ForeScout Network Access Control- Admin training

Leading NAC solution -ForeScout NAC #CounterACT, #cACT #Endpoint Visibility #Compliance#Control#Integration

Created by: Your Technical Academy
Information Security Architect/Consultant/Designer

What Will I Learn?

• Corporate Challenges which acted as founding stone for NAC
• What is NAC and Introduction to ForeScout
• ForeScout NAC Solution -Key Features
• ForeScout Context Based Visibility for Endpoints
• ForeScout Offerings- Appliance Roles, Modules and Appliance Options
• ForeScout NAC Solution Architecture- Enterprise Manager, CounterACT, SecureConnector, Recovery Manager
• ForeScout Modules - Basic and Extended
• Different ForeScout licenses for different features
• ForeScout NAC Solution Deployment Options
• ForeScout Installation in Lab
• ForeScout Initial Setup Wizard
• ForeScout Channels and Interfaces
• How ForeScout NAC solution works?
• ForeScout Policy Lifecycle - For Endpoints
• ForeScout NAC - Switch Management and logic
• ForeScout NAC - Switch AutoDiscovery
• ForeScout NAC configuration to communicate with User Directory Services, Domain Servers
• ForeScout Policy Elements - Main Rules, Sub Rules, Conditions, Actions, Criteria for Condition evaluation, Scope, Segments, Scope
• High Level Design for ForeScout policies
• ForeScout NAC - Policy Configuration for Classification
• ForeScout NAC - Policy Configuration for Windows Devices Detailed Classification
• ForeScout NAC - Assessment Policy Configuration for Windows Devices
• ForeScout NAC - Control Policy Configuration for Windows and Unknown Devices
• ForeScout NAC - Installation and configuration of Palo Alto extended module
• ForeScout NAC - Policy configuration for Integration of ForeScout and Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls
• ForeScout NAC - Backups
• ForeScout Compliance portal, Asset Inventory and Reports
• Download ForeScout Console Application and SecureConnector Agent
• TCP/UDP ports required for enabling communication between ForeScout and network components
• ForeScout Network Access Control # ForeScout Network Access Prevention #ForeScout NAC # ForeScout CounterACT #ForeScout cACT
• ForeScout Actions and Categories- Remediate, Restrict, Audit, Authenticate, Notify etc.
• ForeScout Policy Templates, Folders, Export or Import Policies

Requirements

• Basic understanding of IP addressing
• Basic understanding of SSH, SNMP, PING
• Cisco IOS Switch configuration - not mandatory, but an added advantage
• Palo Alto Firewalls - not mandatory, but an added advantage

Target audience

• Entry level for ForeScout NAC Administration
• Network & Security Analysts
• Network & Security Architects
• IT Security, Risk, Compliance professionals who want to know ForeScout features
• ForeScout Basic Troubleshooting and checking logs
• Anyone looking to learn ForeScout
• Endpoint Management team
• Inventory Management team