Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): Configuration and Troubleshooting Best Practices for Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Next-Generation... (AMP)

The Authoritative Visual Guide to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)

This comprehensive guide presents the best practices and advanced troubleshooting techniques for the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) system, which runs on Cisco ASA platforms, Cisco Firepower security appliances, Firepower eXtensible Operating System (FXOS), and VMware virtual appliances. Authored by a senior Cisco engineer, Nazmul Rajib, this definitive resource draws upon his extensive experience in supporting and training Cisco Firepower engineers worldwide, offering detailed insights into Cisco Firepower deployment, tuning, and troubleshooting.

Targeting cybersecurity consultants, service providers, channel partners, and enterprise or government security professionals, the guide showcases how to deploy the Cisco Firepower next-generation security technologies to safeguard your network against potential cyber threats. It also demonstrates the effective use of Firepower's robust command-line tools to investigate a wide range of technical issues.

Each chapter is consistently organized, providing definitions of keywords, operational flowcharts, architectural diagrams, best practices, configuration steps (with detailed screenshots), verification tools, troubleshooting techniques, and FAQs drawn directly from issues raised by Cisco customers at the Global Technical Assistance Center (TAC). This comprehensive approach ensures that readers can navigate the content effortlessly, addressing both fundamental and advanced Firepower concepts.

The guide covers key Firepower materials relevant to the CCNA Security, CCNP Security, and CCIE Security exams, and includes end-of-chapter quizzes to assist candidates in their exam preparation.

Key topics covered in this authoritative resource include:

• Understanding the operational architecture of the Cisco Firepower NGFW, NGIPS, and AMP technologies
• Deploying FTD on ASA platform and Firepower appliance running FXOS
• Configuring and troubleshooting the Firepower Management Center (FMC)
• Planning and deploying FMC and FTD on VMware virtual appliance
• Designing and implementing the Firepower management network on FMC and FTD
• Comprehending and applying Firepower licenses, and registering FTD with FMC
• Deploying FTD in Routed, Transparent, Inline, Inline Tap, and Passive Modes
• Managing traffic flow with detect-only, block, trust, and bypass operations
• Implementing rate limiting and analyzing quality of service (QoS)
• Blacklisting suspicious IP addresses via Security Intelligence
• Blocking DNS queries to malicious domains
• Filtering URLs based on category, risk, and reputation
• Discovering a network and implementing application visibility and control (AVC)
• Controlling file transfers and blocking malicious files using advanced malware protection (AMP)
• Halting cyber attacks using Snort-based intrusion rule
• Masquerading an internal host's original IP address using Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Capturing traffic and obtaining troubleshooting files for advanced analysis
• Utilizing command-line tools to identify status, trace packet flows, analyze logs, and debug messages

By leveraging the detailed information and practical guidance provided in this authoritative visual guide, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense system and develop the necessary skills to effectively deploy, configure, and troubleshoot this powerful security solution.

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