Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices v2.1

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Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.1

Course code: SSFRULES

Duration: 3 Days


Prerequisite:

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

Course Description:

The Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSF Rules) v2.1 course shows you how to write rules for Snort, an open-source intrusion detection and prevention system. Through 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 rules-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.

Course 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    

Intended Audience:

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy and manage a Cisco Firepower NGIPS in their network environment.

•    Security administrators
•    Security consultants
•    Network administrators
•    System engineers
•    Technical support personnel
•    Channel partners and resellers

Course Outlines:

•    Introduction to Snort Rule Development
•    Snort Rule Syntax and Usage
•    Traffic Flow Through Snort Rules
•    Advanced Rule Options
•    OpenAppID Detection
•    Tuning Snort

Lab Outlines:

•    Connecting to the Lab Environment
•    Introducing Snort Rule Development
•    Basic Rule Syntax and Usage
•    Advanced Rule Options
•    Open AppID
•    Tuning Snort