In the Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA) course, intended for students who wish to master the fundamentals of Blue Coat ProxySG, you will learn the major functions of the ProxySG, how they work, how to administer them, and how the ProxySG interfaces with other Blue Coat products. You will learn key concepts of network security and wide-area network (WAN) optimization and how to get service and support from Blue Coat.

Certification:

Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA)

What You'll Learn

• Blue Coat's most recent operating system
• Basics of proxy services
• WAN optimization features
• ProxySG deployment strategies
• Licensing and upgrading the SG
• Intial setup strategies
• Management Console
• Policy management
• Controlling services
• HTTP and how to implement controls in the SG
• Authentication introduction
• Content filtering
• IM filtering
• Creating notifications and meaningful exception pages
• Access logging
• Intro to Reporter - Blue Coat's reporting tool
• Reporter installation
• ProxyAV
• ICAP and its uses
• Services and support

Who Needs to Attend

Students who wish to master the fundamentals of Blue Coat products and have not taken any previous Blue Coat training courses.

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with networking essentials, such as LAN, Internet, security, and IP protocols
• Basic knowledge of authentication methods is a plus

Follow-On Courses

• BCCPP - Blue Coat Certified Proxy Professional

Course Outline

1. Proxy Fundamentals

2. ProxySG Deployment

3. Initial Setup

4. Graphical User Interface (GUI)

5. Services

6. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

7. Authentication Introduction

8. Authentication Realms

9. Policy Management

10. Content Filtering

11. Managing Instant Messaging

12. Access Logging

13. Introduction to Reporter

14. ProxyAV

15. Service and Support

Labs

• SG Initial Configuration
• Configuration Archive
• Using the SG Graphical User Interface
• Upgrading Blue Coat SG OS
• Configuring Services
• Explicit Proxy Configuration and Testing
• Creating Basic Policy
• Authentication Configuration - IWA
• Authentication Configuration - LDAP
• Content Filtering - Policy
• Using the Local Database
• Managing Instant Messaging
• Creating Notification Objects
• Creating Exceptions Using CLI
• Access Logging
• Blue Coat Reporter Installation
• Creating Blue Coat Reporter Profiles and Generating Reports
• ProxyAV/ProxySG Integration
• Review: Content Filtering
• Review: Authentication