CCIE Security Lab Exam v4.0 Checklist
Expansion of the Security Lab v4.0 Exam Topics Detailed Checklist of Topics to Be Covered
Please be advised that this topic checklist is not an all-inclusive list of Cisco CCIE Security lab exam subjects. Instead, we provide this outline as a supplement to the existing lab blueprint to help candidates prepare for their lab exams. Other relevant or related topics may also appear in the actual lab exam.
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1System Hardening and Availability
Implement, Optimize, Troubleshoot, IPv4/IPv6 Content
Understanding Four Types of Traffic Planes on a Cisco Router (Control, Management, Data, and Services)
Understanding Control Plane Security Technologies and Core Concepts Covering Security Features Available to Protect the Control Plane
Understanding Management Plane Security Technologies and Core Concepts Covering Security Features Available to Protect the Management Plane
Configuring Control Plane Policing (CoPP) Control Plane Rate Limiting
Disabling Unused Control Plane Services (IP Source Routing, Proxy ARP, Gratuitous ARP, etc.) Disabling Unused Management Plane Services (Finger, BOOTP, DHCP, Cisco Discovery Protocol, etc.)
MPP (Management Plane Protection) and Understanding OOB (Out-of-Band) Management Interfaces
Configuring Routing Protocol Authentication Route Filtering and Protocol-Specific Filters
ICMP Techniques to Reduce the Risk of ICMP-Related DoS Attacks (IP Unreachable, IP Redirect, IP Mask Reply, etc.)
Selective Packet Discard (SPD)
MQC and FPM Types of Service Policy on the CoPP Interface Broadcast Control on a Switch
Catalyst Switch Port Security IPv6 Selective Packet Discard
Cisco IOS Software-Based CPU Protection Mechanisms (Options Drop, Logging Interval, CPU Threshold)
The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism Known as “BGP TTL Security Hack” (BTSH) Device Access Control (vty ACL, HTTP ACL, SSH Access, Privilege Levels)
SNMP Security System Banners
Secure Cisco IOS File Systems Understanding and Enabling Syslog NTP with Authentication
Role-Based CLI Views and Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Service Authentication on Cisco IOS Software (FTP, Telnet, HTTP)
Network Telemetry Identification and Classification of Security Events (IP Traffic Flow, NetFlow, SNMP, Syslog, RMON)
2Threat Identification and Mitigation
Implement, Optimize, Troubleshoot, IPv4/IPv6 Content Implementing RFC 1918 Antispoofing Filtering
Implementing RFC 2827 Antispoofing Filtering Implementing RFC 2401 Antispoofing Filtering Enabling a TCP Intercept on a Router
Enabling a TCP Intercept on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
FPM (Flexible Packet Matching) and Protocol Header Definition File (PHDF) Files and Configuration of Nested Policy Maps
Classification Using NBAR
Understanding and Enabling NetFlow on a Router Port Security on a Switch
Storm Control on a Switch
Private VLAN (PVLAN) on a Switch Port Blocking on a Switch
Port ACL on a Switch MAC ACL on a Switch VLAN ACL on a Switch
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Protection Using BPDU Guard and Loop Guard on a Switch DHCP Snooping on a Switch
IP Source Guard on a Switch
Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) on a Switch SeND for ND Protection
IPv6 First Hop Security
Disabling DTP on All Nontrunking Access Ports Concept of Proactive vs. Reactive Measures
Knowledge of Protocols: TCP, UDP, HTTP, SMTP, ICMP, FTP
Spoofing, MAC Spoofing, ARP Snooping, Fragment Attack, Smurf Attack, TCP SYN Attack Understanding and Interpreting ARP Header Structure
Understanding and Interpreting IP Header Structure Understanding and Interpreting TCP Header Structure Understanding and Interpreting UDP Header Structure Understanding and Interpreting HTTP Header Structure Understanding and Interpreting ICMP Header structure Understanding and Interpreting ICMP Type Name and Codes Understanding and Interpreting Syslog Messages
Understanding and Interpreting Packet Capture Outputs (Sniffer, Ethereal, Wireshark, TCPDump) Understanding Different Types of Attack Vectors
Interpreting Various show and debug Outputs Classifying Attack Patterns Using FPM
Memorizing Common Protocol and Port Numbers Preventing an ICMP Attack Using ACLs
Preventing an ICMP Attack Using NBAR Preventing an ICMP Attack Using Policing
Preventing an ICMP Attack Using the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
Preventing a SYN Attack Using ACLs Preventing a SYN Attack Using NBAR Preventing a SYN Attack Using Policing Preventing a SYN Attack Using CBAC Preventing a SYN Attack Using CAR
