Overview
This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in configuring, operating, and troubleshooting VMware NSX-T™ Data Center for intrinsic security. In this course, you are introduced to all the security features in NSX-T Data Center, including distributed and gateway firewall, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS/IPS), VMware NSX® Intelligence™, and Network Detection and Response (NDR).
Prerequisites
You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:
• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of network security, including:
• L2-L7 Firewalling
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
• Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments and KVM-based environments
The VMware Certified Technical Associate - Network Virtualization is recommended.
Delegates will learn how to
• Define information security related concepts
• Explain different types of firewalls and their use cases
• Describe the operation of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems
• Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio
• Implement Zero-Trust Security using VMware NSX® segmentation
• Configure User and Role Management
• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed Firewall, Identity Firewall, and time-based policies
• Configure and troubleshoot Gateway Security
• Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™, VMware vRealize® Network Insight™, and NSX Intelligence to
operate NSX firewalls and generate security recommendations
• Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration
• Describe North-South and East-West service insertion
• Describe Endpoint Protection
• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS
• Describe the capabilities of Network Detection and Response
Outline
| 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 Security Basics • Define information security related concepts • Explain different types of firewalls and their use cases • Describe the operation of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems 3 VMware Intrinsic Security • Define VMware intrinsic security strategy • Describe VMware intrinsic security portfolio • Explain how NSX-T Data Center aligns in the intrinsic security strategy 4 Implementing Zero-Trust Security • Define Zero-Trust Security • Describe the five pillars of a Zero-Trust Architecture • Define NSX segmentation and its use cases • Describe the steps needed to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation 5 User and Role Management • Integrate NSX-T Data Center and VMware Identity Manager™ • Integrate NSX-T Data Center and LDAP • Describe the native users and roles in NSX-T Data Center • Create and assign custom user roles 6 Distributed Firewall • Configure Distributed Firewall rules and policies • Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture • Troubleshoot common problems related to Distributed Firewall • Configure time-based policies • Configure Identity Firewall rules 7 Gateway Security • Configure gateway firewall rules and policies • Describe the architecture of the gateway firewall • Identify and troubleshoot common gateway firewall issues • Configure URL analysis and identify common configuration issues 8 Operating Internal Firewalls • Use vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Network Insight, and NSX Intelligence to operate NSX firewalls • Explain NSX Intelligence visualization and recommendation capabilities • Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration 9 Network Introspection • Explain network introspection • Describe the architecture and workflows of North-South and East-West service insertion • Troubleshoot North-South and East-West service insertion 10 Endpoint Protection • Explain Endpoint Protection • Describe the architecture and workflows of endpoint protection • Troubleshoot endpoint protection 11 Advanced Threat Prevention • Describe the MITRE ATT&CK Framework • Explain the different phases of a cyber attack • Describe how NSX security solutions can be used to protect against cyber attacks • Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS • Describe the capabilities of Network Detection and Response | ||
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