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Advanced Services’ Cisco Secure Access Control Server
Rel. 4.2 (ACS) v2
Length: 4-day Workshop
This course teaches you how to provide secure access to your network using the Cisco® Secure Access Control Server (ACS) Release 4.2 and to monitor and generate reports with ACS View. You will gain a thorough understanding of the operation of the Cisco Secure ACS to control access to network services and devices. Course subjects include the principles of authentication, to restrict user access to networks, services, and devices; authorization, to restrict the functions users can perform on services and devices; and accounting, to track the activities of users. The RADIUS, TACACS+, Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), and 802.1x protocols are discussed in theory and practice as the basis of network security. Specific methods and configurations are shown that can be used in your production networks to achieve targeted and detailed restrictions. The course includes hands-on labs to provide personal experience in configuring the Cisco ACS and ACS View and Cisco network devices.
You will learn to:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the importance of network access security needs and challenges associated with a network
- Understand the features, functions, and benefits of the Cisco Secure ACS and ACS View
- Integrate Cisco Secure ACS with external user databases, such as Windows Active Directory
- Configure Cisco Secure ACS and Cisco IOS® Software to implement AAA features for typical scenarios: VPN remote access, wired/wireless 802.1x network access, and device administration access
- Effectively use Cisco Secure ACS to:
- Control access to the network and to network services by remote VPN, wireless, or wired users
- Control the authority to perform specific functions
- Record and audit the activity of users on the network and on services
- Control access to the network and to network services by remote VPN, wireless, or wired users
- Effectively use Cisco Secure ACS View to:
- Collect and consolidate ACS server logs and configuration data
- Generate access, system, and entitlement reports as well as custom and favorite reports
- Schedule (dialy/weekly/monthly) reports in HTML, PDF, and CSV formats
- Monitor ACS system health
- Create real-time thresholds on specified conditions and monitor/forward alerts
- Collect and consolidate ACS server logs and configuration data
Recommended for:
This course is for network administrators, network operators, and system administrators responsible for securing their networks to assure authorized access only by authenticated users, with accounting of their activities.
Prerequisites:
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- Understanding of TCP/IP networking
- AAA security concepts and terminology
- Basic understanding of security challenges facing networks
- Basic Microsoft Windows system administration
- Basic Cisco IOS Software router and switch configuration (CCNA® certifications equivalent)
- Basic Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance 5500) or VPN concentrator configuration
- Internet Web browser use
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