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6V02125 vDefend Security (6V0-21.25)
The course teaches administrators how to design, configure, and manage VMware vDefend security components—including architecture, distributed firewall, gateway security, threat detection, and NDR—within VCF 5.x environments, ensuring robust protection.
135
Minutes
60
Questions
300/500
Passing Score
$250
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is intended for VCF administrators, security engineers, and solution architects who have at least two years of experience managing VMware Cloud Foundation and aim to deepen their expertise in integrated security controls. Learners seek to apply strategic design and analytical skills to protect multi‑cluster deployments against advanced threats.
What's Covered
1
Domain 1: vDefend Architecture
2
Domain 2: Distributed Firewall
3
Domain 3: Gateway Security
4
Domain 4: Threat Detection
5
Domain 5: NDR
6
Domain 6: Operations
7
Domain 7: Compliance
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Adaptive Knowledge Graph
Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
Console Simulator Labs
Exam Tips & Strategy
20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
70 learning goals
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Domain 1: vDefend Architecture
2 topics
Platform Architecture
- Apply vDefend security architecture within VCF including distributed and centralized security components configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply vDefend security architecture within VCF including distributed and centralized security components best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze vDefend security architecture within VCF including distributed and centralized security components configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze vDefend security architecture within VCF including distributed and centralized security components tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a vDefend security architecture within VCF including distributed and centralized security components strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Security Model
- Apply zero-trust security model implementation using vDefend micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply zero-trust security model implementation using vDefend micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze zero-trust security model implementation using vDefend micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of zero-trust security model implementation using vDefend micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive zero-trust security model implementation using vDefend micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
2
Domain 2: Distributed Firewall
2 topics
DFW Administration
- Apply distributed firewall policy administration including sections, rules, groups, and context profiles configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply distributed firewall policy administration including sections, rules, groups, and context profiles best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze distributed firewall policy administration including sections, rules, groups, and context profiles configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze distributed firewall policy administration including sections, rules, groups, and context profiles tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a distributed firewall policy administration including sections, rules, groups, and context profiles strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Dynamic Security
- Apply dynamic security group management with tag-based membership and automated rule updates techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply dynamic security group management with tag-based membership and automated rule updates integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze dynamic security group management with tag-based membership and automated rule updates failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of dynamic security group management with tag-based membership and automated rule updates changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive dynamic security group management with tag-based membership and automated rule updates procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
3
Domain 3: Gateway Security
2 topics
Gateway Firewall
- Apply gateway firewall administration for north-south security with stateful inspection and URL filtering configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply gateway firewall administration for north-south security with stateful inspection and URL filtering best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze gateway firewall administration for north-south security with stateful inspection and URL filtering configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze gateway firewall administration for north-south security with stateful inspection and URL filtering tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a gateway firewall administration for north-south security with stateful inspection and URL filtering strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
TLS Inspection
- Apply TLS inspection configuration for encrypted traffic analysis and certificate management techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply TLS inspection configuration for encrypted traffic analysis and certificate management integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze TLS inspection configuration for encrypted traffic analysis and certificate management failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of TLS inspection configuration for encrypted traffic analysis and certificate management changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive TLS inspection configuration for encrypted traffic analysis and certificate management procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
4
Domain 4: Threat Detection
2 topics
IDS/IPS
- Apply distributed IDS/IPS administration including signature management, exclusions, and alert triage configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply distributed IDS/IPS administration including signature management, exclusions, and alert triage best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze distributed IDS/IPS administration including signature management, exclusions, and alert triage configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze distributed IDS/IPS administration including signature management, exclusions, and alert triage tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a distributed IDS/IPS administration including signature management, exclusions, and alert triage strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Malware Prevention
- Apply malware prevention and sandbox analysis configuration for detecting advanced threats techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply malware prevention and sandbox analysis configuration for detecting advanced threats integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze malware prevention and sandbox analysis configuration for detecting advanced threats failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of malware prevention and sandbox analysis configuration for detecting advanced threats changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive malware prevention and sandbox analysis configuration for detecting advanced threats procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
5
Domain 5: NDR
2 topics
Network Detection
- Apply Network Detection and Response configuration for lateral movement detection and anomaly identification configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply Network Detection and Response configuration for lateral movement detection and anomaly identification best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze Network Detection and Response configuration for lateral movement detection and anomaly identification configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze Network Detection and Response configuration for lateral movement detection and anomaly identification tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a Network Detection and Response configuration for lateral movement detection and anomaly identification strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Threat Intelligence
- Apply threat intelligence integration and campaign tracking for proactive security operations techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply threat intelligence integration and campaign tracking for proactive security operations integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze threat intelligence integration and campaign tracking for proactive security operations failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of threat intelligence integration and campaign tracking for proactive security operations changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive threat intelligence integration and campaign tracking for proactive security operations procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
6
Domain 6: Operations
2 topics
Security Monitoring
- Apply security monitoring operations with dashboards, flow analysis, and SIEM integration configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply security monitoring operations with dashboards, flow analysis, and SIEM integration best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze security monitoring operations with dashboards, flow analysis, and SIEM integration configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze security monitoring operations with dashboards, flow analysis, and SIEM integration tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a security monitoring operations with dashboards, flow analysis, and SIEM integration strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Incident Response
- Apply security incident response procedures using quarantine, evidence collection, and policy override techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply security incident response procedures using quarantine, evidence collection, and policy override integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze security incident response procedures using quarantine, evidence collection, and policy override failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of security incident response procedures using quarantine, evidence collection, and policy override changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive security incident response procedures using quarantine, evidence collection, and policy override procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 7: Compliance
2 topics
Security Compliance
- Apply security compliance assessment using NSX security posture reports and benchmark evaluation configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply security compliance assessment using NSX security posture reports and benchmark evaluation best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze security compliance assessment using NSX security posture reports and benchmark evaluation configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze security compliance assessment using NSX security posture reports and benchmark evaluation tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a security compliance assessment using NSX security posture reports and benchmark evaluation strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Hardening
- Apply VCF security hardening procedures for infrastructure and workload protection techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply VCF security hardening procedures for infrastructure and workload protection integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze VCF security hardening procedures for infrastructure and workload protection failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of VCF security hardening procedures for infrastructure and workload protection changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive VCF security hardening procedures for infrastructure and workload protection procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
Scope
Included Topics
- VMware vDefend (NSX security) for VCF administration including distributed firewall, gateway firewall, IDS/IPS, malware prevention, NDR, security operations, and compliance.
- Enterprise-level VMware technology knowledge for VMware vDefend Security for VCF 5.x Administrator.
Not Covered
- Implementation details beyond stated certification scope.
- Vendor-specific third-party configurations.
- Current pricing and partner program details.
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