CCNA Examination Prepration

Exam Description: The Implementing Cisco Network Security (IINS) exam (210-260) is a 90-minute
assessment with 6070 questions. This exam tests the candidate’s knowledge of secure network
infrastructure, understanding core security concepts, managing secure access, VPN encryption, firewalls,
intrusion prevention, web and email content security, and endpoint security. This exam validates skills
for installation, troubleshooting, and monitoring of a secure network to maintain integrity,
confidentiality, and availability of data and devices. This exam also shows competency in the
technologies that Cisco uses in its security infrastructure. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking
the Implementing Cisco Network Security (IINS) course.
The following topics are 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.

12% 1.0 Security Concepts

1.1 Common security principles
1.1.a Describe confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA)
1.1.b Describe SIEM technology
1.1.c Identify common security terms
1.1.d Identify common network security zones
1.2 Common security threats
1.2.a Identify common network attacks
1.2.b Describe social engineering
1.2.c Identify malware
1.2.d Classify the vectors of data loss/exfiltration
1.3 Cryptography concepts
1.3.a Describe key exchange
1.3.b Describe hash algorithm
1.3.c Compare and contrast symmetric and asymmetric encryption
1.3.d Describe digital signatures, certificates, and PKI
1.4 Describe network topologies
1.4.a Campus area network (CAN)
1.4.b Cloud, wide area network (WAN)
1.4.c Data center
1.4.d Small office/home office (SOHO)
1.4.e Network security for a virtual environment
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14% 2.0 Secure Access
2.1 Secure management
2.1.a Compare in-band and out-of band
2.1.b Configure secure network management
2.1.c Configure and verify secure access through SNMP v3 using an ACL
2.1.d Configure and verify security for NTP
2.1.e Use SCP for file transfer
2.2 AAA concepts
2.2.a Describe RADIUS and TACACS+ technologies
2.2.b Configure administrative access on a Cisco router using TACACS+
2.2.c Verify connectivity on a Cisco router to a TACACS+ server
2.2.d Explain the integration of Active Directory with AAA
2.2.e Describe authentication and authorization using ACS and ISE
2.3 802.1X authentication
2.3.a Identify the functions 802.1X components
2.4 BYOD
2.4.a Describe the BYOD architecture framework
2.4.b Describe the function of mobile device management (MDM)
17% 3.0 VPN
3.1 VPN concepts
3.1.a Describe IPsec protocols and delivery modes (IKE, ESP, AH, tunnel mode,
transport mode)
3.1.b Describe hairpinning, split tunneling, always-on, NAT traversal
3.2 Remote access VPN
3.2.a Implement basic clientless SSL VPN using ASDM
3.2.b Verify clientless connection
3.2.c Implement basic AnyConnect SSL VPN using ASDM
3.2.d Verify AnyConnect connection
3.2.e Identify endpoint posture assessment
3.3 Site-to-site VPN
3.3.a Implement an IPsec site-to-site VPN with pre-shared key authentication on Cisco
routers and ASA firewalls
3.3.b Verify an IPsec site-to-site VPN
18% 4.0 Secure Routing and Switching
4.1 Security on Cisco routers
4.1.a Configure multiple privilege levels
4.1.b Configure Cisco IOS role-based CLI access
4.1.c Implement Cisco IOS resilient configuration
4.2 Securing routing protocols
4.2.a Implement routing update authentication on OSPF
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4.3 Securing the control plane
4.3.a Explain the function of control plane policing
4.4 Common Layer 2 attacks
4.4.a Describe STP attacks
4.4.b Describe ARP spoofing
4.4.c Describe MAC spoofing
4.4.d Describe CAM table (MAC address table) overflows
4.4.e Describe CDP/LLDP reconnaissance
4.4.f Describe VLAN hopping
4.4.g Describe DHCP spoofing
4.5 Mitigation procedures
4.5.a Implement DHCP snooping
4.5.b Implement Dynamic ARP Inspection
4.5.c Implement port security
4.5.d Describe BPDU guard, root guard, loop guard
4.5.e Verify mitigation procedures
4.6 VLAN security
4.6.a Describe the security implications of a PVLAN
4.6.b Describe the security implications of a native VLAN
18% 5.0 Cisco Firewall Technologies
5.1 Describe operational strengths and weaknesses of the different firewall technologies
5.1.a Proxy firewalls
5.1.b Application firewall
5.1.c Personal firewall
5.2 Compare stateful vs. stateless firewalls
5.2.a Operations
5.2.b Function of the state table
5.3 Implement NAT on Cisco ASA 9.x
5.3.a Static
5.3.b Dynamic
5.3.c PAT
5.3.d Policy NAT
5.3 e Verify NAT operations
5.4 Implement zone-based firewall
5.4.a Zone to zone
5.4.b Self zone
5.5 Firewall features on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.x
5.5.a Configure ASA access management
5.5.b Configure security access policies
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5.5.c Configure Cisco ASA interface security levels
5.5.d Configure default Cisco Modular Policy Framework (MPF)
5.5.e Describe modes of deployment (routed firewall, transparent firewall)
5.5.f Describe methods of implementing high availability
5.5.g Describe security contexts
5.5.h Describe firewall services
9% 6.0 IPS
6.1 Describe IPS deployment considerations
6.1.a Network-based IPS vs. host-based IPS
6.1.b Modes of deployment (inline, promiscuous - SPAN, tap)
6.1.c Placement (positioning of the IPS within the network)
6.1.d False positives, false negatives, true positives, true negatives
6.2 Describe IPS technologies
6.2.a Rules/signatures
6.2.b Detection/signature engines
6.2.c Trigger actions/responses (drop, reset, block, alert, monitor/log, shun)
6.2.d Blacklist (static and dynamic)
12% 7.0 Content and Endpoint Security
7.1 Describe mitigation technology for email-based threats
7.1.a SPAM filtering, anti-malware filtering, DLP, blacklisting, email encryption
7.2 Describe mitigation technology for web-based threats
7.2.a Local and cloud-based web proxies
7.2.b Blacklisting, URL filtering, malware scanning, URL categorization, web
application filtering, TLS/SSL decryption
7.3 Describe mitigation technology for endpoint threats
7.3.a Anti-virus/anti-malware
7.3.b Personal firewall/HIPS
7.3.c Hardware/software encryption of local data

What part of 192.168.10.51 is the Network ID, assuming a default subnet mask?

