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Cisco Implementing and Operating Security Core Technologies SCOR (350-701 v1.1)

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Description

The Cisco Implementing and Operating Security Core Technologies SCOR (350-701 v1.1) course focuses on core knowledge and skills needed to master the topics on the Cisco Certified Specialist – Security Core Certification. Those topics include cybersecurity fundamentals, network security, cloud security, identity management, secure network access, endpoint protection and detection, and visibility and enforcement.

The goal of this course is to demonstrate real-world foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented using Cisco Security Core Technologies including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam ̶ to increase your chances of passing the exam on your first try.

Course components:

180-day access to:

  • Lessons
  • Video learning
  • Hands-on Labs
  • MeasureUp Practice Test for Cisco SCOR (350-701 v1.1). Practice Mode with remediation and Certification mode to simulate the test day experience.

Duration: 5 days

Audience: Current IT professionals, such as system administrators, infrastructure administrators, and virtualization engineers. Cisco considers ideal candidates to be those who possess the following:

  • Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco’s security portfolio
  • Experience deploying Cisco Secure Firewalls and IPS devices
  • Experience with cloud security solutions
  • Deep understanding of secure connectivity and segmentation solutions
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure device hardening and infrastructure security
  • Configuring and troubleshooting identity management, information exchange, and access control
  • Deep understanding of advanced threat protection and content security

Passing this exam fulfills one requirement toward earning the CCNP Security certification. It is also the qualifying exam for the CCIE Security certification.

Prerequisites:

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity
  • Knowledge of implementing and operating core security technologies
  • Understanding cloud security
  • Hands-on experience with Cisco Secure Firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), and other network infrastructure devices
  • Understanding of content security, endpoint protection and detection, and secure network access, visibility, and enforcement
  • Understanding of cybersecurity concepts with hands-on experience in implementing security controls

Course objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Explain how to monitor for and protect against security threats on-premises and in cloud environments
  • Describe reports that are used to manage threats, predict vulnerabilities, and troubleshoot issues
  • Compare network security solutions and deployment models
  • Configure different AAA for networks, secure network management, and VPNs
  • Identify and describe how to secure the cloud environment
  • Configure content security features
  • Explain endpoint protection and detection solutions
  • Describe secure network access, visibility, and enforcement

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (1 hour and 48 minutes)

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity
  • Defining What Are Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Exploits
  • Common Software and Hardware Vulnerabilities
  • Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
  • Cloud Security Threats
  • IoT Security Threats
  • An Introduction to Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Lesson 2: Cryptography (24 minutes)

  • Introduction to Cryptography
  • Fundamentals of PKI

Lesson 3: Software-Defined Networking Security and Network Programmability (24 minutes)

  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and SDN Security
  • Introduction to Network Programmability

Lesson 4: Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA) and Identify Management (2 hours)

  • Introduction to Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Accounting
  • Infrastructure Access Controls
  • AAA Protocols
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
  • Configuring TACACS+ Access
  • Configuring RADIUS Authentication
  • Additional Cisco ISE Design Tips

Lesson 5: Network Visibility and Segmentation (2 hours and 24 minutes)

  • Introduction to Network Visibility
  • NetFlow
  • IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
  • NetFlow Deployment Scenarios
  • Cisco Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
  • Cisco Cognitive Intelligence and Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
  • NetFlow Collection Considerations and Best Practices
  • Configuring NetFlow in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS-XE
  • Configuring NetFlow in NX-OS
  • Introduction to Network Segmentation
  • Micro-Segmentation with Cisco ACI
  • Segmentation with Cisco ISE

Lesson 6: Infrastructure Security (2 hours and 24 minutes)

  • Securing Layer 2 Technologies
  • Common Layer 2 Threats and How to Mitigate Them
  • Network Foundation Protection
  • Understanding and Securing the Management Plane
  • Understanding the Control Plane
  • Understanding and Securing the Data Plane
  • Securing Management Traffic
  • Implementing Logging Features
  • Configuring NTP
  • Securing the Network Infrastructure Device Image and Configuration Files
  • Securing the Data Plane in IPv6
  • Securing Routing Protocols and the Control Plane

Lesson 7: Cisco Secure Firewall (1 hours and 36 minutes)

  • Introduction to Cisco Secure Firewall
  • Comparing Network Security Solutions That Provide Firewall Capabilities
  • Deployment Modes of Network Security Solutions and Architectures That Provide Firewall Capabilities
  • High Availability and Clustering
  • Implementing Access Control
  • Cisco Firepower Intrusion Policies
  • Cisco Secure Malware Defense
  • Security Intelligence, Security Updates, and keeping Firepower Software Up to Date

Lesson 8: Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) (1 hour and 48 minutes)

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN) Fundamentals
  • Deploying and Configuring Site-to-Site VPNs in Cisco Routers
  • Configuring Site-to-Site VPNs in Cisco ASA Firewalls
  • Configuring Remote-Access VPNs in the Cisco ASA
  • Configuring Clientless Remote Access SSL VPNs in the Cisco ASA
  • Configuring Client-Based Remote-Access SSL VPNs in the Cisco ASA
  • Configuring Remote-Access VPNs in Cisco Secure Firewall
  • Configuring Site-to-Site VPNs in the Cisco Secure Firewall
  • Cisco SD-WAN

Lesson 9: Securing the Cloud (2 hours)

  • What Is Cloud and What Are the Cloud Service Models?
  • DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and DevSecOps
  • Describing the Customer vs. Provider Security responsibility for the Different Cloud Service Models
  • Cisco Umbrella
  • Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
  • Cisco Attack Surface Management (Formerly Cisco Secure Cloud Insights)
  • Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
  • AppDynamics Cloud Monitoring
  • Cisco Secure Workload
  • Cisco XDR

Lesson 10: Content Security (48 minutes)

  • Content Security Fundamentals
  • Cisco Secure Web Appliance
  • Cisco Secure Email
  • Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)

Lesson 11: Endpoint Protection and Detection (36 minutes)

  • Introduction to Endpoint Protection and Detection
  • Cisco Secure Endpoint

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