tools.

All lessons include hands-on lab exercises to reinforce the presentation material.

Network Security Basic Administrator Training Course Description (PDF) >>

Network Security Advanced Administrator Training

This 2-day, hands-on, instructor-led course provides students the required background, knowledge and experience to implement and troubleshoot advanced features of SonicWALL security appliances running SonicOS firmware.

This course builds on the skills learned in SonicWALL’s Network Security Basic Administration (NS-101) Course and teaches the student the latest information on Application Control, Bandwidth Management, troubleshooting, advanced networking and more. This advanced course requires the prior completion of the Advanced Networking and Security with SonicOS E-Learning and the Network Security Basic Administration course, and will not cover pre-requisite material.

All lessons include hands-on lab exercises to reinforce the presentation material.

Network Security Advanced Administrator Course Description (PDF) >>

Secure Remote Access Administrator Training

This 3-day course is recommended for anyone who need to maintain and monitor an Aventail SSL VPN appliance. This course provides instruction on the administration and management of the SSL VPN appliance to provide secure, anywhere access to applications and resources for employees, business partners and other users.

The course covers using the Aventail Management Console (AMC) to provide users with secure access to any application, from corporate laptops or un-managed computers, based on secure authentication and authorization policies and appropriate End Point Control requirements. Students also learn how to deploy Aventail Secure Desktop for added security, as well as deploy graphical terminal shortcuts for native, Web-based access to Windows Terminal Servers and Citrix server farms.

Secure Remote Access Administrator Training Course Description (PDF) >>

Secure Wireless Administrator Training

This 2-day, in-depth, technical, lab-intensive class instructs students how to design, deploy, configure and maintain SonicWALL distributed wireless equipment to:

• Provide user mobility and maintain secure wireless communication
• Provide controlled guest access
• Provide hotspot capabilities

The class focuses on the installation and configuration of SonicWALL distributed wireless equipment and on the entire system setup. This includes configuring VLAN switches, RADIUS servers, as well as wireless clients, for a complete solution. Students set up several Virtual APs, or. multiple SSIDs, where wireless traffic handled by the same set of SonicPoints can be segmented and unique wireless securities applied. Training covers the complete setup of WPA2-EAP-PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2 using Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft IAS servers. The course also includes the implementation of external guest authentication using SonicWALL Lightweight Hotspot Messaging (LHM). Finally, the class covers enhanced management with the Global Management System (GMS), troubleshooting, wireless design, and RF site surveys.

Secure Wireless Administrator Training Course Description (PDF) >>