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Implementing the Cisco NAC Appliance (CANAC) v2.1 4 days Lecture/lab
Course description
The NAC Appliance (Cisco Clean Access) is a "shrink-wrapped" network admission control solution that recognizes users, their devices and roles; evaluates the security posture of the endpoint and scans for vulnerabilities; and enforces policy in the network. In particular, prior to allowing users onto the network, the NAC Appliance solution allows administrators to authenticate, authorize, interrogate and remediate users and their machines enforcing policy based access control on the network.

With the skills and knowledge learned in this course, the you will be able to configure a NAC Appliance to recognize users, their devices, and their roles in the network, and to evaluate and enforce machine security policy compliance.

Learning objectives
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
  • Explain how a NAC Appliance deployment scenario addresses network security requirements
  • Configure the common elements of a NAC Appliance solution
  • Configure the NAC Appliance in-band and out-of-band implementation options
  • Implement a highly available NAC Appliance solution to mitigate network threats and facilitate network access for those users that meet corporate security requirements
  • Maintain a highly available NAC Appliance deployment in medium and enterprise network environments
Who should attend
This course is designed for Cisco customers, channel partners, and employees who want to learn how to implement and manage the NAC applicance.

Recommended prerequisites
  • CCSP or equivalent knowledge
  • BCMSN or working knowledge of VLANs.
  • SNRS or working knowledge of digital certificates.
  • BCSI or working knowledge of HSRP
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows

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