Cisco IDS Sensors, Alarms, and Signatures


Overview/Description
To deploy and configure Cisco IDS Sensors, outline IDS signature features, list signature engines and their specific parameters, and select appropriate signature engines

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers; network system analysts; Cisco partners who implement Cisco IDS on networks; systems engineers who support the sales of Cisco IDS

Prerequisites
Experience in configuring Cisco IOS software; certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge; a basic knowledge of the Windows operating system; familiarity with the networking and security terms and concepts

Expected Duration
130 Minutes

Objectives:

Cisco IDS Sensors, Alarms, and Signatures

  • add Sensors and Sensor groups to the IDS MC and generate and test SSH keys.
  • identify how to configure Sensor communication properties, the logging capabilities of the Sensor, and logging properties via the IDS MC.
  • configure Sensors in a given scenario.
  • identify the Cisco IDS signature characteristics and alarm responses and recognize the different signature engines and the parameters pertinent to them.
  • list and identify Cisco IDS atomic, flood, and service signature engines.
  • identify the state, string, and sweep signature engines supported by Cisco IDS.
  • identify the criteria to apply when selecting Cisco IDS signature engines based on specific scenario requirements.
  • identify Cisco IDS signature engine features and characteristics and create regular expressions to match specified data strings.

  • Course Number: 204623_eng