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Secure Remote Access Administrator Training

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Audience:
System Engineers, Channel Partners, Service Partners, End Users. This class is recommended for all administrators of SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN appliances who need to maintain and monitor a SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN appliance.

Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of networking concepts, network topologies, and the OSI model of networking protocol stacks. Understanding of TCP/IP, network addressing, subnets, and Network Address Translation (NAT) Knowledge of basic router concepts. Familiarity with IPSec functionality and implementation.

Course Description:
This class is recommended for all administrators of SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN appliances who need to maintain and monitor a SonicWALL Aventail EClass SSL VPN appliance. Upon completing the course, students are encouraged to take the Certified SonicWALL System Administrator (CSSA) exam. The Secure Remote Access Administrator Training Course provides instruction on the administration and management of the E-Class SSL VPN appliance to provide secure, anywhere access to applications and resources for employees, business partners and other users. The course covers using the SonicWALL Aventail Management Console (AMC) to provide users with secure access to any application, from corporate laptops or un-managed computers, based on secure authentication and authorization policies and appropriate End Point Control requirements. Students will also learn how to deploy SonicWALL Aventail Secure Desktop for added security, as well as deploy graphical terminal shortcuts for native Web-based access to Windows Terminal Servers and Citrix server farms.

Course Outline:
This technical course covers configuration and deployment of the SonicOS Enhanced firmware. Attendees will become technically familiar with a wide spectrum of SonicWALL’s innovated feature set such as Unified Threat Management (UTM), Single Sign On, VPN, Secure Wireless, Content Filtering and much more. While learning the wide array of security features SonicOS Enhanced has to offer, students will also learn validation of settings and troubleshooting techniques using the SonicWALL diagnostic tools. All training materials will be provided. Hands-on lab exercises to reinforce the presentation material.

Course Content:

• Section 1: Course Introduction
• Section 2: Introduction and Architectural Overview: includes top-level information about SSL VPNs, the different appliance models, and an overview on the SonicWAll Aventail Management Console (AMC), WorkPlace, mobility, end point control, certificates, and firewall policies.
• Section 3: General and Network Settings: includes creating administrator accounts and roles, managing product licensing, network configurations, DNS settings, gateway routing,and the process of creating and installing SSL certificates and CA certificates.
• Section 4: Authentication Servers: includes setting up Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, and Public Key Infrastructure authentication servers, as well as defining advanced settings such as Active Directory and LDAP over SSL, password management, NTLM authentication forwarding, and using customized authentication prompts.
• Section 5: User Management: includes setting up realms and using chained authentication,creating references to users and groups (including using dynamic groups and nested groups), and defining communities for group organization.
• Section 6: Resources and Access Control Rules: includes defining different resource types and creating resources within AMC. In addition, access control rules are covered in detail, including defining different connection types and both basic and advanced access control rule settings.
• Section 7: End Point Control: includes an overview of using end point control for data and network protection, using Standard, Quarantine, and Deny zones to classify a user’s end point, and creating device profiles to define the attributes of a zone (including device watermarking). Also, data protection agents are covered, including SonicWALL Aventail Cache Control and SonicWALL Aventail Secure Desktop as well as client integrity agents, including a virtual keyboard.
• Section 8: WorkPlace Portal: includes using the WorkPlace portal for creating personalized user access to resources, customizing WorkPlace sites and using multiple WorkPlace site certificates, creating and modifying WorkPlace shortcuts including graphical terminal shortcuts and support for Citrix server farms.
• Section 9: Access Methods: includes configuring access methods for both managed and non-managed devices, mobile devices, and for access to Web applications, client/server applications, and full network access. Included in this section is using static, dynamic, and secure NAT IP address pools for tunnel clients, configuring auto-updating for Connect Tunnel clients, and post-connection scripting for all tunnel clients.
• Section 10: System Administration: includes performing basic maintenance in AMC, such as shutting down and upgrading the appliance, as well as backups and restores through the command-line utilities and the UI. In addition, working with system log files and monitoring tools, and capturing network traffic is covered. A checklist of security best practices is also covered.

Student Assessment: Formative evaluations (knowledge checks and hands-on exercises) are incorporated throughout the course, and the last 2 hours of day three is reserved for an online certification exam. Any participant who successfully completes this course and passes the certification exam will be deemed a Certified SonicWALL System Administrator (CSSA).The exam is administered in the class by the instructor at the end of the 3-day course.

120 minutes are allotted for 55 questions. A passing score is 75% or higher. At the end of the exam you are immediately notified of your exam score and if you passed or failed the exam. Upon successfully passing the exam you will be sent an e-mail containing your CSSA certificate. In addition, you can view your certification details, such as the certification expiration date, on MySonicWALL.

Length:
3-day course 9:00 – 5:30

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