The Cisco Security Agent Training

Securing Hosts Using Cisco Security Agent (HIPS) v1.0 is a two-day, hands-on lab course, which develops the knowledge and skills to deploy, configure and administer the Cisco Security Agent product to protect server and workstation hosts. It will also teach how to troubleshoot and fine-tune Cisco Security Agent for operation with specific applications.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the need for network security
• Understand attack types, methods and Cisco security wheel
• CSA overview, functionality, components and architecture
• CSAMC install, overview, system requirements for management console
• CSAMC quick start configuration, configure a group, build an agent kit, view registered hosts, configure a policy, attach a policy to a group and generate rule programs
• CSAMC administration accessing and using the management console
• Configure groups and manage hosts
• Build agent kits and distributing software updates
• Develop a security policy
• Configure policies and rules for Windows and UNIX
• Use system correlation and heuristics
• Understand and configure application classes
• Understand and use CSAMC utilities start / stop service for servers and agent, web manager utility, backup configurations, COM extract utility and export / import configurations

Who Should Attend

·         System Engineers

·         Account Managers

·         Channel Partner/Reseller

·         Customers

Target audience for this course:

·         Engineers who support sales of Cisco security product solutions

·         Cisco Channel Partners, who sell, implement and maintain secure networks

·         Cisco Customers who implement and maintain secure networks