Introduction

Securing Networks Using Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) v6.0 is an update to Securing Networks Using Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) v5.0, an existing five-day instructor-led course on using the Cisco Intrusion Detection System v5.0 product to protect network systems from intrusions and security threats. The course covers important new IPS 6.0 features. The IPS 6.0 course takes a task-oriented approach to teaching the skills to deploy, configure, and administer Cisco IPS sensors.

Course Objectives

Students should be able to:

• Explain how 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 Cisco IDM to obtain system information, and configure the Cisco IPS sensor to allow an SNMP NMS to monitor the Cisco IPS sensor.

Pre-Requisites

Students who wish to attend this advanced course should fulfill following
prerequisites:

• Certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge.
• Familiarity with networking and security terms and concepts (the concepts are learned in prerequisite training (Securing Cisco Network Devices (SND) course)
• Strong user-level experience with Microsoft Windows operating systems

Target Audience

• Internetwork professionals who want to ensure security on their network
• Channel Partner / Reseller