The Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS) v4.0 course shows students how to deploy and use Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS). This hands-on course gives students the knowledge and skills to use the platform features and includes firewall security concepts, platform architecture and key features; in-depth event analysis including detection of network-based malware and file type, NGIPS tuning and configuration including application control, security intelligence, firewall, and network-based malware and file controls; Snort rules-language; file and malware inspection, security intelligence, and network analysis policy configuration designed to detect traffic patterns; configuration and deployment of correlation policies to take action based on events detected; troubleshooting; system and user administration tasks, and more.