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Cisco® Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower® Next Generation Firewall v1.0 (SSNGFW)

This course gives you knowledge and skills to use and configure Cisco® Firepower Threat Defense technology, beginning with initial device setup and configuration and including routing, high availability, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense migration, traffic control, and Network Address Translation (NAT). You will learn how to implement advanced Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) features, including network intelligence, file type detection, network-based malware detection, and deep packet inspection. You will also learn how to configure site-to-site VPN, remote-access VPN, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) decryption before moving on to detailed analysis, system administration, and troubleshooting.

Cisco® Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower® Next Generation Firewall v1.0 (SSNGFW)

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe key concepts of NGIPS and NGFW technology and the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense system, and identify deployment scenarios
  • Perform initial Cisco Firepower Threat Defense device configuration and setup tasks
  • Describe how to manage traffic and implement Quality of Service (QoS) using Cisco Firepower Threat Defense
  • Describe how to implement NAT by using Cisco Firepower Threat Defense
  • Perform an initial network discovery, using Cisco Firepower to identify hosts, applications, and services
  • Describe the behavior, usage, and implementation procedure for access control policies
  • Describe the concepts and procedures for implementing security intelligence features

     

    Course Details

    Course Outline

    1 - Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Overview
  • Examining Firewall and IPS Technology
  • Firepower Threat Defense Features and Components
  • Examining Firepower Platforms
  • Examining Firepower Threat Defense Licensing
  • Cisco Firepower Implementation Use Cases
    • 2 - Cisco Firepower NGFW Device Configuration
  • Firepower Threat Defense Device Registration
  • FXOS and Firepower Device Manager
  • Initial Device Setup
  • Managing NGFW Devices
  • Examining Firepower Management Center Policies
  • Examining Objects
  • Examining System Configuration and Health Monitoring
  • Device Management
  • Examining Firepower High Availability
  • Configuring High Availability
  • Cisco ASA to Firepower Migration
  • Migrating from Cisco ASA to Firepower Threat Defense
    • 3 - Cisco Firepower NGFW Traffic Control
  • Firepower Threat Defense Packet Processing
  • Implementing QoS
  • Bypassing Traffic
    • 4 - Cisco Firepower NGFW Address Translation
  • NAT Basics
  • Implementing NAT
  • NAT Rule Examples
  • Implementing NAT
    • 5 - Cisco Firepower Discovery
  • Examining Network Discovery
  • Configuring Network Discovery
  • Implementing Access Control Policies
  • Examining Access Control Policies
  • Examining Access Control Policy Rules and Default Action
  • Implementing Further Inspection
  • Examining Connection Events
  • Access Control Policy Advanced Settings
  • Access Control Policy Considerations
  • Implementing an Access Control Policy
    • 6 - Security Intelligence
  • Examining Security Intelligence
  • Examining Security Intelligence Objects
  • Security Intelligence Deployment and Logging
  • Implementing Security Intelligence
    • 7 - File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
  • Examining Malware and File Policy
  • Examining Advanced Malware Protection
    • 8 - Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems
  • Examining Intrusion Prevention and Snort Rules
  • Examining Variables and Variable Sets
  • Examining Intrusion Policies
    • 9 - Site-to-Site VPN
  • Examining IPsec
  • Site-to-Site VPN Configuration
  • Site-to-Site VPN Troubleshooting
  • Implementing Site-to-Site VPN
    • 10 - Remote-Access VPN
  • Examining Remote-Access VPN
  • Examining Public-Key Cryptography and Certificates
  • Examining Certificate Enrollment
  • Remote-Access VPN Configuration
  • Implementing Remote-Access VPN
    • 11 - SSL Decryption
  • Examining SSL Decryption
  • Configuring SSL Policies
  • SSL Decryption Best Practices and Monitoring
    • 12 - Detailed Analysis Techniques
  • Examining Event Analysis
  • Examining Event Types
  • Examining Contextual Data
  • Examining Analysis Tools
  • Threat Analysis
    • 13 - System Administration
  • Managing Updates
  • Examining User Account Management Features
  • Configuring User Accounts
  • System Administration
    • 14 - Cisco Firepower Troubleshooting
  • Examining Common Misconfigurations
  • Examining Troubleshooting Commands
  • Firepower Troubleshooting

    • Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

    Who is it For?

    Target Audience

    Security administrators

    Security consultants

    Network administrators

    System engineers

    Technical support personnel

    Cisco integrators and partners

    Other Prerequisites

    To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge:

    Knowledge of TCP/IP and basic routing protocols, and familiarity with firewall, VPN, and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) concepts

    Cisco® Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower® Next Generation Firewall v1.0 (SSNGFW)

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    Course Length : 5 Days

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