CCSA+CCSE Check Point Certified Security Administrator and Expert Bundle

Learning Objectives

CCSA
Know how to perform periodic administrator tasks.
Describe the basic functions of the Gaia operating system.
Recognize SmartConsole features, functions, and tools.
Understand how SmartConsole is used by administrators to give user access.
Learn how Check Point security solutions and products work and how they protect networks.
Understand licensing and contract requirements for Check Point security products.
Describe the essential elements of a Security Policy.
Understand the Check Point policy layer concept.
Understand how to enable the Application Control and URL Filtering software.
Blades to block access to various applications.
Describe how to configure manual and automatic NAT.
Identify tools designed to monitor data, determine threats and recognize opportunities for performance improvements.
Describe different Check Point Threat Prevention solutions for network attacks.
Articulate how the Intrusion Prevention System is configured, maintained and tuned.
Understand the Infinity Threat Prevention system.
Knowledge about Check Point’s IoT Protect.
CCSE
Provide an overview of the upgrade service and options available.
Explain how to perform management upgrade and migration.
Articulate the process using CPUSE features.
Articulate the purpose and function of Management High Availability.
Explain Primary vs Secondary, Active vs Standby and Synchronization.
Explain disaster recovery steps in case the primary management server becomes unavailable.
Provide overview of Central Deployment in SmartConsole.
Articulate an understanding of Security Gateway cluster upgrade methods.
Explain about Multi Version Cluster (MVC) upgrades.
Discuss Gaia Commands and how they are used.
Explain the main processes on s and s.
Describe how to work with scripts and SmartTasks to configure automatic actions.
Explain the Management Data Plane Separation (MDPS)
Explain kernel operations and traffic flow
Articulate Dynamic and Updatable Objects in Security Gateways
Explain the policy installation flow and files used.
Describe the use of policy installation history.
Explain concurrent and accelerated install policy.
Describe an overview of APIs and ways to use and authenticate.
Explain how to make changes in GAIA and management configuration.
Explain how to install policy using API.
Explain how the SecureXL acceleration technology enhances and optimizes Security Gateway performance.