Cisco Firepower Threat Defense(FTD) NGFW: An Administrator's Handbook : A 100% practical guide on configuring and managing CiscoFTD using Cisco FMC and FDM.

"One of the best Firewall books of all time" - BookAuthority This book is written like a learning course, explained in detail with a lab topology using FTDv and FMCv. Hence this is a 100% practical guide on configuring and managing Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Next Generation Firewall using Cisco Firepower Management Center. I have also covered the standalone firewall introduction and how to use Firepower Device Manager to manage your FTD firewall locally without using FMC. Covers, • How to upgrade ASA firewall to Cisco FTD (Migration and Upgrade) • Configure Cisco Firepower Thread Defence (FTD) Next Generation firewall • Configure Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) • Manage and administer the FTD devices using FMC ( Configure interfaces, zones, routing, ACLs, Prefilter policies, NAT, High Availability etc) • FTD local management using Firepower Device Manager (FDM) • Introduction to the FTD Migration tool Table of Contents • Introduction • How to use this book? • What is Cisco FTD? • Lab Topology • Setting up Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Firewall • Changing Management IP • Configure Manager in Cisco FTD • Setting up Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) • License Activation • Explore the Cisco FMC options • Register Cisco FTD with Cisco FMC • Configure the Firewall Zone and Interface • Additional Notes on Sub-Interface and Redundant Interfaces • Create a Platform Policy • Configure Routing on Cisco FTD • Configuring FTD as a DHCP server • Network Address Translation (NAT) • Create an Access Control Policy • Pre-Filter Policy • Configuring High Availability on Cisco FTD • Upgrading Cisco ASA firewall to FTD • Installing Cisco FTD image on an existing ASA Firewall • Install Firepower Threat Defense System Software • Manage Cisco FTD firewall using Firepower Device Manager (FDM) • Bonus: Introduction to Cisco FTD migration tool Note: This book doesn’t cover the topics on VPN, SGT, and Cisco ISE integration.