Sophos

NAC Advanced Workshop

Dates: 10-11 June 2009
2-3 September 2009
21-22 October 2009
9-10 December 2009
Price: £1,200 + VAT
Duration: Two days
Location:

Why you should attend

This course is designed for anyone who has had exposure to Sophos NAC Advanced and wishes to increase their technical understanding of the product. This hands-on course equips students with knowledge of the component parts of Sophos NAC. It explores best practice for network deployment, focusing on system configuration and troubleshooting.

Note: This course is focused on running Sophos NAC on a Windows network.

Sophos NAC

Sophos NAC features agent enforcement, DHCP enforcement and RADIUS enforcement - all of which are managed from the NAC console.

Sophos NAC provides complex networks with a method of identifying non-compliance of endpoints with a defined corporate policy and taking appropriate action. It can be centrally installed, configured and monitored across the network and anti-virus definitions and patch information are updated automatically.

Course content
  • Deployment of Sophos NAC Advanced management console
  • Deployment of Sophos NAC Advanced using group policy
  • Advanced administration tasks within Sophos NAC Advanced management console
  • Designing a compliance policy to include security applications, patching, custom applications and appropriate remediation actions
  • Designing an enforcement policy to include agent quarantine, DHCP quarantine and RADIUS quarantine
  • General troubleshooting
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to
  • Install the product in a complex environment
  • Prepare recommendations around deployment and best practice in a complex environment
  • Resolve issues of medium to moderate complexity
  • Identify reasoning behind platform requirements and how to overcome shortfalls in infrastructure
  • Describe all significant features of the product, including 'power user/admin features'
  • Perform detailed ad-hoc customization to meet requirements
  • Identify how to best capture information on complex problems, communicate effectively for resolution and manage the resolution path
Dates and prices

[TOP]

See also: