Securing the Web with WSA (SWSA)

Enroll in SWSA course and learn advanced techniques to safeguard web applications using robust web security solutions. Securing the Web with WSA (SWSA) at RST Forum is a 100-hour instructor-led course (lectures plus hands-on lab practice) at advanced level. Classroom batches run at our Mumbai campus and the same batch streams live-online across India.

Duration
100 hours

Live, Instructor led (ILT)

Training mode
Classroom & online

Mumbai campus

Level
Advanced

for working engineers

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Overview

Who should attend

Embark on a Transformative 100-Hour Journey: This course stands as a gateway to the coveted CCNP Security – Securing the web with cisco web security appliance (SWSA) certification delivering an immersive blend of lectures and hands-on labs. Here, we meticulously craft expertise to orchestrate, fortify, and manage the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), powered by Cisco Talos, to provide advanced protection for business email and control against web security threats. Our curriculum empowers Candidates to deploy proxy services, use authentication, implement policies to control HTTPS traffic and access, implement use control settings and policies. Candidates will also learn to use the solution's anti-malware features, implement data security and data loss prevention, perform administration of Cisco WSA solution, and more. This intensive journey is the launchpad for both CCNP Security and the prestigious Certified Specialist - Web Security Appliance (SWSA) certifications. Notably, this isn't just theoretical prowess but a hands-on odyssey that solidifies your comprehension through practical experience.

Outcomes

Skills you'll gain

  • CCNP Security SWSA.
  • Describing Cisco WSA.
  • Deploying Proxy Services.
  • Utilizing Authentication.
  • Defending Against Malware.
  • Enforcing Acceptable Use Control Settings.
  • Data Security and Data Loss Prevention.
  • Administration and Troubleshooting.

Objectives

What you'll be able to do

The course objectives, as the vendor's own blueprint states them.

  • Describe Cisco WSA: Technology use case, features, architecture, proxy service, integrated layer 4 traffic monitor, data loss prevention, cognitive intelligence, management tools, cisco AWSR and third-party integration, cisco content SMA, configure the cisco web security appliance.
  • Deploy proxy services: Explicit forward mode vs. transparent mode, transparent mode traffic redirection, web cache communication protocol, WCCP upstream and downstream flow, proxy bypass, proxy caching, PAC files, FTP proxy, socks proxy, proxy access log and http headers, customizing error notifications with EUN pages, deploy proxy services.
  • Utilize authentication: Describing authentication protocols, authentication realms, tracking user credentials, explicit 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 ISE, configure proxy authentication.
  • Describe decryption policies to control HTTPS traffic: TLS/SSL inspection overview, certificate overview, overview of https decryption policies, activating https proxy function, ACL tags for https inspection, access log examples, configure https inspection.
  • Understand differentiated traffic access policies and identification profiles: Overview of access policies, identification profiles, profiles processing order, understanding ACL decision tags and policy groups, enforcing time-based and traffic volume acceptable use policies, and end user notifications and create and enforce a time/date-based acceptable use policy.
  • Enforce acceptable use control settings: Controlling web usage, URL filtering, understanding dynamic content analysis engine, SaaS access control and filtering adult content.
  • Defend against malware: Using Anti-Malware scanning and understanding reputation in policies, file reputation filtering and file analysis, configuring cisco AMP and integrating cisco cognitive intelligence.
  • Describe data security and data loss prevention: Understanding cisco data security solution, security policy definitions, security logs and validating an intermediate certificate.
  • Perform administration and troubleshooting of the Cisco Web Security Appliance, generate Cisco WSA Reports, Monitoring Logs.
  • Perform System Administration Tasks like troubleshooting using Command Line Interface (CLI). review reporting services and web Tracking, Perform Centralized AsyncOS Software Upgrade and Using Cisco SMA.

Included

What you get

  • Curriculum based on course outlines defined by Cisco Systems.
  • This Instructor-led classroom course is designed with an aim to build theoretical knowledge supplemented by ample hands-on lab exercises.
  • Facility of Lab on cloud available.
  • Courseware includes reference material to maximize learning.
  • Assignments and tests to ensure concept absorption.
  • Repeating of lectures allowed (On approval basis)
  • Candidates can attend lectures online.

After the course

Placements & outcomes

Placement assistance is included: CV preparation, interview drills with real scenario questions, and referrals through our alumni network of 1 million+ engineers trained since 1997.

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