SSNGFW v1.0 - Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall

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 ThreatDefense
• 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 behaviour, usage, and implementation procedure for access control policies
• Describe the concepts and procedures for implementing security intelligence features

• 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

• 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

• Cisco Firepower NGFW Traffic Control
  • Firepower Threat Defense Packet Processing
  • Implementing QoS
  • Bypassing Traffic

• Cisco Firepower NGFW Address Translation
  • NAT Basics
  • Implementing NAT
  • NAT Rule Examples
  • Implementing NAT

• 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

• Security Intelligence
  • Examining Security Intelligence
  • Examining Security Intelligence Objects
  • Security Intelligence Deployment and Logging
  • Implementing Security Intelligence

• File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
  • Examining Malware and File Policy
  • Examining Advanced Malware Protection

• Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems
  • Examining Intrusion Prevention and Snort Rules
  • Examining Variables and Variable Sets
  • Examining Intrusion Policies

• Site-to-Site VPN
  • Examining IPsec
  • Site-to-Site VPN Configuration
  • Site-to-Site VPN Troubleshooting
  • Implementing Site-to-Site VPN

• Remote-Access VPN
  • Examining Remote-Access VPN
  • Examining Public-Key Cryptography and Certificates
  • Examining Certificate Enrollment
  • Remote-Access VPN Configuration
  • Implementing Remote-Access VPN

• SSL Decryption
  • Examining SSL Decryption
  • Configuring SSL Policies
  • SSL Decryption Best Practices and Monitoring

• Detailed Analysis Techniques
  • Examining Event Analysis
  • Examining Event Types
  • Examining Contextual Data
  • Examining Analysis Tools
  • Threat Analysis

• System Administration
  • Managing Updates
  • Examining User Account Management Features
  • Configuring User Accounts
  • System Administration

• Cisco Firepower Troubleshooting
  • Examining Common Misconfigurations
  • Examining Troubleshooting Commands
  • Firepower Troubleshooting

• Security administrators
• Security consultants
• Network administrators
• System engineers
• Technical support personnel
• Cisco integrators and partners