SCAZT - Designing and Implementing Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints

Course Description 

The Designing and Implementing Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints training teaches you the skills for designing and implementing cloud security architecture, user and device security, network and cloud security, cloud application and data security, cloud visibility and assurance, and responding to cloud threats.

This training prepares you for the 300-740 SCAZT v1.0 exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Security Secure Cloud Access certification and satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security certification.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:
Attain skills for designing and implementing cloud security architecture, user and device security, network and cloud security, cloud application and data security, cloud visibility and assurance, and responding to cloud threats
Gain knowledge for protocols, solutions, and designs to acquire professional-level and expert-level cloud design and implementation roles

Who Should Enroll

Network Engineers
Network Security Engineers
Network Architects
Sales/Presales Engineers

What to Expect in the Exam

300-740 SCAZT v1.0: Designing and Implementing Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints is a 90-minute exam associated with the Cisco Certified Specialist – Secure Cloud Access certification and satisfies the concentration exam requirement for the CCNP Security certification.
The exam tests your knowledge of designing and implementing:
Cloud security architecture
User and device security
Network and cloud security
Application and data security
Visibility and assurance
Threat response

Course Objectives

Compare and contrast the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) security frameworks, and understand the importance of adopting standardized frameworks for cybersecurity in enhancing an organization’s security posture
Describe the Cisco Security Reference Architecture and its five main components
Describe commonly deployed use cases and recommend the necessary capabilities within an integrated security architecture to address them effectively
Describe the Cisco Secure Architecture for Everyone (SAFE) architecture
Review the benefits, components, and process of certificate-based authentication for both users and devices
Enable Duo multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect an application from the Duo Administration Portal, and then configure the application to use Duo MFA for user login authentication
Install Cisco Duo and implement its multifactor authentication on remote access virtual private network (VPN)
Configure endpoint compliance
Review and demonstrate the ability to understand Stateful Switchover (SSO) using security assertion markup language (SAML) or OpenID Connect together with Cisco Duo
Describe Cisco software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) on-box and integrated threat prevention security services
Describe SD-WAN on-box and integrated content filtering security services
Describe the features and capabilities of Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG), such as DNS Security, Cloud-Delivered Firewall (CDFW), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and interaction with Cisco SD-WAN
Introduce the reverse proxy for internet-facing applications protections
Explore the Cisco Umbrella SIG use case to secure cloud application access, the limitations and benefits of the solution, and the features available to discover and control access to cloud delivered applications
Explore the Cisco ThousandEyes capabilities for monitoring the Cisco SD-WAN deployment
Describe the challenges of accessing SaaS applications in modern business environments and explore the Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for SaaS solution with direct or centralized internet access
Introduce the Cisco Secure Firewall platforms, use cases, and security capabilities
Demonstrate a comprehesive understanding of web application firewalls
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Cisco Secure Workload capabilities, deployment options, agents, and connectors
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Cisco Secure Workload application dependency mapping and policy discovery
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of common cloud attack tactics and mitigation strategies
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of multicloud security requirements and policy capabilities
Introduce the security issues with the adoption of public clouds and common capabilities of cloud visibility and assurance tools to mitigate these issues
Introduce Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Security Analytics and Logging
Describe Cisco Attack Surface Management
Describe how Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and automation can help in troubleshooting cloud policy, especially in the context of misconfigurations
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the appropriate responses to cloud threats in specific scenarios
Demonstrate the comprehensive knowledge required to use automation for cloud threat detection and response

Course Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:
Basic understanding of enterprise routing
Basic understanding of WAN networking
Basic understanding of Cisco SD-WAN
Basic understanding of Public Cloud services

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:
Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions 2.0
Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions 3.0
Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment 2.0

Course Outline

Industry Security Frameworks
Cisco Security Reference Architecture Fundamentals
Cisco Security Reference Architecture Common Use Cases
Cisco SAFE Architecture
Certificate-Based User and Device Authentication
Cisco Duo Multifactor Authentication for Application Protection
Cisco Duo with AnyConnect VPN for Remote Access
Introducing Cisco ISE Endpoint Compliance Services
SSO using SAML or OpenID Connect
Deploying On-Premises Threat Prevention
Examining Content Filtering
Exploring Cisco Umbrella SIG
Reverse Proxy
Securing Cloud Application with Cisco Umbrella SIG
Exploring Cisco SD-WAN ThousandEyes
Optimizing SaaS Applications
Security Policies for Remote Access VPN
Cisco Secure Access
Cisco Secure Firewall
Web Application Firewall
Cisco Secure Workload Deployments, Agents, and Connectors
Cisco Secure Workload Structure and Policy
Cloud Security Attacks and Mitigations
Multicloud Security Policies
Cloud Visibility and Assurance
Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Analytics and Logging
Cisco XDR
Cisco Attack Surface Management
Cloud Applications and Data Access Verifications
Automation of Cloud Policy
Response to Cloud Threats
Automation of Cloud Threat Detection and Response

Lab Outline

Explore Cisco SecureX
Windows Client BYOD Onboarding Interactive Activity
Use Cisco Duo MFA to Protect the Splunk Application
Integrate the Cisco Duo Authentication Proxy to Implement MFA for Cisco Security Secure Firewall AnyConnect Remote Access VPN
Configure Cisco ISE Compliance Services
Configure Threat Prevention
Implement Web Security
Deploy DIA Security with Unified Security Policy
Configure Cisco Umbrella DNS Policies
Deploy Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway
Implement CASB Security
Microsoft 365 SaaS Testing by Using Cisco ThousandEyes
Configure Remote Access VPN on the Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Configure Cisco Secure Firewall Policies
Explore Cisco Secure Workload
Explore the ATT&CK Matrix Cloud-Based Techniques
Explore Cisco Secure Network Analytics
Explore Cisco XDR Incident Response Tasks