Symantec Web Protection - Edge SWG Planning, Implementation, and Administration R1 Training in United States of America

• Basic understanding of networking concepts
• Basic understanding of network security concepts
• Basic understanding of the use of proxy servers

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the major Edge SWG functions and capabilities
• Write policies to defend enterprise networks against malware attacks and to enforce acceptable Internet browsing behavior
• Understand how the various applications work together to secure enterprise networks
• View reports and monitor solution performance

Modules:

Module 1: Introduction to Symantec Edge SWG

• Overview of Web Protection Suite
• Overview of Edge SWG components

Module 2: Intercepting web traffic and applying policy

• How the ProxySG intercepts traffic
• Writing policy on the ProxySG
• Layer and rule evaluation order in the VPM

Module 3: Applying security and web usage policy to encrypted traffic

• Introduction to TLS
• Managing HTTPS traffic on the ProxySG

Module 4: Providing security and web usage policies based on role or group

• Authentication basics on the ProxySG
• Using IWA authentication on the ProxySG
• Authentication modes in explicit and transparent modes
• Connecting to the Windows domain directly using IWA direct
• Connecting to the Windows domain using IWA BCAAA
• Using roles and groups in policy

Module 5: Enforcing corporate guidelines for acceptable Internet browsing behavior

• Create strong corporate guidelines for acceptable Internet use
• Use website categorization to enforce acceptable use guidelines
• Provide the ProxySG with categorization databases to be referenced in policy
• Set the Request URL Category object in policy to enforce acceptable use guidelines
• Inform users when web access is denied or restricted due to policy

Module 6: Protecting the endpoint from malicious activity

• WebPulse technical details
• Introduction to Intelligence Services
• Using Intelligence Services data feeds in policy
• Ensuring safe downloads

Module 7: Centrally managing devices with Management Center

• How Management Center centralizes and simplifies device management
• Configuring the ProxySG with the ProxySG Admin Console
• Creating and distributing VPM policies
• Creating and managing jobs
• Use reports to analyze web browsing activity

Module 8: Reporting for Edge SWG features

• How Reporter delivers centralized web reporting
• Configuring access logging on the ProxySG
• Using the Reporter Admin Console to configure log processing on Reporter

Module 9: Enhancing security with virus scanning

• Introduction to Content Analysis
• Exploring the Content Analysis management console
• Configuring communication with the ProxySG over ICAP
• Configuring malware scanning options

Module 10: Using malware analysis to analyze potentially malicious files

• Introduction to malware analysis
• Preparing the use malware analysis
• Performing malware analysis

Module 11: Providing security for risky and unknown websites with High Risk Isolation

• Introduction to High Risk Isolation
• Configuring HRI
• Overview of Symantec Web Isolation

Module 12: Monitoring Edge SWG features

• Monitoring devices from within Management Center
• Monitor and maintain the Content Analysis
• Troubleshooting tips

Module 13: Understanding SGOS architecture and caching on the Edge SWG

• SGOS architecture
• Caching on the Edge SWG
• Using HTTP compression

Module 14: Using built-in diagnostic tools on the Edge SWG

• Exploring sysinfo files
• Using policy tracing and policy coverage
• Using packet captures
• Sending service information to Symantec

Module 15: Expanding security with cloud integrations

• Introduction to Cloud SWG
• Using Universal Policy Enforcement
• Integrating CloudSOC with Symantec Web Protection

Module 16: Course review

• Symantec Web Protection--Edge SWG Planning, Implementation, and Administration course review

Appendix A: Using Content Policy Language (CPL)

• Basic CPL concepts
• Intermediate CPL concepts
• Using CPL best practices

Appendix B: Introduction to Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)

• Basic HTTP concepts