The Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (SWSA) course shows you how to implement, use, and maintain Cisco® Web Security Appliance (WSA), powered by Cisco Talos, to provide advanced protection for business email and control against web security threats. Through a combination of expert instruction and hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to deploy proxy services, use authentication, implement policies to control HTTPS traffic and access, implement use control settings and policies, use the solution’s anti-malware features, implement data security and data loss prevention, perform administration of Cisco WSA solution, and more.

Utbildningsmål

• Describe Cisco WSA
• Deploy proxy services
• Utilize authentication
• Describe decryption policies to control HTTPS traffic
• Understand differentiated traffic access policies and identification profiles
• Enforce acceptable use control settings
• Defend against malware
• Describe data security and data loss prevention
• Perform administration and troubleshooting

Förkunskaper

Målgrupp

Individuals involved in the deployment, installation and administration of a Cisco Web Security Appliance.

Innehåll

Cisco WSA Overview

• Technology Use Case
• Cisco WSA Solution
• Cisco WSA Features
• Cisco WSA Architecture
• Proxy Service
• Integrated Layer 4 Traffic Monitor
• Data Loss Prevention
• Cisco Cognitive Intelligence
• Management Tools
• Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting (AWSR) and Third-Party Integration
• Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)

Proxy Services

• Explicit Forward Mode vs.Transparent Mode
• Transparent Mode Traffic Redirection
• Web Cache Control Protocol
• Web Cache Communication Protocol
• WCCP Upstream and Downstream Flow
• Proxy Bypass
• Proxy Caching
• Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) Files
• FTP Proxy
• Socket Secure (SOCKS) Proxy
• Proxy Access Log and HTTP Headers
• Customizing Error Notifications with End User Notification (EUN) Pages

Cisco WSA Authentication

• Authentication Protocols
• Authentication Realms
• Tracking User Credentials
• Explicit (Forward) and Transparent Proxy Mode
• Bypassing Authentication with Problematic Agents
• Reporting and Authentication
• Re-Authentication
• FTP Proxy Authentication
• Troubleshooting Joining Domains and Test Authentication
• Integration with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Administration and Troubleshooting

• Monitor the Cisco Web Security Appliance
• Cisco WSA Reports
• Monitoring System Activity Through Logs
• System Administration Tasks
• Troubleshooting
• Command Line Interface

Decryption Policies

• Transport Layer Security (TLS)/Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Inspection Overview
• Certificate Overview
• Overview of HTTPS Decryption Policies
• Activating HTTPS Proxy Function
• Access Control List (ACL) Tags for HTTPS Inspection
• Access Log Examples

Differentiated Traffic Access Policies and Identification Profiles

• Overview of Access Policies
• Access Policy Groups
• Overview of Identification Profiles
• Identification Profiles and Authentication
• Access Policy and Identification Profiles Processing Order
• Other Policy Types
• Access Log Examples
• ACL Decision Tags and Policy Groups
• Enforcing Time-Based and Traffic Volume Acceptable Use Policies, and End User Notifications

Defending Against Malware

• Web Reputation Filters
• Anti-Malware Scanning
• Scanning Outbound Traffic
• Anti-Malware and Reputation in Policies
• File Reputation Filtering and File Analysis
• Cisco Advanced Malware Protection
• File Reputation and Analysis Features
• Integration with Cisco Cognitive Intelligence

Acceptable Use Control Settings

• Controlling Web Usage
• URL Filtering
• URL Category Solutions
• Dynamic Content Analysis Engine
• Web Application Visibility and Control
• Enforcing Media Bandwidth Limits
• Software as a Service (SaaS) Access Control
• Filtering Adult Content

Data Security and Data Loss Prevention

• Data Security
• Cisco Data Security Solution
• Data Security Policy Definitions
• Data Security Logs