CCNA Security 210-260 Official Cert Guide
(CCNA-210-260)/ISBN:978-1-61691-717-3
Here's what you will get
The Cisco CCNA 210-260 exam validates a candidate's knowledge and skills in securing network infrastructure, understanding core security concepts, managing secure access, VPN encryption, firewalls, intrusion prevention, web and email content security; and endpoint security using SIEM Technology, and more. The 210-260 exam also tests candidates' skills in the installation, troubleshooting, and monitoring of a secure network to maintain integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data and devices.
Lessons
21+ Lessons | 198+ Quizzes | 150+ Flashcards | 150+ Glossary of terms
TestPrep
71+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 71+ Post Assessment Questions | 140+ Practice Test Questions
Hand on lab
40+ LiveLab | 40+ Video tutorials | 02:56+ Hours
Video Lessons
3+ Videos | 01:30+ Hours
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Here's what you will learn
Download Course OutlineLessons 1: Introduction
Lessons 2: Networking Security Concepts
- Understanding Network and Information Security Basics
- Recognizing Current Network Threats
- Applying Fundamental Security Principles to Network Design
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 3: Common Security Threats
- Network Security Threat Landscape
- Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
- Social Engineering Methods
- Malware Identification Tools
- Data Loss and Exfiltration Methods
- Summary
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 4: Implementing AAA in Cisco IOS
- Cisco Secure ACS, RADIUS, and TACACS
- Configuring Routers to Interoperate with an ACS Server
- Configuring the ACS Server to Interoperate with a Router
- Verifying and Troubleshooting Router-to-ACS Server Interactions
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 5: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- Foundation Topics
- Bring Your Own Device Fundamentals
- BYOD Architecture Framework
- Mobile Device Management
- Exam Preparation Tasks
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 6: Fundamentals of VPN Technology and Cryptography
- Understanding VPNs and Why We Use Them
- Cryptography Basic Components
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Putting the Pieces of PKI to Work
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 7: Fundamentals of IP Security
- IPsec Concepts, Components, and Operations
- Configuring and Verifying IPsec
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 8: Implementing IPsec Site-to-Site VPNs
- Planning and Preparing an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN
- Implementing and Verifying an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN in Cisco IOS Devices
- Implementing and Verifying an IPsec Site-to-Site VPN in Cisco ASA
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 9: Implementing SSL VPNs Using Cisco ASA
- Functions and Use of SSL for VPNs
- Configuring Clientless SSL VPNs on ASA
- Using the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
- Troubleshooting SSL VPN
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 10: Securing Layer 2 Technologies
- VLAN and Trunking Fundamentals
- Spanning-Tree Fundamentals
- Common Layer 2 Threats and How to Mitigate Them
- CDP and LLDP
- DHCP Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 11: Network Foundation Protection
- Using Network Foundation Protection to Secure Networks
- Understanding the Management Plane
- Understanding the Control Plane
- Understanding the Data Plane
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 12: Securing the Management Plane on Cisco IOS Devices
- Securing Management Traffic
- Implementing Security Measures to Protect the Management Plane
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 13: Securing the Data Plane in IPv6
- Understanding and Configuring IPv6
- Configuring IPv6 Routing
- Developing a Security Plan for IPv6
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 14: Securing Routing Protocols and the Control Plane
- Foundation Topics
- Securing the Control Plane
- Control Plane Policing
- Securing Routing Protocols
- Exam Preparation Tasks
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 15: Understanding Firewall Fundamentals
- Firewall Concepts and Technologies
- Using Network Address Translation
- Creating and Deploying Firewalls
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 16: Implementing Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls
- Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls
- Configuring and Verifying Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewalls
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 17: Configuring Basic Firewall Policies on Cisco ASA
- The ASA Appliance Family and Features
- ASA Firewall Fundamentals
- Configuring the ASA
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 18: Cisco IDS/IPS Fundamentals
- IPS Versus IDS
- Identifying Malicious Traffic on the Network
- Managing Signatures
- Monitoring and Managing Alarms and Alerts
- Cisco Next-Generation IPS Solutions
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 19: Mitigation Technologies for E-mail-Based and Web-Based Threats
- Mitigation Technology for E-mail-Based Threats
- Mitigation Technology for Web-Based Threats
- Cisco Content Security Management Appliance
- Review All the Key Topics
- Command Reference to Check Your Memory
Lessons 20: Mitigation Technologies for Endpoint Threats
- Antivirus and Antimalware Solutions
- Personal Firewalls and Host Intrusion Prevention Systems
- Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints
- Hardware and Software Encryption of Endpoint Data
- Review All the Key Topics
Lessons 21: Final Preparation
- The Cisco Learning Network
- Lesson-Ending Review Tools
- Recall the Facts
- Practice Configurations
- Using the Exam Engine
Exam FAQs
Any valid Cisco CCENT, CCNA Routing and Switching, or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.
USD 300
Multiple choice single answer, multiple choice multiple answers, drag and drop, and simlet.
The exam contains 60-70 questions.
90 minutes
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- Once passed, a candidate must wait a minimum of 180 days before taking the same exam with an identical exam number.
- Candidates who fail any CCIE or CCDE written exam must wait for a period of 15 calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before retaking the same exam.
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- Candidates who fail an Associate, Professional, or Specialist exam must wait a period of five (5) calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.