642-7627 IPS v7.0 Exam Topics (Blueprint)

Exam Description

Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System v7.0 (IPS v7.0) exam is associated with the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge and skills needed to deploy Cisco IPS-based security solutions. Successful graduates will be able to reduce risk to the IT infrastructure and applications using Cisco IPS features, and provide detailed operations support for the Cisco IPS. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System course.




Exam Topics

The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.


Pre-Production Design



Choose Cisco IPS technologies to implement HLD 
Choose Cisco products to implement HLD 
Choose Cisco IPS features to implement HLD 
Integrate Cisco network security solutions with other security technologies 
Create and test initial Cisco IPS configurations for new devices/services 




Complex Support Operations



Optimize Cisco IPS security infrastructure device performance 
Create complex network security rules, to meet the security policy requirements 
Configure and verify the IPS features to identify threats and dynamically block them from entering the network 
Maintain, update and tune IPS signatures 
Use CSM and MARS for IPS management, deployment, and advanced event correlation. 
Optimize security functions, rules, and configuration 




Advanced Troubleshooting



Advanced Cisco IPS security software configuraiton fault finding and repairing
Advanced Cisco IPS sensor and module hardware fault finding and repairing

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