CISCO CERTIFIED SECURITY PROFESSIONAL – CCSP

 

The Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) certification program is the property of Cisco Systems Inc. who developed and now manage the program. Australian College of Information Technology offers the CCSP course as a subject within the Advanced Diploma of Information Technology (Network Security) to prepare students to take the CCSP certification examination.

Introduction
The CCSP certification (Cisco Certified Security Professional) validates advanced knowledge and skills required to secure Cisco networks. With a CCSP, a network professional demonstrates the skills required to secure and manage network infrastructures to protect productivity and reduce costs. The CCSP curriculum emphasizes secure VPN management, Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM), PIX firewall, Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Cisco Security Agent (CSA), and techniques to combine these technologies in a single, integrated network security solution.

The Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) cer¬tification track will help improve your Cisco security skills so that you can have more opportunities for a better job or job security. Security experience has been the buzzword and it will continue to be because networks need security. The CCSP reach is beyond the popular certifications such as the CCNA/CCDA and CCNP/ CCDP to provide you with a greater understanding of today's secure network, with insight into the Cisco secure world of internetworking. This subject teaches the CCSP CBK.

The subject covers:

Securing Cisco IOS Networks (SECUR)

•  Introduction to Network Security
•  Introduction to AAA Security
•  Configuring Cisco Secure ACS and TACACS
•  Cisco Perimeter Router Problems and Solutions
•  Context-Based Access Control Configuration
•  Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication and Intrusion Detection
•  Understanding Cisco IOS IPSec Support
•  Cisco IOS IPSec Pre-shared Keys and Certificates Authority Support
•  Cisco IOS Remote Access Using Cisco Easy VPN

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced

•  PIX Firewall Basics
•  PIX Firewall Configuration
•  ACLs, Filtering, Object Grouping, and AAA
•  Advanced Protocol Handling, Attack Guards, and Intrusion Detection
•  Firewall Failover and PDM
•  VPNs and the PIX Firewall

Cisco Secure Virtual Private Networks

•  Introduction to Virtual Private Networks
•  Introduction to Cisco VPN Devices
•  Configuring the VPN Concentrator
•  Managing the VPN Concentrator

Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System

•  Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Protection
•  Installing Cisco Secure IDS Sensors and IDSMs
•  Configuring the Network to Support Cisco Secure IDS Sensors
•  Configuring Cisco Secure IDS Sensors Using the IDS Device Manager
•  Configuring Signatures and Using the IDS Event Viewer
•  Enterprise Cisco Secure IDS Management
•  Enterprise Cisco Secure IDS Monitoring

Cisco SAFE Implementation

•  Security Fundamentals
•  The Cisco Security Portfolio
•  SAFE Small and Medium Network Designs
•  SAFE Remote Access Network Design