Detailed Course Outline
Threat Landscape and Security Issues
- Consider the role of digitization in cyber security
- Security opportunities for the partner
- The 8 attack vectors and solutions areas to mitigate
- Common seller and customer obstacles
Web & Email Security
- Web Security overview
- The role of DNS security
- Email security overview
Cloud Security
- Security blind spots considered
- Cisco Cloud Security
- Cloud delivered security with a focus on Umbrella
- Cloud-enabled security
Network Security
- Cisco NGFW overview
- Consistent management
- ASA with FirePOWER services
Application Visibility & Control
- Identity based policy control
- Cisco Meraki MX capabilities
- NGIPS capabilities
- Use-cases considered
Visibility and Enforcement Solution
- Customer challenges addressed
- AnyConnect features and capabilities
- Identity Services Engines features
- Overview of TrustSec
- Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) with Duo
Advanced Threat Protection
- Business objectives addressed
- Advanced Threat solution areas
- Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) - ThreatGrid capabilities - Cognitive Intelligence overview - Stealthwatch features
IoT Security
- IoT layers and related complexity
- IoT use-cases
- Competing priorities of IT and OT
- How to secure IoT deployments with Cisco
Zero Trust Security
- Limitations of traditional perimeter security
- Changing the philosophy
- Threat Centric vs. Trust Centric
- Industry perspectives
- Secure access areas considered
- Establishing an SD-Perimeter
- Reduce attack surface by segmentation
- Tetration security posture and traffic analysis
- Managing data access policy consistently
- Remediating network, cloud, and endpoint threats
Securing Next Generation Networks
- Legacy approaches and related risks
- Critical network challenges
- Starting at the Fabric level
- SD-WAN security
- Cisco’s Next generation solutions
Cisco Security Solutions Portfolio
- Overview of the security solutions portfolio
- Cisco Talos capabilities
- Consider each solution in context
- Email Security
- Web Security
- Campus & Branch
- Key advantages of the security solutions portfolio
Course Conclusion
- Available technical tools and other resources
- Partner Contacts
- Practice exam questions
- A review of exam best practices
Finally, to take the ‘Advanced Security Architecture for Systems Engineers’ (ASAESE 700-765) Pearson-Vue exam.