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Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE) R82

CCSE Course Overview

Check Point Certified Security Expert is an advanced course that equips you with the knowledge and hands-on experience to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Quantum Security Environments. You will learn advanced policy management, High Availability Management, Site-to-Site VPNs, security monitoring, gateway upgrades, Central Deployment tools, and ElasticXL clustering. The Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE) curriculum also covers firewall processes, user and kernel operations, and Stateful Inspection, with labs focused on configuring gateways, implementing VPNs, and performing advanced troubleshooting.

Price: $2,995 (Group discounts available)

 

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Why Cadre is the Top US Check Point ATC Partner

 

Our courses go well beyond the standard Check Point classes with improvements such as:

24/7 access to the labs for six months, plus study guide materials and lectures essential for real-world use of the features covered in the class.
Bonus materials, including exam guidance and topics “not in the book.” 
Additional lectures to assist students in passing the Check Point exam.
State-of-the-art high-resolution digital whiteboard for online classes used for complex network diagrams.

 

More Information

Duration

3 days

Prerequisites

Check Point Security Administration training, strong networking knowledge of Windows and/or UNIX operating systems and experience with TCP/IP and the internet. 

Who Should Attend

Technical persons who need to perform advanced deployment configurations of software blades. This could include the following: 

  • System Administrators
  • Network Engineers
  • Support Analysts
  • Systems Engineers
  • Professionals who want to earn Check Point Certified Security Engineer (CCSE) R82 certification, exam # 156-315.82.
Course Modules
  • Management High Availability
  • Advanced Policy Management
  • Site-to-Site VPN
  • Advanced Security Monitoring
  • Upgrades
  • Advanced Upgrades and Migrations
  • ElasticXL Cluster
Course Objectives
  • Explain the purpose of Management High Availability
  • Identify the essential elements of Management High Availability
  • Identify ways to enhance the Security Policy with more object types
  • Create dynamic objects to make policy updatable from the Gateway
  • Manually define NAT rules
  • Configure Security Management behind NAT
  • Discuss site-to-site VPN basics, deployment, and communities
  • Describe how to analyze and interpret VPN tunnel traffic
  • Articulate how pre-shared keys and certificates can be configured to authenticate with third-party and externally managed VPN Gateways
  • Explain Link Selection and ISP Redundancy options
  • Explain tunnel management features
  • Describe the SmartEvent and Compliance Blade solutions, including their purpose and use
  • Identify supported upgrade options
  • Export/import a Management Database
  • Upgrade a Security Management Server by freshly deploying the new release or using a new appliance
  • Describe the ElasticXL Cluster solution, including its purpose and use
Lab Exercises Include
  • Deploy and configure Management High Availability 
  • Ensure the failover process functions as expected
  • Use Updateable Objects
  • Configure Network Address Translation for server and network objects
  • Configure Management behind NAT for Branch Office connections
  • Configure Site-to-Site VPN with internally managed Security Gateways
  • Configure a SmartEvent Server to monitor relevant patterns and events
  • Demonstrate how to configure Events and Alerts in SmartEvent
  • Demonstrate how to run specific SmartEvent reports 
  • Activate the Compliance Blade
  • Demonstrate Security Best Practice settings and alerts
  • Demonstrate Regulatory Requirements Compliance Scores
  • Upgrade a Security Gateway
  • Use Central Deployment tool to install Hotfixes
  • Prepare to perform an Advanced Upgrade with Database Migration on the Primary Security Management Server in a distributed Check Point environment
  • Deploy an ElasticXL Security Gateway Cluster

Course Dates Available

 
  Date Price Seats Available  

* NEW VERSION - RELEASE DATE COMING SOON*

Check Point Certified Security Expert R82 Course 

 09/30/2025 - 10/02/2025 $2,995.00   YES REGISTER
 

Cancellation Policy

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Our Instructor
 
Tim O'Connor, CISO & Manager of Knowledge Services
 

Tim O’Connor is Cadre's CISO & Manager of Knowledge Services, and vCISO team member. He is a professional public speaker, has been working in IT for 20+ years and holds a number of certifications including PCI-QSA, CISA, CISSP, CTT+, MCSE, CISSO, CWNE, Security+ and CISSM. Tim has authored over a dozen books, has written for a number of publications and is certified as a commercial rotorcraft pilot and flight instructor. His principle hobbies include antique motorcycles, astrophotography, mentalism, and doing science outreach.