• Cisco Stealthwatch
• Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud
• Cisco pxGrid
• Cisco Umbrella Investigate
• Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics
• Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics
• Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module (NVM)

• Layer 2 methods (Network segmentation using VLANs and VRF-lite; Layer 2 and port security; DHCP snooping; Dynamic ARP inspection; storm control; PVLANs to segregate network traffic; and defenses against MAC, ARP, VLAN hopping, STP, and DHCP rogue attacks
• Device hardening of network infrastructure security devices (control plane, data plane, management plane, and routing protocol security)

5.Implement segmentation, access control policies, AVC, URL filtering, and malware protection
6.Implement management options for network security solutions such as intrusion prevention and perimeter security (Single vs. multidevice manager, in-band vs. out-of-band, CDP, DNS, SCP, SFTP, and DHCP security and risks)
7.Configure AAA for device and network access (authentication and authorization, TACACS+, RADIUS and RADIUS flows, accounting, and dACL)
8.Configure secure network management of perimeter security and infrastructure devices (secure device management, SNMPv3, views, groups, users, authentication, and encryption, secure logging, and NTP with authentication)
9.Configure and verify site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN

• Site-to-site VPN utilizing Cisco routers and IOS
• Remote access VPN using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client
• Debug commands to view IPsec tunnel establishment and troubleshooting

• On-premises: viruses, trojans, DoS/DDoS attacks, phishing, rootkits, man-in-the-middle attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, malware
• Cloud: data breaches, insecure APIs, DoS/DDoS, compromised credentials

2.Compare common security vulnerabilities such as software bugs, weak and/or hardcoded passwords, SQL injection, missing encryption, buffer overflow, path traversal, cross-site scripting/forgery
3.Describe functions of the cryptography components such as hashing, encryption, PKI, SSL, IPsec, NAT-T IPv4 for IPsec, pre-shared key and certificate based authorization
4.Compare site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN deployment types such as sVTI, IPsec, Cryptomap, DMVPN, FLEXVPN including high availability considerations, and AnyConnect
5.Describe security intelligence authoring, sharing, and consumption
6.Explain the role of the endpoint in protecting humans from phishing and social engineering attacks
7.Explain North Bound and South Bound APIs in the SDN architecture
8.Explain DNAC APIs for network provisioning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
9.Interpret basic Python scripts used to call Cisco Security appliances APIs

• Public, private, hybrid, and community clouds
• Cloud service models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS (NIST 800-145)

2.Compare the customer vs. provider security responsibility for the different cloud service models

• Patch management in the cloud
• Security assessment in the cloud
• Cloud-delivered security solutions such as firewall, management, proxy, security intelligence, and CASB

3.Describe the concept of DevSecOps (CI/CD pipeline, container orchestration, and security
4.Implement application and data security in cloud environments
5.Identify security capabilities, deployment models, and policy management to secure the cloud
6.Configure cloud logging and monitoring methodologies
7.Describe application and workload security concepts