ASA Essentials (ASAE)

Summary

Gain the essential skills required to configure, maintain, and operate Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliances based on ASA Software. If you need to get up to speed quickly with Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), this is the course for you. This course has been updated to ASA software and adds information about the new ASA5500-X series of Firewalls.

We have combined the most important content from Cisco's Authorized CCNP Security courses and added additional information on the new features in software to hone in on the most crucial aspects of the ASA. In just one week, students will cover: Firewall Basics, Network Address Translation (NAT), Access Control Lists (ACLs), Object Groups, Stateful Inspection, Modular Policy Framework, PKI Integration, Site-to-site and Remote Access VPN (both IPsec and SSL), Active/Standby Failover, Server-based Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) using ACS 5.2.

Prerequisites

It is recommended that prior to taking this course, you have successfully completed the following: IINS v2.0 - Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security.

Duration

5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience

This course is designed for:

• Network administrators, managers, and coordinators
• Anyone who requires fundamental training on the ASA
• Security technicians, administrators, and engineers

Topics

• Cisco ASA Essentials
• Basic Connectivity and Device Management
• Network Integration
• Cisco ASA Policy Control
• Cisco ASA VPN Architecture and Common Components
• Cisco ASA Clientless Remote Access SSL VPN Solutions
• Cisco AnyConnect Remote Access SSL Solutions
• Cisco ASA Remote Access IPsec VPNs
• Cisco ASA Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Solutions
• Cisco ASA High Availability and Virtualization

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