Cisco 300-710 SNCF Secure Firewall Practice Exams

Prepare for the Cisco 300-710 SNCF v1.1: Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls exam with focused practice questions aligned with Cisco’s official certification blueprint.

This practice exam course is intended for candidates preparing for the Cisco Certified Specialist – Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls certification and professionals working toward CCNP Security.

The questions focus on Cisco Secure Firewall, formerly Cisco Firepower, and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, formerly Firepower Management Center. You will review firewall deployment, access control, intrusion prevention, malware protection, NAT, VPNs, routing, certificates, troubleshooting, threat intelligence, endpoint integration, and security analytics.

Cisco’s official blueprint divides the 300-710 SNCF v1.1 exam into four domains:

• Deployment – 30%

• Configuration – 30%

• Management and Troubleshooting – 25%

• Integration – 15%

What You'll Learn

• Deploy Cisco Secure Firewall in routed and transparent modes while reviewing NGIPS, clustering, failover, ECMP, static route tracking, and virtual appliances.

• Configure firewall policies and services including access control, intrusion, malware, DNS, identity, decryption, NAT, VPN, QoS, routing, and certificates.

• Manage and troubleshoot Secure Firewall using Management Center, device CLI, Packet Tracer, packet captures, dashboards, reports, and management tools.

• Integrate Cisco security technologies including Secure Endpoint, Malware Defense, Threat Intelligence Director, pxGrid, SecureX, and security analytics.

Official Cisco 300-710 SNCF v1.1 Exam Domains

1. Deployment — 30%

This domain focuses on selecting and implementing Cisco Secure Firewall deployment models.

Topics include:

• Secure Firewall routed mode

• Secure Firewall transparent mode

• NGIPS passive mode

• NGIPS inline mode

• Port channels

• Failover

• Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) routing

• Static route tracking

• Clustering

• Virtual firewall appliances

• On-premises deployment

• Cloud deployment

Cisco assigns 30% of the SNCF v1.1 blueprint to Deployment.

2. Configuration — 30%

This section covers configuration through Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.

Topics include:

• System settings

• Access control policies

• Intrusion policies

• Malware and file policies

• DNS policies

• Identity policies

• Decryption policies

• Prefilter policies

• Network discovery

• Application detectors

• Correlation

• Encrypted Visibility Engine

• Object management

• Intrusion rules

• Device management

• NAT

• VPN

• QoS

• Platform settings

• Certificates

• Routing

• Snort within Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Cisco assigns 30% of the exam to Configuration.

3. Management and Troubleshooting — 25%

This domain focuses on operating and diagnosing Cisco Secure Firewall environments.

Topics include:

• Secure Firewall Management Center GUI

• Device CLI troubleshooting

• Dashboards

• Reporting

• Packet capture procedures

• Packet Tracer

• Risk reports

• Standard reports

• Cisco Defense Orchestrator

• Cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center

• Secure Firewall Device Manager

• Secure Firewall Management Center

Cisco assigns 25% of the blueprint to Management and Troubleshooting.

4. Integration — 15%

This domain covers integrations between Cisco Secure Firewall and other Cisco security technologies.

Topics include:

• Cisco Secure Firewall Malware Defense

• Cisco Secure Endpoint integration

• Threat Intelligence Director

• Third-party security intelligence feeds

• Cisco SecureX

• Security investigations

• pxGrid integration

• Rapid Threat Containment

• Cisco Security Analytics and Logging

Cisco assigns 15% of the SNCF v1.1 exam to Integration.

Exam Domain Summary

DomainWeightDeployment30%Configuration30%Management and Troubleshooting25%Integration15%

Who Should Enroll

This course is for candidates preparing for the Cisco 300-710 SNCF v1.1 exam, professionals pursuing CCNP Security, network security engineers, firewall administrators, security engineers, and IT professionals who work with Cisco Secure Firewall, Secure Firewall Management Center, intrusion prevention, VPNs, NAT, routing, malware protection, and threat intelligence.

It is also suitable for professionals who want additional practice with Secure Firewall Threat Defense, Snort, NGIPS, access control policies, high availability, packet captures, Packet Tracer, Secure Endpoint integration, and Cisco security management tools.

Requirements

• Basic understanding of networking and TCP/IP

• Familiarity with firewalls and network security concepts

• Basic knowledge of routing and NAT

• Familiarity with VPN concepts is helpful

• Exposure to Cisco Secure Firewall or Firepower is useful

• Basic understanding of intrusion prevention and malware protection is recommended

About the Cisco 300-710 SNCF Exam

Exam: Cisco 300-710 SNCF
Full Name: Securing Networks with Cisco Firewalls
Version: v1.1
Exam Duration: 90 minutes
Associated Certification: CCNP Security
Primary Technologies: Cisco Secure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

Cisco states that the exam tests knowledge of policy configurations, integrations, deployments, management, and troubleshooting across Cisco Secure Firewall technologies.

Practice Exam Coverage

Use the practice exams to reinforce your knowledge of:

• Cisco Secure Firewall

• Secure Firewall Management Center

• Secure Firewall Threat Defense

• NGIPS

• Routed and transparent modes

• High availability

• Access control policies

• Intrusion policies

• Malware protection

• NAT

• VPN

• Routing

• Certificates

• Packet capture

• Packet Tracer

• Snort

• Threat Intelligence Director

• Secure Endpoint

• pxGrid

• Rapid Threat Containment

• Security analytics

The practice questions are intended to help you identify areas that require additional review and reinforce the technologies covered by the Cisco 300-710 SNCF v1.1 certification exam.