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Check Point Security Administration NGX I
Rev 1.1

Course Duration: 2 days

Course Prerequisites:
Basic networking knowledge, knowledge of Windows Server and/or UNIX, and experience with TCP/IP and the Internet.

Course Overview:

Check Point Security Administration NGX I Rev 1.1 is a foundation course for Check Point's flagship product, VPN-1 NGX. This course is intended to provide an understanding of basic concepts and skills necessary to configure VPN-1 NGX. During this course, students will configure a Security Policy, and learn about managing a firewalled network.

Take this class if:
You are a systems administrator, security manager, or network engineer who manages NGX Security Gateway deployments
Want to earn Check Point Certified Security Administrator
(CCSA NGX) NGX certification.

You will learn:
How VPN-1 NGX components and Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture protect critical information assets.
How to create rules and modify a Security Policy's properties.
How to use advanced NGX features to minimize the information-security management burden, when working with objects and rules.
How to use monitoring tools to track, monitor, and account for all connections logged by Check Point components.
How to protect organizations from known network attacks and entire categories of emerging or unknown attacks, using SmartDefense.
How to use private IP-address allocation and unregistered internal addressing schemes, to overcome IP addressing limitations.
How to identify and address NGX security issues, including encryption and Virtual Private Networks.
How to verify the identity of users logging in to NGX, using NGX authentication schemes.
How to implement LDAP, and integrate it with NGX SmartCenter Server.
How to back up critical files and directories, for availability and timely recovery of Security Gateways and SmartCenter Servers.

Exercises:
Installing VPN-1 NGX in a stand-alone environment
Launching SmartDashboard
Defining basic objects
Configuring anti-spoofing measures
Defining basic rules
Creating objects using object cloning
Using Database Revision Control
Blocking intruder connections
Setting up a Suspicious Activity Rule in SmartView Monitor
Checking status in SmartView Monitor
Configuring SmartDefense
Configuring Hide NAT
Configuring Static NAT
Encryption math and mechanics
Defining user templates
Defining users
Configuring User Authentication
Configuring Client Authentication
Configuring LDAP authentication with SmartDirectory
Backing up and restoring a Security Gateway and SmartCenter Server

For information on Checkpoint NGX II click here

External Links: Check Point Software