CCSE - Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)

DURATION
3 days

OBJECTIVES
Identify advanced CLI commands.
Understand system management procedures, including how to perform system upgrades and apply patches and hotfixes.
Describe the Check Point Firewall infrastructure.
Describe advanced methods of gathering important gateway data using CPView and CPInfo.
Recognize how Check Point’s flexible API architecture supports automation and orchestration.
Discuss advanced ClusterXL functions.
Describe VRRP network redundancy advantages.
Undersand how SecureXL acceleration technology is used to enhance and improve performance.
Understand how CoreXL acceleration technology is used to enhance and improve performance.
Identify the SmartEvent components that store network activity logs and identify events.
Discuss the SmartEvent process that determines which network activities may lead to security issues.
Understand how SmartEvent can assist in detecting, remediating, and preventing security threats.
Discuss the Mobile Access Software Blace and how it secures communication and data.
Understand Mobile Access deployment options.
Recognize Check Point Remote Access solutions.
Discuss Check Point Capsule components and how they protect mobile devices and business documents.
Discuss diferent Check Point Solutions for attacks such as zero-day and Advanced Persistent Threats.
Understand how SandBlast, Threat Emulation, and Threat Extraction prevent security incidents.
Identify how Check Point Mobile Threat Prevention can help protect data accessed on company-issued smartphones and tablets.

PREREQUISITES
CCSA training/certification
Working knowledge of Windows, UNIX, networking, TCP/IP, and the Internet.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is designed for expert users and resellers who need to perform advanced deployment configurations of a security gateway. This could include the following: System Administrators, Support Analysts, Network Engineers & anyone seeking CCSE certification


TOPICS
This course will validate your understanding and skills necessary to configure and optimally manage Check Point Next Generation Firewalls:

System Management
Automation and Orchestration
Redundancy
Acceleration
SmartEvent
Mobile and Remote Access
Threat Prevention
Lab exercises:

Upgrading a Security Management Server to R80.10
Applying Check Point Hotfixes
Configuring a New Security Gateway Cluster
Core CLI Elements of Firewall Administration
Configuring Manual Network Address Translation
Managing Objects Using the Check Point API
Enabling Check Point VRRP
Deploying a Secondary Security Management Server
Viewing the Chain Modules
Working with SecureXL
Working with CoreXL
Evaluating Threats with SmartEvent
Managing Mobile Access
Understanding IPS Protections
Deploying IPS Geo Protection
Reviewing Threat Prevention Settings and Protections
Deploying Threat Emulation and Threat Extraction