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Course Overview

Securing Networks with PIX and ASA (SNPA) v5.0 is a five-day course on using the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliance software version 7.0 to protect network systems from intrusions and security threats. SNPA introduces the new ASA 5505 and 5550 and covers important new ASA and PIX Security Appliance 7.2 features, including enhanced inspection engines for application layer protocol inspection; packet tracer; CSC-SSM; resource management for security contexts; enhanced VPN services such as SSL VPN Client and Citrix support for WebVPN. The SNPA 7.0 course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to deploy, configure, and administer the Cisco ASA and PIX Security Appliances.

Prerequisites

• Certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge
• Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system
• Familiarity with the networking and security terms and concepts

Course Outline

• Course Introduction
• Cisco Security Appliance Technology and Features
• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and PIX Security Appliance Families
• Getting Started with Cisco Security Appliances
• Translations and Connections
• Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
• Object Grouping
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Switching and Routing on the ASA
• The Cisco Modular Policy Framework
• Advanced Protocol Handling
• Virtual Private Network Configuration
• Configuring Security Appliance Remote Access Using Cisco Easy VPN
• Configuring ASA for WebVPN
• Configuring Transparent Firewall
• Configuring Security Contexts
• Failover
• Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
• Getting Started with Security Services Modules
• Managing the Security Appliance