The Symantec Web Protection—Edge SWG Planning, Implementation, and Administration course provides a detailed introduction to the features that comprise Edge SWG, which is the on-premise component of Symantec Web Protection. These applications include ProxySG, Management Center, Reporter, Content Analysis, and High Risk Isolation.

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

Describe the major Edge SWG functions and capabilities
Write policies to defend enterprise networks against malware attacks and to enforce acceptable Internet browsing behavior
Understand how the various applications work together to secure enterprise networks
View reports and monitor solution performance

Basic understanding of networking concepts
Basic understanding of network security concepts
Basic understanding of the use of proxy servers

Module 1: Introduction to Symantec Edge SWG
Overview of Web Protection Suite
Overview of Edge SWG components

Module 2: Intercepting web traffic and applying policy
How the ProxySG intercepts traffic
Writing policy on the ProxySG
Layer and rule evaluation order in the VPM

Module 3: Applying security and web usage policy to encrypted traffic
Introduction to TLS
Managing HTTPS traffic on the ProxySG

Module 4: Providing security and web usage policies based on role or group
Authentication basics on the ProxySG
Using IWA authentication on the ProxySG
Authentication modes in explicit and transparent modes
Connecting to the Windows domain directly using IWA direct
Connecting to the Windows domain using IWA BCAAA
Using roles and groups in policy

Module 5: Enforcing corporate guidelines for acceptable Internet browsing behavior
Create strong corporate guidelines for acceptable Internet use
Use website categorization to enforce acceptable use guidelines
Provide the ProxySG with categorization databases to be referenced in policy
Set the Request URL Category object in policy to enforce acceptable use guidelines
Inform users when web access is denied or restricted due to policy

Module 6: Protecting the endpoint from malicious activity
WebPulse technical details
Introduction to Intelligence Services
Using Intelligence Services data feeds in policy
Ensuring safe downloads

Module 7: Centrally managing devices with Management Center
How Management Center centralizes and simplifies device management
Configuring the ProxySG with the ProxySG Admin Console
Creating and distributing VPM policies
Creating and managing jobs
Use reports to analyze web browsing activity

Module 8: Reporting for Edge SWG features
How Reporter delivers centralized web reporting
Configuring access logging on the ProxySG
Using the Reporter Admin Console to configure log processing on Reporter

Module 9: Enhancing security with virus scanning
Introduction to Content Analysis
Exploring the Content Analysis management console
Configuring communication with the ProxySG over ICAP
Configuring malware scanning options

Module 10: Using malware analysis to analyze potentially malicious files
Introduction to malware analysis
Preparing the use malware analysis
Performing malware analysis

Module 11: Providing security for risky and unknown websites with High Risk Isolation
Introduction to High Risk Isolation
Configuring HRI
Overview of Symantec Web Isolation

Module 12: Monitoring Edge SWG features
Monitoring devices from within Management Center
Monitor and maintain the Content Analysis
Troubleshooting tips

Module 13: Understanding SGOS architecture and caching on the Edge SWG
SGOS architecture
Caching on the Edge SWG
Using HTTP compression

Module 14: Using built-in diagnostic tools on the Edge SWG
Exploring sysinfo files
Using policy tracing and policy coverage
Using packet captures
Sending service information to Symantec

Module 15: Expanding security with
cloud integrations
Introduction to Cloud SWG
Using Universal Policy Enforcement
Integrating CloudSOC with Symantec Web
Protection

Module 16: Course review
Symantec Web Protection--Edge SWG Planning, Implementation, and Administration course review
Appendix A: Using Content Policy Language (CPL)
Basic CPL concepts
Intermediate CPL concepts
Using CPL best practices

Appendix B: Introduction to

Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
Basic HTTP concepts