Check Point Certified Security Administrator 

A) Check Point Security Administration NGX I Rev 1.1:  

B) Check Point Security Administration NGX II:

Note: Passing exams #156-215.1 and #156-315.1 earns you Check Point Certified Security Expert NGX (CCSE NGX) certification.

Duration: 24 Hours for CCSA & 30 Hours for CCSE 

Course For: system administrator, security manager, or network engineer implementing VPN-1 NGX for VPN deployments 

156-215.1: (CCSA) 

Check Point Security Administration NGX I Rev 1.1 is a foundation course for Check Point's flagship product, VPN-1 NGX. This course is intended to provide an understanding of basic concepts and skills necessary to configure VPN-1 NGX. During this course, students will configure a Security Policy, and learn about managing a firewalled network 

Objectives:

• Create rules and modify a Security Policy's properties
• Use private IP-address allocation and unregistered internal addressing schemes, to overcome IP addressing limitations
• Use monitoring tools to track, monitor, and account for all connections logged by Check Point components
• Protect organizations from known network attacks and entire categories of emerging or unknown attacks, using SmartDefense
• Verify the identity of users logging in to VPN-1 NGX, using VPN-1 NGX authentication schemes
• Implement LDAP and integrate it with VPN-1 NGX SmartCenter Server
• Back up critical files and directories, for availability and timely recovery of Security Gateways and SmartCenter Servers
• Show how VPN-1 NGX components and Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture protect critical information assets
• Use advanced NGX features to minimize the information-security management burden, when working with objects and rule
• Compare and contrast common encryption methods

You will learn: 

• How VPN-1 NGX components and Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture protect critical information assets
• How to create rules and modify a Security Policy's properties
• How to use advanced NGX features to minimize the information-security management burden, when working with objects and rules
• How to use monitoring tools to track, monitor, and account for all connections logged by Check Point components
• How to protect organizations from known network attacks and entire categories of emerging or unknown attacks, using SmartDefense
• How to identify and address NGX security issues, including encryption and Virtual Private Networks
• How to verify the identity of users logging in to NGX, using NGX authentication schemes
• How to implement LDAP, and integrate it with NGX SmartCenter Server
• How to back up critical files and directories, for availability and timely recovery of Security Gateways and SmartCenter Servers

Course Content: