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SAUI Training for Your Team — Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions
Security teams automate last. The network side has had years of API-driven practice, while firewall changes, ISE updates and threat-intel lookups are still done by hand — carefully, slowly, and slightly differently every time. SAUI (Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions) is the three-day correction: Python against the Cisco security APIs, from authentication and data extraction through policy changes with proper guardrails.
The course prepares for exam 300-735 SAUTO, which counts as both a CCNP Security concentration and a DevNet Professional concentration — a rare double credit. More practically, it converts repetitive console work into reviewable code, which is usually where security teams recover their first engineer-day per week.
We organize delivery through authorized partners with instructors who automate security infrastructure for a living — live online in your time zone, on site, or as a private group where the labs target the platforms and workflows your team actually touches.
Who this course is for
- Security engineers tired of repeating the same console changes across platforms
- Network automation engineers extending their scope into the security stack
- SOC teams building enrichment and response tooling around Cisco APIs
- Candidates taking the automation concentration on the CCNP Security track
What your team will learn
Topic areas below are grouped in our own words. The full official agenda is available on request — it comes from the authorized partner as part of your quote.
- Talking to security platforms over APIs instead of clicking through them at 2 a.m.
- Python patterns for security work: authentication, pagination and not hard-coding credentials
- Automating firewall policy changes — with the guardrails that keep automation from becoming the incident
- Pulling identity and access data out of ISE programmatically
- Wiring cloud security and threat-intelligence services into your own tooling
- From script to workflow: making automation repeatable, reviewable and safe to hand over
Key facts
| Duration | 3 days |
|---|---|
| Level | Professional |
| Prerequisites | Basic Python scripting, familiarity with REST APIs, and working knowledge of Cisco security platforms |
| Certification | Prepares for exam 300-735 SAUTO — a CCNP Security concentration |
| Formats | Live online (VILT), On-site at your location, Private group, Seats in scheduled groups |
| Languages | English + local-language instructors on request |
Formats and how we organize it
- Live online (VILT)
- On-site at your location
- Private group
- Seats in scheduled groups
One request → three options
Fill in the form below — it takes a couple of minutes. Within 5 business days you compare 2–3 concrete offers — provider, instructor, dates, price below the public list. We contract and administer the delivery end to end. Details:how we work and vendor training.
SAUI vs alternatives: which to choose
Factual criteria only — level, duration, audience and certification. The right choice depends on your team's starting point and stack.
Cisco DEVASC (DevNet Associate)
The broad entry point to Cisco automation: Python, APIs, and development workflow across all platforms. Choose DEVASC for engineers new to coding; SAUI assumes basic scripting and goes straight at the security APIs specifically.
Cisco SCOR (Security Core)
The CCNP Security core — the technologies themselves, configured and operated. Automating a platform you cannot configure manually rarely ends well, so most teams take SCOR (or equivalent experience) first and SAUI as the force multiplier after.
A custom intensive
If the goal is one concrete pipeline — say, automated firewall change requests integrated with your ticketing system — a custom 2–3 day build-along on our materials delivers that artifact rather than the full concentration syllabus.
Need only part of SAUI?
If your team needs a subset of this program — or a mix of topics from several courses — we build a custom 2–4 day intensive on our own materials, shaped by your infrastructure. One custom program typically replaces 2–3 catalog courses.
Explore custom coursesSAUI: frequently asked questions
How much programming experience do participants need?
Comfortable-beginner Python is enough: variables, functions, working with JSON, running scripts. The course teaches API patterns, not programming from zero. Engineers with no scripting background should start with DEVASC or a Python primer we can add as a warm-up day.
Which Cisco security platforms does the automation cover?
The course works across the Cisco security portfolio APIs — firewall management, identity services, cloud security and threat intelligence. In private groups, instructors weight lab time toward the platforms your estate runs, since API skills transfer readily between them.
Does SAUI count toward a certification?
Yes — it prepares for exam 300-735 SAUTO, a CCNP Security concentration. Paired with the 350-701 core exam it completes CCNP Security, and it also counts toward the Cisco DevNet Professional certification, which makes it a two-for-one for automation-minded engineers.
Will participants leave with usable code?
Yes — labs produce working scripts against real APIs, and participants keep their work. The scripts are starting points, not production tooling, but teams typically adapt two or three of them into daily use within the first month.
How do we organize SAUI training?
Fill in the request form on this page — team size, format, timing. Within 5 business days you receive 2–3 options from authorized partners with vetted instructors, dates and prices below public lists.
Request 2–3 SAUI training options — quotes within 5 business days
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