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Objective:

Learning Outcomes:

• Configure a new Cisco router or switch, including basic configuration settings and specific security-related settings designed to harden the attack surface of the device
• Complete zone-based firewall configuration by creating policy maps, attaching classes to them, and configuring service policies
• Configure a new Cisco ASA firewall, including the initial configuration commands needed to enable the firewall
• Create and use access control lists to filter network traffic and enforce network policies
• Use IPv6 NAT and the advanced traffic inspection features to prevent network attacks
• Configure IP Source Guard and DHCP snooping to mitigate MAC address hijacking attacks
• Use port security to restrict MAC Addresses and use it to prevent unauthorized hubs and switches on a network
• Describe centralized device management solutions and demonstrate how they can be used to gain visibility and manageability across a network
• Configuring filtered command sets that can be assigned to users based on their role
• Create and manage multiple virtual firewalls and use multi-context mode to create contexts for virtual firewalls
• Cluster firewalls and configure them for automatic failover to provide high availability

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