Advanced Network Configurations and Administration

Network security consists of the policies and practices adopted to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of a computer network and network-accessible resources. In this up-to-speed training course covers Security management for Networks, Network Protocols Security, network threats, firewalls, Secure networking devices, Types of Attacks and more. The course is comprehensive, yet easy to follow, with real world scenarios,Delivering practical value to aspirant security professionals.

Course Outline

Basics of Networking & Security

• Basics of Security & Unified Threat Management (UTM)
• Trends in Security
• Identity-based UTM
• Introduction to Security Appliance

Identity-based UTM

• Challenges with Current UTM Products
• Security Approach
• Layer 8 Firewall
• Identity-based Technology

Firewall

• Access Control (Local ACL)
• Default firewall Policies
• L2 Firewall support
• Outbound NAT (Source NAT)
• Inbound NAT (Virtual Host)
• Denial of Service (DoS)
• Unified Threat Control under Firewall

User Authentication

• Local & External Authentication
• Authentication Settings
• Type of Authentication
• Single Sign On Concept
• Identity Based Policy
• Group Management
• User Management
• Identity Based Firewall

Configuring Security Context

• Security Context Overview
• Enabling or Disabling Multiple Context Mode
• Configuring Resource Classes
• Configuring Security Context

DHCP and DNS

• DHCP Relay
• DHCP Server
• DNS Client

Content Filter

• Basics of Content Filter
• Content Filter Features
• Content Filter Categories
• Content Filter Policies
• Custom Category
• Custom Denied Message

Gateway Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam

• Gateway Anti-Virus Features
• Basics of Virus / Spyware / Malware / Phishing
• Anti-Virus Configuration
• Gateway Anti-Spam Features
• Basics of Spam
• Basics of Anti-Spam Technologies
• Anti-Spam Policies
• Anti-Spam Rules
• Reports

Intrusion Prevention System

• IPS Basics
• IPS Signatures
• IPS Policies
• Custom IPS Signature
• Upgrade
• Reports

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

• VPN Features
• VPN Technology Comparison
• SSL VPN

Multilink Manager

• Multilink – An Introduction
• Gateway Management
• Active-Active load balancing and Gateway failover
• Active-Passive Gateway Failover failover

Routing

• Basics of Routing
• Static Routing
• Policy Based Routing
• Source Based Routing

General Administration

• Logging Management
• Report Management
• DNS Management
• Backup – Restore
• Diagnostic Tools
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Debugging Tools

Prerequisites

• Operational OS knowledge
• Basics of Networking
• Knowledge of Protocols
• HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
• TCP/IP Protocol Suite