• Plan the deployment of Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).
• Install and configure the IPS Manager.
• Install and configure Sensor(s).
• Create, configure, and manage administrative domains, users and user roles, and IPS policies.
• Describe attack types and configure protection against attacks.
• Analyze and respond to potential network threats.
• Map and configure network appliance(s) (Sensors).
• Manage Firewall Policy configuration.
• Perform IPS database maintenance.

Day 1:

• Welcome
• Introduction to IPS
• Planning IPS Deployment
• Getting Started
• Notification Configuration
• User Management
• Administrative Domains

Day 2:

• Sensor Overview
• Basic Sensor Management
• Advanced Sensor Management
• Policy Configuration
• Policy Customization
• Virtualization (Sub-interfaces)

Day 3:

• Threat Explorer
• Attack Log
• DoS Attacks
• Advanced Malware Detection
• Advanced Callback Detection
• Inspection Options Policies

Day 4:

• Web Server Protection
• Firewall Policy Configuration
• Policy Tuning
• Report Generation
• Operational Status
• Database Maintenance
• Troubleshooting

This course is intended for analysts and/or engineers responsible for configuration, management, and monitoring activity on their systems, networks, databases, and applications.

Students taking this course should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows administration, system administration concepts, a basic understanding of computer security concepts, and a general understanding of internet services.