350-701 SCOR Exam Topics and Mapping to the CCNP and CCIE Security Core SCOR 350-701 Official Cert Guide
350-701 SCOR
Network Security (20%)
Compare network security solutions that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
Describe deployment models of network security solutions and architectures that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow records
Configure and verify network infrastructure security methods (router, switch, wireless)
Layer 2 methods (Network segmentation using VLANs and VRF-lite; Layer 2 and port security; DHCP snooping; Dynamic ARP inspection; storm control; PVLANs to segregate network traffic; and defenses against MAC, ARP, VLAN hopping, STP, and DHCP rogue attacks
Device hardening of network infrastructure security devices (control plane, data plane, management plane, and routing protocol security)
Implement segmentation, access control policies, AVC, URL filtering, and malware protection
Implement management options for network security solutions such as intrusion prevention and perimeter security (Single vs. multidevice manager, in-band vs. out-of-band, CDP, DNS, SCP, SFTP, and DHCP security and risks)
Configure AAA for device and network access (authentication and authorization, TACACS+, RADIUS and RADIUS flows, accounting, and dACL)
Configure secure network management of perimeter security and infrastructure devices (secure device management, SNMPv3, views, groups, users, authentication, and encryption, secure logging, and NTP with authentication)
Configure and verify site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN
Site-to-site VPN utilizing Cisco routers and IOS
Remote access VPN using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client
Debug commands to view IPsec tunnel establishment and troubleshooting
Content Security (15%)
Implement traffic redirection and capture methods
Describe web proxy identity and authentication including transparent user identification
Compare the components, capabilities, and benefits of local and cloud-based email and web solutions (ESA, CES, WSA)
Configure and verify web and email security deployment methods to protect on-premises and remote users (inbound and outbound controls and policy management)
Configure and verify email security features such as SPAM filtering, antimalware filtering, DLP, blacklisting, and email encryption
Configure and verify secure internet gateway and web security features such as blacklisting, URL filtering, malware scanning, URL categorization, web application filtering, and TLS decryption
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of Cisco Umbrella
Configure and verify web security controls on Cisco Umbrella (identities, URL content settings, destination lists, and reporting)
Secure Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement (15%)
Describe identity management and secure network access concepts such as guest services, profiling, posture assessment and BYOD
Configure and verify network access device functionality such as 802.1X, MAB, WebAuth
Describe network access with CoA
Describe the benefits of device compliance and application control
AAA benefits of device compliance and application control6
Explain exfiltration techniques (DNS tunneling, HTTPS, email, FTP/SSH/SCP/SFTP, ICMP, Messenger, IRC, NTP)
Describe the benefits of network telemetry
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of these security products and solutions
Cisco Stealthwatch
Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud
pxGrid
Umbrella Investigate
Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics
Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics
Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module (NVM)
Security Concepts (25%)
Explain common threats against on-premises and cloud environments
On-premises: viruses, trojans, DoS/DDoS attacks, phishing, rootkits, man-in-the-middle attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, malware
Cloud: data breaches, insecure APIs, DoS/DDoS, compromised credentials
Compare common security vulnerabilities such as software bugs, weak and/or hardcoded passwords, SQL injection, missing encryption, buffer overflow, path traversal, cross-site scripting/forgery
Describe functions of the cryptography components such as hashing, encryption, PKI, SSL, IPsec, NAT-T IPv4 for IPsec, pre-shared key and certificate based authorization
Compare site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN deployment types such as sVTI, IPsec, Cryptomap, DMVPN, FLEXVPN including high availability considerations, and AnyConnect
Describe security intelligence authoring, sharing, and consumption
Explain the role of the endpoint in protecting humans from phishing and social engineering attacks
Explain North Bound and South Bound APIs in the SDN architecture
Explain DNAC APIs for network provisioning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
Interpret basic Python scripts used to call Cisco Security appliances APIs
Securing the Cloud (15%)
Identify security solutions for cloud environments
Public, private, hybrid, and community clouds
Cloud service models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS (NIST 800-145)
Cloud-delivered security solutions such as firewall, management, proxy, security intelligence, and CASB
Describe the concept of DevSecOps (CI/CD pipeline, container orchestration, and security
Implement application and data security in cloud environments
Identify security capabilities, deployment models, and policy management to secure the cloud
Configure cloud logging and monitoring methodologies
Describe application and workload security concepts
Endpoint Protection and Detection (10%)
Compare Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solutions
Explain antimalware, retrospective security, Indication of Compromise (IOC), antivirus, dynamic file analysis, and endpoint-sourced telemetry
Configure and verify outbreak control and quarantines to limit infection
Describe justifications for endpoint-based security
Describe the value of endpoint device management and asset inventory such as MDM
Describe the uses and importance of a multifactor authentication (MFA) strategy
Describe endpoint posture assessment solutions to ensure endpoint security
Explain the importance of an endpoint patching strategy
