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NetScaler ADC 14.x Advanced Features (NS-301)
Duration: 5 Days
About the course

Designed for experienced IT professionals, this course is best suited for individuals who will be deploying and/or managing Application Firewall, AAA for Application Traffic, and NetScaler Console (ADM) in their NetScaler environments.

You will leave this course with the skills required to deploy and manage NetScaler Web Application Firewall including types of web attacks, protections and signatures, the Adaptive learning engine, App Firewall policies and profiles, troubleshooting, and additional pertinent NetScaler security Features. You will be able to deploy AAA for Application Traffic with nFactor and understand concepts related to Login Schemas, Policy Labels, and customizations. You will also be able to deploy the NetScaler Console to manage a NetScaler environment.

Product Versions Covered: NetScaler VPX v14.1 and NetScaler Console v14.1


Learning Objectives

•Learn about the NetScaler Web App Firewall

•Deploying Web App Firewall Policies, Profiles, and Monitoring

•Implementing Web App Firewall Protections

•Discuss Advanced Security Features and Advanced Security and Filtering

•Learn about AAA and nFactor Overview

•Managing and Monitoring Apps and Configurations with NetScaler Console

•Tuning and Optimization for NetScaler appliances


Prerequisite Knowledge

Strong foundational knowledge of NetScaler ADC administration and traffic management.

Course content

Module 1: Introduction to WAF 

  • The Business Problem 
  • Industry Standards 
  • Protection Methodologies 
  • Introducing NetScaler Web App Firewall 

Module 2: WAF Profiles, Policies, Monitoring 

  • NetScaler Web App Firewall Policies, Profiles, and Learning 
  • Logging and Reporting 
  • Customizing Errors 
  • Signatures and Comment Stripping 

Module 4: Advanced Security Features 

  • Bot Protection 
  • API Protection 
  • Responder Logging 
  • Content Inspection 

Module 5: Security and Filtering 

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

Module 6: Introduction to AAA and nFactor Overview 

  • Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing 
  • Intro to nFactor 
  • Policy Label 
  • Login Schemas 
  • Authentication Policy and Action 
  • Supported Protocols 

Module 7: nFactor Use Cases 

  • Single Sign-On Overview 
  • Traffic Policies 
  • Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 
  • Certificate Authentication 
  • OAuth 

Module 8: AAA Customizations 

  • Portal Theme Customizations 
  • End User License Agreement (EULA) 
  • Custom Error Messages 


Module 9: Intro to NetScaler Console 

  • Introducing NetScaler Console 
  • NetScaler Console Service 
  • Getting Started with NetScaler Console 
  • Initial Configuration 
  • Instance Management 


Module 10: Managing and Monitoring NetScaler Console 

  • User Management 
  • Instance Management 
  • Event Management 
  • SSL Certificate Management 
  • Unified Security Dashboard 
  • Insights 


Module 11: Managing Apps and Configs using NetScaler Console 

  • Stylebooks 
  • Config Management 
  • Configuration Audit 
  • Actionable Tasks & Recommendations 


Module 12: Tuning and Performance Optimizations 

  • Connection Profiles 
  • SSL Profiles 
  • Net Profiles 
  • SSL Certificate