Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.0 (IPS 7)

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Network Security Engineers (NSEs) involved in IPS design, implementation and main-tenance.
• Cisco customers who implement and maintain Cisco IPS solutions.

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

• Cisco channel partners who sell, implement, and maintain Cisco IPS Solutions
• Cisco engineers who support the sale of Cisco IPS Solutions

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification:

• Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 (ICND1)
• Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2 (ICND2)

Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Security) certification:

• Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS)
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Evaluate products and deployment architectures for the Cisco IPS product line
• Perform an initial implementation of a Cisco IPS sensor
• Implement an initial security policy using a Cisco IPS sensor according to local policies and environmental requirements
• Deploy customized policies to adapt Cisco IPS traffic analysis and response to the target environment
• Implement a basic Cisco IPS data management and analysis solution
• Implement complex Cisco IPS policy virtualization, high availability, and high performance solutions according to policy and environmental requirements
• Perform the initial setup of, and maintain specific Cisco IPS hardware