Preventing a SYN Attack Using a TCP Intercept
Preventing a SYN Attack Using the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
Preventing Application Protocol–Specific Attacks Using FPM (e.g., HTTP, SMTP) Preventing Application Protocol–Specific Attacks Using NBAR (e.g., HTTP, SMTP)
Preventing Application Protocol–Specific Attacks Using the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance (e.g., HTTP, SMTP)
Preventing IP Spoofing Attacks Using Antispoofing ACLs Preventing IP Spoofing Attacks Using uRPF
Preventing IP Spoofing Attacks Using IP Source Guard Preventing Fragment Attacks Using ACLs
Preventing MAC Spoofing Attacks Using Port Security Preventing ARP Spoofing Attacks Using DAI
Preventing VLAN Hopping Attacks Using the switchport mode access Command Preventing STP Attacks Using the Root Guard or BPDU Guard
Preventing DHCP Spoofing Attacks Using Port Security Preventing DHCP Spoofing Attacks Using DAI
Preventing Port Redirection Attacks Using ACLs
3Intrusion Prevention and Content Security
Implement, Optimize, Troubleshoot, IPv4/IPv6 Content
Understanding Cisco IPS System Architecture (System Design, MainApp, SensorApp, EventStore) Understanding Cisco IPS User Roles (Administrator, Operator, Viewer, Service)
Understanding Cisco IPS Command Modes (Privileged, Global, Service, Multi-Instance) Understanding Cisco IPS Interfaces (Command and Control, Sensing, Alternate TCP Reset) Understanding Promiscuous (IDS) vs. Inline (IPS) Monitoring
Initialization Basic Sensor (IP Address, Mask, Default Route, etc.) Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity Issues
Managing Sensor ACLs
Allowing Services Ping and Telnet from/to Cisco IPS Enabling Physical Interfaces
Promiscuous Mode Inline Interface Mode Inline VLAN Pair Mode VLAN Group Mode Inline Bypass Mode Interface Notifications
Understanding the Analysis Engine
Creating Multiple Security Policies and Applying Them to Individual Virtual Sensors Understanding and Configuring Virtual Sensors (vs0, vs1)
Assigning Interfaces to the Virtual Sensor
Understanding and Configuring Event Action Rules (rules0, rules1) Understanding and Configuring Signatures (sig0, sig1)
Adding Signatures to Multiple Virtual Sensors
Understanding and Configuring Anomaly Detection (ad0, ad1) Using the Cisco IDM (IPS Device Manager)
Using Cisco IDM Event Monitoring
Displaying Events Triggered Using the Cisco IPS Console Troubleshooting Events Not Triggering
Displaying and Capturing Live Traffic on the Cisco IPS Console (Packet Display and Packet Capture)
SPAN and RSPAN Rate Limiting
Configuring Event Action Variables Target Value Ratings
Event Action Overrides Event Action Filters
Configuring General Settings General Signature Parameters Alert Frequency
Alert Severity Event Counter
Signature Fidelity Rating Signature Status
Assigning Actions to Signatures AIC Signatures
IP Fragment Reassembly TCP Stream Reassembly IP Logging
Configuring SNMP
Signature Tuning (Severity Levels, Throttle Parameters, Event Actions) Creating Custom Signatures (Using the CLI and Cisco IDM)
Understanding Various Types of Signature Engines Understanding Various Types of Signature Variables Understanding Various Types of Event Actions Creating a Custom String TCP Signature Creating a Custom Flood Engine Signature
Creating a Custom AIC MIME-Type Engine Signature Creating a Custom Service HTTP Signature
Creating a Custom ATOMIC.ARP Engine Signature Creating a Custom ATOMIC.IP Engine Signature Creating a Custom TCP Sweep Signature
Creating a Custom ICMP Sweep Signature Creating a Custom Trojan Engine Signature
Enabling Shunning and Blocking (Enabling Blocking Properties) Enabling the TCP Reset Function
Configure Cisco Ironport WSA Configuring WCCP
Active Dir Integration Custom Categories HTTPS Config
Services Configuration (Web Reputation) Configuring Proxy By-pass Lists
Web proxy modes
Application visibility and control
4Identity Management
Implement, Optimize, Troubleshoot, IPv4/IPv6 Content Understanding the AAA Framework
Understanding the RADIUS Protocol
Understanding RADIUS Attributes (Cisco AV-PAIRS) Understanding the TACACS+ Protocol
Understanding TACACS+ Attributes Comparison of RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Basic LDAP Support Overview of Cisco Secure ACS How to Navigate Cisco Secure ACS
Cisco Secure ACS – Network Settings Parameters Cisco Secure ACS – User Settings Parameters Cisco Secure ACS – Group Settings Parameters
Cisco Secure ACS – Shared Profiles Components (802.1X, NAF, NAR, Command Author, Downloadable ACL, etc.)
