CCNA Security Certification meets the needs of IT professionals who are responsible for network security. It confirms an individual’s skills for job roles such as Network Security Specialists, Security Administrators, and Network Security Support Engineers. This certification validates skills including installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and devices and develops competency in the technologies that Cisco uses in its security structure. The 640-553 IINA curriculum includes installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and devices and develops competency in the technologies that Cisco uses in its security infrastructure.

Pre-requisites for this exam is a valid CCNA. We recommend that you complete your CCNA (ICDN1 and ICDN2) certification exam prior to starting this course.

Active CCIE status shows your commitment to maintaining expert-level knowledge in an industry critical to the success of virtually every organization. CCIEs are encouraged to continually expand their technical knowledge and are required to pass a recertification exam every two years. If you do not complete your recertification before the deadlines, your CCIE certification will be suspended and you and your employer will lose the benefits associated with your expert status. You have one year to reinstate your CCIE status before you become inactive and must begin the certification process all over again.

AIMED AT

Network Security Specialists

Security Administrators

Network Security Support Engineers

CERTIFICATION EXAM

Students need to write the foloowing international exam:

640-553 CCNA Security

COURSE DURATION

Recommended course duration: 2 months

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Overview
Goals & Topics
Icons
Certification Paths, Learn & Recertification
Summary
Security Threats: Mitigating Network Attacks
Goals, Integrity & Availability of Network Security
Self-Defending Networks
Network Attacks
Types of Attacks
Access Attacks
Worms, Virus & Trojan Horse Attacks
Application Layer Attacks
Tools
Summary
Securing Cisco Routers
Cisco Router SDM - Security Audit Feature
One-Step Lockdown Feature in SDM
Secure Administrative Access to Cisco Routers
Multiple Privilege Levels and Role-Based CLI
Securing Cisco IOS Images, Config Files & Implementation
Summary
Implementing AAA
Functions and Features of AAA
RADIUS
TACACS+
Setting Up ACS
Configuring AAA Throughout the Entire Network
AAA Accounting
Summary
Mitigate Threats Using Access Control Lists
Types of ACLs
Threat Mitigation Using ACLs
Summary
Switch Security: Mitigate Common Layer2 Attacks
Switch Attack Categories
Private VLANs
VLAN Hopping, Trunk Exploitation & STP Misuse
Implementing IP and DHCP Spoof Prevention & ARP Inspection
Summary
Cisco IOS Firewall Features using SDM
Firewall Technologies
Stateful Firewalls
Cisco IOS Firewall
Set Up a Firewall on Routers
Summary
Implementing the Cisco IOS IPS Feature Set Using the SDM
IDS and IPS Systems
Network Based, Host Based IPS & Signature Categories
Cisco IOS IPS
IPS Policies Wizard & SDM IPS Edit Menu Demonstration
Summary
Implementing Site-To-Site VPNs on Cisco Routers Using SDM
Cryptography Methods
IKE Protocol
Building Blocks of IPSec
Advantages of IPSec VPNs
Message Authentication and Integrity Check
Differences Between Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
PKI
5 Steps of IPSec
VPN
Summary