This three-day course discusses the configuration of Juniper Networks JSA Series Secure Analytics (formerly known as Security Threat Response Manager [STRM]) in a typical network environment. Key topics include deploying a JSA Series device in the network, configuring flows, running reports and troubleshooting.
Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring, testing and troubleshooting the JSA Series device. This course uses the Juniper Networks Secure Analytics (JSA) VM virtual appliance for the hands-on component and is based on JSA software 2014.2R4.
Audience: This course is intended for network engineers, support personnel, reseller support and anyone responsible for implementing the JSA system.
Course Duration: 3 days
Prerequisites:
This course assumes experience in network security administration and a basic knowledge of network security concepts and TCP/IP operation.
Course Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
- Explain the role of the Network Director
- Describe the JSA system and its basic functionality
- Describe the hardware used with the JSA system
- Identify the technology behind the JSA system
- Identify the JSA system’s primary design divisions; display versus detection, and events versus traffic
- Plan and prepare for a new installation
- Access the administration console
- Configure the network hierarchy
- Configure the automatic update process
- Access the Deployment Editor
- Describe the JSA system’s internal processes
- Describe event and flow source configuration
- List key features of the JSA architecture
- Describe the JSA system’s processing logic
- Interpret the correlation of flow and event data
- List the architectural component that provides each key function
- Describe Events and explain where they come from
- Access the Log Activity interface
- Execute Event searches
- Describe flows and their origin
- Configure the Network Activity interface
- Execute Flow searches
- Specify the JSA system’s Asset Management and Vulnerability Assessment functionality
- Access the Assets interface
- View Asset Profile data
- View Server Discovery
- Access the Vulnerability Assessment Scan Manager to produce vulnerability assessments (VAs)
- Access vulnerability scanner configuration
- View vulnerability profiles
- Describe rules
- Configure rules
- Configure Building Blocks (BBs)
- Explain how rules and flows work together
- Access the Offense Manager interface
- Understand Offense types
- Configure Offense actions
- Navigate the Offense interface
- Explain the Offense summary screen
- Search Offenses
- Use the JSA system’s Reporting functionality to produce graphs and reports
- Navigate the Reporting interface
- Configure Report Groups
- Demonstrate Report Branding
- View Report formats
- Identify the basic information on maintaining and troubleshooting the JSA system
- Navigate the JSA dashboard
- List flow and event troubleshooting steps
- Access the Event Mapping Tool
- Configure Event Collection for Junos devices
- Configure Flow Collection for Junos devices
- Explain High Availability (HA) functionality on a JSA device
Course Outline:
- Course Introduction
- Product Overview
- Overview of the JSA Series Device
- Hardware
- Collection
- Operational Flow
- Initial Configuration
- A New Installation
- Administration Console
- Platform Configuration
- Deployment Editor
- Lab One: Initial Configuration
- Architecture
- Processing Log Activity
- Processing Network Activity
- JSA Deployment Options
- Log Activity
- Log Activity Overview
- Configuring Log Activity
- Lab Two: Log Activity
- Network Activity
- Network Activity Overview
- Configuring Network Activity
- Lab Three: Network Activity
- Assets and Vulnerability Assessment
- Asset Interface
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Vulnerability Scanners
- Lab Four: Assets and Vulnerability Assessment
- Rules
- Rules
- Configure Rules and Building Blocks
- Lab Five: Rules
- Offense Manager
- Offense Manager
- Offense Manager Configuration
- Offense Investigation
- Lab Six: Configure the Offense Manager
- JSA Reporting
- Reporting Functionality
- Reporting Interface
- Lab Seven: Reporting
- Basic Tuning and Troubleshooting
- Basic Tuning
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Junos Devices for Use with JSA
- Collecting Junos Events
- Collecting Junos Flows
- Lab Eight: Configuring Junos Devices for JSA
- Appendix A: High Availability
- High Availability
- Configuring High Availability