Illumio Core Expert: SaaS

This introductory course provides an overview of the Illumio platform, designed for those with basic network knowledge. You’ll learn about the company, understand segmentation and how it functions in the platform, and explore how Illumio protects your systems. The course also introduces the main components of the platform and their roles, giving you a foundational understanding of how the Illumio solution works.       

This course covers a detailed introduction to labels and policy objects within the Illumio platform, building on the "Introduction to Illumio ZTS" course. You’ll learn the importance of labels in workload identification and policy rules, and how to define and use both standard and flexible labels. Additionally, the course covers IP Lists, Label Groups, and Services, providing a comprehensive understanding of their role in enforcing security policies.  Previously: 110 Workloads ​&​ Labeling      

This intermediate course helps you understand managed and unmanaged workloads within the Illumio Platform, with a focus on managing and troubleshooting Virtual Enforcement Nodes (VENs). Building on the "Introduction to Illumio ZTS" course, it covers the basics of workloads, VEN architecture, how to pair VENs, and the steps to troubleshoot common VEN issues.  Previously: 120 VEN Administration      

This intermediate course teaches the fundamentals of policy management within the Illumio platform, requiring completion of the "Introduction to Illumio ZTS" course. You’ll explore how policies work, including various options and types, and learn to create and apply rules. The course also covers the use of Illumio’s visualization tools for evaluating network flows.      

This course builds on your knowledge of policy management in the Illumio platform, following the completion of "Introduction to Illumio ZTS" and "Illumio Policy Management Level 1." You’ll learn advanced policy concepts, how to write scopeless and scoped rules, apply segmentation strategies, and manage policy changes. The course also introduces Endpoint policies and covers how to implement and troubleshoot them.      

Focused on User Administration within the Illumio platform, this intermediate course requires prior completion of "Introduction to Illumio ZTS." The course covers essential user management tasks, including the difference between local and external users, adding and removing users from the PCE, applying access restrictions, adding service accounts, and troubleshooting basic user permission issues.  Previously: 160 RBAC      

This intermediate course focuses on the functions of the Illumio API, requiring prior completion of "Introduction to Illumio" course. You’ll learn about the core API functions (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE) and various authentication methods. The course also introduces the basics of using an Illumio API tool, such as the Workloader command-line tool.      

This course will teach you advanced rule writing concepts for complex policies and how to troubleshoot policy issues as well as how to tighten policies, identify core services and write core services rules. This course utilizes Illumination+ Before you take this course, please make sure you have taken the following course(s): Introduction to Illumio Core (Self Paced), Labels and Policy Objects, Workloads, Policy Management Level 1 and 2.

This course will teach you the architecture, key concepts, and the integration requirements to use Illumio Core with Kubernetes or OpenShift. You will learn how Illumio Core provides visibility and segmentation for containerized applications.  Before you take this course, please make sure you have taken the following course(s): Introduction to Illumio Core (Self-paced) before taking this course.