Blue Coat Training |
Braxton-Grant Technologies (BGTech) is a Blue Coat Authorized Training Center (ATC), offering instructor-led training programs that prepare administrators to effectively manage Blue Coat devices, including the ProxySG, ProxyAV, and Director. Courses include real-life scenarios and feature extensive hands-on lab experience that engage participants in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Blue Coat products.
BGTech's instructors are Blue Coat Certified Systems Engineers with practical, real world experience. Current course offerings are geared toward specific tracks including:
To discuss course options, costs and seat availability please call or email BGTech’s Training Center.
Phone (443) 745-3442
Email: training@braxtongrant.com
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| WAN Optimization Track |
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Blue Coat Certified WAN Acceleration Administrator (BCWAA)
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Audience:
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IT professionals who wish to master the WAN optimization fundamentals of the Blue Coat ProxySG.
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Prerequisite:
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Students should be familiar with basic networking concepts, such as LANs, security, and IP protocols. Additionally, students should have advanced knowledge of application delivery network and security.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat WAN Acceleration Administrator (BCWAA) Course is intended for students who want to use new ProxySG features enabling application acceleration. After completing this course, you will understand:
· How to install and configure the ProxySG for acceleration
· How to accelerate specific kinds of application traffic
· How to monitor bandwidth gains and optimization in the Blue Coat Sky interface
· How to troubleshoot performance issues
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Course Outline:
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The BCWAA Course covers:
· WAN Optimization
· WAN Acceleration Deployments
· Initial Setup and Licensing
· Blue Coat Sky
· WCCP Setup
· Services
· Monitoring traffic
· Configuring AND Roles
· Optimizing CIFS
· MAPI over ADN
· Accelerating Web Traffic
· Streaming Media Acceleration
· Bandwidth Management
· ProxySG Troubleshooting
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Length:
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2 days (16 hours), also available in virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-BCWAA
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Blue Coat Certified WAN Acceleration Professional (BCWAP)
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Audience:
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Students should have practical experience with the ProxySG in the field. Additionally, students should have advanced knowledge of application delivery network and security.
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Prerequisite:
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BCWAA course. Students need practical experience with the ProxySG in the field. Additionally, students should have advanced knowledge of application delivery network and security.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat WAN Acceleration Professional (BCWAP) Course is intended for students who want to use new ProxySG features that enable advanced features of application acceleration. You must complete the BCWAA course before enrolling in the BCWAP course. The Blue Coat WAN Acceleration Professional course is intended for students who wish to master the advanced WAN optimization features of the Blue Coat® ProxySG®. It is designed for students who already have taken the Blue Coat WAN Acceleration Administrator (BCWAA) course. Students need practical experience with the ProxySG in the field. Additionally, students should have advanced knowledge of networking, security and application acceleration. After studying this course, you will understand:
· How to configure advanced features in an Application delivery network (ADN)
· Different ADN Connection types and how can you secure your ADN
· VLAN and QoS support in the ProxySG
· Advanced features in CIFS proxy and how to troubleshoot issues
· How routers interact with web caches using WCCP and how ProxySG supports it
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Course Outline:
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The BCWAP Course covers:
· ADN Connection Types
· Secure ADN
· ADN Load Balancing
· Advanced ADN
· ADN Troubleshooting
· SSL Proxy
· CIFS-Advanced Topics
· CIFS Troubleshooting
· Advanced MAPI
· Asymmetric Routing
· Failover
· VLAN Support
· Web Cache Communication Protocol
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Length:
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2 - day course
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-BCWAP
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| Secure Web Gateway Track |
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Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA)
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Audience:
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IT network or security professionals who wish to master the fundamentals of Blue Coat products with a focus on network security, and who have not taken any previous Blue Coat training courses.
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Prerequisite:
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Students should be familiar with networking essentials, such as LAN, Internet, security, and IP protocols. Basic knowledge of authentication methods is also a plus.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA) Course is intended for students who wish to master the fundamentals of Blue Coat ProxySG. After studying this course, you will understand:
· Key concepts of network security and wide-area network (WAN) optimization.
· The major functions of the ProxySG, how they work, and how to administer them.
· How the ProxySG interfaces with other Blue Coat products.
· How to get service and support from Blue Coat.
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Course Outline:
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The BCCPA Course covers:
· Blue Coat Family of Products
· Understanding Proxy Servers
· ProxySG Deployment
· ProxySG Licensing
· ProxySG Initial Setup
· ProxySG Management Console
· Services
· HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
· Policy Management
· WebPulse
· Authentication Introduction (IWA/NTLM)
· Authentication using LDAP
· Creating Notifications
· Creating Exceptions
· Access Logging
· WAN Optimization Features
· Service and Support
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Length:
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2 days (16 hours), also available in virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-BCCPA-ADM
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Blue Coat Certified Proxy Professional (BCCPP)
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Audience:
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IT network or security professionals who have practical experience with the ProxySG in the field and wish to master the advanced network security capabilities of Blue Coat products.
