This 5-day instructor-led course introduces the new ASA 5505 and 5550 and covers important new ASA and PIX Security Appliance 7.2 features. This course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to deploy, configure, and administer the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliances.
Who Should Attend
Channel Partner / Reseller
Customer
Employee
Cisco Career Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
CCSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional)
Course Outline
This 5-day course is geared towards obtaining hands-on experience only; therefore, there is no exam.
Course Introduction
Cisco Security Appliance Technology and Features
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and PIX Security Appliance Families
Getting Started with Cisco Security Appliances
Translations and Connections
Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
Object Grouping
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Switching and Routing on the ASA
The Cisco Modular Policy Framework
Advanced Protocol Handling
Virtual Private Network Configuration
Configuring Security Appliance Remote Access Using Cisco Easy VPN
Configuring ASA for WebVPN
Configuring Transparent Firewall
Configuring Security Contexts
Failover
Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
Getting Started with Security Services Modules
Managing the Security Appliance
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Describe the general functionality of firewalls and security appliances
Choose the most appropriate security appliance and licensing for a given scenario
Configure the security appliance for basic network connectivity
Perform address translation on a security appliance
Configure security appliance access control
Describe and configure the object grouping feature of Cisco security appliances
Define, configure, and monitor AAA in Cisco security appliances
Describe and configure the switching and routing functionality that your security appliance provides
Describe and configure a security appliance modular policy
Describe and configure security appliance advanced protocol handling
Configure Cisco security appliances for VPN connectivity
Configure security appliances for secure remote access
Configure the Cisco security appliances to support the WebVPN feature set
Configure Cisco security appliances to run in transparent firewall mode
Configure the security appliance to support multiple contexts
Implement and configure failover in a network
Configure and monitor security appliances with ASDM
Initialize a Cisco ASA AIP SSM and CSC SSM
Secure and upgrade system access to the security appliance and recover from problems
Prerequisites
Students who attend this advanced course must have experience in configuring Cisco IOS software and have met the following prerequisites:
CCNA Certification or the equivalent knowledge
Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system
A strong familiarity with networking and security terms and concept
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