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Network Security (Cisco)

Network Security

As organizations accelerate their interest in Internet business solutions, they need qualified professionals who possess the skills necessary to ensure the security of all network-based transactions. This Cisco Security training will improve your skills and knowledge in three key areas of network security: firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and virtual private networks.

This course will prepare students for the Securing Cisco IOS Networks and Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced certification exams. In addition, the course also maps to the CompTIA Security+ certification.

Audience

Completion of CCNA course 4 or CCNA certification is a prerequisite. A Cisco Security candidate should also have 2 years of experience working in a network operations role.

Course Schedule  - From the two pull down windows: 

1. Select Term

2. Select 'CNT' for your Academic Department

Tuition covers the cost of the course. Books, certification exams, and other materials must be paid by the student. For more information on a payment plan, contact Lynn Mesna at 651-450-8578.

Class Descriptions

Network Security Outline

Module 1—Overview of Network Security

  1. OVERVIEW OF NETWORK SECURITY
  2. WEAKNESSES, THREATS AND IMPROPER USE OF THE NETWORK
  3. SECURITY FRAMEWORK & POLICY
  4. SECURITY PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION

Module 2 General Router Security

  1. GENERAL ROUTER AND SWITCH SECURITY
  2. DISABLE UNNEEDED SERVICES
  3. SECURING THE PERIMETER ROUTER
  4. ROUTER MANAGEMENT
  5. SECURING SWITCHES AND LAN ACCESS

Module 3 ACLs and CBAC

  1. ACCESS CONTROL LISTS
  2. TYPES OF IP ACLS
  3. CONTENT BASED ACCESS CONTROL (CBAC)
  4. CONFIGURE CBAC (TASK 1 AND 2)
  5. TASK 3: PORT-TO-APPLICATION MAPPING (PAM)
  6. TASK 4: DEFINE INSPECTION RULES
  7. TASK 6: TEST AND VERIFY CBAC

Module 4 Router AAA Security

  1. AAA SECURES NETWORK ACCESS
  2. NETWORK ACCESS SERVER (NAS) AAA AUTHENTICATION PROCESS
  3. CISCO SECURE ACS
  4. AAA SERVERS OVERVIEW AND CONFIGURATION
  5. THE CISCO IOS FIREWALL AUTHENTICATION PROXY

Module 5 Router Intrusion Detection, Monitoring and Management

  1. CISCO IOS FIREWALL IDS
  2. INITIALIZE, CONFIGURE AND VERIFY CISCO IOS FIREWALL IDS
  3. MONITORING WITH LOGGING AND SYSLOG
  4. SNMP
  5. MANAGING THE ROUTER
  6. SECURITY DEVICE MANAGER

Module 6 Router Site to Site VPN

  1. VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
  2. IOS CRYPTOSYSTEM
  3. IPSEC
  4. SITE-TO-SITE IPSEC VPN USING PRE-SHARED KEYS
  5. DIGITAL CERTIFICATES
  6. CONFIGURE SITE-TO-SITE IPSEC VPN USING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

Module 7 Remote Access and VPN

  1. REMOTE ACCESS VPN
  2. CISCO EASY VPN
  3. CISCO VPN 3.5 CLIENT
  4. VPN ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT

Module 8 PIX Security Appliance

  1. INTRODUCTION TO FIREWALLS
  2. THE CISCO PIX SECURITY APPLIANCE
  3. GETTING STARTED
  4. ROUTING CONFIGURATION
  5. PIX DYNAMIC HOST CONTROL PROTOCOL (DHCP)

Module 9 PIX Translations and Connections

  1. TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS
  2. NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATIONS
  3. CONFIGURING DNS SUPPORT
  4. CONNECTIONS
  5. PORT ADDRESS TRANSLATION (PAT)
  6. MULTIPLE INTERFACES ON A PIX FIREWALL

Module 10 Access Control Lists and the PIX Security Appliance

  1. ACCESS CONTROL LISTS AND THE PIX SECURITY APPLIANCE
  2. USING ACLS
  3. FILTERING
  4. OBJECT GROUPING
  5. NESTED OBJECT GROUPS

Module 11 PIX Security Appliance AAA

  1. AAA
  2. AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
  3. AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING CONFIGURATION
  4. PPPOE AND THE PIX SECURITY APPLIANCE

Module 12 PIX IDS

  1. ADVANCED PROTOCOLS
  2. MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT
  3. ATTACK GUARDS
  4. INTRUSION DETECTION
  5. SHUNNING
  6. SYSLOG CONFIGURATION ON THE PIX
  7. SNMP

Module 13 PIX Failover and System Maintenance

  1. UNDERSTANDING FAILOVER
  2. FAILOVER CONFIGURATION WITH A FAILOVER SERIAL CABLE
  3. LAN-BASED FAILOVER
  4. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE VIA REMOTE ACCESS
  5. COMMAND AUTHORIZATION
  6. PIX MANAGEMENT TOOLS
  7. PASSWORD RECOVERY, IMAGE UPGRADES, AND ACTIVATION KEYS

Module 14 PIX VPNs

  1. THE PIX SECURITY APPLIANCE ENABLES A SECURE VPN
  2. TASKS TO CONFIGURE VPN
    1. TASK 1—PREPARE TO CONFIGURE VPN SUPPORT
    2. TASK 2—CONFIGURE IKE PARAMETERS
    3. TASK 3—CONFIGURE IPSEC ARAMETERS
    4. TASK 4—TEST AND VERIFY VPN CONFIGURATION
  3. THE CISCO VPN CLIENT
  4. SCALE PIX VPNS

Module 15—PIX Device Manager

  1. THE CISCO PIX DEVICE MANAGER (PDM)
  2. PREPARATION FOR PDM
  3. USING PDM TO CONFIGURE THE PIX FIREWALL
  4. USING PDM TO CREATE SITE-TO-SITE VPNS
  5. USING PDM TO CREATE REMOTE ACCESS VPNs