CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553) [Hardcover]

Michael Watkins (Author), Kevin Wallace (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1587202204 | ISBN-13: 978-1587202209 | Publication Date: July 4, 2008 | Edition: 1

CCNA Security

Official Exam Certification Guide

 

• Master the IINS 640-553 exam with this official study guide
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks
• Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM

 

CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNA® Security IINS exam. Senior security instructors Michael Watkins and Kevin Wallace share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

 

CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help drill you on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

 

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a topic-by-topic basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text and laying out a complete study plan for review.

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

 

CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

 

Michael Watkins, CCNA/CCNP®/CCVP®/CCSP®, is a full-time senior technical instructor with SkillSoft Corporation. With 13 years of network management, training, and consulting experience, Michael has worked with organizations such as Kraft Foods, Johnson and Johnson, Raytheon, and the United States Air Force to help them implement and learn the latest network technologies.

 

Kevin Wallace, CCIE® No. 7945, is a certified Cisco instructor working full time for SkillSoft, where he teaches courses in the Cisco CCSP, CCVP, and CCNP tracks. With 19 years of Cisco networking experience, Kevin has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University. Kevin also is a CCVP, CCSP, CCNP, and CCDP with multiple Cisco security and IP communications specializations.

 

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the IINS exam, including

• Network security threats

• Security policies

• Network perimeter defense
• AAA configuration

• Router security

• Switch security

• Endpoint security

• SAN security

• VoIP security

• IOS firewalls

• Cisco IOS® IPS

• Cryptography

• Digital signatures

• PKI and asymmetric encryption

• IPsec VPNs

 

This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

 

Category: Cisco Press—Cisco Certification

Covers: IINS exam 640-553

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About the Author

Michael Watkins, CCNA/CCNP/CCVP/CCSP, is a full-time senior technical instructor with SkillSoft Corporation. With 13 years of network management, training, and consulting experience, he has worked with organizations such as Kraft Foods, Johnson and Johnson, Raytheon, and the U.S. Air Force to help them implement and learn about the latest network technologies. In addition to holding more than 20 industry certifications in the areas of networking and programming technologies, he holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wabash College.

 

Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945, is a certified Cisco instructor working full time for SkillSoft, where he teaches courses in the Cisco CCSP, CCVP, and CCNP tracks. With 19 years of Cisco networking experience, he has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He is also a CCVP, CCSP, CCNP, and CCDP, with multiple Cisco security and IP communications specializations.

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Introduction

Congratulations on your decision to pursue a Cisco Certification! If you're reading far enough to look at the introduction to this book, you likely already have a sense of what you ultimately would like to achieve—the Cisco CCNA Security certification. Achieving Cisco CCNA Security certification requires that you pass the Cisco IINS (640-553) exam. Cisco certifications are recognized throughout the networking industry as a rigorous test of a candidate's knowledge of and ability to work with Cisco technology. Through its quality technologies, Cisco has garnered a significant market share in the router and switch marketplace, with more than 80 percent market share in some markets. For many industries and markets around the world, networking equals Cisco. Cisco certification will set you apart from the crowd and allow you to display your knowledge as a networking security professional.

Historically speaking, the first entry-level Cisco certification is the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification, first offered in 1998.

With the introduction of the CCNA Security certification, Cisco has for the first time provided an area of focus at the associate level. The CCNA Security certification is for networking professionals who work with Cisco security technologies and who want to demonstrate their mastery of core network security principles and technologies.

Format of the IINS Exam

The 640-553 IINS exam follows the same general format of other Cisco exams. When you get to the testing center and check in, the proctor gives you some general instructions and then takes you into a quiet room with a PC. When you're at the PC, you have a few things to do before the timer starts on your exam. For instance, you can take a sample quiz, just to get accustomed to the PC and the testing engine. If you have user-level PC skills, you should have no problems with the testing environment. Additionally, Chapter 16 points to a Cisco website where you can see a demo of the actual Cisco test engine.

When you start the exam, you are asked a series of questions. You answer the question and then move on to the next question. The exam engine does not let you go back and change your answer. When you move on to the next question, that's it for the earlier question.

The exam questions can be in one of the following formats:

• Multiple-choice (MC)

• Testlet

• Drag-and-drop (DND)

• Simulated lab (Sim)

• Simlet

The first three types of questions are relatively common in many testing environments. The multiple-choice format simply requires that you point and click a circle beside the correct answer(s). Cisco traditionally tells you how many answers you need to choose, and the testing software prevents you from choosing too many answers. Testlets are questions with one general scenario, with multiple MC questions about the overall scenario. Drag-and-drop questions require you to click and hold, move a button or icon to another area, and release the mouse button to place the object somewhere else—typically in a list. For example, to get the question correct, you might need to put a list of five things in the proper order.

The last two types both use a network simulator to ask questions. Interestingly, these two types allow Cisco to assess two very different skills. Sim questions generally describe a problem, and your task is to configure one or more routers and switches to fix the problem. The exam then grades the question based on the configuration you changed or added. Interestingly, Sim questions are the only questions that Cisco (to date) has openly confirmed that partial credit is given for.

The Simlet questions may well be the most difficult style of question on the exams. Simlet questions also use a network simulator, but instead of answering the question by changing the configuration, the question includes one or more MC questions. The questions require that you use the simulator to examine the current behavior of a network, interpreting the output of any show commands that you can remember to answer the question. Whereas Sim questions require you to troubleshoot problems related to a configuration, Simlets require you to analyze both working networks and networks with problems, correlating show command output with your knowledge of networking theory and configuration commands.

