SIMOS 1.0: Fundamentals of VPN Technologies and Cryptography

Overview/Description
VPNs form the basis of secure communication across a shared or public infrastructure. In this course, you'll about the basics of VPNs and the cryptographic systems that underpin them. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that prepares the learner for Cisco certification exam 300-209 SIMOS. This exam counts toward CCNP Security certification.

Target Audience
Network security engineers and learners preparing for Cisco CCNP Security certification

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

SIMOS 1.0: Fundamentals of VPN Technologies and Cryptography

• start the course
• define virtual private networks in the enterprise network
• describe script-based and man-in-the-middle attacks on WAN and remote access infrastructure
• describe masquerading attacks on WAN and remote access infrastructure
• describe how VPNs fit into the Cisco modular network architecture
• describe clientless and Client-based AnyConnect VPNs
• list the components of a VPN
• describe cryptography in the context of secure communications
• describe symmetric and asymmetric key cryptographic systems
• describe how encryption protocols provide confidentiality in communication systems
• describe how key hashed-message authentication code is used to ensure message integrity
• describe challenge response authentication with hash message authentication code
• describe how PKI and revocation provide nonrepudiation in cryptographic systems
• describe keys and key exchange algorithms in cryptographic systems
• describe how digital certificates are used in public key infrastructure to secure communications
• describe revocation mechanisms in public key infrastructure
• list next-generation encryption mechanisms
• match security levels in security policies on communication end points
• select the correct technologies to secure a Cisco virtual private network