• Given a set of environmental, acceptable usage, and user requirements, deploy Web Security in various enterprise environments.
• Configure Web Security options to tune and balance settings to respond to system needs.
• Demonstrate troubleshooting and debugging steps.

Module 1: Deployment

• Identify which services and components to install.
• Follow best practices to review installation prerequisites.
• Describe the Forcepoint appliance architecture.
• Complete a Web Security installation on a Windows host.
• Find relevant logs if deployment issues arise.
• Apply guidelines related to component placement, limits, ratios, and supported configurations.
• Complete an initial appliance setup.
• Identify features of Forcepoint appliances.
• Define methods of traffic redirection using Content Gateway.
• Identify explicit and transparent proxies.
• Describe methods of configuring the proxy for high availability.
• Explain deployment strategies for simple, medium, and advanced network deployments.
• Utilize the recommended sizing guidelines and list deployment recommendations for small, medium, and large networks.
• Identify supported Forcepoint solutions and third-party products for integration.
• Describe hybrid deployment.
• Explain policy migration from Web Security on-premises to Web Security Cloud.
• List considerations and required components needed for disaster recovery.
• Follow applicable disaster recovery guidelines.

Module 2: Configuration

• Identify Web Security components and their interconnectivity.
• Specify the components that support bare minimum deployments.
• Explain key services and settings that support Web Security components.
• Install and use Forcepoint Security Appliance Manager.
• Identify and analyze filtering and policy enforcement components.
• Articulate essential features and functions about the Content Gateway architecture.
• Design and implement proxy authentication based on a customer’s network size and Directory Service options.
• Implement user identification components in single and multi-domain environments.
• Describe User Service.
• Explain SIEM integration.

Module 3: Troubleshooting

• Identify Web Security configuration files, diagnostic tools, tuning parameters, and verbose logging.
• List general recommendations when troubleshooting issues and formulating workarounds.
• Locate specific Web Security logs.
• Follow steps to use Visual Diagnostic Tool.
• Describe available options and tools when gathering diagnostic data for Web Security components.
• Interpret debug.txt results.
• Demonstrate appliance CLI commands and operations.

• Channel partners: sales engineers, implementation specialists, deployment specialists, network architects, technical support
• Customers: deployment specialists, implementation specialists, system engineers
• Forcepoint: sales engineers, professional services, technical support

• Completion of the Forcepoint Web Security Administrator Course and Certification
• Intermediate knowledge of networking concepts (IP addresses, routing, URLs, proxies, gateways, firewalls)
• User experience with platforms on which Web Security will be deployed
• User experience with other Forcepoint products that support Web Security integration