CCSA (Check Point Certified Security Administrator)

This CCSA (Check Point Certified Security Administrator) certification validates your capability to deploy, configure, monitor, and manage Check Point Security Gateway and Management Software Blade systems on the GAiA operating system. 

Here, you will be introduced to the R80 management and Security gateway in a distributed environment. Then, you will be able to configure objects, settings, and rules to define a security policy. Here, you will also learn how to work with multiple concurrent administrators and define permission profiles. 

Later, in this course, you will learn how to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN) and work with Check Point clustering. After that, you will be able to perform periodic administrator tasks as specified in administrator job descriptions.

Check Point Certified Security Administrator Course will help you to defend against network threats, evaluate existing security policies, and optimize the rule base. You can manage user access to corporate LANs.

 At the same time, you can also monitor suspicious network activities and analyze attacks. You will also be able to troubleshoot network connections and implement Check Point backup techniques.

Prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of Networking and TCP/IP
• Fundamental knowledge of Windows, Unix, Internet, and Network Technology is Ideal but not required.
• It is recommended to have at least 6 to 12 months of experience with Check Point products.

What Will You Gain After This Course:

• You will be recognized as a certified Check Point security manager.
• This course will help you to expand your job opportunities, as well.

Syllabus:

• Introduction to Check Point Architecture
• Identify the basic functions of the Web UI.
• Create and confirm admin users for the network.
• Configure network messages.
• Confirm existing network configuration settings.
• Install and tour the GUI.
• Describe the key elements of Check Point’s unified, 3-tiered architecture.
• Interpret the concept of a firewall and understand the mechanisms used for controlling network traffic.
• Recognize SmartConsole features, functions and tools.
• Understand Check Point deployment options.
• Security Policy Management
• Describe the essential elements of a unified security policy.
• Understand how traffic inspection takes place in a unified security policy.
• Summarize how administration roles and permissions assist in managing policy.
• Recall how to implement Check Point backup techniques.
• Create multiple administrators and apply different roles/permissions for concurrent administration.
• Create and configure network, host and gateway objects
• Evaluate and manipulate rules in a unified Access Control security policy.
• Apply policy layers and analyze how they affect traffic inspection.
• Prepare and schedule backups for the gateway.
• Checkpoint Security Solutions
• Traffic Visibility
• Basic Concepts of VPN
• Managing User’s Access
• Working With CLUSTERXL
• Administrator Task Implementation