Cisco SECURE 1.0: Protection Controls and Identity-based Network Services

Overview/Description
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.

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

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Cisco SECURE 1.0: Protection Controls and Identity-based Network Services

describe network infrastructure threats and the controls that can help mitigate them

identify the features of network functionality planes in a Cisco IOS Software device

differentiate between the network foundation protection deployment models for enterprises, small and medium-size businesses, and service providers

distinguish between the features available in Cisco device management tools

describe the features of the Cisco IOS Software Release 802.1X authenticator

identify the 802.1X features of Cisco Secure ACS

identify the 802.1X features of the Cisco Secure Services Client

differentiate between the variations of EAP