The Network Security Platform Administration course is an essential component of implementing a successful intrusion prevention strategy. In hands-on lab sessions, you’ll learn how to deploy and configure a Network Security Platform solution to protect against real-world attacks. You can immediately apply your new skills to improve protection for your business and take full advantage of your investment in our McAfee Network Security Platform.

• Planning the deployment
• Installing and configuring the Manager
• Managing users and resources
• Configuring and managing policies
• Analyzing and responding to threats
• Tuning your security policies for maximum effectiveness

Day 1

• Welcome
• Introduction to Network Security Platform
• Planning NSP Deployment
• Getting Started
• Manager Configuration
• User Management

Day 2

• Administrative Domains
• Sensor Overview
• Basic Sensor Setup
• Advanced Sensor Setup
• Policy Configuration
• Policy Customization
• Virtualization (Sub-Interfaces)

Day 3

• Threat Explorer
• Attack Log
• DoS Attacks
• Advanced Malware Detection
• Advanced Callback Detection

Day 4

• Inspection Options Policies
• Web Server Protection
• Firewall Policy Configuration
• Policy Tuning
• Report Generation
• Operational Status
• Database Maintenance

System and network administrators, security personnel, auditors, and/ or consultants concerned with network and system security should take this course.