The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or CCIE course Certification is meant for Senior Engineers and falls under the category of expert certifications offered by Cisco. CCIE training or CCIE Security training certification deals with the study of complex Security Solutions and further helps in understanding, designing, deploying, and managing the Network Systems in order to keep them secure.

Curriculum Designed to Clear CCIE Security Exam

Perimeter Security and Intrusion Prevention

1. Deployment modes on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD

2. Firewall features on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD

3. Security features on Cisco IOS/IOS-XE

4. Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) features

5. NGIPS deployment modes

6. Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) features

7. Detect, and mitigate common types of attacks

8. Clustering/HA features on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD

9. Policies and rules for traffic control on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD

10. Routing protocols security on Cisco IOS, Cisco ASA, and Cisco FTD

11. Network connectivity through Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD

12. Correlation and remediation rules on Cisco FMC

Secure Connectivity and Segmentation

1. AnyConnect client-based remote access VPN technologies on Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, and Cisco Routers.

2. Cisco IOS CA for VPN authentication

3. FlexVPN, DMVPN, and IPsec L2L Tunnels

4. Uplink and downlink MACsec (802.1AE)

5. VPN high availability using

6. Infrastructure segmentation methods

7. Micro-segmentation with Cisco TrustSec using SGT and SXP

Infrastructure Security

1. Device hardening techniques and control plane protection methods

2. Management plane protection techniques

3. Data plane protection techniques

4. Layer 2 security techniques

5. Wireless security technologies

6. Monitoring protocols

7. Security features to comply with organizational security policies, procedures, and standards BCP 38

8. Cisco SAFE model to validate network security design and to identify threats to different Places in the Network (PINs)

9. Interaction with network devices through APIs using basic Python scripts

10. Cisco DNAC Northbound APIs use cases

Identity Management, Information Exchange, and Access Control

1. ISE scalability using multiple nodes and personas

2. Cisco switches and Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers for network access AAA with ISE

3. Cisco devices for administrative access with ISE

4. AAA for network access with 802.1X and MAB using ISE

5. Guest lifecycle management using ISE and Cisco Wireless LAN controllers

6. BYOD on-boarding and network access flows

7. ISE integration with external identity sources

8. Provisioning of AnyConnect with ISE and ASA

9. Posture assessment with ISE

10. Endpoint profiling using ISE and Cisco network infrastructure including device sensor

11. Integration of MDM with ISE

12. Certificate-based authentication using ISE

13. Authentication methods

14. Identity mapping on ASA, ISE, WSA, and FTD

15. pxGrid integration between security devices WSA, ISE, and Cisco FMC

16. Integration of ISE with multi-factor authentication

17. Access control and single sign-on using Cisco DUO security technology

Advanced Threat Protection and Content Security

1. AMP for networks, AMP for endpoints, and AMP for content security (ESA, and WSA)

2. Detect, analyze, and mitigate malware incidents

3. Perform packet capture and analysis using Wireshark, tcpdump, SPAN, ERSPAN, and RSPAN

4. DNS layer security, intelligent proxy, and user identification using Cisco Umbrella

5. Web filtering, user identification, and Application Visibility and Control (AVC) on Cisco FTD and WSA

6. WCCP redirection on Cisco devices

7. Email security features

8. HTTPS decryption and inspection on Cisco FTD, WSA and Umbrella

9. SMA for centralized content security management

10. Cisco advanced threat solutions and their integration: Stealth watch, FMC, AMP, Cognitive Threat Analytics (CTA), Threat Grid, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), WSA, SMA, CTR, and Umbrella