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HPE7-A02, Aruba Certified Network Security Professional (ACNSP), is a professional-level certification from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). It validates the ability to design, implement, and manage advanced network security solutions using Aruba technologies.
Security Terminology & Fundamentals: Understand common security terms, PKI dependencies, traffic profiling, and Zero Trust principles.
Device Hardening: Secure configuration of network devices including authentication, secure protocols, and access controls.
Secure WLAN (Wireless) Security: Secure wireless network design, configuration, and threat mitigation.
Secure Wired Network / AOS‑CX Security: Secure wired infrastructure using Aruba¡¯s AOS‑CX OS, including authentication, dynamic segmentation, role-based access, and certificate-based access.
Secure WAN / Remote Access / VPN: Secure remote access, VPN configurations, and SD-Branch considerations.
Endpoint Classification & Profiling: Identify device types, profile traffic, and apply security policies based on device and user context.
Threat Detection & Intrusion Prevention: Use intrusion detection/prevention systems, threat mitigation, and network protection mechanisms.
Logging, Monitoring & Forensics / Incident Response: Understand logs, auditing, forensic readiness, and monitoring to respond to incidents.
Policy Management & Access Control / RBAC: Configure policy enforcement, manage authentication/authorization, enforce segmentation and access restrictions.
Network Design & Secure Topology Planning: Design secure network architecture including segmentation, secure topology, and integration of security controls.
