Cisco CCNP Security: SIMOS

Course ID

93070S

Course Description

Cisco CCNP Security: SIMOS is an online training course that is part of the curriculum path leading to the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) certification. This course is designed to prepare network security engineers with the knowledge and skills they need to protect data traversing a public or shared infrastructure such as the Internet by implementing and maintaining Cisco VPN solutions. Students will gain hands-on experience with configuring and troubleshooting remote access and site-to-site VPN solutions, using Cisco ASA adaptive security appliances and Cisco IOS routers.
  • Describe the various VPN technologies and deployments as well as the cryptographic algorithms and protocols that provide VPN security. Implement and maintain Cisco site-to-site VPN solutions.
  • Implement and maintain Cisco FlexVPN in point-to-point, hub-and-spoke, and spoke-to-spoke IPsec VPNs.
  • Implement and maintain Cisco clientless SSL VPNs.
  • Implement and maintain Cisco AnyConnect SSL and IPsec VPNs.
  • Implement and maintain endpoint security and dynamic access policies (DAP).


  • Prerequisites

    The knowledge and experience that a learner should have before attending this online training course:
  • Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Security) certification
  • Working knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system


  • Audience

  • Network security engineers
  • Individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) certification


  • Course Content

    Fundamentals of VPN Technologies and Cryptography
    • VPN Definition
    • Key Threats to WANs and Remote Access
    • Cisco Modular Network Architecture and VPNs
    • VPN Types
    • VPN Components
    • Secure Communication and Cryptographic Services
    • Cryptographic Algorithms
    • Cryptography and Confidentiality
    • Cryptography and Integrity
    • Cryptography and Authentication
    • Cryptography and Nonrepudiation
    • Keys in Cryptography
    • Public Key Infrastructure
    • Next-Generation Encryption
    • Dependencies in Cryptographic Services
    • Cryptographic Controls Guidelines
    Deploying Secure Site-to-Site Connectivity Solutions
    • Site-to-Site VPN Topologies
    • Site-to-Site VPN Technologies
    • IPsec VPN Overview
    • Internet Key Exchange v1 and v2
    • Encapsulating Security Payload
    • IPsec Virtual Tunnel Interface
    • Dynamic Multipoint VPN
    • Cisco IOS FlexVPN
    • Overview of Point-to-Point IPsec VPNs on the Cisco ASA
    • Configuration Tasks for Basic Point-to-Point Tunnels on the Cisco ASA
    • Enable IKE on an Interface
    • Configure IKE Policy
    • Configure PSKs
    • Choose Transform Set and VPN Peer
    • Choose Traffic for VPN
    • Configuring Site-to-Site VPN with Connection Profiles Menu
    • Verify and Troubleshoot Basic Point-to-Point Tunnels on the Cisco ASA
    • Overview of Cisco IOS VTIs
    • Configure Static VTI Point-to-Point Tunnels
    • Verify Static VTI Point-to-Point Tunnels
    • Configure Dynamic VTI Point-to-Point Tunnels
    • Verify Dynamic VTI Point-to-Point Tunnels
    • Overview of Cisco IOS DMVPN
    • DMVPN Solution Components
    • GRE
    • NHRP
    • DMVPN Operations
    • Types of Authentication
    • Configure DMVPN on Hub
    • Configure DMVPN on Spoke Configure Routing in DMVPN
    • Verify DMVPN
    Deploying Cisco IOS Site-to-Site FlexVPN Solutions
    • FlexVPN Overview
    • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
    • Site-to-Site VPN Topologies
    • FlexVPN Architecture
    • FlexVPN Configuration Overview
    • FlexVPN Capabilities
    • IKEv2 vs. IKEv1 Overview
    • IKEv2 Message Exchange
    • IKEv2 DoS Prevention
    • IKEv1 and IKEv2 Comparison
    • FlexVPN Use Cases
    • Point-to-Point
    • FlexVPN FlexVPN Configuration Blocks
    • IKEv2 Profile
    • Smart Defaults
    • Manipulating Default Values
    • Negotiating IKEv2 Proposals
    • Point-to-Point VPN Scenario with IPv4 Static Routes
    • Configure and Verify Point-to-Point VPN with IPv4 Static Routes
    • Point-to-Point VPN Scenario with OSPFv3
    • Configure and Verify Point-to-Point VPN with OSPFv3
    • Enroll Devices to ECDSA PKI