A. 192
B. 192.168.10
C. 0.0.0.5
D. 51
E. None of the above

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is

A. a TCP/IP protocol used to dynamically bind a high level IP Address to a low-level physical hardware address
B. a TCP/IP high level protocol for transferring files from one machine to another
C. a protocol used to monitor computers
D. a protocol that handles error and control messages
E. None of the above

A remote batch-processing operation in which data is solely input to a central computer would require a:

A. telegraph line
B. simplex lines
C. mixedband channel
D. All the above
E. None of the above

Which of the following TCP/IP protocol allows an application program on one machine to send a datagram to an application program on another machine?

A. UDP
B. VMTP
C. X.25
D. SMTP
E. None of the above

A distributed network configuration in which all data/information pass through a central computer is

A. bus network
B. star network
C. ring network
D. Point-to-point network
E. None of the above

The synchronous modems are more costly than the asynchronous modems because

A. they produce large volume of data
B. they contain clock recovery circuits
C. they transmit the data with stop and start bits.
D. they operate with a larger bandwidth
E. None of the above

Which of the following device is used to connect two systems, especially if the systems use different protocols?

A. hub
B. bridge
C. gateway
D. repeater
E. None of the above

Which command shows the last method used to power cycle a router?

a. Show running-configuration
b. Show startup-configuration
c. Show restart
d. Show version

Which open standard protocol is used in VPN implementations to ensure secure end-to-end communications?

a. RSA
b. L2TP
c. IPSec
d. PPTP

Which of the following commands is used to encrypt all plain-text passwords on a Cisco router?

a. Router # password-encryption
b. Router (config) # password-encryption
c. Router (config) # service password-encryption
d. Router # service password-encryption

Which of the following TCP/IP protocol is used for transferring electronic mail messages from one machine to another?

A. FTP
B. SNMP
C. SMTP
D. RPC
E. None of the above

When you ping the loopback address, a packet is sent where?

A. On the network
B. Down through the layers of the IP architecture and then up the layers again
C. Across the wire
D. through the loopback dongle
E. None of the above

Satellite-Switched Time-Division Multiple Access (SS/TDMA) is

A. the method of determining which device has access to the transmission medium at any time.
B. a medium access control technique for multiple access transmission media
C. a form of TDMA in which circuit switching is used to dynamically change the channel assignments
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Avalanche photodiode receivers can detect hits of transmitted data by receiving

A. 100 photons
B. 200 photons
C. 300 photons
D. 400 photons
E. None of the above

Contention is

A. One or more conductors that serve as a common connection for a related group of devices
B. a continuous frequency capable of being modulated or impressed with a second signal
C. the condition when two or more stations attempt to use the same channel at the same time
D. a collection of interconnected functional units that provides a data communications service among stations attached to the network
E. None of the above

Which of the following technique is used for fragment?

A. a technique used in best-effort delivery systems to avoid endlessly looping packets
B. a technique used by protocols in which a lower level protocol accepts a message from a higher level protocol and places it in the data portion of the low level frame
C. one of the pieces that results when an IP gateway divides an IP datagram into smaller pieces for transmission across a network that cannot handle the original datagram size
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

How many hosts are attached to each of the local area networks at your site?

A. 128
B. 254
C. 256
D. 64
E. None of the above

The term 'duplex' refers to the ability of the data receiving stations to echo back a confirming message to the sender. In full-duplex data transmission, both the sender and the receiver

A. cannot talk at once
B. can receive and send data simultaneously
C. can send or receive data one at a time
D. can do one-way data transmission only
E. None of the above

Your company has a LAN in its downtown office and has now set up a LAN in the manufacturing plant in the suburbs. To enable everyone to share data and resources between the two LANs, what type of device(s) are needed to connect them? Choose the most correct answer.

A. Modem
B. Cable
C. Hub
D. Router

The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

A. allows gateways to send error a control messages to other gateways or hosts
B. provides communication between the Internet Protocol Software on one machine and the Internet Protocol Software on another
C. reports error conditions to the original source, the source must relate errors to individual application programs and take action to correct the problem
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of wireless LAN?

A. Slower data transmission
B. higher error rate
C. interference of transmissions from different computers
D. All of the above

Which of the following is used for modulation and demodulation?

A. modem
B. protocols
C. gateway
D. multiplexer
E. None of the above

What is the default subnet mask for a class C network?

A. 127.0.0.1
B. 255.0.0.0
C. 255.255.0.0
D. 255.255.255.0
E. None of the above

What are the most commonly used transmission speeds in BPS used in data communication?

A. 300
B. 1200
C. 2400
D. 9600
E. None of the above

You have a class A network address 10.0.0.0 with 40 subnets, but are required to add 60 new subnets very soon. You would like to still allow for the largest possible number of host IDs per subnet. Which subnet mask should you assign?

A. 255.240.0.0
B. 255.248.0.0
C. 255.252.0.0
D. 255.254.0.0
E. 255.255.255.255

Which of the following condition is used to transmit two packets over a medium at the same time?

A. Contention
B. Collision
C. Synchronous
D. Asynchronous
E. None of the above