Check Point Online for beginners by Centium Technologies

Learn how to:
Secure communications across the internet
Defend against network threats
Configure security policies
Protect email and messaging content
Manage user access to corporate LANs

Objectives:
Domain 1Introduction to Check Point Technology
Describe Check Points unified approach to network management and the key elements of this architecture
Design a distributed environment using the network detailed in the course topology
Install the Security Gateway version R77 in a distributed environment using the network detailed in the course topology
Domain 2Deployment Platforms
Given network specifications, perform a backup and restore the current Gateway installation from the command line
Identify critical files needed to purge or backup, import and export users and groups and add or delete administrators from the command line
Deploy Gateways using sysconfig and cpconfig from the Gateway command line
Domain 3Introduction to the Security Policy
Given the network topology, create and configure network, host and gateway objects.
Verify SIC establishment between the Security Manage-ment Server and the Gateway using SmartDashboard.
Create a basic Rule Base in SmartDashboard that includes permissions for administrative users, external services, and LAN outbound use.
Configure NAT rules on Web and Gateway servers.
Evaluate existing policies and optimize the rules based on current corporate requirements.
Maintain the Security Management Server with scheduled backups and policy versions to ensure seamless upgrades with minimal downtime.

Domain 4Monitoring Traffic and Connections
Use Queries in SmartView Tracker to monitor IPS and common network traffic and troubleshoot events using packet data
Using packet data on a given corporate network, generate reports, troubleshoot system and security issues, and ensure network functionality
Using SmartView Monitor, configure alerts and traffic counters, view a Gateways status, monitor suspicious activity rules, analyze tunnel activity and monitor remote user access based on corporate requirements.
Chapter 5Using SmartUpdate
Monitor remote Gateways using SmartUpdate to evaluate the need for upgrades, new installations, and license modifications
Use SmartUpdate to apply upgrade packages to single or multiple VPN-1 Gateways
Upgrade and attach product licenses using SmartUpdate

Chapter 6User Management and Authentication
Centrally manage users to ensure only authenticated users securely access the corporate network either locally or remotely
Manage users to access the corporate LAN by using external databases

Chapter 7Identity Awareness
Use Identity Awareness to provide granular level access to network resources
Acquire user information used by the Security Gateway to control access
Define Access Roles for use in an Identity Awareness rule
Implement Identity Awareness in the Firewall Rule Base

Chapter 8Introduction to Check Point VPNs
Configure a pre-shared secret site-to-site VPN with partner sites
Configure permanent tunnels for remote access to corporate resources
Configure VPN tunnel sharing, given the difference between host-based, subunit-based and gateway-based tunnels