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Who should take this course

The CCNA Security certification is for IT professionals looking to expand upon and document their existing skills in CISCO technology. This boot camp is intended for students seeking to earn their CCNA Security certification and who need an expert instructor to guide them throughout the training and exam preparation process.

Course Objectives

The CCNA Security boot camp helps you master the following topics:

• Security concepts and threats
• Implementing AAA using IOS and ISE
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
• VPN technology and cryptography
• IP security
• Implementing IPsec site-to-site VPNs
• Implementing SSL remote-access VPNs using Cisco ASA
• Securing Layer 2 technologies
• Network Foundation Protection (NFP)
• Securing the management, data, and control planes
• Understand, implement, and configure Cisco firewall technologies
• Cisco IPS fundamentals
• Mitigation technologies for e-mail, web-based, and endpoint threats

Course Outline

Part I Fundamentals of Network Security

Chapter 1 Networking Security Concepts

Foundation Topics

Understanding Network and Information Security Basics

    Network Security Objectives

    Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

    Cost-Benefit Analysis of Security

    Classifying Assets

    Classifying Vulnerabilities

    Classifying Countermeasures

    What Do We Do with the Risk?

Recognizing Current Network Threats

    Potential Attackers

    Attack Methods

    Attack Vectors

    Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

    Other Miscellaneous Attack Methods

Applying Fundamental Security Principles to Network Design

    Guidelines

    Network Topologies

    Network Security for a Virtual Environment

    How It All Fits Together

Chapter 2 Common Security Threats

Foundation Topics

Network Security Threat Landscape

Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks

Social Engineering Methods

    Social Engineering Tactics

    Defenses Against Social Engineering

Malware Identification Tools

    Methods Available for Malware Identification

    Data Loss and Exfiltration Methods

Part II Secure Access

Chapter 3 Implementing AAA in Cisco IOS

Foundation Topics

Cisco Secure ACS, RADIUS, and TACACS

    Why Use Cisco ACS?

    On What Platform Does ACS Run?

    What Is ISE?

    Protocols Used Between the ACS and the Router

    Protocol Choices Between the ACS Server and the Client (the Router)

Configuring Routers to Interoperate with an ACS Server

Configuring the ACS Server to Interoperate with a Router

Verifying and Troubleshooting Router-to-ACS Server Interactions

Chapter 4 Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Foundation Topics

Bring Your Own Device Fundamentals

BYOD Architecture Framework

    BYOD Solution Components

Mobile Device Management

    MDM Deployment Options

        On-Premise MDM Deployment

        Cloud-Based MDM Deployment

Part III Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Chapter 5 Fundamentals of VPN Technology and Cryptography

Foundation Topics

Understanding VPNs and Why We Use Them

    What Is a VPN?

    Types of VPNs

        Two Main Types of VPNs

    Main Benefits of VPNs

        Confidentiality

        Data Integrity

        Authentication

        Antireplay Protection

Cryptography Basic Components

    Ciphers and Keys

        Ciphers

        Keys

    Block and Stream Ciphers

        Block Ciphers

        Stream Ciphers

    Symmetric and Asymmetric Algorithms

        Symmetric

        Asymmetric

    Hashes

    Hashed Message Authentication Code

    Digital Signatures

        Digital Signatures in Action

    Key Management

        Next-Generation Encryption Protocols

    IPsec and SSL

        IPsec

        SSL

Public Key Infrastructure

    Public and Private Key Pairs

    RSA Algorithm, the Keys, and Digital Certificates

        Who Has Keys and a Digital Certificate?

        How Two Parties Exchange Public Keys

        Creating a Digital Signature

    Certificate Authorities

    Root and Identity Certificates

        Root Certificate

        Identity Certificate

        Using the Digital Certificates to Get the Peer’s Public Key

        X.500 and X.509v3 Certificates

    Authenticating and Enrolling with the CA

    Public Key Cryptography Standards

    Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

    Revoked Certificates

    Uses for Digital Certificates

    PKI Topologies

        Single Root CA

        Hierarchical CA with Subordinate CAs

        Cross-Certifying CAs

Putting the Pieces of PKI to Work

    ASA’s Default Certificate

    Viewing the Certificates in ASDM

    Adding a New Root Certificate

    Easier Method for Installing Both Root and Identity Certificates

Chapter 6 Fundamentals of IP Security

Foundation Topics

IPsec Concepts, Components, and Operations

    The Goal of IPsec

    The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol

    The Play by Play for IPsec

        Step 1: Negotiate the IKEv1 Phase 1 Tunnel

        Step 2: Run the DH Key Exchange

        Step 3: Authenticate the Peer

        What About the User’s Original Packet?

