Course Overview
This one-day course provides students with the knowledge to configure and monitor Juniper Mist™ Access Assurance. Key topics include the purpose of network access control (NAC), the Juniper Mist Access Assurance cloud architecture, Juniper Mist™ Edge authentication proxy, authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) components, 802.1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) operations, RADIUS concepts, RadSec, authorization of 802.1X and non-802.1X devices, identity provider (IdP) integration, Juniper Mist Access Assurance authentication policies and methods, and integration with mobile device management (MDM).
The lab is based on Juniper Mist Access Assurance and Juniper® AP45 High-Performance Access Point.
Moyens d'évaluation :
- Quiz pré-formation de vérification des connaissances (si applicable)
 - Évaluations formatives pendant la formation, à travers les travaux pratiques réalisés sur les labs à l’issue de chaque module, QCM, mises en situation…
 - Complétion par chaque participant d’un questionnaire et/ou questionnaire de positionnement en amont et à l’issue de la formation pour validation de l’acquisition des compétences
 
Who should attend
This course is for individuals who are responsible for implementing and monitoring Juniper Mist Access Assurance
Prerequisites
- General understanding of TCP/IP
 - General understanding of security concepts
 - Completion of the Introduction to Juniper Mist AI (IJMA) course recommended, but not required
 
Course Objectives
After successfully completing this course, the students should be able to:
- Describe the purpose of and the need for network access control.
 - Explain the Juniper Mist Access Assurance cloud architecture.
 - Discuss third-party device support with Juniper Mist Edge authentication proxy.
 - Describe common use cases with Juniper Mist Access Assurance.
 - Discuss Juniper Mist Access Assurance best practices.
 - List AAA components.
 - Explain 802.1X operations.
 - Discuss how the RADIUS protocol works.
 - Describe RADIUS server attributes.
 - Explain the functionality of RadSec.
 - Discuss the Juniper Mist Access Assurance 802.1X certificate and password authentication methods.
 - Explain how Juniper Mist Access Assurance can authenticate devices that don’t support 802.1X.
 - Describe IdP integration with Juniper Mist Access Assurance.
 - Explain how to configure Juniper Mist Access Assurance authentication policies with match labels and action labels.
 - Discuss how to configure Juniper Mist Access Assurance authentication methods.
 - Explain how to configure Juniper Mist Edge for the Juniper Mist authentication proxy function.
 - Describe how to validate Juniper Mist Access Assurance access and authentication.
 - Implement Juniper Mist Access Assurance with wired and wireless devices.
 - Discuss Juniper Mist Access Assurance integration with MDM providers.
 
Course Content
Understanding Network Access Control
- Describe the components of network access control
 - Explain the history of network access control
 - Explain Juniper Mist Access Assurance
 
Juniper Mist Access Assurance Overview
- Explain the cloud architecture
 - Explain Juniper Mist-managed devices and requirements
 - Describe third-party device support
 - Describe the client use cases of Juniper Mist Access Assurance
 - Describe the best practices of Juniper Mist Access Assurance
 
802.1X Authentication
- Describe the components of AAA
 - Describe 802.1X operations
 - Describe the EAP operations
 - Define the RADIUS protocol
 
Authentication and Authorization
- Explain 802.1X certificates and passwords
 - Define IdP integration
 - Explain non-802.1X devices
 - Describe migration from legacy to IdP
 
Configuring Juniper Mist Access Assurance
- Describe authentication policy configuration
 - Describe EAP-TLS configuration
 - Describe EAP-TTLS configuration
 - Describe MAB configuration
 - Describe Juniper Mist authentication proxy configuration
 
Lab 1: Implementing Mist Active Assurance
Posture Compliance
- Explain posture compliance
 - Describe Microsoft Intune integration
 - Describe Jamf Pro integration
 - Describe verifying compliance
 
Lab 1: Implementing Mist Active Assurance
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