CCSP CSI Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 642-541)

Annlee Hines is a senior network security engineer and the president of S2 Networking, Inc., which provides consulting services in secured network design and implementation. A frequent author of tutorials for CertificationZone.com, she is also the author of Planning for Survivable Networks (Wiley, 2002), a book for those who need to understand what is involved in ensuring that their networks will continue to function enough to do the job in the face of a physical or cyber disaster. Her current certification goal is to earn the CISSP by the end of 2003.

Introduction.


Self-Assessment.
I. CERTIFICATION.

1. Overview of Cisco Certification.


Taking the Exam. Results. The Exam's Content. Exam Description and Topics. Are You Ready? Exam Techniques and Cisco Exams. Master the Inner Game. Additional Resources.

II. SECURITY FOUNDATIONS.

2. Information Assets.


What Is the SAFE Blueprint For? What Are Information Assets? Location Matters. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

3. Threats.


Origin. Threat Types. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

4. The Security Policy.


What a Security Policy Is. The Security Wheel. Tradeoffs. Example Security Policy. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

5. Management Protocols and Functions.


Network Time Protocol. Simple Network Management Protocol. Cisco Discovery Protocol. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. Trivial File Transport Protocol. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

III. ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCTS.

6. The SAFE Security Blueprint.


Philosophy. Modular Approach. Enterprise SAFE Assumptions. Enterprise SAFE Design Objectives. Enterprise SAFE Axioms. Modular Approach. Edge Modules. Campus Modules. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

7. The Extended SAFE Blueprints.


The SAFE VPN Blueprint. The SAFE IP Telephony Blueprint. The SAFE Wireless Blueprint. The SAFE SMR Blueprint. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

8. Products in the Campus.


Routers. Switches. IDS. CiscoSecure Access Control Server. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

9. Products in the Edge.


Routers Redux. The PIX Firewall. The VPN Concentrator. The VPN Client. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

IV. THE SAFE SMR NETWORK DESIGNS—PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER.

10. The Small Network Implementation.


The Small Network Edge. The Small Network Campus. Branch Versus Standalone. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

11. The Medium Network Implementation.


The Medium Network Edge. The Medium Network WAN. The Medium Network Campus. Branch Versus Headend. Summary. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

12. The Remote-User Design.


The Remote-User Problem. The Four Options. User Authentication. Centralized Management. Summary. Pulling It All Together. Exam Prep Questions. Need to Know More?

V. FINAL REVIEW.

13. Practice Exam 1.
14. Answers to Practice Exam 1.
15. Practice Exam 2.
16. Answers to Practice Exam 2.
VI. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A: Resources.


Books. Web.

Appendix B: What's on the CD-ROM.


The PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition Software. An Exclusive Electronic Version of the Text.

Appendix C: Using the PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition Software.


The Exam Simulation. Question Quality. The Interface Design. The Effective Learning Environment. Software Requirements. Installing PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition. Removing PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition from Your Computer. How to Use the Software. Contacting PrepLogic. License Agreement.

Glossary.
Index.