Implementing Cisco NAC Appliance (CANAC)

• Customer
• Channel Partner
• Reseller
• Employee

• Certification as a CCSP or the equivalent knowledge
• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system
• Familiarity with networking and security terminology and concepts
• Fundamental knowledge of implementing network security or CCSP or Cisco Security CSQ
• Security CSQ
• BCMSN or working knowledge of VLANs
• SNRS or working knowledge of digital certificates
• BCSI or working knowledge of HSRP

After completing this course the delegate will be able to:

• Given client network security requirements, explain how a NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) deployment scenario will meet or exceed network security requirements
• Configure the common elements of a NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) solution
• Configure the NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) in-band and out-of-band implementation options
• Implement a highly available NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) solution to mitigate network threats and facilitate network access for those users that meet corporate security requirements
• Maintain a highly available NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) deployment in medium and enterprise network environments

This 3-day course includes Network Access Devices (NADs) Switch (layer 2): NAC Phase 2 Network devices that enforce admission control policy on switches. This device demands host security “credentials” and relay this information to policy servers, where network admission control decisions are made. Based on customer-defined policy, the network will enforce the appropriate admission control decision permit, deny, quarantine, or restrict.