Cisco Security

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

• Cisco CCNA® certification
• Cisco CCNA Security certification
• Completion of the course Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions (FIREWALL)
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system

The Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions (VPN) v2.0 course is part of the curriculum path that leads to the Cisco CCNP® Security certification. This five-day instructor-led course is aimed at providing network security engineers with the knowledge and skills that they need to implement and maintain Cisco ASA adaptive security appliance-based perimeter solutions. Successful graduates will be able to use Cisco ASA features to reduce the risk to the IT infrastructure and applications and to provide detailed operations support for the Cisco ASA security appliance.

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

• Describe the general properties of the Cisco ASA security appliance VPN subsystem
• Implement and maintain Cisco clientless remote access Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPNs on the Cisco ASA security appliance VPN gateway
• Implement and maintain Cisco AnyConnect client-based remote access SSL VPNs on the Cisco ASA security appliance VPN gateway, according to policies and environmental requirements
• Implement and maintain Cisco remote access IP Security (IPsec) VPNs on the Cisco ASA VPN gateway, according to policies and environmental requirements
• Implement and maintain site-to-site VPN solutions on the Cisco ASA security appliance VPN gateway, according to policies and environmental requirements
• Deploy endpoint security with Cisco Secure Desktop and dynamic access policy (DAP), and deploy and manage high-availability and high-performance features of the Cisco ASA security appliance

The course contains these components:

• Course Introduction
• Cisco ASA Adaptive Security Appliance VPN Architecture and Common Components
• Cisco ASA Adaptive Security Appliance Clientless Remote Access SSL VPN Solutions
• Cisco AnyConnect Remote Access SSL Solutions
• Cisco ASA Adaptive Security Appliance Remote Access IPsec VPNs
• Cisco ASA Adaptive Security Appliance Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Solutions
• Endpoint Security and High Availability for Cisco ASA VPNs
• Lab Guide