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Book Synopsis

Cisco has announced big changes to its certification program.

As of February 24, 2020, all current certifications will be retired, and Cisco will begin offering new certification programs.

The good news is if you're working toward any current CCNA certification, keep going. You have until February 24, 2020 to complete your current CCNA. If you already have CCENT/ICND1 certification and would like to earn CCNA, you have until February 23, 2020 to complete your CCNA certification in the current program. Likewise, if you're thinking of completing the current CCENT/ICND1, ICND2, or CCNA Routing and Switching certification, you can still complete them between now and February 23, 2020.



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Table of Contents
Introduction xv

Assessment Test xxv

Chapter 1 Getting Started with FireSIGHT 1

Industry Terminology 2

Cisco Terminology 3

FirePOWER and FireSIGHT 3

Out with the Old… 4

Appliance Models 5

Hardware vs. Virtual Devices 6

Device Models 6

Defense Center Models 7

FireSIGHT Licensing 8

License Dependencies 9

Network Design 9

Inline IPS 10

Passive IPS 11

Router, Switch, and Firewall 11

Policies 12

The User Interface 13

Initial Appliance Setup 14

Setting the Management IP 15

Initial Login 15

Summary 17

Hands-on Lab 17

Review Questions 19

Chapter 2 Object Management 21

What Are Objects? 22

Getting Started 23

Network Objects 25

Individual Network Objects 25

Network Object Groups 25

Security Intelligence 26

Blacklist and Whitelist 26

Sourcefire Intelligence Feed 27

Custom Security Intelligence Objects 28

Port Objects 29

VLAN Tag 30

URL Objects and Site Matching 31

Application Filters 33

Variable Sets 35

File Lists 39

Security Zones 41

Geolocation 43

Summary 44

Hands-on Lab 45

Exam Essentials 49

Review Questions 51

Chapter 3 IPS Policy Management 53

IPS Policies 54

Default Policies 55

Policy Layers 56

Creating a Policy 57

Policy Editor 58

Summary 65

Hands-on Labs 65

Hands-on Lab 3.1: Creating an IPS Policy 66

Hands-on Lab 3.2: Viewing Connection Events 66

Exam Essentials 66

Review Questions 68

Chapter 4 Access Control Policy 71

Getting Started with Access Control Policies 72

Security Intelligence Lists 75

Blacklists, Whitelists, and Alerts 76

Security Intelligence Page Specifics 77

Configuring Security Intelligence 79

Access Control Rules 86

Access Control UI Elements 86

Rule Categories 88

A Simple Policy 97

Saving and Applying 98

Summary 100

Hands]on Lab 100

Exam Essentials 104

Review Questions 105

Chapter 5 FireSIGHT Technologies 107

FireSIGHT Technologies 108

Network Discovery Policy 109

Discovery Information 114

User Information 120

Host Attributes 124

Summary 126

Hands-on Labs 126

Hands-on Lab 5.1: Configuring a Discovery Policy 127

Hands-on Lab 5.2: Viewing Connection Events 127

Hands-on Lab 5.3: Viewing the Network Map 127

Hands-on Lab 5.4: Creating Host Attributes 128

Exam Essentials 128

Review Questions 130

Chapter 6 Intrusion Event Analysis 133

Intrusion Analysis Principles 134

False Positives 134

False Negatives 135

Possible Outcomes 135

The Goal of Analysis 136

The Dashboard and Context Explorer 136

Intrusion Events 141

An Introduction to Workflows 141

The Time Window 142

The Analysis Screen 145

The Caveat 154

Rule Comment 168

Summary 175

Hands]on Lab 175

Exam Essentials 177

Review Questions 178

Chapter 7 Network]Based Malware Detection 181

AMP Architecture 182

SHA]256 183

Spero Analysis 183

Dynamic Analysis 183

Retrospective Events 184

Communications Architecture 184

File Dispositions 185

File Disposition Caching 185

File Policy 185

Advanced Settings 186

File Rules 187

File Types and Categories 191

File and Malware Event Analysis 193

Malware Events 194

File Events 196

Captured Files 197

Network File Trajectory 199

Context Explorer 203

Summary 204

Hands]on Lab 204

Exam Essentials 205

Review Questions 206

Chapter 8 System Settings 209

