Description

Duration: 5 days
Version: 4.0

Continuing Education credits: 40 points

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Price in Cisco Learning Credits (CLCs): 43
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The Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) is an instructor-led or virtual instructor-led training that shows you how to deploy and use Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS).
This hands-on course gives you the knowledge and skills to use the platform features and includes firewall security concepts, platform architecture and key features; in-depth event analysis including detection of network-based malware and file type, NGIPS tuning and configuration including application control, security intelligence, firewall, and network-based malware and file controls; Snort rules language; file and malware inspection, security intelligence, and network analysis policy configuration designed to detect traffic patterns; configuration and deployment of correlation policies to take action based on events detected; troubleshooting; system and user administration tasks, and more.

Objectives

After finishing this course, you should be able to:
  • Describe the components of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and the managed device registration process
  • Detail Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) traffic control and configure the Cisco Firepower system for network discovery
  • Implement access control policies and describe access control policy advanced features
  • Configure security intelligences features and the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks implementation procedure for file control and advanced malware protection
  • Implement and manage intrusion and network analysis policies for NGIPS inspection
  • Describe and demonstrate the detailed analysis techniques and reporting features provided by the Cisco Firepower Management Center
  • Integrate the Cisco Firepower Management Center with an external logging destination
  • Describe and demonstrate the external alerting options available to Cisco Firepower Management Center and configure a correlation policy
  • Describe key Cisco Firepower Management Center software update and user account management features
  • Identify commonly misconfigured settings within the Cisco Firepower Management Center and use basic commands to troubleshoot a Cisco Firepower Threat Defense device

Outline

    The course contains these components:
    • Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Overview
    • Cisco Firepower NGFW Device Configuration
    • Cisco Firepower NGFW Traffic Control
    • Cisco Firepower Discovery
    • Implementing Access Control Policies
    • Security Intelligence
    • File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
    • Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems
    • Network Analysis Policies
    • Detailed Analysis Techniques
    • Cisco Firepower Platform Integration
    • Alerting and Correlation Policies
    • System Administration
    • Cisco Firepower Troubleshooting

    Lab Outline:
    • Initial Device Setup
    • Device Management
    • Configuring Network Discovery
    • Implementing and Access Control Policy
    • Implementing Security Intelligence
    • File Control and Advanced Malware Protection
    • Implementing NGIPS
    • Customizing a Network Analysis Policy
    • Detailed Analysis
    • Configuring Cisco Firepower Platform Integration with Splunk
    • Configuring Alerting and Event Correlation
    • System Administration
    • Cisco Firepower Troubleshooting

Prerequisite Knowledge

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
  • Technical understanding of TCP/IP networking and network architecture
  • Basic familiarity with the concepts of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and IPS

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy and manage a Cisco Firepower NGIPS in their network environment.
  • Security administrators
  • Security consultants
  • Network administrators
  • System engineers
  • Technical support personnel
  • Channel partners and resellers

Associated certifications