        Leveraging What They Have Already Built

        Now IPsec Can Protect the User’s Packets

        Traffic Before IPsec

        Traffic After IPsec

    Summary of the IPsec Story

Configuring and Verifying IPsec

    Tools to Configure the Tunnels

    Start with a Plan

    Applying the Configuration

    Viewing the CLI Equivalent at the Router

    Completing and Verifying IPsec

Chapter 7 Implementing IPsec Site-to-Site VPNs

Foundation Topics

Planning and Preparing an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN

    Customer Needs

    Planning IKEv1 Phase 1

    Planning IKEv1 Phase 2

Implementing and Verifying an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN in Cisco IOS Devices

    Troubleshooting IPsec Site-to-Site VPNs in Cisco IOS

Implementing and Verifying an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN in Cisco ASA

    Troubleshooting IPsec Site-to-Site VPNs in Cisco ASA

Chapter 8 Implementing SSL VPNs Using Cisco ASA

Foundation Topics

Functions and Use of SSL for VPNs

    Is IPsec Out of the Picture?

    SSL and TLS Protocol Framework

    The Play by Play of SSL for VPNs

    SSL VPN Flavors

Configuring Clientless SSL VPNs on ASA

    Using the SSL VPN Wizard

    Digital Certificates

    Accessing the Connection Profile

    Authenticating Users

    Logging In

    Seeing the VPN Activity from the Server

Using the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client

    Types of SSL VPNs

    Configuring the Cisco ASA to Terminate the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Connections

    Groups, Connection Profiles, and Defaults

    One Item with Three Different Names

    Split Tunneling

Troubleshooting SSL VPN

    Troubleshooting SSL Negotiations

    Troubleshooting AnyConnect Client Issues

        Initial Connectivity Issues

        Traffic-Specific Issues

Part IV Secure Routing and Switching

Chapter 9 Securing Layer 2 Technologies

Foundation Topics

VLAN and Trunking Fundamentals

    What Is a VLAN?

    Trunking with 802.1Q

    Following the Frame, Step by Step

    The Native VLAN on a Trunk

    So, What Do You Want to Be? (Asks the Port)

    Inter-VLAN Routing

    The Challenge of Using Physical Interfaces Only

    Using Virtual “Sub” Interfaces

Spanning-Tree Fundamentals

    Loops in Networks Are Usually Bad

    The Life of a Loop

    The Solution to the Layer 2 Loop

    STP Is Wary of New Ports

    Improving the Time Until Forwarding

Common Layer 2 Threats and How to Mitigate Them

    Disrupt the Bottom of the Wall, and the Top Is Disrupted, Too

    Layer 2 Best Practices

    Do Not Allow Negotiations

    Layer 2 Security Toolkit

    Specific Layer 2 Mitigation for CCNA Security

        BPDU Guard

        Root Guard

        Port Security

CDP and LLDP

DHCP Snooping

Dynamic ARP Inspection

Chapter 10 Network Foundation Protection

Foundation Topics

Using Network Foundation Protection to Secure Networks

    The Importance of the Network Infrastructure

    The Network Foundation Protection Framework

    Interdependence

    Implementing NFP

Understanding the Management Plane

    First Things First

    Best Practices for Securing the Management Plane

Understanding the Control Plane

    Best Practices for Securing the Control Plane

Understanding the Data Plane

    Best Practices for Protecting the Data Plane

    Additional Data Plane Protection Mechanisms

Chapter 11 Securing the Management Plane on Cisco IOS Devices

Foundation Topics

Securing Management Traffic

    What Is Management Traffic and the Management Plane?

    Beyond the Blue Rollover Cable

    Management Plane Best Practices

    Password Recommendations

    Using AAA to Verify Users

        AAA Components

        Options for Storing Usernames, Passwords, and Access Rules

        Authorizing VPN Users

        Router Access Authentication

        The AAA Method List

    Role-Based Access Control

        Custom Privilege Levels

        Limiting the Administrator by Assigning a View

    Encrypted Management Protocols

    Using Logging Files

    Understanding NTP

    Protecting Cisco IOS Files

Implementing Security Measures to Protect the Management Plane

    Implementing Strong Passwords

    User Authentication with AAA

    Using the CLI to Troubleshoot AAA for Cisco Routers

    RBAC Privilege Level/Parser View

    Implementing Parser Views

    SSH and HTTPS

    Implementing Logging Features

        Configuring Syslog Support

    SNMP Features

    Configuring NTP

    Secure Copy Protocol

    Securing the Cisco IOS Image and Configuration Files

Chapter 12 Securing the Data Plane in IPv6

Foundation Topics

Understanding and Configuring IPv6

    Why IPv6?

    The Format of an IPv6 Address

        Understanding the Shortcuts

        Did We Get an Extra Address?