User Preferences 210

Event Preferences 211

File Preferences 211

Default Time Windows 211

Default Workflows 212

System Configuration 212

System Policy 215

Health 217

Health Monitor 217

Health Policy 218

Health Events 218

Blacklist 220

Health Monitor Alerts 221

Summary 222

Hands-on Lab 222

Hands-on Lab 8.1: Creating a New System Policy 223

Hands-on Lab 8.2: Viewing Health Information 223

Exam Essentials 223

Review Questions 225

Chapter 9 Account Management 227

User Account Management 228

Internal versus External User Authentication 229

User Privileges 229

Predefined User Roles 230

Creating New User Accounts 231

Managing User Role Escalation 237

Configuring External Authentication 239

Creating Authentication Objects 240

Summary 246

Hands-on Lab 247

Hands-on Lab 9.1: Configuring a User in the Local Database 247

Hands-on Lab 9.2: Configuring Permission Escalation 247

Exam Essentials 248

Review Questions 249

Chapter 10 Device Management 251

Device Management 252

Configuring the Device on the Defense Center 254

NAT Configuration 266

Virtual Private Networks 267

Point-to-Point VPN 267

Star VPN 269

Mesh VPN 270

Advanced Options 270

Summary 271

Hands-on Labs 271

Hands-on Lab 10.1: Creating a Device Group 272

Hands-on Lab 10.2: Renaming the Device 272

Hands-on Lab 10.3: Modifying the Name of the Inline Interface Set 272

Exam Essentials 273

Review Questions 274

Chapter 11 Correlation Policy 277

Correlation Overview 278

Correlation Rules, Responses, and Policies 279

Correlation Rules 279

Rule Options 284

Responses 286

Correlation Policy 291

White Lists 295

Traffic Profiles 301

Summary 308

Hands-on Lab 308

Exam Essentials 309

Review Questions 311

Chapter 12 Advanced IPS Policy Settings 313

Advanced Settings 314

Preprocessor Alerting 316

Application Layer Preprocessors 316

SCADA Preprocessors 320

Transport/Network Layer Preprocessors 320

Specific Threat Detection 325

Detection Enhancement 326

Intrusion Rule Thresholds 327

Performance Settings 327

External Responses 330

Summary 330

Hands]on Lab 331

Hands]on Lab 12.1: Modifying the HTTP Configuration Preprocessor 331

Hands]on Lab 12.2: Enabling Inline Normalization 332

Hands]on Lab 12.3: Demonstrating the Validation of Preprocessor Settings on Policy Commit 332

Exam Essentials 333

Review Questions 334

Chapter 13 Creating Snort Rules 337

Overview of Snort Rules 338

Rule Headers 339

The Rule Body 342

Writing Rules 352

Using the System GUI to Build a Rule 353

Summary 355

Exam Essentials 356

Review Questions 357

Chapter 14 FireSIGHT v5.4 Facts and Features 359

Branding 360

Simplified IPS Policy 361

Network Analysis Policy 362

Why Network Analysis? 365

Access Control Policy 365

General Settings 366

Network Analysis and Intrusion Policies 366

Files and Malware Settings 368

Transport/Network Layer Preprocessor Settings 368

Detection Enhancement Settings 368

Performance/Latency Settings 369

SSL Inspection 369

SSL Objects 370

New Rule Keywords 376

File_type 376

Protected_content 377

Platform Enhancements 377

International Enhancements 378

Minor Changes 378

Summary 378

Appendix Answers to Review Questions 379

Index 393

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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Cisco has announced big changes to its certification program.

      As of February 24, 2020, all current certifications will be retired, and Cisco will begin offering new certification programs.

      The good news is if you're working toward any current CCNA certification, keep going. You have until February 24, 2020 to complete your current CCNA. If you already have CCENT/ICND1 certification and would like to earn CCNA, you have until February 23, 2020 to complete your CCNA certification in the current program. Likewise, if you're thinking of completing the current CCENT/ICND1, ICND2, or CCNA Routing and Switching certification, you can still complete them between now and February 23, 2020.



