Cisco Updated 300-725 Exam Blueprint, Syllabus and Topics

1.1 Describe Cisco WSA features and functionality

• 1.1.a Proxy service
• 1.1.b Cognitive Threat Analytics
• 1.1.c Data loss prevention service
• 1.1.d Integrated L4TM service
• 1.1.e Management tools

1.2 Describe WSA solutions

• 1.2.a Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting
• 1.2.b Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

1.3 Integrate Cisco WSA with Splunk

1.4 Integrate Cisco WSA with Cisco ISE

1.5 Troubleshoot data security and external data loss using log files

2.1 Perform initial configuration tasks on Cisco WSA

2.2 Configure an Acceptable Use Policy

2.3 Configure and verify web proxy features

• 2.3.a Explicit proxy functionality
• 2.3.b Proxy access logs using CLI
• 2.3.c Active directory proxy authentication

2.4 Configure a referrer header to filter web categories

3.1 Compare proxy terms

• 3.1.a Explicit proxy vs. transparent proxy
• 3.1.b Upstream proxy vs. downstream proxy

3.2 Describe tune caching behavior for safety or performance

3.3 Describe the functions of a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file

3.4 Describe the SOCKS protocol and the SOCKS proxy services

4.1 Describe authentication features

• 4.1.a Supported authentication protocols
• 4.1.b Authentication realms
• 4.1.c Supported authentication surrogates supported
• 4.1.d Bypassing authentication of problematic agents
• 4.1.e Authentication logs for accounting records
• 4.1.f Re-authentication

4.2 Configure traffic redirection to Cisco WSA using explicit forward proxy mode

4.3 Describe the FTP proxy authentication

4.4 Troubleshoot authentication issues

5.1 Describe SSL and TLS inspection

5.2 Configure HTTPS capabilities

• 5.2.a HTTPS decryption policies
• 5.2.b HTTPS proxy function
• 5.2.c ACL tags for HTTPS inspection
• 5.2.d HTTPS proxy and verify TLS/SSL decryption
• 5.2.e Certificate types used for HTTPS decryption

5.3 Configure self-signed and intermediate certificates within SSL/TLS transactions

6.1 Describe access policies

6.2 Describe identification profiles and authentication

6.3 Troubleshoot using access logs

7.1 Configure URL filtering

7.2 Configure the dynamic content analysis engine

7.3 Configure time-based & traffic volume acceptable use policies and end user notifications

7.4 Configure web application visibility and control (Office 365, third-party feeds)

7.5 Create a corporate global acceptable use policy

7.6 Implement policy trace tool to verify corporate global acceptable use policy

7.7 Configure WSA to inspect archive file types

8.1 Describe anti-malware scanning

8.2 Configure file reputation filtering and file analysis

8.3 Describe Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)

8.4 Describe integration with Cognitive Threat Analytics

9.1 Configure and analyze web tracking reports

9.2 Configure Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting (AWSR)

• 9.2.a Basic web usage
• 9.2.b Custom filters

9.3 Troubleshoot connectivity issues