Cisco Firewall Security Specialist 642-637 Securing Networks with Cisco Routers and Switches (SECURE) v1.0

The network infrastructure is one of the foundation elements of enterprise IT infrastructures and is a critical business asset of telecommunications service providers. A compromise of the network infrastructure or its individual components can have far-reaching consequences that can significantly increase risk to enterprise and service provider business processes. Cisco IOS Network Foundation Protection (NFP) provides a strategy for network infrastructure protection by using Cisco IOS Software security features. This course describes the threats against the network infrastructure, describes basic classes of security controls that can reduce the risk of these threats, and provides an overview of Cisco NFP and some of its features.

Syllabus:

• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Protection Controls and Identity-based Network Services
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Basic 802.1X Features
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Advanced Switched Data Plane Security Controls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Advanced Routed Data Plane Security Controls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Advanced Control Plane Security Controls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Advanced Management Plane Security Controls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Network Address Translation
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Basic Zone-Based Policy Firewalls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Advanced Zone-Based Policy Firewalls
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Cisco IOS Software IPS
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Site-to-Site VPN Architectures and Technologies
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Scalable Authentication in Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying DMVPNs
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Tunnel-Based IPSec VPNs and GET VPNs
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Remote Access VPNs
• Cisco SECURE 1.0: Deploying Remote Access Solutions Using SSL VPN

How is each course taught?

All courses are online and self-paced, meaning you do it in your own home, in your own time, at your own pace.  Each lesson is pre-recorded allowing you to pause, fast-forward, skip sections, or go back to another lesson if you need to.  The lessons are multi-media based, which means video and audio are used to teach the lessons.  Most lessons are also interactive, prompting the learner to participate.  This might involve answering on-screen questions, participating in tasks, and using simulators as if you were using the real software program.

How long will it take me to complete each course?

As mentioned above, our courses are self-paced.  Some people finish their course faster than others.  If you choose to only do one of the certification courses from this bundle, then it will take you less time than if you do two or three or all of them.  No matter what though, you will always have 12 months to complete your course.

What do I need?                                   

All you need is an internet connection and a PC.  While most of the lessons work on MACs, we recommend you use a PC for the best performance.  Certain parts of the course may not display properly on older MACs.  Once you’ve logged into your course, you may be prompted to down certain free plugins such as Java.  Just follow the on-screen prompts.

Target Audience:

Network professionals responsible for securing and managing their network infrastructures, who have CCNA certification, CCNA Security certification (IINS), and a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems.