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Course Overview

The Cisco Security Monitoring Analysis and Response System (MARS), a four-day instructor-led course, is part of the Cisco Security Management Suite which provides security monitoring for network security devices and host application made by Cisco or non-Cisco providers. In addition to event correlation and data reduction features found in SIM products, CS-MARS also provides topology awareness and automatic migration features. In knowing the topology of a network, MARS can determine where the attack is originating and apply the appropriate remediation. CS-MARS is a key component in the Cisco Self Defending Network Strategy. MARS exchanges information with CS-Manager to provide a unified security management solution. For example, an administrator can view IPS signatures or the Firewall block/permit syslog messages received from sensors or firewalls. MARS will communicate with CS-Manager and display the IPS signature table or firewall rule table. From there the IPS signature or firewall rule can be modified as necessary. Together MARS and CS-Manager provide a unified management solution for monitoring and provisioning.

Prerequisites

• MARS 2.0

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Use CS-MARS to monitor security and host application devices
• Know CS-MARs architecture and how CS-MARS process events
• Know how to use archive and restore features
• Use CS-MARs to run/create/customize reports
• Use CS-MARS to investigate an incident and mitigate the security threats
• Use CS-MARS to do customer parser for unknown devices in CS-MARS
• Use CS-MARS to create/customize rules that detects dark net through best practices example
• Know how to tune signature/log level on device side and CS-MARS side

Course Outline

• Introducting Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysisl and Response System
• Understanding the System Architecture
• Configuring a Cisco Security MARS Appliance
• Adding Reportin and Mitigation Devices
• Viewing the Summary Page
• Managing Rules
• Understanding Queries and Reports
• Investigating and Mitigating Incidents