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Prerequisite:
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Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA) certification, or waiver exam, plus practical experience with the ProxySG in the field. Additionally, students should possess advanced knowledge of networking, security, and authentication.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat Certified Proxy Professional (BCCPP) Course includes more complex and technical concepts and extensive hands-on practice. After studying this course, you will understand:
· The architecture of the ProxySG
· How to use Content Policy Language and trace policy execution
· Authentication realms and how to configure them on the ProxySG
· How to use the ProxySG for forwarding and failover
· Streaming media and bandwidth management
· How the ProxySG works with the ProxyAV™ to perform anti-virus scanning
· How Blue Coat Director can be used to manage multiple ProxySG appliances
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Course Outline:
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The BCCPP Course covers:
· System architecture
· Caching architecture
· Services - Advanced Topics
· Content Policy Language (CPL)
· Regular Expressions
· Managing Downloads and Apparent Data Types
· HTTP Details
· Authentication in Transparent Proxy Mode
· Using Kerberos Authentication
· Advanced Authentication
· Guest Authentication
· SSL Proxy
· Policy Tracing
· Forwarding
· Reverse Proxy Implementation
· Two-Way URL Rewrite
· Failover
· Health Checks
· Web Cache Communication Protocol
· VLAN Support
· Managing Streaming Media
· Proxy Client
· Proxy Client Filtering
· Introduction to ProxyAV
· ICAP Concepts
· Introduction to Director
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Length:
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3 days (24 hours), also available as virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-BCCPA-PRO
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Blue Coat Certified PacketShaper Administrator (BCPSA)
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Audience:
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Students who are responsible for managing network application performance using the Blue Coat PacketShaper. This is the rebranded and modified version of the former Packeteer Specialist (Level1) course. The goal of this course is to develop basic knowledge and skills sufficient to operate an installed PacketShaper on a daily basis. This instructor-led course provides an effective mix of operational theory and hands-on performance-based exercises, and is intended for individuals requiring basic operational knowledge and skills; i.e., network/system administrators responsible for daily management of PacketShaper.
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Prerequisite:
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Students should be familiar with networking essentials, such as LAN, Internet, security, and IP protocols.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat PacketShaper Administrator (BCPSA) Course is intended for students who want to use new PacketShaper features that deliver integrated visibility, control and compression capabilities in a single appliance.
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Course Outline:
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The BCPSA Course covers:
· Blue Coat Product Family
· Blue Coat PacketShaper Overview
· PacketShaper Deployment
· PacketShaper Licensing
· Initial Configuration
· PacketShaper GUI and CLI
· Understanding Applications on the Network
· Analyzing Applications on the Network
· Controlling Application on the Network
· Bandwidth Management
· Policies
· Maintaining PacketShaper
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Length:
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2 days (16 hours), also available as virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-BCPSA
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Blue Coat Certified PacketShaper Professional (BCPSP)
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Audience:
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The course is oriented towards the learning needs of working IT professionals responsible for troubleshooting network application performance using Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances.
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Prerequisite:
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BCPSA course. Students must have an understanding of networking and general knowledge of application behavior on Wide Area Networks. Course Description and Contents.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat PacketShaper Professional (BCPSP) Course is intended for students who want to use new PacketShaper features that deliver integrated visibility, control and compression capabilities in a single appliance
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Course Outline:
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The BCPSP Course covers:
· Blue Coat PacketShaper Architecture
· Advanced Classification
· Advanced Bandwidth Management
· Understanding Adaptive Response
· PacketShaper Authentication
· Compression and Acceleration
· Introduction to Intelligence Center
· Introduction to Policy Center
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Length:
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3 days (24 hours), also available as virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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TR-PSP
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Additional Blue Coat Courses
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Blue Coat Director
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Audience:
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IT network and security professionals with responsibilities for the installation and administration of Director in order to manage Blue Coat ProxySG appliances in their network.
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Prerequisite:
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Completion of the Blue Coat Certified ProxySG Professional (BCCPP) Course.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat Director Course will teach students how to install, configure, and operate Director.
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Course Outline:
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The Blue Coat Director Course covers:
· Introduction to Director
· Director Architecture
· Director Configuration
· Administration Director
· Auto-registration with Director
· Device Configuration and Management
· Content Sync Module
· Director Standby
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Length:
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Half–day (4 hours), available as virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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BTR-BCDIR
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Blue Coat Reporter
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Audience:
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IT network professionals with responsibilities for the installation and administration of Reporter in order to manage Blue Coat ProxySG appliances and analyze access logs in their network.
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Prerequisite:
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Completion of the Blue Coat Certified ProxySG Administrator (BCCPA) course. Additionally, students should have an advance knowledge of networking and be familiar with access logging concepts.
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Description:
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The Blue Coat Reporter Course is intended for students who wish to use Reporter in their organization and learn how it can be of help in analyzing access logs. It will also cover Reporter system architecture to give students a better understanding of Reporter components, and include a discussion about deploying Reporter in local and global reporting environments.
The course covers:
· Introduction to Blue Coat Reporter
· Log Files
· Reporter Installation
· Reporter User Interface
· Access Control
· Managing Reports
· Configuring Reporter
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Length:
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Half–day (4 hours), also available as virtual classroom training (VCT)
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Class Size:
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8 students (maximum)
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Part #:
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BTR-BCRPT
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