CCIE Security v6.1
Exam Description: The Cisco CCIE Security Network Security Lab Exam is an eight-hour, hands-on lab exam that requires a candidate to plan, design, deploy, operate, and optimize dual stack solutions (IPv4 and IPv6) for complex enterprise networks.
Candidates are expected to program and automate the network within their exam, as per exam topics below.
General guidelines for the subject that is probably going to appear on the test are provided by the
following topics. If not specifically stated otherwise in this text, your knowledge, skills, and abilities
on these subjects will be assessed at every stage of the network’s lifecycle.`
1.0 Perimeter Security and Intrusion Prevention 20%
1.1 Deployment modes on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD
1.1.a Routed
1.1.b Transparent
1.1.c Single
1.1.d Multi-context
1.1.e Multi-instance
1.2 Firewall features on Cisco ASA and FTD
1.2.a NAT
1.2.b Application inspection
1.2.c Traffic zones
1.2.d Policy-based routing
1.2.e Traffic redirection to service modules
1.2.f Identity firewall
1.3 Security features on Cisco IOS/IOS XE
1.3.a Application awareness
1.3.b Zone-based firewall
1.3.c NAT
1.4 Cisco FMC features
1.4.a Alerting
1.4.b Logging
1.4.c Reporting
1.4.d Dynamic objects
1.5 Cisco NGIPS deployment modes
1.5.a In-line
1.5.b Passive
1.5.c TAP
1.6 Cisco NGFW features
1.6.a SSL inspection
1.6.b User identity
1.6.c Geolocation
1.6.d AVC
1.7 Detect and mitigate common types of attacks
1.7.a DoS/DDoS
1.7.b Evasion techniques
1.7.c Spoofing
1.7.d Man-in-the-middle
1.7.e Botnet
1.8 Clustering and high availability features on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD
1.9 Policies and rules for traffic control on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD
1.10 Routing protocols security on Cisco IOS, Cisco ASA, and Cisco FTD
1.11 Network connectivity through Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD
1.12 Correlation and remediation rules on Cisco FMC
2.0 Secure Connectivity and Segmentation 20%
2.1 Cisco AnyConnect client-based, remote-access VPN technologies on Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, and Cisco routers
2.2 Cisco IOS CA for VPN authentication
2.3 FlexVPN, DMVPN, and IPsec L2L tunnels
2.4 VPN high availability methods
2.4.a Cisco ASA VPN clustering
2.4.b Dual-hub DMVPN deployments
2.5 Infrastructure segmentation methods
2.5.a VLAN
2.5.b PVLAN
2.5.c GRE
2.5.d VRF-Lite
2.6 Microsegmentation with Cisco TrustSec using SFT and SXP
3.0 Security Infrastructure 15%
3.1 Device hardening techniques and control plane protection methods
3.1.a CoPP
3.1.b IP source routing
3.1.c iACLs
3.2 Management plane protection techniques
3.2.a CPU
3.2.b Memory thresholding
3.2.c Securing device access
3.3 Data plane protection techniques
3.3.a uRPF
3.3.b QoS
3.3.c RTBH
3.4 Layer 2 security techniques
3.4.a DAI
3.4.b IPDT
3.4.c STP security
3.4.d Port security
3.4.e DHCP snooping
3.4.f RA Guard
3.4.g VACL
3.5.a WPA
3.5.b WPA2
3.5.c WPA3
3.5.d TKIP
3.5.e AES
3.6 Monitoring protocols
3.6.a NetFlow/IPFIX/NSEL
3.6.d RMON
3.6.e eStreamer
3.7 Security features to comply with organizational security policies, procedures, and standards BCP 38
3.7.a ISO 27001
3.7.b RFC 2827
3.7.c PCI-DSS
3.8 Cisco SAFE model to validate network security design and to identify threats to different PINs
3.9 Interaction with network devices through APIs using basic Python scripts
3.9.a REST API requests and responses
3.9.a (i) HTTP action verbs, error codes, cookies, headers
3.9.a (ii) JSON or XML payload
3.9.a (iii) Authentication
3.9.b Data encoding formats
3.9.b (i) JSON
3.9.b (ii) XML
3.9.b (iii) YAML
3.10 Cisco DNAC Northbound APIs use cases
3.10.a Authentication and authorization
3.10.b Network discovery
3.10.c Network device
3.10.d Network host
4.0 Identity Management, Information Exchange, and Access Control 25%
4.1 Cisco ISE scalability using multiple nodes and personas
4.2 Cisco switches and Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers for network access AAA with Cisco ISE
4.3 Cisco devices for administrative access with Cisco ISE
4.4 AAA for network access with 802.1X and MAB using Cisco ISE
4.5 Guest lifecycle management using Cisco ISE and Cisco WLC
4.6 BYOD on-boarding and network access flows
4.7 Cisco ISE integration with external identity sources
4.7.a LDAP
4.7.b AD
4.7.c External RADIUS
4.8 Provisioning Cisco AnyConnect with Cisco ISE and Cisco ASA
4.9 Posture assessment with Cisco ISE
4.10 Endpoint profiling using Cisco ISE and Cisco network infrastructure including device sensor
4.11 Integration of MDM with Cisco ISE
4.12 Certification-based authentication using Cisco ISE
4.13 Authentication methods
4.13.a EAP Chaining and TEAP
4.13.b MAR
4.14 Identity mapping on Cisco ASA, Cisco ISE, Cisco WSA, and Cisco FTD
4.15 pxGrid integration between security devices Cisco WSA, Cisco ISE, and Cisco FMC
4.16 Integration of Cisco ISE with multifactor authentication
4.17 Access control and single sign-on using Cisco DUO security technology
4.18 Cisco IBNS 2.0 (C3PL) for authentication, access control, and user policy enforcement
5.0 Advanced Threat Protection and Content Security 20%
5.1 Cisco AMP for networks, Cisco AMP for endpoints, and Cisco AMP for content security (Cisco ESA, and Cisco WSA)
5.2 Detect, analyze, and mitigate malware incidents
5.3 Perform packet capture and analysis using Wireshark, tcpdump, SPAN, ERSPAN, and RSPAN
5.4 Cloud security
5.4.a DNS proxy through Cisco Umbrella virtual appliance
5.4.b DNS security policies in Cisco Umbrella
5.4.c RBI policies in Cisco Umbrella
5.4.d CASB policies in Cisco Umbrella
5.4.e DLP policies in Cisco Umbrella
5.5 Web filtering, user identification, and Application Visibility and Control (AVC) on Cisco FTD and Cisco WSA
5.6 WCCP redirection on Cisco devices
5.7 Email security features
5.7.a Mail policies
5.7.b DLP
5.7.c Quarantine
5.7.d Authentication
5.7.e Encryption
5.8 HTTP decryption and inspection on Cisco FTD, Cisco WSA, and Cisco Umbrella
5.9 Cisco SMA for centralized content security management
5.10 Cisco advanced threat solutions and their integration: Cisco Stealthwatch, Cisco FMC, Cisco AMP, Cisco CTA, Threat Grid, ETA, Cisco WSA, Cisco SMA, Cisco Threat Response, and Cisco Umbrella