Training offering

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy Technical Fundamentals

Description

The IBM® Sterling Secure Proxy course is a four day course that is designed to train the Enterprise Architect, Network Architect/Engineer, Network or Information Security Specialist, and other IT personnel to deploy, use, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the Sterling Secure Proxy application.

This hands-on Sterling Secure Proxy course allows you to practice and test skills in:
•    Simple proxy configurations (FTP, HTTP, IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct®)
•    Use of the Perimeter Server
•    Application of Public Key Infrastucture (PKI) in Sterling Secure Proxy (SSL, SSH, Certificate Management)
•    Advanced Authentication topics (Single Sign-On, External Authentication, LDAP, and Active Directory)

Objectives

The course is designed to enable you to:
•    Complete an Information Gathering Worksheet
•    Configure Sterling Secure Proxy for various applications
•    Install Sterling Secure Proxy in a training environment
•    Test and audit SSP
•    Perform field-level troubleshooting

Participants

This basic course is for Network Savvy IT Professionals such as:
•    Enterprise Architect
•    Network Architect/Engineer
•    Network Security Specialist and other IT personnel

Prerequisite(s)

You should have:
•    Some exposure to Sterling B2B Applications is helpful.
While not required, it is recommended that you review topics in the OSI Reference Model.

Programme

The following agenda list the topics that will be covered:
•    Sterling Secure Proxy Overview
•    Terminology and Session Requirements
•    Installation
•    Configuration Manager
•    Initial Configuration
•    HTTP Reverse Proxy
•    FTP Reverse Proxy
•    EA and Single Sign-On