How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python Online Training

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1 Prepare a VS Code Development Environment

1 Choosing Visual Studio Code as Your IDE.mp4

07:03

2 Picking a Theme and Font.mp4

08:52

3 Configuring the Interface.mp4

05:24

4 Using the Extensions Gallery.mp4

05:27

5 Understanding Files, Folders, and Workspaces.mp4

08:51

6 Using the Debugger.mp4

04:59

7 Reviewing Visual Studio Code.mp4

01:56

2 Network Programmability and Automation Foundations

8 Saying Goodbye to the CLI.mp4

01:16

9 Why Network Automation-.mp4

10:02

10 What Can You Automate-.mp4

13:36

11 The Evolution of Network APIs.mp4

13:05

12 Network Programmability vs. Network Automation.mp4

10:20

13 Devices and Controllers in the Era of SDN.mp4

06:37

14 Outro.mp4

02:58

3 Prepare a DevNet Study Environment

15 Setting Up Your DevNet Study Environment.mp4

00:54

16 Installation Checklist.mp4

06:37

17 Sandbox.mp4

06:34

18 VIRL.mp4

11:30

19 Code Exchange.mp4

06:13

20 Environment Prep Summary.mp4

01:40

4 XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats

21 Why Use Plain Text Data Formats-.mp4

06:44

22 XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats .mp4

05:35

23 XML Syntax.mp4

04:13

24 XML Elements, Tags, and Attributes.mp4

05:09

25 XML Document Object Model (DOM).mp4

04:09

26 JSON Syntax.mp4

05:50

27 JSON Strings, Numbers, and Booleans.mp4

05:03

28 JSON Objects and Arrays.mp4

06:18

29 YAML Syntax.mp4

04:50

30 YAML Strings, Numbers, Floats, and Booleans.mp4

06:13

31 Data Formats Summary.mp4

01:09

5 REST API Fundamentals

32 Introducing RESTful APIs.mp4

05:32

33 RESTful API Constraints.mp4

04:30

34 REST vs. SOAP.mp4

04:59

35 REST Tools.mp4

06:17

36 RESTful API Summary.mp4

01:20

6 REST API Requests and Responses

37 Introducing REST API Requests and Responses.mp4

01:21

38 Request and Response.mp4

06:24

39 HTTP Request Method.mp4

04:06

40 HTTP Response Codes.mp4

05:00

41 HTTP Headers.mp4

04:34

42 HTTP Requests and Responses Summary.mp4

00:50

7 Parameters and Payloads for REST APIs

43 Introduction to HTTP Parameters and Payloads.mp4

01:44

44 HTTP Query Strings.mp4

07:28

45 HTTP Payloads.mp4

03:20

46 Query Strings and Payloads in Action.mp4

05:18

47 HTTP Parameters and Payloads Summary.mp4

01:27

8 Use Postman for REST API Interaction

48 Introduction to Postman.mp4

02:41

49 Postman Requests and Responses.mp4

08:54

50 HTTP Auth with Postman.mp4

04:36

51 Postman Collections and Folders.mp4

02:48

52 Postman Scripts.mp4

04:08

53 Postman Environments.mp4

04:46

54 Postman Summary.mp4

00:42

9 Introduction to Python

55 Introduction to Network Automation.mp4

07:44

56 Python & Programming.mp4

06:19

57 Linux Setup.mp4

06:33

58 macOS Setup.mp4

05:08

59 Windows Setup.mp4

12:01

60 Useful Extensions.mp4

06:27

61 Cloning Code from Github.mp4

05:01

62 Cisco DevNet Sandboxes.mp4

04:34

63 Running Our First Script.mp4

02:09

10 Virtual Environments, Variables & Data Types

64 Virtual Environments.mp4

06:07

65 Installing iPython.mp4

04:40

66 Introduction to Variables.mp4

05:04

67 Naming Variables.mp4

05:42

68 Python Data Types.mp4

09:06

69 Working with Mutable Data Types.mp4

14:31

70 Working with Immutable Data Types.mp4

06:19

11 Python Strings

71 Strings Overview.mp4

14:30

72 Converting Strings.mp4

09:46

73 The Input Function.mp4

05:55

74 Concatenation.mp4

04:25

75 Formatting Strings.mp4

11:09

76 String Methods.mp4

07:11

12 Understand Control Flow

77 Introduction.mp4

02:57

78 Conditional Statements.mp4

16:16

79 For Loops.mp4

10:21

80 Nested Loops.mp4

07:56

81 The Range Function.mp4

05:12

82 The Continue Operator.mp4

04:11

83 While Loops.mp4

10:22

13 Understand Boolean Logic

84 Introduction.mp4

04:10

85 The bool function.mp4

05:09

86 Evaluating Strings.mp4

02:55

87 Evaluating Lists.mp4

12:25

88 Tuples, Dicts and Sets.mp4

05:08

89 The AND Operator.mp4

07:24

90 The OR Operator.mp4

07:30

91 The NOT Operator.mp4

04:15

14 Lists and Tuples

92 Introduction to Lists.mp4

05:00

93 Iterating Over Lists.mp4

04:48

94 Indexing & Slicing.mp4

08:29

95 Min and Max Functions.mp4

05:13

96 Appending, Extending and Inserting.mp4

11:22

97 Popping, Removing and Clearing Items.mp4

05:54

98 Sorting Lists.mp4

02:59

99 Nested Lists.mp4

02:41

100 Tuples Overview.mp4

03:02

101 Working with Tuples.mp4

04:13

15 Dictionaries and Sets

102 Introduction to Dictionaries.mp4

08:44

103 Adding Keys & Accessing Values.mp4

07:28

104 Removing Keys.mp4

05:59

105 Keys, Values and Items.mp4

08:12

106 Iterating Over Dictionaries.mp4

09:08

107 Unpacking Dictionaries.mp4

09:18

108 Introduction to Sets.mp4

03:06

109 Adding & Removing from Sets.mp4

03:47

110 Set Operations & Methods.mp4

05:19

