Cisco NGFW Foundation Lab

The purpose of this lab is to provide the essentials to Install and configure Cisco Firepower 7.2 and some of its features. Cisco NGFW Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of the Cisco Secure Firewall solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure. 

The Cisco Secure Firewall is an integrated suite of network security and traffic management products, deployed either on purpose-built platforms or as a software solution. Firepower NGFW is unique in its threat-focus, with a foundation of comprehensive network visibility, best-of-breed threat intelligence and highly-effective threat prevention to address both known and unknown threats. 

The purpose of the Foundations Lab is to help you develop proficiency in deploying, managing and monitoring the Cisco NGFW solution. The lab guide is divided into standalone modules that can be completed independently providing for a flexible learning experience. 

The modules included in this lab are: 

• Initial Configuration
• Policy Creation
• Firewall Migration Tool

Cisco Software:

• FTD Version 7.2

Cisco Devices:

• 1x Firepower Management Center Virtual machine
• 5x Cisco virtual NGFW FTDv 5s

Infrastructure Devices

• 3x CSR1000v
• 2x Windows 2016 Server
• 3x Windows 10 Desktop
• 2x Ubuntu 18.04 Server
• 2x Kali Linux Hosts
• 2x TrafficJam