Check Point Certified Security Administrator R81.20 (CCSA)

• Security Management
• Smart Console
• Deployment
• Object Management
• Licenses and Contracts
• Policy Rule and Rule base
• Policy Packages
• Policy Layers
• Traffic Inspection
• Network Address Translation
• Application Control
• URL Filtering
• Logging
• Snapshots
• Backup and Restore
• Gaia
• Permissions
• Policy Installation

Working knowledge of Windows, UNIX, networking technology, the Internet and TCP/IP.

• A description of the main components of Check Point's three-tier architecture and an explanation of how they work together in a Check Point environment
• Explain how communication is secured and how traffic is routed in a checkpoint environment
• Description of the basic functions of the Gaia operating system
• Identify the basic workflow for installing a Security Management Server and Security Gateway for a single-domain solution
• Creating Smart Console objects that match the organization's topology to use policies and rules
• Identifying the tools available for managing Check Point's licenses and contracts, including their purpose and use
• Identify features and capabilities that improve the configuration and management of security policies
• Explain how policy layers affect traffic inspection
• Articulate how network address translation affects traffic
• Description of how to configure the manual and automatic translation of network addresses (NAT)
• Demonstrate an understanding of application control capabilities and URL filtering and autonomous threat prevention and how to configure these solutions to meet the organization's security requirements
• Explain how pre-shared keys and certificates can be configured for authentication with third-party and externally managed VPN gateways.
• Explain how to analyze and interpret VPN tunnel traffic
• Setting registration parameters
• Use predefined and custom queries to filter log results.
• Identify how to monitor the health of Check Point's supported hardware using the Gaia Portal and the command line
• Description of the various methods for backing up Check Point system information and discussion of best practices and recommendations for each method

• Deploying Smart Console
• Installing a Security Management Server
• Installing a Security Gateway
• Configuring Objects in Smart Console
• Establishing Secure Internal Communication
• Managing Administrator Access
• Managing Licenses
• Creating a Security Policy
• Configuring Order Layers
• Configuring a Shared Inline Layer
• Configuring NAT
• Integrating Security with a Unified Policy
• Elevating Security with Autonomous Threat Prevention
• Configuring a Locally Managed Site-to-Site VPN
• Elevating Traffic View
• Monitoring System States
• Maintaining the Security Environment