2 Security Basics
• Define information-security-related concepts
• Explain the different types of firewalls and their use cases
• Describe the operation of IDS/IPS
• Differentiate between Malware Prevention approaches

3 VMware Intrinsic Security
• Define the VMware intrinsic security strategy
• Describe the VMware intrinsic security portfolio
• Explain how NSX-T Data Center aligns with the intrinsic security strategy

4 Implementing Zero-Trust Security
• Define Zero-Trust Security
• Describe the five pillars of a Zero-Trust Architecture
• Define NSX segmentation and its use cases
• Describe the steps needed to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation

5 User and Role Management
• Integrate NSX-T Data Center and VMware Identity Manager™
• Integrate NSX-T Data Center and LDAP
• Describe the native users and roles in NSX-T Data Center
• Create and assign custom user roles

6 Distributed Firewall
• Configure Distributed Firewall rules and policies
• Describe the NSX Distributed Firewall architecture
• Troubleshoot common problems related to NSX Distributed Firewall
• Configure time-based policies • Configure Identity Firewall rules

7 Gateway Security
• Configure Gateway Firewall rules and policies
• Describe the architecture of the Gateway Firewall
• Identify and troubleshoot common Gateway Firewall issues
• Configure TLS Inspection to decrypt traffic for both internal and external services
• Configure URL filtering and identify common configuration issues

8 Operating Internal Firewalls
• Use vRealize Log Insight for NSX and vRealize Network Insight to operate NSX firewalls
• Explain security best practices related to grouping, tagging, and rule configuration

9 Network Introspection
• Explain network introspection
• Describe the architecture and workflows of north-south and east-west service insertion
• Troubleshoot north-south and east-west service insertion

10 Endpoint Protection • Explain endpoint protection
• Describe the architecture and workflows of endpoint protection
• Troubleshoot endpoint protection

11 Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Describe the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Explain the different phases of a cyber attack
• Describe how NSX security solutions can be used to protect against cyber attacks
• Configure and troubleshoot Distributed IDS/IPS
• Configure and troubleshoot North-South IDS/IPS

12 NSX Application Platform
• Describe NSX Application Platform and its use cases
• Identify the topologies supported for the deployment of NSX Application Platform
• Deploy NSX Application Platform
• Explain the NSX Application Platform architecture and services
• Validate the NSX Application Platform deployment and troubleshoot common issues

13 NSX Malware Prevention
• Identify use cases for NSX Malware Prevention
• Identify the components in the NSX Malware Prevention architecture
• Describe the NSX Malware Prevention packet flows for known and unknown files
• Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic

14 NSX Intelligence and NSX Network Detection and Response
• Describe NSX Intelligence and its use cases
• Explain NSX Intelligence visualization, recommendation, and network traffic analysis capabilities
• Describe NSX Network Detection and Response and its use cases
• Explain the architecture of NSX Network Detection and Response in NSX-T Data Center
• Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX Network Detection and Response