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PIX® Firewall Specialist Self-Paced Learning

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Intense School offers the Cisco PIX® Firewall Specialist training package with all inclusive self paced steps to prepare for the Cisco Secure PIX® Firewall Advanced exam. This exam is one of four (4) required to pass in order to obtain the Cisco CSS® 1 title.

You'll receive six different sessions for nearly 20 hours of preparation training for you to successfully master the Cisco Secure PIX® Firewall exam.

Some of the skills you will develop in this course include:

  • Characterizing network security features and how they coincide with Cisco PIX® firewalls
  • Learn how to configure PIX® firewall interfaces
  • Learn how to configure attack guards and protocols to secure networks from Internet threats

What's included?

  • Each interactive vignette includes a pre-test to help you assess your current knowledge level
  • Post-tests help evaluate your individual comprehension of the course and help you master each skill to help further preparation and achievement level
  • Each vignette for the course also includes labs which allow hands on experimentation of what was just learned- such labs show relevance in real world scenarios
  • Labs include hands-on skill sets that allow the user to feel comfortable and learn at their own pace without intimidation or feel of competition
  • Glossaries included in the interactive medium are continuously available to reference course associated terms and help differentiate one meaning from another
  • Course outlines provided for each section in PDF form act as study material and easy user reference guide
  • Links to other web resources and outside documents included within the actual interface help supply additional information on the core topic to help further the knowledge of the user- as far as the mind wants to go!

Prerequisites

A valid MCSE® certification will be required before designation of the CSS® 1.

Sample Course Objectives

Exchange Server 2003 Design
Session 1
Section A: Introduction
Section B: Security Threats/Solutions
Section C: Firewall Technologies
Section D: PIX® Firewall Features
Section E: PIX® Maintenance
Section F: Upgrade PIX® OS
Section G: ASA Security Rules

Session 2
Section A: ASA Operations
Section B: Six Basic Commands
Section C: Configure PIX® Firewall
Section D: Translation Rules
Section E: NAT & PAT
Section F: PIX® Device Manager

Session 3
Section A: Configure PIX® with PDM
Section B: Object Grouping
Section C: Syslog
Section D: Cut-Through Proxy
Section E: CSACS Configuration
Section F: AAA Configuration
Section G: Advanced Protocol Handling

Session 4
Section A: Multimedia Operation
Section B: Attack Guard
Section C: Service Configuration
Section D: Failover
Section E: IPSec/VPN
Section F: IPSec Process

Session 5
Section A: Configuring IPSec
Section B: Scaling IPSec
Section C: Configuring PIX VPN
Section D: PPPoE/VPN with PDM
Section E: Configuring CSIS

Session 6
Section A: Authentication Proxy
Section B: Security & Licensing
Section C: 6.3 VPN Enhancements
Section D: Enterprise-Level PIX®
Section E: Workflow in MC
Section F: Auto Update Server