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EDU-NSXIS4

VMware NSX for Intrinsic Security [V4.x] Training

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in configuring, operating, and troubleshooting VMware NSX® for intrinsic security. This course introduces all the security features in NSX, including Distributed Firewall and Gateway Firewall, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS/IPS), NSX Application Platform, NSX Malware Prevention, VMware NSX® Intelligence™, and VMware NSX® NDR™. In addition, this course presents common configuration issues and gives a methodology to resolve them.
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Course Details

Duration

5 days

Prerequisites

  • Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
  • Knowledge and working experience of network security, including:
  • L2 through L7 firewalling
  • Intrusion detection and prevention systems
  • Malware prevention systems
  • Knowledge of and working experience with VMware vSphere® environments
  • The VMware Certified Technical Associate - Network Virtualization is recommended.

Target Audience

Experienced Security Administrators

Skills Gained

  • Define the concepts related to information security
  • Explain the different types of firewalls and their use cases
  • Describe the operation of intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems
  • Differentiate between Malware Prevention approaches
  • Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio
  • Use NSX segmentation to implement Zero-Trust Security
  • Configure user and role management
  • Configure and troubleshoot Distributed Firewall, Identity Firewall, and time-based policies
  • Configure and troubleshoot Gateway Security
  • Use VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs and VMware Aria Operations™ for Networks to operate NSX firewalls
  • Explain the security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration
  • Describe north-south and east-west service insertion
  • Describe endpoint protection
  • Configure and troubleshoot IDS/IPS
  • Deploy NSX Application Platform
  • Configure and troubleshoot NSX Malware Prevention
  • Describe the capabilities of NSX Intelligence and NSX NDR
Course Outline
  • Security Basics
    • Define the concepts related to information security
    • Explain the different types of firewalls and their use cases
    • Describe the operation of IDS/IPS
    • Differentiate between Malware Prevention approaches
  • VMware Intrinsic Security
    • Define the VMware intrinsic security strategy
    • Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio
    • Explain how NSX aligns with the intrinsic security strategy
  • Implementing Zero-Trust Security
    • Define Zero-Trust Security
    • Describe the five pillars of a Zero-Trust architecture
    • Define NSX segmentation and its use cases
    • Describe the steps needed to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation
  • User and Role Management
    • Integrate NSX and VMware Identity Manager™
    • Integrate NSX and LDAP
    • Describe the native users and roles in NSX
    • Create and assign custom user roles
    • Explain object-based RBAC in a multitenancy environment
  • Distributed Firewall
    • Configure Distributed Firewall rules and policies
    • Describe the NSX Distributed Firewall architecture
    • Troubleshoot common problems related to NSX Distributed Firewall
    • Configure time-based policies
    • Configure Identity Firewall rules
    • Configure the distributed firewall to block malicious IPs
  • Gateway Security
    • Configure Gateway Firewall rules and policies
    • Describe the architecture of the Gateway Firewall
    • Identify and troubleshoot common Gateway Firewall issues
    • Configure TLS Inspection to decrypt traffic for both internal and external services
    • Configure URL filtering and identify common configuration issues
  • Operating Internal Firewalls
    • Use VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations for Networks to operate NSX firewalls
    • Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration
  • Network Introspection
    • Explain network introspection
    • Describe the architecture and workflows of north-south and east-west service insertion
    • Troubleshoot north-south and east-west service insertion
  • Endpoint Protection
    • Explain endpoint protection
    • Describe the architecture and workflows of endpoint protection
    • Troubleshoot endpoint protection
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
    • Describe the MITRE ATT&CK framework
    • Explain the different phases of a cyber attack
    • Describe how NSX security solutions can be used to protect against cyber attacks
    • Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS
    • Configure and troubleshoot North-South IDS/IPS
  • NSX Application Platform
    • Describe NSX Application Platform and its use cases
    • Identify the topologies supported for the deployment of NSX Application Platform
    • Deploy NSX Application Platform
    • Explain the NSX Application Platform architecture and services
    • Validate the NSX Application Platform deployment and troubleshoot common issues
  • NSX Malware Prevention
    • Identify use cases for NSX Malware Prevention
    • Identify the components in the NSX Malware Prevention architecture
    • Describe the NSX Malware Prevention packet flows for known and unknown files
    • Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic
  • NSX Intelligence and NSX NDR
    • Describe NSX Intelligence and its use cases
    • Explain NSX Intelligence visualization, recommendation, and network traffic analysis capabilities
    • Describe NSX NDR and its use cases
    • Explain the architecture of NSX NDR in NSX
    • Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX NDR
  • Product Alignment
    • VMware NSX 4.1.0