This list is intended to provide a general view of the skill set required to successfully complete the specified certification exam. Topics listed are subject to change.
- Overview
- Initial Configuration
- Roles
- Policies and Profiles
- Authentication
- Client/Server Communications
- Junos Pulse Client
- Junos Pulse Collaboration
- Endpoint Security
- Virtualization
- High Availability
- Administration, Management and Troubleshooting
Overview
- Components and elements
- Component functions, interaction and relationships
- Junos Pulse Gateway and Virtual Appliance product lines
- Licensing
- Deployment considerations and integration options
- SSL, TLS and digital certificates overview
- Access methods
Initial Configuration
- Configure the basic elements of a Junos Pulse Secure Access Service environment
- Initial configuration via CLI
- Initial configuration via admin UI
Roles
- Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of roles
- Purpose of roles
- Role mapping and merging
- Customization of the end-user experience
- Configure roles
- Roles and role options
Policies and Profiles
- Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of policies and profiles
- Purpose of policies; policy types and elements
- Purpose of profiles and profile types
- Interrelationship and usage guidelines
- Configure policies and profiles
- Policies and policy options
- Profiles and profile options
Authentication
- Describe the authentication process for the Junos Pulse Secure Access Service
- Authentication elements
- Sign-in process
- Digital certificates
- Certificate validation process
- Advanced authentication options
- Configure authentication
- Authentication servers
- Authentication realms
- Role mapping
- Sign-in policies
- Certificates
- Advanced options
Client/Server Communications
- Identify and describe client/server applications
- WSAM
- JSAM
- VPN tunneling
- Configure client/server applications
- SAM
- VPN tunneling
Junos Pulse Client
- Describe the features, benefits and functionality of the Junos Pulse client
- Components and features
- Configure the Junos Pulse client
- WSAM application access
- VPN tunneling
Junos Pulse Collaboration
- Describe the features, benefits and functionality of Junos Pulse Collaboration
- Components and features
- Deployment
- Collaboration client
- Scheduling meetings
- Monitoring meetings
- Configure Junos Pulse Collaboration
- Collaboration configuration
- Meeting options
- Pulse Connection
Endpoint Security
- Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of endpoint security
- TNC architecture
- Host Checker
- Enhanced Endpoint Security (EES)
- Secure Virtual Workspace (SVW)
- Cache Cleaner
- Enforcement
- Configure endpoint security
- Host Checker
- Enhanced Endpoint Security (EES)
- Secure Virtual Workspace (SVW)
- Cache Cleaner
Virtualization
- Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of virtualization in a Junos Pulse Secure Access Service environment
- Concepts and components
- Virtual appliances
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Configure virtualization
- Licensing
- Virtual desktops
High Availability
- Describe the concepts and requirements for high availability in a Junos Pulse Secure Access Service environment
- Clustering
- Deployment options and considerations
- Licensing
- Configure high availability
- Clustering configuration
- Upgrades
Administration, Management and Troubleshooting
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to manage and troubleshoot a Junos Pulse Secure Access Service environment
- Configuration file management
- Backup and archiving
- Logging
- System monitoring
- Statistics
- Policy tracing
- Packet capture tools
- Connectivity testing tools
- Session recording
- System snapshot
- Client connectivity
