SSFIPS - Securing Networks w/ Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Intrusion Prevention System

Audience

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy and manage a Cisco Firepower
NGIPS in their network environment.
• Security administrators
• Security consultants
• Network administrators
• System engineers
• Technical support personnel
• Channel partners and resellers

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
• Technical understanding of TCP/IP networking and network architecture
• Basic familiarity with the concepts of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and IPS

Description:

The Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) v4.0 course shows you how to deploy and use Cisco Firepower® Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS). This hands-on course gives you the knowledge and skills to use the platform features and includes firewall security concepts, platform architecture and key features; in-depth event analysis including detection of network-based malware and file type, NGIPS tuning and configuration including application control, security intelligence, firewall, and network-based malware and file controls; Snort® rules-language; file and malware inspection, security intelligence, and network analysis policy configuration designed to detect traffic patterns; configuration and deployment of correlation policies to take action based on events detected; troubleshooting; system and user administration tasks, and more.

This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower (300-710 SNCF), which leads to CCNP Security and Cisco Certified Specialist – Network Security Firepower certifications. The 300-710 SNCF exam has a second preparation course as well, Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall (SSNGFW). You can take these courses in any order.

 

This course is delivered remotely via our partnership with Sunset Learning.