Cisco 500-285 : Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System

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Exam Code: 500-285

Exam Name: Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System

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Prerequisites

The Cisco 500-285 exam has no strict requirements that you should fulfill before sitting for it. The potential candidates don’t need to pass other tests or get some certifications for this option. It is free for taking for any interested individual who has an account on the Cisco website. If you don’t have it, you will not be able to know the details and see the information about registration. Besides that, the only thing you need is your mastery of the topics covered in the exam.

The exam content is what you need to know as well if you want to clear the test with flying colours. Therefore, you are required to learn more about the following sections before taking Cisco 500 285:

  • Device Management

    As for this topic, it is all about NAT Configuration, Star VPN, Point-to-Point VPN, Mesh VPN, and Virtual Private Networks. You should be skillful enough to modify the name of the inline interface set, rename the device, and create a device group.

  • Account Management

    This module is all about the user account management, predefined user roles, creation of the authentication objects, and user privileges. The learners should also be able to create new user accounts and configure external authentication. In addition, their tasks will include the configuration of permission escalation and user in the local database.

  • Object Management

    In this topic, the potential candidates should learn the details of the object types, which are used in the FireSIGHT System, including geolocation, VLAN tag, security intelligence, network, application filters, and variable sets. Also, it is important to have an understanding of the types of objects that may be created & configured in object management and be able to implement the security intelligence feeds.

  • Advanced IPS Policy Configuration

    The last domain will evaluate one’s knowledge of preprocessor alerting, SCADA preprocessors, specific threat detection, detection enhancement, performance settings, and application layer preprocessors. You should also have an understanding of the transport/network layer preprocessors, advanced & performance settings, intrusion rule thresholds, and external responses.

  • Access Control Policy

    The next subject area is all about the AC policy and determines the types of traffic that will be allowed, blocked, or logged. To be able to answer all the questions in this domain, you need to know about the purposes, configurations, and features of the AC policy rules. Besides that, you should understand the purpose of this policy and be able to configure it.

  • Snort Rules Creation

    This objective includes the details of the rule body, rule headers, and writing rules. The test takers need to know how to use the system GUI to build a rule.

  • Correlation Policies

    The next area covers the details of the correlation rules, policies, and responses. It is also vital to have the knowledge of white lists, traffic profiles, and rule options.

  • Network-Based Malware Detection

    Here you will be evaluated on the knowledge of the AMP & communications architecture, file rules, types, and categories, as well as Spero & dynamic analysis. The applicants need to have the knowledge of malware & retrospective events, network file trajectory, context explorer, and file disposition caching.

  • Event Analysis

    This domain covers the information about network intrusion detection and intrusion event analysis. To deal with it successfully, the individuals should have an understanding of the role that geolocation plays in analysis as well as be familiar with the interfaces for analysis, including Workflows, Context Explorer, and Dashboard.

  • FireSIGHT Technologies

    To ace this exam part, it is essential to know what to do with the FireSIGHT technologies and user information. The level of expertise that you will possess after passing the test should include the understanding of the host attributes, discovery information, and network discovery policy. Moreover, you should have the ability to configure a discovery policy, view the network map & connection events, and create the host attributes.

  • IPS Policy Basics

    As for this section, it covers the details of the IPS policy interface, policy layers, and policy editor. It is also required to know what is used for the implementation of the suppression in the Rule Management user interface. Additionally, the students need to have the skills in creating policies and have the knowledge of Policy Layers.

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Known as Securing Cisco Networks with FireSIGHT Intrusion Prevention System, the 500 285 exam is what you can pass to prove your skills and knowledge of the next-generation network security. This test evaluates your expertise in using the useful features of Cisco FirePOWER Services, such as FireSIGHT Management Center, IPS tuning & configuration, snort rules language, and in-depth event analysis. It doesn’t grant any certification, but after the successful completion of this exam, you will be given proof of having all the needed specialization skills.

Topics of Securing Cisco Networks with FireSIGHT Intrusion Prevention System 500-285 Exam

candidates must know the exam topics before they start of preparation. Because it will really help them in hitting the core. Our 500-285 exam dumps will include the following topics:

1. Object Management

2. Access Control Policy

3. Event Analysis

4. IPS Policy Basics

5. FireSIGHT Technologies

6. Network-Based Malware Detection

7. Basic Administration

8. Account Management

9. Creating Snort Rules

10. Device Management

11. Correlation Policies

12. Advanced IPS Policy Configuration

Cisco 500-285 Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionWeightObjectives
Topic 1: System Administration and Device Management10%- Backup and recovery
- Software updates and rule packs
- Troubleshooting connectivity
- User and account management
Topic 2: Correlation Policies and Advanced Features10%- Policy response actions
- Correlation rule setup
- Malware detection and file policies
Topic 3: Access Control and IPS Policies20%- Policy creation and editing
- IPS rule tuning and filtering
- Policy deployment and verification
- Rule actions and conditions
Topic 4: Object Management10%- Security zone configuration
- Application and URL objects
- Network and port objects
Topic 5: Event Analysis and Monitoring15%- Alert configuration
- Intrusion event interpretation
- Dashboard and reporting
- False positive handling
Topic 6: FireSIGHT System and NGIPS Overview15%- Deployment modes
- Architecture and components
- Management system basics
Topic 7: Snort Rule Creation and Customization10%- Rule testing and deployment
- Rule syntax and structure
- Custom rule writing

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