4.04  Identify and interpret ASM performance metrics

4.06  Recognize ASM specific user roles and their permissions

4.06 Recognize ASM specific user roles and their permissions * • Recognize differences between user roles/permissions * • Recognize ASM specific user roles

4.05  Evaluate ASM system performance issues and determine appropriate mitigation strategies

4.05 Evaluate ASM system performance issues and determine appropriate mitigation strategies * • Correlate performance issues with ASM policy changes based on security policy history information and system performance graphs

4.04  Identify and interpret ASM performance metrics

4.04 Identify and interpret ASM performance metrics * • Understand the impact of ASM iRules on performance. * • Understand the impact of traffic spikes on ASM performance and available mitigation strategies

4.03  Examine policy objects to determine why traffic is or is not generating violations

4.03 Examine policy objects to determine why traffic is or is not generating violations * • Examine Security Event Logs and ASM configurations to determine expected violations based on the logging profile assigned to the virtual server

4.02 Understand the impact of learning, alarm, and blocking settings on traffic enforcement

4.02 Understand the impact of learning, alarm, and blocking settings on traffic enforcement * • Ensure that the security policy is inspecting web application traffic (application is functional and the policies are parsing the traffic)