- Cisco 642-066 - Advanced Routing and Switching for Field Engineers (ARSFE)
- Cisco 642-383 - Cisco Express Foundation for Field Engineers (CXFF)
- Cisco 642-587 - Advanced Wireless LAN for Field Engineers (AWLANFE)
- Cisco 642-652 -
- Cisco 642-655 - Wide Area Application Services for Field Engineers (WAASFE)
Cisco 642-567
Description:
The Advanced Security for Field Engineers 642-567 ASFE is the exam associated with the Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist certification. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the Advanced Security for Field Engineers (ASFE) course. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of certain Cisco security products and their deployment in a Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy. Topics covered include Cisco Security Appliance (ASA), PIX Firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, Security Management, CS-MARS and NAC Appliance.
Exam Details:
The Cisco 642-567 exam is made up of about 65 to 75 questions. As the prospective candidate you need to know that you will receive a total of 75 minutes in which to complete the exam. The Cisco ASFE 642-567 exam is administered by Prometric or Pearson VUE on a world wide base on behalf of Cisco and you will require between $65 and $300 USD to register for the 642-567 exam.
Key Topics:
The Cisco 642-567 exam is divided into three (3) sections. Each section is listed below with a brief description of the content that can be expected in that specific section. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Topic 1: Implement Cisco NAC
- Identify the components, technologies and features used for Cisco Network Access Control
- Configure Cisco Secure ACS for NAC
- Verify and Troubleshoot Cisco Secure ACS operation
- Configure Cisco Routers as network access devices
- Verify and Troubleshoot Cisco router configuration and operation
- Configure Cisco Switches as network access devices
- Verify and Troubleshoot Cisco switch configuration and operation
- Configure AV vendor policy server
- Troubleshoot the interaction between the ACS and AV vendor policy server
- Install Cisco NAC agents from Trend policy server
- Troubleshoot the interaction between the NAC agents and network access device
Topic 2: Implement Cisco Clean Access
- Identify the components and features used for Cisco Clean Access
- Configure
- Configure
- Configure CCA-related user roles
- Configure CCA network scanning
- Configure
- Administer and monitor a CCA solution
Topic 3: Install and configure the CS MARS product
- Identify the components, features and functions of MARS
- Install the CS MARS appliance
- Add Cisco reporting devices into the CS MARS appliance
- Add non-Cisco reporting devices into the CS MARS appliance
- Use configured security devices to generate interesting events that constitute an attack scenario and have CS MARS collect the interesting events for incident investigation
- Configure the CS MARS appliance to send alerts
- Create and view a long-duration query on the CS MARS appliance
- Configure a rule (or rules) to detect interesting patterns of network activity and other anomalous network behavior
- Use the management features in the CS MARS to assign event, addressing, service, and user information
- Configure the CS MARS appliance hardware maintenance chores
- Utilize the Global Controller to manage multiple CS MARS appliances
Preparing for the Exam:
Cisco officially recommends that all prospective candidates for the 642-567 exam take the Cisco Advanced Security for Field Engineers (ASFE) training course for this exam. We just want to add to this. The appropriate 1YI-256 exam preparation will stand you in good stead. The 642-567 exam is based on content that can be found in the 642-567 study materials.
Very helpful in 642-567 exam preparation is to familiarize oneself with the objectives of the exam. This will guide you and you will then know what to expect during the 642-567 examination itself.
It is only human to experience some test anxiety.
