Course Introduction

The Cisco Firepower training is targeted to engineers and technical personnel involved in deploying, implementing, operating, and optimizing Network security in enterprise environments. The Cisco SCNF v1.0 course shows how to deploy and use Firepower, build, and implement policies on Firepower FMCv. This hands-on course provides you with the knowledge and skills to implement and use Firepower virtual appliance, including Access control, Intrusion, Malware and file, DNS, Identity, SSL, and Prefilter policies.

Objectives

• 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 Threat Defense
• 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 behavior, usage, and implementation procedure for access control policies
• Describe the concepts and procedures for implementing security intelligence features
• Describe Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks and the procedures for implementing file control and advanced malware protection
• Implement and manage intrusion policies
• Describe the components and configuration of site-to-site VPN
• Describe and configure a remote-access SSL VPN that uses Cisco AnyConnect®
• Describe SSL decryption capabilities and usage

Audience

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

Labs

• Initial Device Setup
• Device Management
• Configuring High Availability
• Implementing NAT
• Configuring Network Discovery
• Implementing an Access Control Policy
• Implementing Security Intelligence
• Implementing Site-to-Site VPN
• Implementing Remote Access VPN
• Threat Analysis
• System Administration
• Firepower Troubleshooting