Monitoring and Maintaining Cisco IDS


Overview/Description
To perform Enterprise IDS monitoring, reporting, and maintenance

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
155 Minutes

Objectives:

Monitoring and Maintaining Cisco IDS

  • install and launch Security Monitor.
  • configure the Security Monitor by adding and monitoring devices and adding event rules.
  • identify and use Security Monitor event viewing and reporting features.
  • identify the functions of the preference settings that you can use to customize the display in Event Viewer.
  • identify how to administer the Security Monitor and generate reports.
  • install the Security Monitor and use it to create an email event rule and generate reports.
  • install IDS signature updates and service packs and upgrade a Sensor and an IDSM to an IDS major release version.
  • update the IDS Sensor service pack and verify that the update was applied.

  • Course Number: 204626_eng