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Imperva SecureSphere Administration

( Duration: 2 Days )

By attending Imperva SecureSphere Administration training course, you will learn to:

  • Install and maintain SecureSphere system components including the Management Server, Gateway, and Agents.
  • Ensure connectivity among SecureSphere components and commonly integrated network devices.
  • Perform initial SecureSphere administration and configuration tasks that align with an organization’s architecture and specific requirements or follow Imperva best practices.
  • Perform cross functional tasks such as object creation, policy creation, basic rule understanding, system alert interpretation, and report generation.
  • Advanced techniques to externalize the information collected by all major SecureSphere product lines.

  • Working knowledge of Linux system administration and command line.
  • Working knowledge Linux system configuration files, such as /etc/fstab or /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and the ability to edit them with the vi editor.
  • General understanding of application layer security concepts, application layer Web, and/or database protocols.
  • Experience implementing or managing data center security or database applications is recommended.

This Imperva SecureSphere Administration workshop is ideal for anyone who will need to configure and maintain SecureSphere, such as:

  • Database administrators
  • Security team role(s)
  • System administrators
  • Web application developers, and professional services using Imperva SecureSphere.

COURSE AGENDA

1

Introduction

  • Become familiar with the SecureSphere Web UI’s major components and navigating the Web UI.
  • Learn how to use SecureSphere’s Basic, Advanced, and Quick Filters in the Web UI.
  • Become familiar with setting Criteria in Policies.
2

SecureSphere Initial Configuration

  • Explain the main components of SecureSphere Architecture and the Gateway modes.
  • Configure SecureSphere as a Management Server.
  • Configure SecureSphere as a Gateway.
  • Use impcfg to configure a Gateway’s network interfaces to inspect traffic.
  • Confirm basic network connectivity of the SecureSphere.
  • Install the latest software patch on SecureSphere and confirm the installed software version.
3

Initial Network Integration

  • Enable ICMP on SecureSphere appliances.
  • Enable and configure SNMP polling on SecureSphere appliances.
  • Mount remote file storage in a SecureSphere appliance’s local file system.
  • Configure an agent listener on a SecureSphere Gateway.
  • Install SecureSphere Agents on protected servers
4

Initial SecureSphere Web UI Configuration

  • Login to SecureSphere’s Web User Interface.
  • Install a SecureSphere license file.
  • Set password strength requirements.
  • Enable users to enter comments when making changes to security policies.
  • Create SecureSphere user accounts and roles.
  • Configure Active Directory authentication.
  • Update ADC content.
  • Set Protect Mode thresholds.
  • Create Gateway Groups.
  • Create a Windows Domain object.
5

SecureSphere Sites Tree Configuration

  • Create a Site.
  • Create a Server Group.
  • Create a Service and default Application.
  • Discover and secure previously unknown servers on the network.
  • Add discovered servers to a Site.
6

SecureSphere Actions

  • Define, compare, and contrast Action Interfaces, Action Sets, and Followed Actions.
  • Explain placeholders, and where to find complete details regarding them.
  • Create Email, FTP, Syslog, etc., Action Interfaces as needed.
  • Create Email, FTP, Syslog, etc., Action Sets as needed.
  • Use Followed Actions to implement Action Sets on system administration jobs.
7

System Monitoring and Maintenance

  • Configure global System Event Notification parameters.
  • Create System Event Policies.
  • Identify System Events that may require specific policies or Followed Actions
  • Determine appropriate Followed Actions to use with System Event Policies.
  • Configure SecureSphere’s System Monitoring Alarms and Notifications.
  • Configure SecureSphere Maintenance jobs.
  • Describe how the Audit Archiving, Audit Purge, and Audit Purge Now jobs operate.
8

System Reporting

  • Describe the features of SecureSphere’s Report Settings.
  • Describe how to work with report Keywords.
  • Create System Event, Site, and Discovery Scan reports.
  • Schedule Reports and the Reports Archive job.
9

Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Use Gateway Performance Profiling to analyze and monitor Gateway CPU resources.
  • Use gateway Performance Reports to view a Gateway’s resource usage.
  • Backup and restore the MX configuration from the Web UI and from the command line.
  • Describe processes to troubleshoot network traffic on the Gateway’s command line.
  • Describe the process to generate Tech Info files from the Web UI and command line.

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