Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) R75

COURSE TOPICS
• Introduction to Check Point Technology
• Deployment Platforms
• Introduction to the Security Policy
• Monitoring Traffic and Connections
• Using SmartUpdate
• User Management and Authentication
• Identity Awareness
• Introduction to Check Point VPNs

COURSE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE
• Describe Check Point’s unified approach to network management, and the key elements of it
• Design a distributed environment
• Install the Security Gateway version R75 in a distributed environment
• Perform a backup and restore the current Gateway installation from the command line
• Identify critical files needed to purge or backup, import and export users and groups and add or delete administrators from the command line
• Deploy Gateways using sysconfig and cpconfig from the Gateway command line
• Create and configure network, host and gateway objects
• Verify SIC establishment between the Security Management Server and the Gateway using SmartDashboard
• Create a basic Rule Base in SmartDashboard that includes permissions for administrative users, external services, and LAN outbound use
• Configure NAT rules on Web and Gateway servers
• Evaluate existing policies and optimize the rules based on current corporate requirements
• Maintain the Security Management Server with scheduled backups and policy versions to ensure seamless upgrades with minimal downtime
• Use Queries in SmartView Tracker to monitor IPS and common network traffic and troubleshoot events using packet data
• Use packet data to generate reports, troubleshoot system and security issues, and ensure network functionality
• Using SmartView Monitor, configure alerts and traffic counters, view a Gateway’s status, monitor suspicious activity rules, analyze tunnel activity and monitor remote user access
• Monitor remote Gateways using SmartUpdate to evaluate the need for upgrades, new installations, and license modifications
• Use SmartUpdate to apply upgrade packages to single or multiple VPN-1 Gateways
• Upgrade and attach product licenses using SmartUpdate
• Centrally manage users to ensure only authenticated users securely access the corporate network either locally or remotely
• Manage users to access the corporate LAN by using external databases
• Use Identity Awareness to provide granular level access to network resources
• Acquire user information used by the Security Gateway to control access
• Define Access Roles for use in an Identity Awareness rule
• Implement Identity Awareness in the Firewall Rule Base
• Configure a pre-shared secret site-to-site VPN with partner sites
• Configure permanent tunnels for remote access to corporate resources
• Configure VPN tunnel sharing, given the difference between host-based, subunit-based and gateway-based tunnels