What you’ll learn
Who should enroll
- Cisco integrators and partners
- Consulting systems engineer
- Network administrator
- Network designer
- Network engineer
- Network manager
- Security engineer
- Systems engineer
- Technical solutions architect
Technology areas
- Security
Training overview
Objectives
After taking this training, you should be able to:
- Describe information security concepts and strategies within the network
- Describe common TCP/IP, network application, and endpoint attacks
- Describe how various network security technologies work together to guard against attacks
- Implement access control on Cisco ASA appliance and Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall
- Describe and implement basic email content security features and functions provided by Cisco Email Security Appliance
- Describe and implement web content security features and functions provided by Cisco Web Security Appliance
- Describe Cisco Umbrella® security capabilities, deployment models, policy management, and Investigate console
- Introduce VPNs and describe cryptography solutions and algorithms
- Describe Cisco secure site-to-site connectivity solutions and explain how to deploy Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI)-based point-to-point IPsec VPNs, and point-to-point IPsec VPN on the Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
- Describe and deploy Cisco secure remote access connectivity solutions and describe how to configure 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication
- Provide basic understanding of endpoint security and describe Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints architecture and basic features
- Examine various defenses on Cisco devices that protect the control and management plane
- Configure and verify Cisco IOS software Layer 2 and Layer 3 data plane controls
- Describe Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise and Stealthwatch Cloud solutions
- Describe basics of cloud computing and common cloud attacks and how to secure cloud environment
Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA®) v1.0 course
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
- Working knowledge of the Windows operating system
- Working knowledge of Cisco IOS networking and concepts
- Familiarity with basics of networking security concepts
These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
Lab outline
- Configure Network Settings and NAT on Cisco ASA
- Configure Cisco ASA Access Control Policies
- Configure Cisco Firepower NGFW NAT
- Configure Cisco Firepower NGFW Access Control Policy
- Configure Cisco Firepower NGFW Discovery and IPS Policy
- Configure Cisco NGFW Malware and File Policy
- Configure Listener, Host Access Table (HAT), and Recipient Access Table (RAT) on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)
- Configure Mail Policies
- Configure Proxy Services, Authentication, and HTTPS Decryption
- Enforce Acceptable Use Control and Malware Protection
- Examine the Umbrella Dashboard
- Examine Cisco Umbrella Investigate
- Explore DNS Ransomware Protection by Cisco Umbrella
- Configure Static VTI Point-to-Point IPsec IKEv2 Tunnel
- Configure Point-to-Point VPN between the Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower NGFW
- Configure Remote Access VPN on the Cisco Firepower NGFW
- Explore Cisco AMP for Endpoints
- Perform Endpoint Analysis Using AMP for Endpoints Console
- Explore File Ransomware Protection by Cisco AMP for Endpoints Console
- Explore Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise v6.9.3
- Explore Cognitive Threat Analytics (CTA) in Stealthwatch Enterprise v7.0
- Explore the Cisco Cloudlock Dashboard and User Security
- Explore Cisco Cloudlock Application and Data Security
- Explore Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud
- Explore Stealthwatch Cloud Alert Settings, Watchlists, and Sensors
