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ASAE 3.0: ASA Essentials 3.0

Gain the essential skills required to configure, maintain, and operate Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliances based on ASA Software v9.x.

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What you'll learn

Gain the essential skills required to configure, maintain, and operate Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliances based on ASA Software v9.x. Ã¥Ã?If you need to get up to speed quickly with Ciscoâ??s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), this is the course for you. We have combined the most important content from Ciscoâ??s Authorized CCNP Security courses and added additional information on the new features in v9.x software to hone in on the most crucial aspects of the ASA. In just one week, students will cover: Ã¥Ã?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; students have successfully completed the following: IINS v2.0 â?? Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security

Course Outline

Module 1: Cisco ASA Essentials

Lesson 1: Evaluating Cisco ASA Technologies
Lesson 2: Identifying Cisco ASA Families

Module 2: Basic Connectivity and Device Management

Lesson 1: Preparing the Cisco ASA for Network Integration
Lesson 2: Managing Basic Cisco ASA Network Settings
Lesson 3: Configuring Cisco ASA Device Management Features

Module 3: Network Integration

Lesson 1: Configuring Cisco ASA NAT Features
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco ASA Basic Access Control Features

Module 4: Cisco ASA Policy Control

Lesson 1: Cisco ASA Modular Policy Framework
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco ASA Connection Policy

Module 5: Cisco ASA VPN Architecture and Common Components

Lesson 1: Implementing Profiles, Group Policies, and User Policies
Lesson 2: Implementing PKI Services

Module 6: Cisco ASA Clientless Remote Access SSL VPN Solutions

Lesson 1: Deploying Basic Clientless VPN Solutions
Lesson 2: Deploying Advanced Application Access for Clientless SSL VPNs

Module 7: Cisco AnyConnect Remote Access SSL Solutions

Lesson 1: Deploying a Basic Cisco AnyConnect Full-Tunnel SSL VPN Solution

Module 8: Cisco ASA Remote Access IPsec VPNs

Lesson 1: Deploying Cisco Remote Access VPN Clients
Lesson 2: Deploying Basic Cisco Remote Access IPsec VPN Solutions

Module 9: Cisco ASA Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Solutions

Lesson 1: Deploying Basic Site-to-Site IPsec VPNs
Lesson 2: Deploying Advanced Site-to-Site IPsec VPNs

Module 10: Cisco ASA High Availability and Virtualization

Lesson 1: Configuring Cisco ASA Active/Standby High Availability

Lab Outline

Lab 1: Prepare the ASA for Administration
Lab 2: Fundamental ASA Configuration
Lab 3: Network Address Translation (NAT)
Lab 4: Basic Access Control
Lab 5: Basic Protocol Inspection
Lab 6: Licensing, ACS, and Public CA
Lab 7: Basic Clientless SSL VPN
Lab 8: Clientless SSL VPN – Thin Apps
Lab 9: Basic AnyConnect Full Tunnel SSL VPN
Lab 10: Remote Access IPSec VPN
Lab 11: IPSec Site-to-Site VPN
Lab 12: Active/Standby Failover

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