HIPS Exam 642-513: Securing Hosts Using Cisco Security Agent
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The Securing Hosts Using Cisco Security Agent exam 642-513 HIPS is one of the exams associated with the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the HIPS v2.0 course. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge and ability to describe, configure, and verify the Cisco Security Agent product.
Cisco does not publish the pass score for this exam, which can include these types of questions: multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answer, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank, and simulations. The exam has between 65 and 75 questions and lasts 75 minutes.
The topics covered by this exam include:
Describe and deploy the CSA and CSA MC products
Use CSA MC to configure groups, manage hosts, and build policies
Use CSA MC to configure rules
Define application classes and work with variables
No simulations, just multiple choice and drag-and-drop. If you've ever been responsible for securing corporate desktops, you could probably get 70 to 80% just using common sense. A few tips: Windows, Linux and Solaris are widely supported and if an OS can't or won't do something, it's probably Solaris :-)
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