      Up the ante on your
      FirePOWER with Advanced FireSIGHT Administrationexam prep

      Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire IPS Study Guide, Exam 500-285,provides 100% coverage of theFirePOWER with Advanced FireSIGHT Admin

      Table of Contents
      Introduction xv

      Assessment Test xxv

      Chapter 1 Getting Started with FireSIGHT 1

      Industry Terminology 2

      Cisco Terminology 3

      FirePOWER and FireSIGHT 3

      Out with the Old… 4

      Appliance Models 5

      Hardware vs. Virtual Devices 6

      Device Models 6

      Defense Center Models 7

      FireSIGHT Licensing 8

      License Dependencies 9

      Network Design 9

      Inline IPS 10

      Passive IPS 11

      Router, Switch, and Firewall 11

      Policies 12

      The User Interface 13

      Initial Appliance Setup 14

      Setting the Management IP 15

      Initial Login 15

      Summary 17

      Hands-on Lab 17

      Review Questions 19

      Chapter 2 Object Management 21

      What Are Objects? 22

      Getting Started 23

      Network Objects 25

      Individual Network Objects 25

      Network Object Groups 25

      Security Intelligence 26

      Blacklist and Whitelist 26

      Sourcefire Intelligence Feed 27

      Custom Security Intelligence Objects 28

      Port Objects 29

      VLAN Tag 30

      URL Objects and Site Matching 31

      Application Filters 33

      Variable Sets 35

      File Lists 39

      Security Zones 41

      Geolocation 43

      Summary 44

      Hands-on Lab 45

      Exam Essentials 49

      Review Questions 51

      Chapter 3 IPS Policy Management 53

      IPS Policies 54

      Default Policies 55

      Policy Layers 56

      Creating a Policy 57

      Policy Editor 58

      Summary 65

      Hands-on Labs 65

      Hands-on Lab 3.1: Creating an IPS Policy 66

      Hands-on Lab 3.2: Viewing Connection Events 66

      Exam Essentials 66

      Review Questions 68

      Chapter 4 Access Control Policy 71

      Getting Started with Access Control Policies 72

      Security Intelligence Lists 75

      Blacklists, Whitelists, and Alerts 76

      Security Intelligence Page Specifics 77

      Configuring Security Intelligence 79

      Access Control Rules 86

      Access Control UI Elements 86

      Rule Categories 88

      A Simple Policy 97

      Saving and Applying 98

      Summary 100

      Hands]on Lab 100

      Exam Essentials 104

      Review Questions 105

      Chapter 5 FireSIGHT Technologies 107

      FireSIGHT Technologies 108

      Network Discovery Policy 109

      Discovery Information 114

      User Information 120

      Host Attributes 124

      Summary 126

      Hands-on Labs 126

      Hands-on Lab 5.1: Configuring a Discovery Policy 127

      Hands-on Lab 5.2: Viewing Connection Events 127

      Hands-on Lab 5.3: Viewing the Network Map 127

      Hands-on Lab 5.4: Creating Host Attributes 128

      Exam Essentials 128

      Review Questions 130

      Chapter 6 Intrusion Event Analysis 133

      Intrusion Analysis Principles 134

      False Positives 134

      False Negatives 135

      Possible Outcomes 135

      The Goal of Analysis 136

      The Dashboard and Context Explorer 136

      Intrusion Events 141

      An Introduction to Workflows 141

      The Time Window 142

      The Analysis Screen 145

      The Caveat 154

      Rule Comment 168

      Summary 175

      Hands]on Lab 175

      Exam Essentials 177

      Review Questions 178

      Chapter 7 Network]Based Malware Detection 181

      AMP Architecture 182

      SHA]256 183

      Spero Analysis 183

      Dynamic Analysis 183

      Retrospective Events 184

      Communications Architecture 184

      File Dispositions 185

      File Disposition Caching 185

      File Policy 185

      Advanced Settings 186

      File Rules 187

      File Types and Categories 191

      File and Malware Event Analysis 193

      Malware Events 194

      File Events 196

      Captured Files 197

      Network File Trajectory 199