Cisco Secure ACS – Shell Command Authorization Sets Using Both Per-Group Setup and Shared Profiles
Enabling AAA on a Router for vty Lines Enabling AAA on a Switch for vty Lines Enabling AAA on a Router for HTTP
Enabling AAA on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance for Telnet and SSH Protocols Using Default vs. Named Method Lists
Complex Command Authorization and Privilege Levels, and Relevant Cisco Secure ACS Profiles Proxy Service Authentication and Authorization on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance for Pass-Through Traffic (FTP, Telnet, and HTTP), and Relevant Cisco ISE Profiles\
Using Virtual Telnet on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance Using Virtual HTTP on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance Downloadable ACLs
AAA 802.1X Authentication Using RADIUS on a Switch NAC-L2-802.1X on a Switch
NAC-L2-IP on a Switch
Troubleshooting Failed AAA Authentication or Authorization Troubleshooting Using Cisco Secure ACS Logs
Cisco Identity Services Engine Configuration and initialization ISE authZ result handling
ISE Profiling Configuration (Probes) ISE Guest Services
ISE Posture Assessment ISE Client Provisioning (CPP)
ISE Configuring AD Integration/Identity Sources ISE support for 802.1x
ISE MAB support ISE Web Auth support
ISE definition and support for VSAs Support for MAB in Cisco IOS Support for Web Auth in Cisco IOS
Using the test aaa Command on the Router, Switch, or Cisco ASA Security Appliance Understanding and Interpreting the debug radius Command
Understanding and Interpreting the debug tacacs+ Command
Understanding and Interpreting the debug aaa authentication Command Understanding and Interpreting the debug aaa authorization Command
Understanding and Interpreting the debug aaa accounting Command
5Perimeter Security and Services
Implement, Optimize, Troubleshoot, IPv4/IPv6 Content
Initializing the Basic Cisco ASA Firewall (IP Address, Mask, Default Route, etc.) Understanding Security Levels (Same Security Interface)
Understanding Single vs. Multimode
Understanding Firewall vs. Transparent Mode Understanding Multiple Security Contexts
Understanding Shared Resources for Multiple Contexts
Understanding Packet Classification in Multiple-Contexts Mode VLAN Subinterfaces Using 802.1Q Trunking
Multiple-Mode Firewall with Outside Access
Single-Mode Firewall Using the Same Security Level Multiple-Mode, Transparent Firewall
Single-Mode, Transparent Firewall with NAT
ACLs in Transparent Firewall (for Pass-Through Traffic)
Understanding How Routing Behaves on the Adaptive Security Appliance (Egress and Next-Hop Selection Process)
Understanding Static vs. Dynamic Routing Static Routes
RIP with Authentication OSPF with Authentication EIGRP with Authentication
Managing Multiple Routing Instances Redistribution Between Protocols Route Summarization
Route Filtering
Static Route Tracking Using an SLA
Dual ISP Support Using Static Route Tracking Redundant Interface Pair
LAN-Based Active/Standby Failover (Routed Mode) LAN-Based Active/Active Failover (Routed Mode) LAN-Based Active/Standby Failover (Transparent Mode) LAN-Based Active/Active Failover (Transparent Mode)
Stateful Failover Link Device Access Management Enabling Telnet
Enabling SSH
The nat-control Command vs. no nat-control Command
Enabling Address Translation (NAT, Global, and Static) Pre & Post 8.4 NAT Objects
Context-Aware firewall Identity Firewall
Using ASDM and Cisco Prime Policy NAT
Destination NAT
Bypassing NAT When NAT Control Is Enabled Using Identity NAT Bypassing NAT When NAT Control Is Enabled Using NAT Exemption Port Redirection Using NAT
Tuning Default Connection Limits and Timeouts
Basic Interface Access Lists and Access Group (Inbound and Outbound) Time-Based Access Lists
ICMP Commands
Enabling Syslog and Parameters NTP with Authentication
Object Groups (Network, Protocol, ICMP, and Services) Nested Object Groups
URL Filtering Java Filtering ActiveX Filtering ARP Inspection
Modular Policy Framework (MPF) Application-Aware Inspection
Identifying Injected Errors in Troubleshooting Scenarios
Understanding and Interpreting Adaptive Security Appliance show and debug Outputs Understanding and Interpreting the packet-tracer and capture Commands
Cisco IOS Firewalls
User-Based Firewall Secure-Group Firewall
Transparent Cisco IOS Firewall (Layer 2) Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) Proxy Authentication (Auth Proxy)
