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CNS-320 Citrix ADC 12.x Advanced Concepts - Security, Management and Optimization

Length 5 days
Version 12.x

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Why study this course

» This course is being replaced by NS-301 Citrix NetScaler ADC 14.x Advanced Features (Security and Management) from late 2024.

Learn how to configure your Citrix networking environment to address application services security requirements with Citrix Web App Firewall; automate and manage network services for scale-out of application architectures with Citrix Application Delivery Management; and optimise Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic.

This five day course for experienced Citrix networking architects, engineers and administrators will teach you to deploy and manage Web App Firewall to protect web applications against different types of attacks. It will also give you a practical understanding of Citrix Application Delivery Management capabilities for centralised management of multiple Citrix ADC platforms, orchestration of changes, transaction reporting, infrastructure visualisation and planning.

Please note: This course does not include an exam voucher. Citrix exams can be purchased and booked via Pearson VUE.

Aligns to certification

Citrix Certified Professional - App Delivery and Security (CCP-AppDS)

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What you’ll learn

Identify common web attacks and vulnerabilities
Write PERL compatible regular expressions
Understand how to operate the adaptive learning engine
Configure Citrix Web App Firewall to protect web applications
Utilise ADC 12.x Secure Insight to monitor, manage, and report on Application Services security

Citrix at Lumify Work

Citrix provides server, application and desktop virtualisation, networking, software-as-a-service, and cloud computing technologies. Lumify Work is the most experienced provider of Citrix training in Australasia with 20 years as an Authorized Training Provider (ATP) / Authorized Learning Center.

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Who is the course for?

Built for IT professionals with extensive App Delivery and Security and Citrix ADC experience. This course is built for IT Professionals who are responsible for defining the overall structure or architecture of a Citrix App Delivery and Security environment. This course encompasses advanced Citrix App Delivery and Security configurations and leading Citrix design principles.

Course subjects

Module 1: Citrix Web App Firewall Overview

The Business Problem
Industry Standards
Protection Methodologies
Introducing Citrix Web App Firewall

Module 2: Citrix Web App Firewall Profiles and Policies

Citrix Web App Firewall Policies
Citrix Web App Firewall Profiles
Citrix Web App Firewall Learning
Citrix Web App Firewall Engine Settings

Module 3: Implementing Citrix Web App Firewall Protections

Security Checks and Data Flow
Rules and Adaptive Learning
Signatures and Comment Stripping
Top-Level Protections

Module 4: Additional Citrix Web App Firewall Protections

Cookie Consistency
Advanced Form Protection Checks
URL Protections
Protecting Sensitive Data

Module 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Citrix Web App Firewall

Web App Firewall and Web Applications
Logging and Reporting
Customising Errors
Troubleshooting

Module 6: Security and Filtering

Application level Quality of Experience (AppQoE)
IP Reputation
Rate Limiting
HTTP Callout

Module 7: Authentication with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

What is SAML?
Configuring SAML on Citrix ADC

Module 8: Authentication with OAuth, OpenID, and nFactor

OAuth and OpenID
Configuring OAuth on Citrix ADC
Multi-Factor Authentication with nFactor
Configuring nFactor

Module 9: Application Delivery Management Introduction

An introduction to Application Delivery Management
Application Delivery Management Deployment and Configuration
Deploying Citrix Application Delivery Management in High Availability
Citrix Application Delivery Management Instance Management

Module 10: Managing and Monitoring Application Delivery Management

Inventory Management
User Management
Analytics and Automation
SSL Certificate Management

Module 11: Managing Citrix ADC Configuration

Application Management
StyleBooks
Configuration Management

Module 12: Citrix ADC Web Logging

Understanding Web Traffic
Installing and configuring ADC 12.x Web Logging
Troubleshooting ADC 12.x Web Logging

Module 13: Integrated Caching

Introduction to Integrated Caching
Static and Dynamic Content
Request and Response Process Flow
Understanding Cache Policies
Identifying Content Group Settings

Module 14: Front End Optimisation

Improving Content Delivery
Front-End Optimisation Use Cases
Understanding Minification
CSS Optimisations

Module 15: Tuning and Optimisation

Connections on the Citrix ADC
Connection Profiles
Queuing on the Citrix ADC
Connection Tuning Practices

Prerequisites

Citrix recommends students prepare for this course by taking the following course:

CNS-225 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management

CNS-227 Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Citrix Gateway

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.