      Context Explorer 203

      Summary 204

      Hands]on Lab 204

      Exam Essentials 205

      Review Questions 206

      Chapter 8 System Settings 209

      User Preferences 210

      Event Preferences 211

      File Preferences 211

      Default Time Windows 211

      Default Workflows 212

      System Configuration 212

      System Policy 215

      Health 217

      Health Monitor 217

      Health Policy 218

      Health Events 218

      Blacklist 220

      Health Monitor Alerts 221

      Summary 222

      Hands-on Lab 222

      Hands-on Lab 8.1: Creating a New System Policy 223

      Hands-on Lab 8.2: Viewing Health Information 223

      Exam Essentials 223

      Review Questions 225

      Chapter 9 Account Management 227

      User Account Management 228

      Internal versus External User Authentication 229

      User Privileges 229

      Predefined User Roles 230

      Creating New User Accounts 231

      Managing User Role Escalation 237

      Configuring External Authentication 239

      Creating Authentication Objects 240

      Summary 246

      Hands-on Lab 247

      Hands-on Lab 9.1: Configuring a User in the Local Database 247

      Hands-on Lab 9.2: Configuring Permission Escalation 247

      Exam Essentials 248

      Review Questions 249

      Chapter 10 Device Management 251

      Device Management 252

      Configuring the Device on the Defense Center 254

      NAT Configuration 266

      Virtual Private Networks 267

      Point-to-Point VPN 267

      Star VPN 269

      Mesh VPN 270

      Advanced Options 270

      Summary 271

      Hands-on Labs 271

      Hands-on Lab 10.1: Creating a Device Group 272

      Hands-on Lab 10.2: Renaming the Device 272

      Hands-on Lab 10.3: Modifying the Name of the Inline Interface Set 272

      Exam Essentials 273

      Review Questions 274

      Chapter 11 Correlation Policy 277

      Correlation Overview 278

      Correlation Rules, Responses, and Policies 279

      Correlation Rules 279

      Rule Options 284

      Responses 286

      Correlation Policy 291

      White Lists 295

      Traffic Profiles 301

      Summary 308

      Hands-on Lab 308

      Exam Essentials 309

      Review Questions 311

      Chapter 12 Advanced IPS Policy Settings 313

      Advanced Settings 314

      Preprocessor Alerting 316

      Application Layer Preprocessors 316

      SCADA Preprocessors 320

      Transport/Network Layer Preprocessors 320

      Specific Threat Detection 325

      Detection Enhancement 326

      Intrusion Rule Thresholds 327

      Performance Settings 327

      External Responses 330

      Summary 330

      Hands]on Lab 331

      Hands]on Lab 12.1: Modifying the HTTP Configuration Preprocessor 331

      Hands]on Lab 12.2: Enabling Inline Normalization 332

      Hands]on Lab 12.3: Demonstrating the Validation of Preprocessor Settings on Policy Commit 332

      Exam Essentials 333

      Review Questions 334

      Chapter 13 Creating Snort Rules 337

      Overview of Snort Rules 338

      Rule Headers 339

      The Rule Body 342

      Writing Rules 352

      Using the System GUI to Build a Rule 353

      Summary 355

      Exam Essentials 356

      Review Questions 357

      Chapter 14 FireSIGHT v5.4 Facts and Features 359

      Branding 360

      Simplified IPS Policy 361

      Network Analysis Policy 362

      Why Network Analysis? 365

      Access Control Policy 365

      General Settings 366

      Network Analysis and Intrusion Policies 366

      Files and Malware Settings 368

      Transport/Network Layer Preprocessor Settings 368

      Detection Enhancement Settings 368

      Performance/Latency Settings 369

      SSL Inspection 369

      SSL Objects 370

      New Rule Keywords 376

      File_type 376

      Protected_content 377

      Platform Enhancements 377

      International Enhancements 378

      Minor Changes 378

      Summary 378

      Appendix Answers to Review Questions 379

      Index 393

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