Ivanti Connect Secure

The remote access gateway is one of the most exposed systems an organisation runs. It faces the internet, it handles every remote login, and it decides what each user can reach once they are inside. When it is configured well, staff and partners work securely from anywhere. When it is not, it can become the easiest way into the network.

Ivanti Connect Secure training in Saudi Arabia teaches network and security engineers to configure and manage that gateway properly. Ivanti Connect Secure, formerly Pulse Connect Secure, provides SSL VPN and secure remote access to internal applications and data. Over four days of instruction and hands-on labs, learners cover initial configuration, user roles, resource policies, authentication and single sign-on, certificates, VPN tunnelling, the Ivanti Secure Access Client, Host Checker endpoint security, administration, troubleshooting, virtualisation and clustering. Teams strengthening their wider security skills can explore our network security courses.

Course Structure and Key Details

The course runs for four days and is delivered as instructor-led classroom or virtual training, with labs throughout.

The first day introduces the course and the Connect Secure platform, then moves straight into initial configuration in the lab. Learners study the technology and terminology used across the product, and build user roles that determine what each type of user can access.

The second day covers basic logging and troubleshooting, with a logging and tracing lab, followed by resource policies and profiles. Learners then configure authentication and explore advanced authentication options, including single sign-on.

The third day focuses on trust and connectivity. Learners work with certificates, configure client and server applications and VPN tunnelling, deploy the client, review license server client deployment and set up Host Checker to enforce endpoint security before access is granted.

The fourth day covers operating the platform: administration, structured troubleshooting, virtualisation and clustering for high availability, with a closing topic on cloud secure access.

Learners should have experience with the TCP/IP suite, including addressing and routing, and with Ethernet, including addressing, basic switching and VLANs. Knowledge of basic security and access management concepts such as 802.1X and RADIUS is also required.

Course Objectives

• Perform the initial configuration of an Ivanti Connect Secure gateway.
• Design user roles that give each user only the access they need.
• Create resource policies and profiles for web, file, and application access.
• Integrate authentication servers and configure single sign-on.
• Manage certificates for secure connections.
• Configure VPN tunnelling and deploy the client.
• Enforce endpoint compliance with Host Checker.
• Administer, troubleshoot, and cluster the gateway for high availability.