Check Point Certified Security Administrator (R81.x)

About this Course:

The Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) R81.x course is designed to provide participants with the essential knowledge and skills needed to configure and manage Check Point Security Gateway and Management Software Blades.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the primary components of a Check Point Three-TierArchitecture and explain how they work together in the CheckPoint environment.
• Explain how communication is secured and how traffic is routed inthe Check Point environment.
• Describe the basic functions of the Gaia operating system.•Identify the basic workflow to install Security Management Serverand Security Gateway for a single-domain solution.
• Create SmartConsole objects that correspond to the organization’stopology for use in policies and rules.
• Identify the tools available to manage Check Point licenses andcontracts, including their purpose and use.
• Identify features and capabilities that enhance the configurationand management of the Security Policy.
• Explain how policy layers affect traffic inspection.•Articulate how Network Address Translation affects traffic.
• Describe how to configure manual and automatic Network AddressTranslation (NAT).
• Demonstrate an understanding of Application Control & URL Filteringand Autonomous Threat Prevention capabilities and how to configurethese solutions to meet an organization’s security requirements.
• Articulate how pre-shared keys and certificates can be configured toauthenticate with third party and externally managed VPN Gateways.
• Describe how to analyze and interpret VPN tunnel traffic.
• Configure logging parameters.•Use predefined and custom queries to filter log results.
• Identify how to monitor the health of supported Check Point hardwareusing the Gaia Portal and the command line.
• Describe the different methods for backing up Check Point systeminformation and discuss best practices and recommendations foreach method.

Audience:

Technical professionals who support, install deploy or administer Check Point products.

Prerequisites:

Working knowledge of Unix-like and Windows operating systems and TCP/IP Networking.