Check Point CCSA | Cadre Information Security

CCSA Course Overview

This three-day course provides the essential knowledge and hands-on skills to configure, manage, and monitor a Quantum Security Environment. Students will learn to navigate the Gaia Portal and CLI, manage administrator access, create network objects and security policies, configure layers, monitor traffic, enable Identity Awareness, and apply advanced protections such as HTTPS Inspection, Application Control, URL Filtering, and Autonomous Threat Prevention.

This course prepares participants for the CCSA R82 certification exam #156-215.82.

Price: $2,995 (Group discounts available)

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,” allow students to explore and use R82 hands-on or any other mix of R81.20 through the current version.
	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.

Course Modules

Introduction to Quantum Security
Administrator Account Management
Object Management
Security Policy Management
Policy Layers
Security Operations Monitoring
Identity Awareness
HTTPS Inspection
Application Control and URL Filtering
Threat Prevention Fundamentals

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the primary components of the Check Point Three-Tier Architecture and explain how they work together in the Check Point environment.
Explain the purpose of SmartConsole administrator accounts.
Identify useful features for administrator collaboration, such as session management, concurrent administration, and concurrent policy installation.
Explain the purpose of SmartConsole Objects.
Give examples of SmartConsole Physical and Logical Objects.
Explain the purpose of Security Policies.
Identify the essential elements of a Security Policy.
Identify features and capabilities that enhance the configuration and management of the Security Policy.
Demonstrate an understanding of the Check Point policy layer concept.
Explain how policy layers affect traffic inspection.
Explain the purpose of Security Operations Monitoring.
Tune the Log Server configuration.
Use predefined and custom queries to filter the logging results.
Monitor the Status of the Systems.
Explain the purpose of the Identity Awareness solution.
Identify the essential elements of Identity Awareness.
Explain the purpose of the HTTPS inspection solution.
Identify the essential elements of HTTPS inspection.
Explain the purpose of the Application Control and URL filtering solutions.
Identify the essential elements of Application Control and URL filtering.
Explain the purpose of the Threat Prevention solution.
Identify the essential elements of Autonomous Threat Prevention.

Lab Exercises

Explore Gaia on the Security Management and Dedicated Log Server
Explore Gaia on the Security Gateway Cluster Members
Connect to SmartConsole
Navigate GATEWAYS & SERVERS Views
Navigate SECURITY POLICIES Views
Navigate LOGS & EVENTS Views
Navigate MANAGE & SETTINGS Views
Create New Administrators and Assign Profiles
Test Administrator Profile Assignments
Manage Concurrent Administrator Sessions
Take Over Another Session and Verify Session Status
View and Modify GATEWAYS & SERVERS Objects
View and Modify Network and Service Objects
Verify, Modify, and Test Security Policies
Install and test the Standard Security Policy
Add an Ordered Layer
Configure and Deploy the Ordered Layer Rules
Test the Ordered Layer Policy
Create an Inline DMZ Layer
Test the Inline DMZ Layer
Configure Log Management
Enhance Rulebase View, Rules and Logging
Review Logs and search for Data
Configure the Monitoring Blade
Monitor the Status of the Systems
Adjust the Security Policy for Identity Awareness
Configure the Identity Collector
Define the User Access Role
Test Identity Awareness
Enable HTTPS inspection
Adjust access control rules
Deploy the Security Gateway Certificate
Test and analyze policy with HTTPS inspection
Adjust the Access Control Policy
Create and adjust Application control and URL
Test and adjust the Application control and URL filtering rules
Enable Autonomous Threat Prevention
Test Autonomous Threat Prevention

Audience

Technical persons who support, install, deploy or administer Check Point Software Blade modules should attend this course. This could include the following:

Security Consultants
System Administrators
Network Engineers
Security Analysts
Security Architects
Professionals who want to earn Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) R82 certification, exam # 156-218.82

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of networking. 6 months to 1 year of experience with Check Point products is recommended.

Duration

3 days

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.

Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) R82