Please review the Lab Exam Overview for general information about the CCIE Security lab exam. This lab exam blueprint v3.0 is a detailed outline of the topics likely to appear on the lab exam effective mid-April 2009. Knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the CCIE lab exam. The topics listed are guidelines and other relevant or related topics may also appear. Candidates for lab exams scheduled in mid April'09 or later should prepare using the v3.0 blueprints below.
In general, new product features become eligible for testing on CCIE lab exams six months after general release.
Recommended Training
Recommended courses include the curriculum for CCNArecommended training plus the curriculum for CCSP recommended training plus Securing Hosts Using Cisco Security Agent.
4. Configure Cisco IPS to mitigate network threats 1. Configure IPS 4200 Series Sensor Appliance 2. Initialize the Sensor Appliance 3. Configure Sensor Appliance management 4. Configure virtual Sensors on the Sensor Appliance 5. Configure security policies 6. Configure promiscuous and inline monitoring on the Sensor Appliance 7. Configure and tune signatures on the Sensor Appliance 8. Configure custom signatures on the Sensor Appliance 9. Configure blocking on the Sensor Appliance 10. Configure TCP resets on the Sensor Appliance 11. Configure rate limiting on the Sensor Appliance 12. Configure signature engines on the Sensor Appliance 13. Use IDM to configure the Sensor Appliance 14. Configure event action on the Sensor Appliance 15. Configure event monitoring on the Sensor Appliance 16. Configure advanced features on the Sensor Appliance 17. Configure and tune Cisco IOS IPS 18. Configure SPAN & RSPAN on Cisco switches
6. Implement Control Plane and Management Plane Security 1. Implement routing plane security features (protocol authentication, route filtering) 2. Configure Control Plane Policing 3. Configure CP protection and management protection 4. Configure broadcast control and switchport security 5. Configure additional CPU protection mechanisms (options drop, logging interval) 6. Disable unnecessary services 7. Control device access (Telnet, HTTP, SSH, Privilege levels) 8. Configure SNMP, Syslog, AAA, NTP 9. Configure service authentication (FTP, Telnet, HTTP, other) 10. Configure RADIUS and TACACS+ security protocols 11. Configure device management and security
7. Configure Advanced Security 1. Configure mitigation techniques to respond to network attacks 2. Configure packet marking techniques 3. Implement security RFCs (RFC1918/3330, RFC2827/3704) 4. Configure Black Hole and Sink Hole solutions 5. Configure RTBH filtering (Remote Triggered Black Hole) 6. Configure Traffic Filtering using Access-Lists 7. Configure IOS NAT 8. Configure TCP Intercept 9. Configure uRPF 10. Configure CAR 11. Configure NBAR 12. Configure NetFlow 13. Configure Anti-Spoofing solutions 14. Configure Policing 15. Capture and utilize packet captures 16. Configure Transit Traffic Control and Congestion Management 17. Configure Cisco Catalyst advanced security features
8. Identify and Mitigate Network Attacks 1. Identify and protect against fragmentation attacks 2. Identify and protect against malicious IP option usage 3. Identify and protect against network reconnaissance attacks 4. Identify and protect against IP spoofing attacks 5. Identify and protect against MAC spoofing attacks 6. Identify and protect against ARP spoofing attacks 7. Identify and protect against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks 8. Identify and protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks 9. Identify and protect against Man-in-the-Middle (MiM) attacks 10. Identify and protect against port redirection attacks 11. Identify and protect against DHCP attacks 12. Identify and protect against DNS attacks 13. Identify and protect against Smurf attacks 14. Identify and protect against SYN attacks 15. Identify and protect against MAC Flooding attacks 16. Identify and protect against VLAN hopping attacks 17. Identify and protect against various Layer2 and Layer3 attacks
Active CCIE status shows your commitment to maintaining expert-level knowledge in an industry critical to the success of virtually every organization. CCIEs are encouraged to continually expand their technical knowledge and are required to pass a recertification exam every two years. If you do not complete your recertification before the deadlines, your CCIE certification will be suspended and you and your employer will lose the benefits associated with your expert status. You have one year to reinstate your CCIE status before you becomes inactive and must begin the certification process all over again.
