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Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.1
Access Duration: 180 days
Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.1
Continuing Education Credits: 24
Access Duration: 180 days
$1,000.00
Overview
The Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.1 course shows you how to write rules for Snort, an open-source intrusion detection and prevention system.
Read moreThrough a combination of expert-instruction and hands-on practice, this course provides you with the knowledge and skills to develop and test custom rules, standard and advanced rule-writing techniques, how to integrate OpenAppID into rules, rules filtering, rules tuning, and more. The hands-on labs give you practice in creating and testing Snort rules.
Read lessCourse Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the Snort rule development process
- Describe the Snort basic rule syntax and usage
- Describe how traffic is processed by Snort
- Describe several advanced rule options used by Snort
- Describe OpenAppID features and functionality
- Describe how to monitor the performance of Snort and how to tune rules
Target Audience
This course is for technical professionals to gain skills in writing rules for Snort-based Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS). The primary audience includes:
- Security administrators
- Security consultants
- Network administrators
- System engineers
- Technical support personnel using open source IDS and IPS
- Channel partners and resellers
Course Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have:
- Basic understanding of networking and network protocols
- Basic knowledge of Linux command-line utilities
- Basic knowledge of text editing utilities commonly found in Linux
- Basic knowledge of network security concepts
- Basic knowledge of a Snort-based IDS/IPS system
Certification
Associated Certification: None
Associated Exam: None
Other Info
Part Number:
CSCU-LP-SSFRULES-V2-028100
CSCU-LP-SSFRULES-V2-028100
Product Line:
Cisco On Demand E-Learning
Cisco On Demand E-Learning