Course Description

The Security Network – Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) training program is a hands-on technical course designed to equip network and security professionals with the skills required to deploy, configure, and manage Cisco’s next-generation firewall platform.

This course focuses on practical implementation, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense solutions managed via Cisco Firepower Management Center.

Participants will learn how to implement advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention (IPS), VPN configuration, high availability, and policy management in enterprise environments.

Course Objectives

 Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

  • Understand Firepower architecture and deployment models
  • Install and configure Cisco FTD devices
  • Configure access control and security policies
  • Implement intrusion prevention (IPS)
  • Configure site-to-site and remote access VPN
  • Manage security intelligence and URL filtering
  • Monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot security events
  • Deploy high availability (HA) configurations
  • Apply best practices for enterprise security management

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for network security engineers, firewall administrators, IT security professionals, system engineers, and cybersecurity specialists responsible for enterprise firewall management.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1 – Cisco Firepower Architecture & Deployment

  • Introduction to Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW)
  • Firepower Threat Defense architecture
  • FTD vs ASA comparison
  • Deployment modes (routed, transparent)
  • Firepower Management Center (FMC) overview
  • Initial device setup and registration

Day 2 – Policy Configuration & Access Control

  • Access Control Policies (ACP)
  • Security zones and interfaces
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Security intelligence feeds
  • URL filtering & application control
  • Logging and monitoring basics

Day 3 – Intrusion Prevention & Advanced Threat Protection

  • IPS concepts and signatures
  • Intrusion policies configuration
  • File & malware policies
  • SSL decryption overview
  • Advanced threat protection concepts

Day 4 – VPN & High Availability

  • Site-to-site VPN configuration
  • Remote access VPN setup
  • Certificate management
  • High availability (Active/Standby)
  • Backup and restore configurations

Day 5 – Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Best Practices

  • Event analysis and reporting
  • Health monitoring
  • CLI troubleshooting techniques
  • Performance tuning
  • Best practices for secure deployment
  • Real-world security scenarios

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.