Develop intermediate knowledge and hands-on skills to design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot secure Check Point VPN solutions. This three-day course covers Site-to-Site, Remote Access, and Mobile Access VPN deployments, including IPSec, IKE/IKEv2, VPN Communities, authentication, NAT integration, PKI, high availability, SD-WAN, and VPN troubleshooting.
Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS)
Check Point CloudGuard is a comprehensive Cloud Security platform to prevent threats and prioritize risks in the cloud across your applications, network, and workloads
Course Duration
2 Days
Target Audience
Security professionals looking to deploy and manage the CloudGuard Network Security solutions. It is also useful to prepare for the Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS) credential.
Course Overview
Check Point CloudGuard administration
Certified Cloud Specialist-Administrator (CCCS)
Elevate cloud security, block attacks, and significantly reduce risk profile to streamline operational efficiency with our two-day specialist course.
R81Course version
7 topicsCloud curriculum
19 objectivesAdministration capabilities
11 exercisesPractical cloud work
Designed for
Technical professionals who support, install, deploy or administer Check Point products in cloud environments.
Key Learnings
Cloud security control plane
Develop connected capabilities across cloud foundations, CloudGuard deployment, policy, automation, troubleshooting and posture management.
01 · FOUNDATION
Explain cloud environments, architecture pillars and infrastructure basics
02 · ARCHITECTURE
Evaluate CloudGuard gateways, load balancers, licensing and deployment options
03 · POLICY
Configure security policy for north-south and east-west traffic
04 · AUTOMATION
Describe CloudGuard automation functions, tools and requirements
05 · TROUBLESHOOTING
Troubleshoot CloudGuard installation, traffic and network automation
06 · POSTURE
Use posture-management tools and methods to address cloud security issues
Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS)
Course Modules
01Introduction to Cloud Security
02Introducing CloudGuard
03CloudGuard Architectures
04CloudGuard Security Policy
05CloudGuard Automation
06CloudGuard Troubleshooting
07Introduction to Cloud Security Posture Management
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- Delivery Mode: ILT, VILT
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- Delivery Mode: ILT, VILT
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- Delivery Mode: ILT, VILT
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- Course Code: CCME
- Delivery Mode: ILT, VILT
- Technology: Infinity Specializations
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- Delivery Mode: ILT, VILT
- Technology: Network Security
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