What's on the IINS Exam?

Cisco wants the public to know both the variety of topics and the kinds of knowledge and skills that are required for each topic, for every Cisco certification exam. To that end, Cisco publishes a set of exam topics for each exam. The topics list the specific subjects, such as ACLs, PKI, and AAA, that you will see on the exam. The wording of the topics also implies the kinds of skills required for that topic. For example, one topic might start with "Describe...", and another might begin with "Describe, configure, and troubleshoot...". The second objective clearly states that you need a thorough and deep understanding of that topic. By listing the topics and skill level, Cisco helps you prepare for the exam.

Although the exam topics are helpful, keep in mind that Cisco adds a disclaimer that the posted exam topics for all its certification exams are guidelines. Cisco makes an effort to keep the exam questions within the confines of the stated exam topics. I know from talking to those involved that every question is analyzed to ensure that it fits within the stated exam topics.

IINS Exam Topics

Table I-1 lists the exam topics for the 640-553 IINS exam. Although the posted exam topics are not numbered at Cisco.com, Cisco Press does number the exam topics for easier reference. Notice that the topics are divided among nine major topic areas. The table also notes the part of this book in which each exam topic is covered. Because it is possible that the exam topics may change over time, it may be worthwhile to double-check the exam topics as listed on Cisco.com (http://www.cisco.com/go/certification). If Cisco later adds exam topics, you may go to http://www.ciscopress.com and download additional information about the newly added topics.

Table I-1Å@640-553 IINS Exam Topics

Reference Number	Exam Topic	Book Part(s) Where Topic Is Covered
1.0	Describe the security threats facing modern network infrastructures
1.1	Describe and mitigate the common threats to the physical installation	I
1.2	Describe and list mitigation methods for common network attacks	I
1.3	Describe and list mitigation methods for Worm, Virus, and Trojan Horse attacks	II
1.4	Describe the main activities in each phase of a secure network lifecycle	I
1.5	Explain how to meet the security needs of a typical enterprise with a comprehensive security policy	I
1.6	Describe the Cisco Self Defending Network architecture	I
1.7	Describe the Cisco security family of products and their interactions	I, II, III
2.0	Secure Cisco routers
2.1	Secure Cisco routers using the SDM Security Audit feature	I
2.2	Use the One-Step Lockdown feature in SDM to secure a Cisco router	I
2.3	Secure administrative access to Cisco routers by setting strong encrypted passwords, exec timeout, login failure rate and using IOS login enhancements	I
2.4	Secure administrative access to Cisco routers by configuring multiple privilege levels	I
2.5	Secure administrative access to Cisco routers by configuring role based CLI	I
2.6	Secure the Cisco IOS image and configuration file	I
3.0	Implement AAA on Cisco routers using local router database and external ACS
3.1	Explain the functions and importance of AAA	I
3.2	Describe the features of TACACS+ and RADIUS AAA protocols	I
3.3	Configure AAA authentication	I
3.4	Configure AAA authorization	I
3.5	Configure AAA accounting	I
4.0	Mitigate threats to Cisco routers and networks using ACLs
4.1	Explain the functionality of standard, extended, and named IP ACLs used by routers to filter packets	II
4.2	Configure and verify IP ACLs to mitigate given threats (filter IP traffic destined for Telnet, SNMP, and DDoS attacks) in a network using CLI	II
4.3	Configure IP ACLs to prevent IP address spoofing using CLI	II
4.4	Discuss the caveats to be considered when building ACLs	II
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I have read Jeremy Cioara's (CBT Nuggets Trainer) CCNA-Voice book about halfway and all of these Cisco Press books were well written. My head hurts from trying to obtain the CCNA-Sec knowledge in this one. I am very disappointed. I have started reading Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS): (CCNA Security exam 640-553) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) by Catherine Paquet, and it is a much better written book. Visit [...] for others commenting on this book. I am very surprised Cisco allowed this book through. I give it 2 stars because of the Boson Testing sim on CD... 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what you need for Cisco Cert!, August 29, 2010 By  SavageShooter - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553) (Hardcover) This book is an easy read unlike other Cisco books which put you to sleep in 15 minutes or less. 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Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (July 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587202204
• ISBN-13: 978-1587202209
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As other reviewers have noted, this book's quality is very uneven. It contains many typographical errors, some of which completely alter the meaning of a given sentence (e.g., referring to asymmetric encryption when it means symmetric encryptions). The authors repeat themselves often, and the quality seems to decline as the book progresses. The chapter on firewalls is absolutely dreadful.

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Let me just say this....This book is overkill. It is just words. It has redundant information in all the wrong areas, misspellings, incorrect IP addresses, and one other pet peeve of mine is this. When you have illustrations, try to have them on the same layout as the description. It is so difficult to read about an example and have to turn the page to view it back and forth - back and forth. I also found that most of the time the descriptions of the illustrated examples were vague as well. I have read Wendell Odom's Intro and ICND set as well as the ICND1 ICND2 set. I have read Jeremy Cioara's (CBT Nuggets Trainer) CCNA-Voice book about halfway and all of these Cisco Press books were well written. My head hurts from trying to obtain the CCNA-Sec knowledge in this one. I am very disappointed. I have started reading Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS): (CCNA Security exam 640-553) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) by Catherine Paquet, and it is a much better written book. Visit [...] for others commenting on this book. I am very surprised Cisco allowed this book through.

I give it 2 stars because of the Boson Testing sim on CD...

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