Citrix ADC (NetScaler) 14.x Advanced Features (Security and Management)

Summary

Designed for experienced IT professionals, this course is best suited for individuals who will be deploying and/or managing Application Firewall, AAA for Application Traffic, and NetScaler Console (ADM) in their NetScaler environments.
You will leave this course with the skills required to deploy and manage NetScaler Web Application Firewall including types of web attacks, protections and signatures, the Adaptive learning engine, App Firewall policies and profiles, troubleshooting, and additional pertinent NetScaler security Features. You will be able to deploy AAA for Application Traffic with nFactor and understand concepts related to Login Schemas, Policy Labels, and customizations. You will also be able to deploy the NetScaler Console to manage a NetScaler environment.
Product Versions Covered: NetScaler VPX v14.1 and NetScaler Console v14.1

Key Skills

When you complete this course, you will be able to:
Learn about the NetScaler Web App Firewall
Deploying Web App Firewall Policies, Profiles, and Monitoring
Implementing Web App Firewall Protections
Discuss Advanced Security Features and Advanced Security and Filtering
Learn about AAA and nFactor Overview
Managing and Monitoring Apps and Configurations with NetScaler Console
Tuning and Optimization for NetScaler appliances

Audience

Strong foundational knowledge of NetScaler ADC administration and traffic management. NS-201 or NSGW-203 attendance is highly recommended.

Certifications

The certification associated with this class is the Citrix Certified Professional – App Delivery and Security (CCP-AppDS).

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to WAF

The Business Problem

Industry Standards

Protection Methodologies

Introducing NetScaler Web App Firewall

Module 2: WAF Profiles, Policies, Monitoring

NetScaler Web App Firewall Policies, Profiles, and Learning

Logging and Reporting

Customizing Errors

Signatures and Comment Stripping

Module 3: Implementing Protections

Security Checks and Data Flow

URL Protections

Top-Level Protections

Advanced Form Protection Checks

Rules and Adaptive Learning

Credit Card Check

Safe Object

Module 4: Advanced Security Features

Bot Protection

API Protection

Responder Logging

Content Inspection

Module 5: Security and Filtering

IP Reputation

HTTP Callout

IP Rate Limiting

Application Quality of Experience (AppQoE)

Module 6: Introduction to AAA and nFactor Overview

Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing

Intro to nFactor

Policy Label

Login Schemas

Authentication Policy and Action

Supported Protocols

Module 7: nFactor Use Cases

Single Sign-On Overview

Traffic Policies

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Certificate Authentication

OAuth

Module 8: AAA Customizations

Portal Theme Customizations

End User License Agreement (EULA)

Custom Error Messages

Module 9: Intro to NetScaler Console

Introducing NetScaler Console

NetScaler Console Service

Getting Started with NetScaler Console

Initial Configuration

Instance Management

Module 10: Managing and Monitoring NetScaler Console

User Management

Instance Management

Event Management

SSL Certificate Management

Unified Security Dashboard

Insights

Module 11: Managing Apps and Configs using NetScaler Console

Stylebooks

Config Management

Configuration Audit

Actionable Tasks & Recommendations

Module 12: Tuning and Performance Optimizations

Connection Profiles

SSL Profiles

Net Profiles

SSL Certificate Management

RPC Nodes