SmartWall® Threat Defense Director (TDS)

Course Content

Course: SmartWall® Threat Defense Director (TDS) Basic Technical Training

Overview: This 2-day instructor led course, taught by Corero staff, will prepare the student to configure a Corero SmartWall TDS system. The class is structured around several practical labs that teach the student how to optimize the TDS system for their environment.

Target Audience: Security Engineers and Network Engineers

Class Time: Two days

Location: Remote

Equipment provided for each student:

• Smartwall Network Threat Defense Virtual Edition
• Attacker Machine
• Victim Machine
• Securewatch Analytics

Target Audience: Security Engineers and Network Engineers

Prerequisites: Students must have a basic knowledge of networking, including IP addressing.

Key Takeaway: Establishes baseline knowledge of Corero TDS core fundamentals along with basic configuration and operational understanding of the system.

Successful completion of this 2-day course will provide students insight into threat hunting and discovery processes.

Course Deliverables

Section 1 – TDS introduction
Configuration Methods (CLI, UI, REST)

Section 2 – CMS setup
File Management
Syslog Configuration

Section 3 – Site Configuration
Cluster Configuration
Device Configuration

Section 4 – Defense Configuration
Inspection Control
Source Control
Packet Rules
Flex Rules
Smart Rules
Threat Awareness
Fragmentation Processing

Section 5 – Use of Securewatch Analytics
Overview
Charts
Events

Labs:

1. Connectivity Test
2. CMS Setup
3. Inspection Control
4. Source Control
5. Flex Rule
6. Threat awareness
7. Smart Rules
8. Fragmentation Processing
9. Splunk Basic Search
10. Multiple “unknown attack” Lab