    • Configure Router for ECDSA
    • Configure ASA for ECDSA
    • Verify EC Key Pairs and Certificates
    • Verify IKEv2 SA
    • Verify IPsec SA
    • Verify Point-to-Point FlexVPN
    • Cisco IOS FlexVPN
    • IKEv2 Configuration Payload
    • Locally Managed Hub-and-Spoke Scenario
    • Configure a Spoke in a Hub-and-Spoke Scenario
    • Configure a Hub in a Hub-and-Spoke Scenario
    • Configuration Exchange
    • Verify and Troubleshoot Hub-and-Spoke FlexVPN
    • Spoke-to-Spoke Shortcut Scenario
    • NHRP in FlexVPN
    • Configure and Verify a Spoke in a Spoke-to-Spoke Shortcut Scenario
    • Configure and Verify a Hub in a Spoke-to-Spoke Shortcut Scenario
    • RADIUS-Managed FlexVPN Scenario
    • Verify Spoke-to-Spoke Shortcut Switching
    • Troubleshoot Spoke-to-Spoke Shortcut Switching
    Deploying Client-less SSL VPN -Deploying AnyConnect VPN for Remote Access
    • SSL VPN Components
    • SSL/TLS
    • Overview of group policies and connection profiles
    • Basic Cisco Clientless SSL VPN
    • Solution Components
    • Configure ASA gateway
    • Configure basic authentication
    • Configure access control
    • Verify basic clientless SSL VPN
    • Troubleshoot basic clientless SSL VPN
    • Deploying Application Access options (plug-ins, smart tunnels)
    • Configure and verify plugins
    • Configure and verify smart tunnels
    • Troubleshoot plugins and smart tunnel
    • Advanced Authentication in Cisco Clientless SSL VPN Solution Components
    • Configure and verify Certificate based Authentication
    • Configure and Verify External Authentication
    • Troubleshoot Advanced Authentication in Clientless SSL VPN
    Deploying Endpoint Security and Dynamic Access Policies
    • IP Address assignment
    • Split Tunneling
    • Basic Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN
    • Solution Components
    • SSL VPN Server Authentication
    • SSL VPN Clients Authentication
    • SSL VPN Clients IP Address Assignment
    • SSL VPN Split Tunneling
    • Configure ASA for Basic AnyConnect SSL VPN
    • Configure Basic Cisco Authentication
    • Configure Access Control
    • Verify and Troubleshoot Basic Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN
    • DTLS Overview
    • Parallel DTLS and TLS Tunnels
    • Configure DTLS
    • Verify DTLS
    • Cisco AnyConnect Client Configuration Management
    • Cisco AnyConnect Client Operating System Integration Options
    • Cisco AnyConnect Start Before Logon
    • Cisco AnyConnect Trusted Network Detection
    • Configure, Verify, and Troubleshoot Cisco AnyConnect Start Before Logon and Cisco AnyConnect Trusted Network Detection
    • AnyConnect Support for IPSec/IKEv2
    • Configure a Cisco AnyConnect IPsec/IKEv2 VPNs on a Cisco ASA Adaptive Security Appliance
    • Verify and Troubleshoot Cisco AnyConnect IPsec/IKEv2 VPNs on Cisco ASA
    • Cisco AnyConnect Advanced Authentication Scenarios
    • External Authentication
    • Certificate-Based Server Authentication
    • Configure and Verify Certificate-Based Client Authentication
    • SCEP Proxy Overview
    • SCEP Proxy Connection Flow
    • SCEP Proxy Configuration Procedure
    • Configure SCEP Proxy
    • Verify SCEP Proxy
    • Local Authorization Overview
    • Local Authorization Scenario
    • Local Authorization Configuration Procedure
    • Configure Local Authorization
    • External Authentication and Authorization Scenario
    • Configure External Authentication and Authorization
    • Troubleshoot Advanced Authentication and Authorization in Cisco AnyConnect VPNs
    • Accounting
    Endpoint Security and Dynamic Access Policies
    • Cisco HostScan Overview
    • Cisco HostScan Prelogin Assessment
    • Install Cisco HostScan
    • Configure Prelogin Criteria and Prelogin Policy
    • Configure Host Scan Endpoint Assessment Configure Host Scan Advanced Endpoint Assessment
    • DAP Overview
    • Integrating DAP with Host Scan
    • Configuring DAP
    • Verifying and Troubleshooting DAP

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    Course Details

    Duration - 5 days
    Price - $1990.00 USD


    (Discounts may apply. Call for more information.)

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