Port-to-Application Mapping (PAM) Usage with ACLs Use of PAM to Change System Default Ports
PAM Custom Ports for Specific Applications
Mapping Nonstandard Ports to Standard Applications Performance Tuning
Tuning Half-Open Connections
Understanding and Interpreting the show ip port-map Commands Understanding and Interpreting the show ip inspect Commands Understanding and Interpreting the debug ip inspect Commands Understanding and Interpreting the show zone|zone-pair Commands Understanding and Interpreting the debug zone Commands
Cisco IOS Services
Marking Packets Using DSCP and IP Precedence and Other Values Unicast RPF (uRPF) With or Without an ACL (Strict and Loose Mode) RTBH Filtering (Remote Triggered Black Hole)
Basic Traffic Filtering Using Access Lists: SYN Flags, Established, etc. (Named vs. Numbered ACLs)
Managing Time-Based Access Lists Enabling NAT and PAT on a Router Conditional NAT on a Router Multihome NAT on a Router
CAR Rate Limiting with Traffic Classification Using ACLs PBR (Policy-Based Routing) and Use of Route Maps Traffic Policing on a Router
Traffic Characterization Packet Classification
Packet-Marking Techniques
6Confidentiality and Secure Access
Understanding Cryptographic Protocols (ISAKMP, IKEv1 and IKEv2, ESP, Authentication Header, CA)
IPsec VPN Architecture on Cisco IOS Software and Cisco ASA Security Appliance Configuring VPNs Using ISAKMP Profiles
Configuring VPNs Using IPsec Profiles GRE over IPsec Using IPsec Profiles
Router-to-Router Site-to-Site IPsec Using the Classical Command Set (Using Preshared Keys and Certificates)
Router-to-Router Site-to-Site IPsec Using the New VTI Command Set (Using Preshared Keys and Certificates)
Router-to-ASA Site-to-Site IPsec (Using Preshared Keys and Certificates) Understanding DMVPN architecture (NHRP, mGRE, IPsec, Routing) DMVPN Using NHRP and mGRE (Hub-and-Spoke)
DMVPN Using NHRP and mGRE (Full-Mesh) DMVPN Through Firewalls and NAT Devices
Understanding GETVPN Architecture (GDOI, Key Server, Group Member, Header Preservation, Policy, Rekey, KEK, TEK, and COOP)
Implementing GETVPN (Using Preshared Keys and Certificates) GETVPN Unicast Rekey
GETVPN Multicast Rekey
GETVPN Group Member Authorization List GETVPN Key Server Redundancy
GETVPN Through Firewalls and NAT Devices Integrating GET VPN with a DMVPN Solution Basic VRF-Aware IPsec
Enabling the CA (PKI) Server (on the Router and Cisco ASA Security Appliance) CA Enrollment Process on a Router Client
CA Enrollment Process on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance Client CA Enrollment Process on a PC Client
Clientless SSL VPN (Cisco IOS WebVPN) on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance (URLs) AnyConnect VPN Client on Cisco IOS Software
AnyConnect VPN Client on the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
Remote Access Using a Traditional Cisco VPN Client – on a Cisco IOS Router
Remote Access Using a Traditional Cisco VPN Client – on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance Cisco Easy VPN – Router Server and Router Client (Using DVTI)
Cisco Easy VPN – Router Server and Router Client (Using Classical Style) Cisco Easy VPN – Cisco ASA Server and Router Client
Cisco Easy VPN Remote Connection Modes (Client, Network, Network+)
Enabling Extended Authentication (XAUTH) on Cisco IOS Software and the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
Enabling Split Tunneling on Cisco IOS Software and the Cisco ASA Security Appliance Enabling Reverse Route Injection (RRI) on Cisco IOS Software and the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
Enabling NAT-T on Cisco IOS Software and the Cisco ASA Security Appliance
High-Availability Stateful Failover for IPsec with Stateful Switchover (SSO) and Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
High Availability Using Link Resiliency (with Loopback Interface for Peering) High Availability Using HSRP and RRI
High Availability Using IPsec Backup Peers
High Availability Using GRE over IPsec (Dynamic Routing)
Basic QoS Features for VPN Traffic on Cisco IOS Software and the Cisco ASA Security Appliance Identifying Injected Errors in Troubleshooting Scenarios (for Site-to-Site, DMVPN, GET VPN, and Cisco Easy VPN)
Understanding and Interpreting the show crypto Commands Understanding and Interpreting the debug crypto Commands Anyconnect VPN including DAP support
MacSec (switch-switch, Host-switch) Wireless Security on AP and WLC EAP methods
WPA/WPA-2 WIPS