IPS v6.0 - Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System
Description
Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) v6.0 provides the knowledge and skills needed to design, install, configure, and maintain a Cisco IPS sensor for small, medium, and enterprise networks. The course also describes the procedures for managing intrusion prevention system (IPS) alarms.
Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
• Explain how the Cisco IPS protects network devices from attacks
• Install and configure the basic settings on a Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensor
• Use the Cisco IDM to configure built-in signatures to meet the requirements of a given security policy
• Configure some of the more advanced features of the Cisco IPS product line
• Initialize and install into your environment the rest of the Cisco IPS family of products
• Use the CLI and the Cisco IDM to obtain system information, and configure the Cisco IPS sensor to allow an SNMP NMS to monitor the Cisco IPS sensor
Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, it is recommended that you have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge:
• Familiarity with networking and security terms and concepts, including completion of the Securing Cisco Network Devices (SND) course
• Strong user-level experience with Microsoft Windows operating systems
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