Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (SNPA)

This course covers the new ASA 5505 and 5550 along with
important new ASA and PIX Security Appliance 7.2 features.



Overview

This 5-day instructor-led course introduces the new ASA 5505 and 5550 and covers important new ASA and PIX Security Appliance 7.2 features. This course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to deploy, configure, and administer the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliances. 

Who Should Attend

  • Channel Partner / Reseller
  • Customer
  • Employee

Cisco Career Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

  • CCSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional)

Course Outline

This 5-day course is geared towards obtaining hands-on experience only; therefore, there is no exam.

  • Course Introduction
  • Cisco Security Appliance Technology and Features
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and PIX 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 on the ASA
  • The Cisco 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 Adaptive Security Device Manager
  • Getting Started with Security Services Modules
  • Managing the Security Appliance

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

  • Describe the general functionality of firewalls and security appliances
  • Choose the most appropriate security appliance and licensing for a given scenario
  • Configure the security appliance for basic network connectivity
  • Perform address translation on a security appliance
  • Configure security appliance access control
  • Describe and configure the object grouping feature of Cisco security appliances
  • Define, configure, and monitor AAA in Cisco security appliances
  • Describe and configure the switching and routing functionality that your security appliance provides
  • Describe and configure a security appliance modular policy
  • Describe and configure security appliance advanced protocol handling
  • Configure Cisco security appliances for VPN connectivity
  • Configure security appliances for secure remote access
  • Configure the Cisco security appliances to support the WebVPN feature set
  • Configure Cisco security appliances to run in transparent firewall mode
  • Configure the security appliance to support multiple contexts
  • Implement and configure failover in a network
  • Configure and monitor security appliances with ASDM
  • Initialize a Cisco ASA AIP SSM and CSC SSM
  • Secure and upgrade system access to the security appliance and recover from problems

Prerequisites

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

  • CCNA Certification or the equivalent knowledge
  • Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system
  • A strong familiarity with networking and security terms and concept