        IPv6 Address Types

Configuring IPv6 Routing

    Moving to IPv6

Developing a Security Plan for IPv6

    Best Practices Common to Both IPv4 and IPv6

    Threats Common to Both IPv4 and IPv6

    The Focus on IPv6 Security

    New Potential Risks with IPv6

    IPv6 Best Practices

    IPv6 Access Control Lists

Chapter 13 Securing Routing Protocols and the Control Plane

Foundation Topics

Securing the Control Plane

    Minimizing the Impact of Control Plane Traffic on the CPU

Control Plane Policing

    Control Plane Protection

Securing Routing Protocols

    Implement Routing Update Authentication on OSPF

    Implement Routing Update Authentication on EIGRP

    Implement Routing Update Authentication on RIP

    Implement Routing Update Authentication on BGP

Part V Cisco Firewall Technologies and Intrusion Prevention System Technologies

Chapter 14 Understanding Firewall Fundamentals

Foundation Topics

Firewall Concepts and Technologies

    Firewall Technologies

    Objectives of a Good Firewall

    Firewall Justifications

    The Defense-in-Depth Approach

    Firewall Methodologies

        Static Packet Filtering

        Application Layer Gateway

        Stateful Packet Filtering

        Application Inspection

        Transparent Firewalls

        Next-Generation Firewalls

Using Network Address Translation

    NAT Is About Hiding or Changing the Truth About Source Addresses

    Inside, Outside, Local, Global

    Port Address Translation

    NAT Options

Creating and Deploying Firewalls

    Firewall Technologies

    Firewall Design Considerations

    Firewall Access Rules

    Packet-Filtering Access Rule Structure

    Firewall Rule Design Guidelines

    Rule Implementation Consistency

Chapter 15 Implementing Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls

Foundation Topics

Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls

    How Zone-Based Firewall Operates

    Specific Features of Zone-Based Firewalls

    Zones and Why We Need Pairs of Them

    Putting the Pieces Together

    Service Policies

    The Self Zone

Configuring and Verifying Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls

    First Things First

    Using CCP to Configure the Firewall

    Verifying the Firewall

    Verifying the Configuration from the Command Line

    Implementing NAT in Addition to ZBF

    Verifying Whether NAT Is Working

Chapter 16 Configuring Basic Firewall Policies on Cisco ASA

Foundation Topics

The ASA Appliance Family and Features

    Meet the ASA Family

    ASA Features and Services

ASA Firewall Fundamentals

    ASA Security Levels

    The Default Flow of Traffic

    Tools to Manage the ASA

    Initial Access

    Packet Filtering on the ASA

    Implementing a Packet-Filtering ACL

    Modular Policy Framework

    Where to Apply a Policy

Configuring the ASA

    Beginning the Configuration

    Getting to the ASDM GUI

    Configuring the Interfaces

    IP Addresses for Clients

    Basic Routing to the Internet

    NAT and PAT

    Permitting Additional Access Through the Firewall

    Using Packet Tracer to Verify Which Packets Are Allowed

    Verifying the Policy of No Telnet

Chapter 17 Cisco IDS/IPS Fundamentals

Foundation Topics

IPS Versus IDS

    What Sensors Do

    Difference Between IPS and IDS

    Sensor Platforms

    True/False Negatives/Positives

    Positive/Negative Terminology

Identifying Malicious Traffic on the Network

    Signature-Based IPS/IDS

    Policy-Based IPS/IDS

    Anomaly-Based IPS/IDS

    Reputation-Based IPS/IDS

    When Sensors Detect Malicious Traffic

    Controlling Which Actions the Sensors Should Take

    Implementing Actions Based on the Risk Rating

    Circumventing an IPS/IDS

Managing Signatures

    Signature or Severity Levels

Monitoring and Managing Alarms and Alerts

    Security Intelligence

    IPS/IDS Best Practices

Cisco Next-Generation IPS Solutions

Part VI Content and Endpoint Security

Chapter 18 Mitigation Technologies for E-mail-Based and Web-Based Threats

Foundation Topics

Mitigation Technology for E-mail-Based Threats

    E-mail-Based Threats

    Cisco Cloud E-mail Security

    Cisco Hybrid E-mail Security

    Cisco E-mail Security Appliance

    Cisco ESA Initial Configuration

Mitigation Technology for Web-Based Threats

    Cisco CWS

    Cisco WSA

Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

Chapter 19 Mitigation Technologies for Endpoint Threats

Foundation Topics

Antivirus and Antimalware Solutions

Personal Firewalls and Host Intrusion Prevention Systems

Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints

Hardware and Software Encryption of Endpoint Data

    E-mail Encryption

    Encrypting Endpoint Data at Rest

    Virtual Private Networks

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