This course enables you to take steps to prevent attacks on your endpoints. After an overview of the Cortex XDR components, this training introduces the Cortex XDR management console and demonstrates how to install agents on your endpoints and how to create Security profiles and policies. Learn to perform and track response actions, tune profiles, and work with Cortex XDR alerts. The course concludes by discussing basic troubleshooting of the agent, the on-premises Broker VM component, and Cortex XDR deployment.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the architecture and components of the Cortex XDR family
- Use the Cortex XDR management console, including reporting
- Create Cortex XDR agent installation packages, endpoint groups, and policies
- Deploy Cortex XDR agents on endpoints
- Create and manage Exploit and Malware Prevention profiles
- Investigate alerts and prioritize them using starring and exclusion policies
- Tune Security profiles using Cortex XDR exceptions
- Perform and track response actions in the Action Center
- Perform basic troubleshooting related to Cortex XDR agents
- Deploy a Broker VM and activate the Local Agents Settings applet
- Understand Cortex XDR deployment concepts and activation requirements
- Work with the Customer Support Portal and Cortex XDR Gateway for authentication and authorization
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
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