With over 24,000 CCSA certified professionals worldwide, CCSA NGX certification is one of the most highly recognized and respected vendor-specific security certifications available.
The foundation of Check Point certifications, CCSA NGX certification validates a Security Administrator’s ability to maintain day-to-day operation of Check Point security solutions and ensure secure access to information across the network. Proficiencies include creating and installing security policies, using logging and reporting features, and managing anti-spoofing, Network Address Translation (NAT), and OPSEC applications.
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.
- 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 use private IP-address allocation and unregistered internal addressing schemes, to overcome IP addressing limitations
- 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
- Security specialist
- 3rd line network security
- Check Point Firewall specialist
- Check Point CCSP
- Level 3 Networking Certification
- Preferable CCNA
EXAM CODE | TITLE |
#156-110 |
Check Point Certified Security Principles Associate |
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
Cost – £1200 £800 Limited for Enrolments before 20 Mar 2015 only.
8 weeks – Part Time (Evenings or Weekends)