A review for Cisco Press title “Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)” by Najmul Rajib

Cisco launches “Umbrella” Secure Internet Gateway

Cisco launches the industry first secure internet gateway (SIG) in the cloud with an intention to address the security requirements of todays; mobile, cloud-connected enterprise. And Umbrella happens to Cisco's Secure Internet gateway product. In past, organisations contained their services like...
How does Palo Alto Networks Firewall examines an UDP Packet to identify an application?

In the below example, a single DNS query packet is trying to query the domain www.yasirirfan.com. This packet contains all the information needed by a Palo Alto Network Firewalls to identify an app, by inspecting the below UDP packet it can determine
What is Palo Alto Networks App ID?

When it comes to treating an Application every vendor has a way of treating an App, most of the traditional firewalls treats Applications mostly on port numbers. For example traditional Firewalls treats DNS as port 53 application. And a rule is configured in traditional firewall to allow port 53...
What is VCP-NV – Series 2?

When it comes for the VCP-NV certification preparations, one can certainly rely on VMware, as they have plenty of great resources. In may case I extensively used the following
What is VCP-NV – Series 1?

Recently I tested my skills and knowledge on VMware Certifications, VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization also known as VCP-NV, which focuses on NSX products. The VCP-NV certification validates ability to install, configure, and administer NSX virtual networking...