Prerequisites

Students who attend this advanced course must have experience in configuring Cisco IOS software and have met the following prerequisites:

• Certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge.
• Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system.
• Familiarity with the networking and security terms and concepts (the concepts are learned in prerequisite training or by reading industry publications)

Course Content

Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (SNPA) v5.0 is an update to SNPA v4.0, an existing five-day instructor-led course on using the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliance software version 7.0 to protect network systems from intrusions and security threats. The SNPA 5.0 course introduces the new ASA 5505 and 5550 and covers important new ASA and PIX Security Appliance 7.2 features, including the following: new and enhanced inspection engines for application layer protocol inspection; packet tracer; CSC-SSM; resource management for security contexts; enhanced VPN services such as SSL VPN Client and Citrix support for WebVPN. The SNPA 7.0 course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to deploy, configure, and administer the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliances.

Course Outline

• Course Introduction
• Cisco Security Appliance Technology and Features
• Cisco PIX Security Appliance and ASA Adaptive 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
• 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 Security Appliance Device Manager
• AIP-Security Services Module-Getting Started
• Managing Security Appliances
• Configuring PIX Security Appliance Remote Access Using Cisco Easy VPN
• Firewall Services Module

Who Should Attend

• Employee
• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer