Tenable Unified Security Monitoring for Analysts
(5MD)
This hands-on instructor led course provides security analysts with the skills and knowledge necessary to discover and report relevant information using the complete suite of Tenable products. Participants will learn to initiate active scans, evaluate vulnerabilities, monitor system compliance, analyze event trends and anomalies and customize reports to detail their findings. These techniques are intended to facilitate an organization's information assurance efforts through implementation of the Unified Security Monitoring strategy.
Audience
IT Security Analysts that currently (or plan to) use Tenable SecurityCenter to perform security monitoring and vulnerability scanning of their networks.
Course Outline
● Introduction to Tenable's Unified Security Monitoring Approach ● Using Tenable's Online Resources
● Understanding Event, Vulnerability and Compliance Data ● The SecurityCenter User Interface
● Vulnerability and Compliance Scan Automation ● Data Analysis and Queries
● Workflow - Alerting and Ticketing ● The SecurityCenter Dashboard ● Custom Reporting
Certification
This course provides security professionals with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Security Analyst (TCSA) exam. Separate per exam attempt charge involved, please ask.
Additional Information
● Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
Prerequisites
Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
Related Coursework
Tenable SecurityCenter users that wish to get more advanced knowledge on creating custom scan policies and .audit policies should also attend Tenable Nessus Vulnerability & Compliance Auditing.
Tenable Unified Security Monitoring for
Managers (5MD)
This hands-on instructor led course provides security managers with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively plan and implement an organizational structure using the complete suite of Tenable Network Security products. Participants will learn the building blocks of SecurityCenter management, evaluate role-based responsibilities within a security organization, organize systems and network segments into logical groups, construct a hypothetical organization optimized to monitor system security and compliance, analyze event trends and anomalies, and customize reports to detail findings. These techniques are intended to facilitate effective management, oversight and delegation of duties within a security organization.
Audience
IT Security Managers that currently (or plan to) use Tenable SecurityCenter to perform security monitoring and vulnerability scanning of their networks.
Course Outline
● Introduction to Tenable's Unified Security Monitoring Approach ● Understanding the SecurityCenter Structure
● Planning the Organizational Structure ● Asset Management
● Account Management - Roles and Access ● Information Management
● Workflow - Alerting and Ticketing ● SecurityCenter Dashboard ● Custom Reporting
Certification
This course provides security professionals with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Security Manager (TCSM) exam. Separate per exam attempt charge involved, please ask.
Additional Information
● Students should possess a basic understanding of standard security best practices and their internal security and compliance policies.
Prerequisites
Students should have a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
Tenable Unified Security Monitoring for
Administrators (5MD)
This course is designed to prepare system administrators of the Tenable Unified Security Monitoring solution to optimally plan and deliver a physical deployment of the Tenable Unified Security Monitoring components. This hands-on instructor led course allows administrators to walk through a physical deployment in a lab environment while receiving detailed explanations of the technologies involved with each component. This includes command line installation and both command line and GUI configuration of Tenable SecurityCenter , Tenable Nessus, the Tenable Log Correlation Engine (LCE) and the Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner (PVS).
Audience
IT Security Administrators that currently (or plan to) deploy and maintain Tenable's Enterprise security products (SecurityCenter, Log Correlation Engine, Passive Vulnerability Scanner and Nessus) within their organization.
Course Outline
● Introduction to Tenable's Unified Security Monitoring Approach ● Pre-installation Planning
● Software Installation
● Organizational Planning and Data Management ● SecurityCenter User Interface
● Scan Zones ● Repositories ● Organizations
● LCE
● PVS
● Maintenance and Upgrades
Certification
This course provides security professionals with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Product Administrator (TCPA) exam. Separate per exam attempt charge involved, please ask.
Additional Information
● Students should have experience with Unix/Linux command line administration and common TCP/IP network protocols.
Prerequisites
Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
Tenable Nessus Vulnerability and Compliance
Auditing (5MD)
This instructor-led or On Demand hands-on course provides security professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to perform vulnerability and compliance scanning of supported
operating systems, devices and applications. Students will construct custom scan policies for topology discovery, network vulnerability detection, credentialed patch audits and compliance benchmarks and discuss the underlying technologies utilized by the Nessus scanner.
Audience
● IT security analysts, security consultants or auditors that wish to use all of the features available as part of the Nessus ProfessionalFeed.
● Tenable SecurityCenter users that wish to gain an in depth understanding of Tenable Nessus vulnerability scanning and how to create custom scan policies and .audit files to perform configuration auditing.
Course Outline
● Introduction to Tenable Nessus and Vulnerability Scanning ● Nessus Installation and Administration
● Basic Nessus Scan Operation
● Nessus Scan Configuration and Policy Creation ● Vulnerability Analysis and Reporting with Nessus ● Advanced Scan Configuration and Policy Creation ● Introduction to Compliance and Auditing
● Nessus Auditing Features ● Windows System Auditing ● Unix System Auditing ● Cisco IOS Auditing
● Nessus Database Auditing ● Nessus Content Auditing ● Auditing to Industry Guidelines ● Auditing to Federal Guidelines
Certification
This course provides students with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Nessus Auditor (TCNA) exam. Separate per exam attempt charge involved, please ask.
Additional Information
● Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
