This three-day course provides comprehensive training to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF features and functionality offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 22.1.3 release for web security and application attack protection. Features include security pipeline, application learning, policy tuning, false positive mitigation, virtual patching, threat intelligence, troubleshooting, logs, analytics, and solution monitoring. Hands-on labs provide access to an NSX Advanced Load Balancer environment to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture, components, and main functions
Explain the key features and benefits of NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain and configure local load-balancing constructs such as virtual services, pools, health monitors, and related components
Recognize web application breaches and threats
Recognize multiple attack vectors such as web scraping, Layer 7 Denial of Service, brute force, and code injections
Explain the components of NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF that build a security pipeline to protect a web application from being attacked
Describe how to configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF components
Describe an NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF operational task such as setting up an application with WAF, tuning the WAF Policy, and working with logs and analytics
Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF best practices for on-boarding a web application; configuring WAF settings for effective application security
Explain how to size the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF data plane
Explain the WAF Application learning feature, configuration of Application learning, Virtual Patching concepts, common caveats, and troubleshooting while deploying in any environment
Recognize NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cloud Services that include threat Intelligence services
Describe the Threat Intelligence service provided by NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF and how the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF Threat Intelligence service receives live security threat feed for multiple attack vectors from Cloud Services (formerly Avi Pulse)
Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer DataScript capabilities for detecting and defending against advance and zero-day attacks.
Discuss the relevant NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF logs and perform basic troubleshooting of applications that are protected by NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF
Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer WAF capability to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
$2,775
Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)
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