VMware NSX for Intrinsic Security

Course subjects

1. Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics

• Course objectives

2. Security Basics

• Define the concepts related to information security

• Explain the different types of firewalls and their use cases

• Describe the operation of IDS/IPS

• Differentiate between Malware Prevention approaches

3. VMware Intrinsic Security

• Define the VMware intrinsic security strategy

• Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio

• Explain how NSX aligns with the intrinsic security strategy

4. Implementing Zero-Trust Security

• Define Zero-Trust Security

• Describe the five pillars of a Zero-Trust architecture

• Define NSX segmentation and its use cases

• Describe the steps needed to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation

5. User and Role Management

• Integrate NSX and VMware Identity Manager™

• Integrate NSX and LDAP

• Describe the native users and roles in NSX

• Create and assign custom user roles

• Explain object-based RBAC in a multitenancy environment

6. Distributed Firewall

• Configure Distributed Firewall rules and policies

• Describe the NSX Distributed Firewall architecture

• Troubleshoot common problems related to NSX Distributed Firewall

• Configure time-based policies

• Configure Identity Firewall rules

• Configure the distributed firewall to block malicious IPs

7. Gateway Security

• Configure Gateway Firewall rules and policies

• Describe the architecture of the Gateway Firewall

• Identify and troubleshoot common Gateway Firewall issues

• Configure TLS Inspection to decrypt traffic for both internal and external services

• Configure URL filtering and identify common configuration issues

8. Operating Internal Firewalls

• Use VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations for Networks to operate NSX firewalls

• Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration

9. Network Introspection

• Explain network introspection

• Describe the architecture and workflows of north-south and east-west service insertion

• Troubleshoot north-south and east-west service insertion

10. Endpoint Protection

• Explain endpoint protection

• Describe the architecture and workflows of endpoint protection

• Troubleshoot endpoint protection

11. Intrusion Detection and Prevention

• Describe the MITRE ATT&CK framework

• Explain the different phases of a cyber attack

• Describe how NSX security solutions can be used to protect against cyber attacks

• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS

• Configure and troubleshoot North-South IDS/IPS

12. NSX Application Platform

• Describe NSX Application Platform and its use cases

• Identify the topologies supported for the deployment of NSX Application Platform

• Deploy NSX Application Platform

• Explain the NSX Application Platform architecture and services

• Validate the NSX Application Platform deployment and troubleshoot common issues

13. NSX Malware Prevention

• Identify use cases for NSX Malware Prevention

• Identify the components in the NSX Malware Prevention architecture

• Describe the NSX Malware Prevention packet flows for known and unknown files

• Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic

14. NSX Intelligence and NSX NDR

• Describe NSX Intelligence and its use cases

• Explain NSX Intelligence visualisation, recommendation, and network traffic analysis capabilities

• Describe NSX NDR and its use cases

• Explain the architecture of NSX NDR in NSX

• Describe the visualisation capabilities of NSX NDR