Who should attend
This course is recommended for technical professionals, who support, install, deploy or administer Check Point Software Blades.
Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course, it is recommended that you possess the following:
- General knowledge of TCP/IP
- Working knowledge of Windows and/or UNIX, network technology and the Internet
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Describe the key elements of Check Point?s unified, secure management architecture
- Interpret the concept of a firewall and understand the mechanisms used for controlling network traffic
- Recognize SmartConsole features and functions
- Understand Check Point deployment options
- Describe the basic functions of the Gaia OS
- Describe the 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
- Implement Check Point backup techniques
- Recognize Check Point Security Solutions and Products and how they work to protect your network
- Understand licensing and contract requirements for Check Point security products
- Identify tools designed to monitor data, determine threats and recognize opportunities for performance improvements
- Identify tools designed to respond quickly and efficiently to changes in gateways, tunnels, remote users and traffic flow patterns or security activities
- Understand Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN deployments and VPN communities
- Understand how to analyze and interpret VPN tunnel traffic
- Recognize how to define users and user groups
- Manage user access for internal and external users
- Understand the basic concepts of ClusterXL technology and its advantages
- Understand how to perform periodic administrator tasks as specified in administrator job descriptions
Course Content
Today, managing security is a complex endeavor, making it more important to consolidate. With R80 management, security consolidation is fully realized. This three-day course covers everything you need to start-up, configure and manage the daily operations of your Check Point infrastructure with R80.