VMware NSX-T Data Center for Intrinsic Security [V3.1]

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in configuring, operating, and troubleshooting VMware NSX-TTM Data Center for intrinsic security. In this course, you are introduced to all the security features in NSX-T Data Center, including distributed and gateway firewall, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS/IPS), VMware NSX® Intelligence™, and Network Detection and Response (NDR).

In addition, you are presented with common configuration issues and given a methodology to resolve them.

Intended Audience

Experienced security administrators

Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Define information security related concepts
• Explain different types of firewalls and their use cases
• Describe the operation of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems
• Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio
• Implement Zero-Trust Security using VMware NSX® segmentation
• Configure User and Role Management
• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed Firewall, identity firewall, and time-based policies
• Configure and troubleshoot Gateway Security
• Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™, VMware vRealize® Network Insight™, and NSX Intelligence to operate NSX firewalls and generate security recommendations
• Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration
• Describe North-South and East-West service insertion
• Describe Guest Introspection
• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS
• Describe the capabilities of Network Detection and Response

Prerequisites

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of network security, including:
  • L2-L7 Firewalling
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
• Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments and KVM-based environments
• The VMware Certified Technical Associate - Network Virtualization is recommended.

Course Outline

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Security Basics

• Define information security related concepts
• Explain different types of firewalls and their use cases
• Describe the operation of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems

3 VMware Intrinsic Security

• Define VMware intrinsic security strategy
• Describe VMware intrinsic security portfolio
• Explain how NSX-T Data Center aligns in 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-T Data Center and VMware Identity Manager™
• Integrate NSX-T Data Center and LDAP
• Describe the native users and roles in NSX-T Data Center
• Create and assign custom user roles

6 Distributed Firewall

• Configure Distributed Firewall rules and policies
• Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture
• Troubleshoot common problems related to Distributed Firewall
• Configure time-based policies
• Configure identity firewall rules

7 Gateway Security

• Configure gateway firewall rules and policies
• Describe the architecture of the gateway firewall
• Identify and troubleshoot common gateway firewall issues
• Configure URL analysis and identify common configuration issues

8 Operating Internal Firewalls

• Use vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Network Insight, and NSX Intelligence to operate NSX firewalls
• Explain NSX Intelligence visualization and recommendation capabilities
• 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 Guest Introspection

• Explain Guest Introspection
• Describe the architecture and workflows of endpoint protection
• Troubleshoot endpoint protection

11 Advanced Threat 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
• Describe the capabilities of Network Detection and Response