Check Point CCTA | Cadre Information Security

Course Overview

Troubleshooting Administrator training provides an understanding of the concepts and skills necessary to troubleshoot issues which may occur when managing the Check Point Security Management architecture and Security Gateways.

This course prepares the participants for the CCTA certification exam #156-580.

Why Cadre?

Our courses go well beyond the standard Check Point classes with improvements such as exam guidance, topics “not in the book” and bonus materials that allow students to explore and use R81 hands-on or any other mix of R80.10 through R81.x.

With Cadre's enhanced course, the participants will receive 24/7 access to the labs for 6 months. The instructor will also provide additional study guide materials and lecture that are important to know for real-world use of the features covered in the class. Additional lecture to assist in passing the Check Point exam is also included.

If you choose to take the class Live on-line, Cadre provides a fully modern remote classroom experience with a state-of-the-art high resolution digital whiteboard. The whiteboard is excellent for complex network diagrams.

Price: $1,995 (Group discounts available)

Course Topics

Introduction to Troubleshooting
SmartConsole and Policy Management Troubleshooting
Monitoring Logging Activity
Troubleshooting Issues with NAT
Understanding the Unified Access Control Policy
Basic VPN Troubleshooting
Monitoring ClusterXL Connections
Understanding Identity Awareness

Course Objectives

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

Understand how to use Check Point resources for support
Understand how to perform packet captures using tcpdump and FW Monitor command tools
Understand the basic process of kernel debugging, and how debug commands are structured
Recognize how to use various Linux commands for troubleshooting system issues
Recognize communication issues that may occur between SmartConsole and the SMS and how to resolve them
Understand how to troubleshoot SmartConsole login and authentication issues
Understand how to prevent and resolve licensing and contract issues
Understand how to troubleshoot issues that may occur during policy installation
Understand communication issues that may occur when collecting logs and how to resolve them
Recall various tools to use when analyzing issues with logs
Understand how to restore interrupted communications during heavy logging
Understand how NAT works and how to troubleshoot issues
Understand Client Side and Server Side NAT
Understand how the Access Control Policy functions and how the access control applications work together
Understand how to troubleshoot issues that may occur with Application Control and URL Filtering
Understand how the HTTPS Inspection process works and how to resolve issues that may occur during the process
Understand how to troubleshoot Content Awareness issues
Recognize how to troubleshoot VPN-related issues
Understand how to monitor cluster status and work with critical devices
Recognize how to troubleshoot State Synchronization
Understand how to troubleshoot communication issues
between Identity Sources and Security Gateways
Understand how to troubleshoot and debug issues with internal Identity Awareness processes

Lab Exercises

Monitoring Security Gateway Traffic
Troubleshooting Issues with SmartConsole
Troubleshooting Log Connectivity Issues
Investigating Log Connectivity Issues
Investigating NAT Issues
Troubleshooting General Traffic Issues
Evaluating HTTP and HTTPS Traffic Issues
Troubleshooting Site-to-Site VPN Issues
Troubleshooting Clustering Issues
Troubleshooting Identity Awareness
Configuring and Testing Identity Collector

Audience

This course is designed for administrators and Check Point resellers who need to manage and monitor issues that may occur within their Security Management environment. This could include the following:

Security Managers
System Administrators
Network Engineers
Support Analysts

Prerequisites

CCSA training and advanced knowledge of Check Point Security products are preferred but not required.

Duartion

2 days

Our Instructor

Tim O'Connor, Manager of Knowledge Services

Tim O’Connor is Cadre's 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 Troubleshooting Administrator (CCTA) R81