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Cisco Firepower Fundamentals

The importance of network security has increased substantially in recent years with attacks becoming more sophisticated. To defeat these, you need a specialist product like Cisco Firepower and you need to know how to configure it.

Intermediate
3h 8m
(24)

Created by Martin Brown

Last Updated May 05, 2021

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Cisco Firepower Fundamentals

The importance of network security has increased substantially in recent years with attacks becoming more sophisticated. To defeat these, you need a specialist product like Cisco Firepower and you need to know how to configure it.

Intermediate
3h 8m
(24)

Created by Martin Brown

Last Updated May 05, 2021

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What you'll learn

Imagine it's a Friday afternoon and as you are getting ready to leave for the weekend, you discover that an employee within your company has just inadvertently downloaded some malware that is causing untold damage to your organization's network. What you need to prevent such a scenario is a solution that will protect your network against attacks, intrusion, and malware even when the data is encrypted. What you need is Cisco Firepower. In this course, Cisco Firepower Fundamentals, you will get an overview of what makes up a Firepower solution. First, you will learn how to manage Firepower threat defense appliances located in branch offices, and how Firepower can scan downloaded files for malware. Next, you will explore how to configure Firepower to protect your network against intrusion techniques before looking at how to block traffic from specific website categories. Finally, you will discover how Firepower appliances can decrypt SSL encrypted traffic. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to configure and support a complete Firepower solution on your corporate network.

Cisco Firepower Fundamentals
Intermediate
3h 8m
(24)
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Martin Brown - Pluralsight course - Cisco Firepower Fundamentals
Martin Brown
14 courses 4.8 author rating 120 ratings

Martin is a network security engineer with several years experience in various markets including retail and aerospace in many different countries and at the moment works for a UK based tier 1 service provider working with technology from Cisco, F5, Checkpoint, Infoblox, and, of course, Juniper.

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