BlueCat Learning Lab Curriculum

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INTEGRITY      EDGE      MICETRO      BCIA

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INTEGRITY

Labs Lab Topics:
This lab will guide you through:       
Time to Complete: eLearning prerequisite:
(available with a subscription to BlueCat Learning)

INTEGRITY Lab 1 - Getting Started

  • Logging in & changing passwords
  • Customizing Table Columns
  • Customizing the Addresses Table
  • Using the Search Tools
  • Using the data Restore Tools
  • Generating Reports
  • Searching Transaction History
  • Using the Online Help
  • Logging out
60 minutes


    INTEGRITY Lab 2 - Blocks, Networks & IP Addressing

    • Creating the IPv4 Address Space Using Blocks
    • Table and Tree View
    • Creating IPv4 Networks
    • Find Available IPv4 Network
    • Allocating IP Addresses
    • IPv4 Modeling Tools: partitioning blocks into networks; splitting blocks and networks; adding a parent block; resizing blocks; moving blocks; merging networks
    • Working with Network Templates
    • Working with the IPv6 Address Space
    • IP Allocation Report
    90 minutes

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 3 - DHCP Configuration

    • Configuring DHCP ranges
    • Using Network Templates to create DHCP ranges
    • Deploying DHCP
    • Viewing DHCP deployed data
    • Configuring a DHCP client
    • Configuring DHCP options
    • Configuring DHCP Validation
    70 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 4 - DNS Configuration

    • Creating DNS zones
    • Working with DNS resource records
    • Assigning primary and secondary roles
    • Deploying DNS data to the DNS servers
    • Configuring Start of Authority Records
    • Managing Reverse DNS
    • Validating DNS deployment
    • Configuring Start of Authority records
    70 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 5 - DNS Architecture

    • Configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • Configuring a Caching-Only recursive DNS server
    • Limiting recursive queries to internal IP addresses
    • Configuring Global Forwarding
    • Reassigning Primary and Secondary deployment roles
    35 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    INTEGRITY Lab 6 - Server Administration & Monitoring

    • Adding BlueCat DNS/DHCP Servers to a Configuration
    • Resetting BlueCat DNS/DHCP Servers
    • Adding the Server Statistics Widget
    • Creating Notification Groups
    35 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 7 - User Access Management

    • Working with LDAP groups
    • Working with access rights
    30 minutes

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 8 - Dynamic DNS

    • Generating a TSIG key to secure dynamic updates
    • Allowing dynamic updates using the TSIG key
    • Creating zone declarations
    • Configuring DDNS deployment options
    • Testing DDNS
    40 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    INTEGRITY Lab 9 - DHCP Failover

    • Configuring DHCP failover
    • Determining the failover state of each server
    • Viewing DHCP failover configuration settings
    • Obtaining an IP address from DHCP
    • Testing DHCP failover
    • Removing DHCP failover configuration
    25 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    INTEGRITY Lab 10 - Server Management & xHA

    • Building an xHA pair
    • Viewing information about an xHA pair
    • Testing xHA failover
    • Breaking an xHA pair
    • Backing up the Address Manager database
    • Adding a User-Defined Field (UDF)
    • Customizing tables to view User-Defined Fields
    55 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    INTEGRITY Lab 11 - Securing DNS Infrastructure

    • Configuring HTTPS
    • Configuring a self-signed certificate
    • Configuring TSIG for server pairs
    • Working with DNS logging
    45 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    INTEGRITY Lab 12 - DNSSEC & Advanced DNS Topics

    • Creating a DNSSEC Policy
    • Deploying and testing DNSSEC
    • Configuring a validating DNSSEC server
    • Testing a validating DNSSEC Server
    • Determining who has signed zones with DNSSEC
    • Configuring response rate limiting
    • Configuring DNS Threat Protection
    • Configuring local response policy zones
    • Using response policy zone searching and reports
    70 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    EDGE

     

    EDGE Lab 1 - DNS Foundations

    • DNS query responses
    • Using dig to examine DNS responses
    • Recursion and Forwarding
    30 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    EDGE Lab 2 - Navigating EDGE

    • Accessing Edge
    • Finding Help
    • Managing Users
    • Edge Statistics
    • DNS Insights
    • Query Logs
    • DNS Activity and Threat Activity
    • Applying Filters
    45 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    EDGE Lab 3 - Domain Lists, Namespaces & Sites

    • Managing Edge Domain Lists
    • Managing Namespaces
    • Creating & Managing Edge Sites
    40 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    EDGE Lab 4 - Working with Policies

    • View Policies
    • Create a Block Policy
    • Create a Monitor Policy
    • Using Exception Lists
    • Block zone transfer query types
    • Redirect queries
    45 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

     

    EDGE Lab 5 - Edge Workshop

    • Use Case: Block insider threat
    • Use Case: Malware Lateral Movement
    • Use Case: Data Exfiltration
    • Automation
    • Siem Integration
    45 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    MICETRO

         

     

    Micetro Lab 1 - Micetro 101

    • Install Micetro
    • Add licenses
    • Configure services
    • DHCP scopes
    • DNS zones
    • Custom properties
    • Reports
    90 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative

    BCIA

         

     

    BCIA Lab 1 - BCIA for Integrity

    • Navigating BCIA
    • Managing alerts
    • Reviewing and resolving Integrity alerts
    • Adding BDDS servers
    • Viewing and cloning reports
    • Monitoring, viewing and resolving Integrity alerts
    • Splunk integration and viewing alerts in Splunk
    40 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative


     

    BCIA Lab 2 - BCIA for Firewall - Palo Alto

    • Navigating BCIA
    • Managing alerts
    • Create custom reports
    • Alert analysis
    • Alert remediation in the Palo Alto Web UI
    • View resolved alerts
    • Alerts include:
      • Auto Triage - Device Restarted
      • CVE Alerts - 3400 and 3385
      • Local Administrators Configured with No Password Profile
      • SNMP v2c/v1
    40 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative


     

    BCIA Lab 3 - BCIA for Firewall - Checkpoint

     

    • Navigating BCIA
    • Managing alerts
    • Create custom reports
    • Alert analysis
    • Alert remediation in the Check Point console
    • Viewing resolved alerts
    • Alerts include:
      • DNS servers do not match
      • Auto Triage - Cluster member no longer Active
      • Clustered Mismatch Devices
      • Dynamic CVE alert generation
    40 minutes
    Exercises are cumulative