The Aruba Network Security Fundamentals course covers foundational security concepts and prepares candidates to take the exam to achieve Aruba Certified Networking Security Associate (ACNSA) certification. The course describes common security threats and vulnerabilities and provides an overview of important security technologies. It teaches how to create a trusted network infrastructure with Aruba mobility solutions and switches. In addition to discussing device hardening, the course discusses implementing security at the edge with AAA, basic roles and firewall policies, dynamic segmentation, and endpoint classification. The course will further explain basic threat detection technologies and how to collect logs and alarms and use them to initiate an investigation.
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
Protect and Defend
Define security terminology
Harden devices
Secure a WLAN
Secure a wired LAN
Secure the WAN
Classify endpoints
Analyze
Threat detection
Troubleshooting
Endpoint classification
Investigate
Forensics
Important information
This Workshop covers all of the subjects and skills required to prepare for the Aruba Certified Network Security Associate (ACNSA) exam (HPE6-A78).
Target audience
A network or help desk engineer working in a customer or partner environment that has six months to a year of experience in networking.
Prior knowledge
The candidate should have worked six months to a year in networking in both wired and wireless knowledge.
Detailed content
Security Threats and Aruba Security Strategy
Threats Overview
Attack Stages
Aruba Security Strategy
Security Technologies
Regulatory Compliance
Secure Communications: Symmetric Encryption and Hash-Based Authentication
Secure Communications: Asymmetric Encryption and Digital Certificates
Secure Communications: TLS
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA)
Harden Aruba Switches
Hardening Overview
Set Up Out-of-Band Management
Authenticate Managers Securely
Ensure Physical Security and Other Hardening Actions
Harden ArubaOS Wireless Devices
Lock Down Administrative Access
Lock Down Services
Use CPSec
Enhance LAN Security
Spanning Tree Protections
DHCP Snooping and ARP Protection
Secure Routing Technologies
Network Authentication Technologies
Network Authentication
WLAN Security—Encryption + Authentication
Enforce Edge Security with an Aruba Infrastructure
Enforce WPA3-Enterprise
Enforce 802.1X on the Wired Network
Enforce Role-Based Authentication and Access Control
Aruba Role-Based Firewall Policies
Dynamic Segmentation
Identify and Classify Endpoints
Endpoint Classification Introduction
DHCP Fingerprinting with ArubaOS Mobility Devices
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Device Profiler
ClearPass Device Insight
Branch Security
Introduction to Aruba SD-Branch Solutions
Implement Threat Detection and Forensics
Understand Forensics
Analyze ArubaOS WIP Events
Troubleshoot and Monitor
Introduction to Troubleshooting Authentication Issues
Using ClearPass Tools to Troubleshoot Some Common Issues
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