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    Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices

    Cisco - Security
    The Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices (SSFRules) v2.1 course shows you how to write rules for Snort, an open-source intrusion detection and prevention system. Through a combination of expert-instruction and hands-on practice, this course provides you with the knowledge and skills to develop and test custom rules, standard and advanced rules-writing techniques, how to integrate OpenAppID into rules, rules filtering, rules tuning, and more. The hands-on labs give you practice in creating and testing Snort rules.

    This course will help you:

    Gain an understanding of characteristics of a typical Snort rule development environment
    Gain hands-on practices on creating rules for Snort
    Gain knowledge in Snort rule development, Snort rule language, standard and advanced rule options

    Live Lab:

    Connecting to the Lab Environment
    Introducing Snort Rule Development
    Basic Rule Syntax and Usage
    Advanced Rule Options
    OpenAppID
    Tuning Snort

    Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices Objectives

    • After taking this course you should be able to:
    • Describe the Snort rule development process
    • Describe the Snort basic rule syntax and usage
    • Describe how traffic is processed by Snort
    • Describe several advanced rule options used by Snort
    • Describe OpenAppID features and functionality
    • Describe how to monitor the performance of Snort and how to tune rules

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    • Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices Prerequisites

      Who should attend
      This course is for technical professionals to gain skills in writing rules for Snort-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS). The primary audience includes:

      Security administrators
      Security consultants
      Network administrators
      System engineers
      Technical support personnel using open source IDS and IPS
      Channel partners and resellers
      Prerequisites
      To fully benefit from this course, you should have:

      Basic understanding of networking and network protocols
      Basic knowledge of Linux command-line utilities
      Basic knowledge of text editing utilities commonly found in Linux
      Basic knowledge of network security concepts
      Basic knowledge of a Snort-based IDS/IPS system

    • Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices Course Format

      Live Virtual Course

    • Securing Cisco Networks with Snort Rule Writing Best Practices Outline

      Introduction to Snort Rule Development
      Snort Rule Syntax and Usage
      Traffic Flow Through Snort Rules
      Advanced Rule Options
      OpenAppID Detection
      Tuning Snort