Managing Cisco Network Security

Cisco authorized self-study book for network security foundation learning

• Master technology concepts and security services to protect your network
• Develop and implement a network security policy
• Configure Cisco routers to secure the network environment by controlling SNMP access, routing updates, network traffic, and Ethernet switch port and access security
• Understand the AAA architecture and configure the network access server for AAA, CiscoSecure ACS, and TACACS+
• Secure Internet connections by creating a perimeter security system with Cisco routers
• Configure a variety of features of the PIX Firewall, including access control, multiple interfaces, AAA, PPTP support, Java applet blocking, URL and FTP filtering, SNMP and syslog support, redundancy, and maintenance
• Understand Cisco Encryption Technology and the steps you must follow to configure it on Cisco routers
• Learn how to use IPSec protocols to create a secure VPN and scale IPSec networks to support multiple IPSec peers

While the benefits of the information revolution are enormous, so too are the risks you take when offering products, services, and information to your customers, employees, and business partners via your network. Now more than ever, taking the proper steps to ensure the integrity of your network is critical for protecting your most valuable asset: your data. Even so, most corporate and government networks are vulnerable to attack. Managing Cisco Network Security teaches you how to install, configure, operate, manage, and verify Cisco network security products and Cisco IOS(r) Software security features.