· Create advanced security designs utilizing the entire Cisco firewall product family

· Choose the right firewalls based on your performance requirements

· Learn firewall configuration fundamentals and master the tools that provide insight about firewall operations

· Properly insert firewalls in your network’s topology using Layer 3 or Layer 2 connectivity

· Use Cisco firewalls as part of a robust, secure virtualization architecture

· Deploy Cisco ASA firewalls with or without NAT

· Take full advantage of the classic IOS firewall feature set (CBAC)

· Implement flexible security policies with the Zone Policy Firewall (ZPF)

· Strengthen stateful inspection with antispoofing, TCP normalization, connection limiting, and IP fragmentation handling

· Use application-layer inspection capabilities built into Cisco firewalls

· Inspect IP voice protocols, including SCCP, H.323, SIP, and MGCP

· Utilize identity to provide user-based stateful functionality

· Understand how multicast traffic is handled through firewalls

· Use firewalls to protect your IPv6 deployments