CCNA Security - Softcover

Stewart, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789738007 ISBN 13: 9780789738004

Publisher: Pearson It Certification, 2008

Synopsis

In this book you’ll learn how to:

• Build a secure network using security controls
• Secure network perimeters
• Implement secure management and harden routers
• Implement network security policies using Cisco IOS firewalls
• Understand cryptographic services
• Deploy IPsec virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Secure networks with Cisco IOS® IPS
• Protect switch infrastructures
• Secure endpoint devices, storage area networks (SANs), and voice networks

WRITTEN BY A LEADING EXPERT:

Eric Stewart is a self-employed network security contractor who finds his home in Ottawa, Canada. Eric has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology field, the last 12 years focusing primarily on Cisco® routers, switches, VPN concentrators, and security appliances. The majority of Eric’s consulting work has been in the implementation of major security infrastructure initiatives and architectural reviews with the Canadian Federal Government. Eric is a certified Cisco instructor teaching Cisco CCNA, CCNP®, and CCSP® curriculum to students throughout North America and the world.

CD Features MeasureUp Practice Questions!

• This book includes a CD-ROM that features:
• Practice exams with complete coverage of CCNA® Security exam topics
• Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers
• Multiple exam modes
• Flash Card format
• An electronic copy of the book

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3800-4

ISBN-10: 0-7897-3800-7

About this title

About the Author

Eric Stewart is a self-employed network security contractor who finds his home in Ottawa, Canada. Trained as a computer engineer at the Royal Military College, and later in computer science and economics at Carleton University, Eric has over 20 years of experience in the information technology field–the last 12 years focusing primarily on Cisco Systems routers, switches, VPN concentrators, and security appliances. He likes to divide his time evenly between his two great loves in the field: teaching and doing! The majority of Eric’s consulting work has been in the implementation of major security infrastructure initiatives and architectural reviews with the Canadian Federal Government, working at such departments as Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA). A Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI), he especially enjoys imparting the joy that he takes in his work to his students, as he will often be found enthusiastically teaching Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCSP curriculum to students throughout North America and the world.

His previous work with Cisco Press has been as the development editor for two titles, Authorized CCDA Self-Study Guide: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) (Exam 640-863) and Router Security Strategies: Securing IP Network Traffic Planes.

Eric has a lovely wife, Carol Ann, who is an accomplished music teacher, as well as two teenage children, Scott and Meaghan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson It Certification
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789738007
• ISBN 13: 9780789738004
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 535