NSK200

Netskope Certified Cloud Security Integrator (NCCSI)

Part of Netskope Certified Cloud Security Integrator (NCCSI)

Targets: Product version not specified in the blueprint
Blueprint source: Official NCCSI (NSK200) Certification Description; 90 minutes, Pearson VUE; practitioner profile: implement, integrate, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot, ~12 months suggested; recommended preparation: NSCIOTT, NSCO&A, and NSCI&I Academy courses plus a tenant and the Knowledge Portal ↗

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Cloud Security Solutions

NCCSI-A.01 Cloud security theory
Article coming
NCCSI-A.02 Traffic steering methods
On this site: Choosing how traffic reaches the service edge, How a PAC File Chooses a Proxy, GRE Tunnels: The Simplest Envelope in Networking, IPsec and IKE: How Encrypted Tunnels Negotiate Themselves
Tools: netskope-steering-decision-explainer, pac-file-explainer
NCCSI-A.03 Major solutions that are available in the Netskope Security Cloud platform
On this site: Netskope Platform Architecture: One Platform, Two Data Paths, One Private Cloud, Netskope Cloud Firewall: Egress Control for Everything That Isn't Web, Netskope: Cloud Forward Proxy and Inline TLS Decryption, Data Loss Prevention: How Machines Recognize Secrets

Netskope Platform Implementation

NCCSI-B.01 Various steering methods to a Netskope tenant
On this site: Choosing how traffic reaches the service edge, How a PAC File Chooses a Proxy, GRE Tunnels: The Simplest Envelope in Networking, IPsec and IKE: How Encrypted Tunnels Negotiate Themselves
Tools: netskope-steering-decision-explainer, pac-file-explainer
NCCSI-B.02 Access management solutions
On this site: SAML 2.0: How Browser SSO Works, SCIM: The Standard That Provisions the Accounts SSO Signs In
Tools: saml-decoder
NCCSI-B.03 Privileged account control
Article coming
NCCSI-B.04 Netskope client deployment
On this site: Netskope Client Deployment: Enrollment, Identity, and the Tunnel
NCCSI-B.05 Data protection with Netskope DLP
On this site: Data Loss Prevention: How Machines Recognize Secrets
NCCSI-B.06 Threat protection using the Netskope platform
On this site: Sandbox Detonation: Judging a File by What It Does

Netskope Platform Management

NCCSI-C.01 DLP policy creation
On this site: Data Loss Prevention: How Machines Recognize Secrets
NCCSI-C.02 Private application publication
On this site: Netskope Private Access: ZTNA Instead of the VPN
NCCSI-C.03 Real-time protection policies
On this site: Real-time vs API Protection: The Two Vantage Points of a Security Cloud
NCCSI-C.04 SSL decryption policies
On this site: Netskope: Cloud Forward Proxy and Inline TLS Decryption, SSL Forward Proxy: How Outbound TLS Interception Works and What Breaks It
NCCSI-C.05 REST API integrations
On this site: HTTP Methods: The Verbs of the Web, HTTP Status Codes: The Five Families
Tools: http-request-translator, http-status-code-explainer

Netskope Platform Monitoring

NCCSI-D.01 Event analysis
On this site: Netskope Events and Advanced Analytics: From Traffic to Evidence
NCCSI-D.02 Incident response workflows
Tools: incident-timeline-rca-builder
NCCSI-D.03 Application discovery
On this site: The Cloud Confidence Index: Scoring the Apps Your Users Already Found, Netskope Events and Advanced Analytics: From Traffic to Evidence
NCCSI-D.04 Event sharing methodologies
On this site: Netskope Events and Advanced Analytics: From Traffic to Evidence, Syslog Message Formats: RFC 3164 vs RFC 5424

Netskope Platform Troubleshooting

NCCSI-E.01 Client connectivity issues
On this site: Netskope Client Deployment: Enrollment, Identity, and the Tunnel
NCCSI-E.02 Use of logs for troubleshooting
On this site: Syslog Message Formats: RFC 3164 vs RFC 5424
NCCSI-E.03 Troubleshooting user provisioning
On this site: SCIM: The Standard That Provisions the Accounts SSO Signs In, SAML 2.0: How Browser SSO Works
Tools: saml-decoder

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