SSFIPS v3.0 - Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS

Description

Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System is an instructor-led, lab-based, hands-on course offered by Cisco? Learning Services. This course is part of a portfolio of security courses designed to help businesses support and maintain their Cisco Firepower™ systems.

This lab-intensive course introduces you to the basic next-generation intrusion prevention system (NGIPS) and firewall security concepts. The course then leads you through the Cisco Firepower system. Among other powerful features, you will become familiar with:

• In-depth event analysis
• NGIPS tuning and configuration
• Snort? rules language
  
  

You?ll also become familiar with the latest platform features: file and malware inspection, security intelligence, domain awareness, and more. The course begins by introducing the system architecture, the latest major features, and the role of policies in implementing the solution. You learn how to manage deployed devices and perform basic Cisco Firepower discovery. You?ll be able to describe how to use and configure Cisco NGIPS technology, including application control, security intelligence, firewall, and network-based malware and file controls. You?ll learn how to take advantage of powerful tools so you can carry out more efficient event analysis, including the detection of file type and network-based malware. And you?ll learn how to properly tune systems for better performance and greater network intelligence. The course finishes with system and user administration tasks. This course combines lecture materials and hands-on labs that will give you practice in deploying and managing the Cisco Firepower system.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course and it's labs you should be able to:

• Describe the key features and concepts of NGIPS and firewall security
• Describe the Cisco Firepower system components, features, and high-level implementation steps
• Navigate the Cisco Firepower Management Center GUI and understand the role of policies when configuring the Cisco Firepower system
• Deploy and manage Cisco Firepower managed devices
• Perform an initial Cisco Firepower discovery and basic event analysis to identify hosts, applications, and services
• Identify and create the objects required as prerequisites to implementing access control policies
• Identify the features and functionality of access control policies and the implementation procedures
• Describe the concepts and implementation procedures of security intelligence
• Describe the concepts and implementation procedures of file control and advanced malware protection
• Use Cisco Firepower recommendations to implement IPS policies
• Explain the use of network analysis policies and the role of preprocessor technology in processing network traffic for NGIPS inspection
• Describe and demonstrate the detailed analysis techniques and reporting features provided by the Cisco Firepower Management Center
• Describe major Cisco Firepower Management Center system administration and user account management features
  
  

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are recommended:

• Technical understanding of TCP/IP networking and network architecture
• Basic familiarity with the concepts of intrusion detection systems (IDS) and IPS
  
  

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy and/or manage a Cisco FireSIGHT system in a network environment. The primary audience for this course includes:

• Security administrators
• Security consultants
• Network administrators
• System engineers
• Technical support personnel
• Channel partners and resellers
  
  

Outline

Module 1: Security Technology Overview
Module 2: Cisco Firepower System Components and Features
Module 3: Introducing the Cisco Firepower Management Center
Module 4: Deploying Cisco Firepower Managed Devices
Module 5: Cisco Firepower Discovery
Module 6: Access Control Policy Prerequisites
Module 7: Implementing Access Control Policies
Module 8: Security Intelligence
Module 9: File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
Module 10: Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems
Module 11: Network Analysis Policies
Module 12: Detailed Analysis Techniques
Module 13: System Administration

Lab Outline

Lab 1: Connect to the Lab Environment
Lab 2: Navigate the Cisco Firepower Management Center GUI
Lab 3: Device Management
Lab 4: Cisco Firepower Discovery
Lab 5: Access Control Policy Prerequisites
Lab 6: Implementing an Access Control Policy
Lab 7: Security Intelligence
Lab 8: File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
Lab 9: Implementing NGIPS
Lab 10: Detailed Analysis
Lab 11: System Administration