This video series shows you how to configure and deploy Cisco Security Agent (CSA) Management Center (MC) — a terrific weapon for defeating attacks and gaining security piece of mind. Once CSA MC is installed, and your system is rebooted, it provides immediate protection for all the workstations, hosts and servers throughout your system.

The CSA MC is a vital part of Cisco’s Self-Defending Network (SDN) strategy, which offers you a layered approach to network security. Threats, both internal and external, can’t slip through your defenses just by defeating a single obstacle; CSA MC lets you put other layered security barriers in place to keep your system safe and secure.

HIPS includes Agent Kits, which ease your network administrator tasks by simplifying the installation process. This training shows you how to set up Agent Kits step by step.

Because this security strategy lets you group hosts as you please, you’ll spend less time deploying software updates. It also provides variables, so you won’t need to create the same security rules over and over again. Variables let you apply rules quickly throughout your network. And they also let you group similar components for easier management — such as data sets, file sets, network address sets, network services sets, registry sets, COM component sets and query settings.

Many security rules are common to both Windows and UNIX, but others are specific to one or the other. This training makes sure you know which is which and how to handle system-specific rules.

The training also goes into detail on event logging, report generation and monitoring applicant deployment behavior and investigation — vital topics for every security administrator.

In addition to giving you practical, hands-on instruction, the training in Exam-Pack 642-513: HIPS maps to exam objectives. It prepares you to describe, configure, and verify the Cisco Security Agent product for the simulation- and knowledge-based HIPS exam. Exam 642-513: HIPS is one of five exams required to earn the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification.

The CCSP-HIPS video series contains: