subject: Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist Certification [print this page] The Cisco Advanced Security Field Professional has demonstrated the hands-on abilities and understanding necessary to configure, install, operate and troubleshoot Network Admission Control (NAC) and Cisco Protection Monitoring Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS). By applying their operational understanding of NAC and CS-MARS, the Cisco Advanced Security Field Professional has the abilities and understanding needed to effectively manage, identify and counter threats to secure networks.
Requirements
A valid CCNA qualification is required before attempting this certification.
Certification Exams
642-567 ASFE
642-567 ASFE: Advanced Security for Field Engineers Exam
The Advanced Security for Field Technical engineers 642-567 ASFE is the examination associated with the Cisco Advanced Security Field Professional qualifications. Applicants can prepare for this examination by taking the Innovative Protection for Area Technical engineers (ASFE) course. This examination assesses an applicant's knowledge of certain Cisco security products and their implementation in a Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy. Subjects protected include Cisco Protection Equipment (ASA), PIX Software, IDS/IPS, VPN, Protection Management, CS-MARS and NAC Equipment.
Exam Topics
The following details provide common recommendations for the contents likely to be involved on the examination. However, other relevant subjects may also appear on any particular shipping of the examination.
Implement Cisco NAC
Recognize the components, technologies & features used for Cisco Network Access Control
Organize AV vendor policy server
Troubleshoot the interaction between the ACS & AV vendor policy server
Troubleshoot the interaction between the NAC agents & network access device
Implement Cisco Clean Access
Organize CCA-related user roles
Organize CCA network scanning
Organize CAM to implement Clean Access Agent on user devices
Recognize the components & features used for Cisco Clean Access
Organize CAM & CAS to support CCA In-B& server solution
Organize CAM & CAS to support CCA Out-of-B& server solution
Administer & monitor a CCA solution
Install & Organize the CS MARS product
Install the CS MARS application
Recognize the components, features & functions of MARS
Use Organized security devices to generate interesting events that constitute an attack scenario & have CS MARS collect the interesting events for incident investigation
Organize the CS MARS application to send alerts
Organize the CS MARS application hardware maintenance chores
Utilize the Global Controller to manage multiple CS MARS applications
Create & view a long-duration query on the CS MARS application
Organize a rule (or rules) to detect interesting patterns of network activity & other anomalous network behavior
Put Cisco reporting devices into the CS MARS application
Put non-Cisco reporting devices into the CS MARS application
Use the management features in the CS MARS to assign event, Addressing, service & user information
