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• Understand how Cisco IDS can be used to protect, monitor, and enforce physical security policies
• Review techniques applicable to both network- and host-based platforms
• Review the security wheel concepts and apply security to AVVID using the SAFE Blueprint
• Install and configure the Cisco IDS to monitor your network for malicious activity
• Understand Cisco Threat Response (CTR) benefits and how it operates
• Apply alarm signatures and gain the proficiency to create your own custom signatures
• Deploy Cisco IDS effectively in your network using sensor and management platforms
• Get inside the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) architecture
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About the Author

Earl Carter is a member of the Cisco Systems Security Technologies Assessment Team (STAT) that is part of Consulting Engineering (CE). His duties involve performing security evaluations on numerous Cisco products as well as consulting with other teams within Cisco to help enhance the security of Cisco products. He has examined various products from the Cisco PIX Firewall to the Cisco CallManager. Before 1998, Earl performed IDS research for NetRanger (currently Cisco IDS) and NetSonar (Cisco Secure Scanner). http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SECURITY.

1. Network Security.

1. Network Security and Cisco.
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II. INTRUSION DETECTION AND THE CIDS ENVIRONMENT.

3. Intrusion Detection Overview.

1. Cisco Intrusion Protection Overview.
2. Cisco IDS Architecture.
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III. CISCO NETWORK IDS CONFIGURATION.

6. Capturing Network Traffic for IDS.

1. Cisco IDS Network Sensor Installation.
2. Cisco IDS Module Configuration.
3. Cisco IDS Device Manager And Event Viewer.
4. Sensor Configuration.
5. Signature Configuration.
6. Signature Response.
7. Cisco IDS Alarms and Signatures.
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IV. CISCO ENDPOINT SECURITY.

14. Host Intrusion Protection.

V. CIDS MAINTENANCE AND TUNING.

15. Cisco IDS Maintenance and Troubleshooting.

VI. CISCO ENTERPRISE IDS MANAGEMENT.

16. Enterprise IDS Management.

1. Enterprise IDS Monitoring and Reporting.
2. Cisco Threat Response.
3. Cisco Secure IDS Upcoming Functionality.
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Appendix A. Cisco Secure IDS Tuning Case Studies. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Appendix B. Glossary. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/