Courses

IPS 5500 Operations and Configuration Certification

Prerequisites:

Students should be familiar with IP basics, and have a working knowledge of Windows and some UNIX skills would be an advantage.

Description:

This 2 day, "hands-on" certification course is designed to provide an overview of the operational and configuration features and functionality of the IPS 5500. Attendees will achieve in-depth knowledge of all aspects of usage and configuration of the basic features of the IPS 5500.

Students will receive printed training materials, lab exercises, and a CD containing IPS 5500 relevant documentation and tools. Students who successfully complete the course will receive Top Layer Sales Engineer Certification.

Topics covered in this course include (subject to customization):

Day 1
* Basic setup, Getting Started, Management, Forwarding Models, and Port Roles, + Lab Exercise
* Software upgrades, Flash recovery, Admin password recovery, + Lab Exercise
* Local Logs and Reporting. + Lab Exercise
* Lunch
* Firewall policies + Lab Exercise
* IPS Malicious Content Policies + Lab Exercise

Day 2
* Rate Based policies + Lab Exercise
* Lunch
* Packet Based Rules+ Lab Exercise
* High Availability Functionality and Setting up HA + Lab Exercise
* TopResponse Update Manager + Labs
* IPS Controller + Labs

Audience for this course:
Network designers, operations and security staff associated with IPS 5500 deployments and on-going management of the IPS 5500 products. Technical staff of Top Layer Channel Partners.

Please contact your Top Layer Sales or Channel Director for schedule details and options or email teched@toplayer.com.

Location: Hudson, MA (unless otherwise specified)

Price: $1,500

Dates:
August 10-11, 2010
August 12-13, 2010 (Secure Circle Partners Only)
November 9-10, 2010
November 11-12, 2010 (Secure Circle Partners Only)
February 8-9, 2011
May 10-11, 2011