16 Automate the Cisco Security Platform

111 Introducing SD-Security.mp4

00:33

112 Cisco Security Platform.mp4

04:50

113 Exploring the FirePower Management Center API.mp4

05:54

114 FirePower Authentication in Postman.mp4

02:48

115 FirePower Authentication in Python.mp4

03:50

116 Summarizing Cisco Security.mp4

00:48

17 Create Access Policies in FMC with Python

117 Threat Targeting in FirePower Automatically.mp4

00:33

118 Access Control Policy Overview.mp4

05:16

119 Creating the Policy.mp4

04:28

120 Creating the Rules and Cleaning Up our Policy.mp4

04:40

121 Summarizing Threat-Centric Policy Creation.mp4

00:36

18 Automate Cisco ASA Firewalls

122 Introducing the Cisco ASA REST API.mp4

00:55

123 Installing the REST API Package.mp4

06:30

124 Exploring with On-Box Documentation.mp4

03:33

125 Configuring a Postman Environment.mp4

03:32

126 Scripting Your ASA with Python.mp4

02:28

127 Summarizing ASA Automation.mp4

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Description

This intermediate How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python training prepares network security admins to automate the behavior of their Cisco security devices and improve network security with Python code and APIs to other devices and technologies.

If you have any experience configuring security devices to keep your network operations safe, you probably already have a sense of how much time and effort could be saved if your devices could perform certain checks on their own, check in with other devices or software, and do routine operations without you needing to be physically present.

More details

This course in automating Cisco security devices teaches you enough Python to write code that can regulate devices automatically. You'll also learn how to find and write APIs that enable your code to reach into other technologies for data and information that makes updating security settings fast and accurate.

After completing this Cisco training you'll know how to automate the behavior of your Cisco security devices and improve network security with Python code and APIs to other devices and technologies.

For anyone who leads an IT team, this Cisco training can be used to onboard new network security admins, curated into individual or team training plans, or as a Cisco reference resource.

How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python: What You Need to Know

This How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python training has videos that cover topics including:

Identifying your network's security measures that can be automated
Writing Python code that automates repetitive security tasks
Finding APIs that simplify security requirements
Connecting your Cisco security appliances to the right APIs with Python

Who Should Take How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python Training?

This How to Automate Cisco Security Devices with Postman and Python training is considered associate-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for network security admins. This network security automation skills course is designed for network security admins with three to five years of experience with Cisco network security.

New or aspiring network security admins. Brand new security administrators should be careful before taking this course. After taking it, you'll approach every future task and job with an eye for automation. You'll look for any opportunity to make your job easier and your administration more efficient with what you'll learn from this Cisco automation course in Postman and Python.

Experienced network security admins. Security administrators with a few years of experience are a great audience for this course because a lot of what you learn to automate will be tasks or configurations you're highly experienced with. Learn the Python code that can do your job for you and the Postman APIs that can deepen and enhance it with this course.

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Ben Finkel has worked in software development since 1996. Before joining CBT Nuggets, he was a software engineer at M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York. He is a Google Certified Trainer. When he’s not creating CBT Nuggets training videos, Ben enjoys skiing, snowboarding, reading, and home brewing beer and cider. He also considers himself a hobbyist programmer and likes learning new development technologies.

Certifications: Google, Microsoft

Areas of expertise: Google Developer Expert, Google Certified Trainer, Microsoft ASP.NET (WebForms and MVC), Data Analysis and Design, Relational Database Architecture, MS SQL Server, Microsoft C#.NET, Javascript, jQuery, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET & 6.0, .NET Reporting Services, MS Access, Python

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