Check Point Security NGX I is an introductory course for Check Point’s flagship product, VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX. This comprehensive course is intended to provide an understanding of basic concepts and skills necessary to install and configure VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX and provides hands-on training in the management of a VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX installation.  Delegates will gain hands-on experience as they install, design and implement various corporate security policies for Firewall-1.

Objectives

•     Delegates attending this course will be able to:
• Manage network security with VPN-1 NGX.
• Create rules and modify a Security Policy’s properties.
• Use Private IP-Address allocation and unregistered internal addressing schemes, to overcome IP addressing limitations.
• Protect organizations from known network attacks and entire categories of emerging or unknown attacks, using SmartDefense.
• Use monitoring tools to track, monitor, and account for all connections logged by Check Point components.
• Configure NGX to allow VoIP traffic to pass through a corporate Security Gateway.
• Verify the identity of users logging in to NGX, using NGX authentication schemes.
• Implement LDAP and integrate it with NGX SmartCentre Server.
• Back up critical files and directories, for availability and timely recovery of Security Gateways and SmartCentre Servers.

Topics covered

• VPN-1 NGX Overview.
• The Security Policy
• Network Address Translation
• SmartDefense & Storm Centre
• Monitoring Traffic and Connections.
• Authentication
• LDAP User Management with SmartDirectory.
• Encryption & Virtual Private Networks
• Disaster Recovery - Backups and Updates.

Certification

This course meets the requirements for the Check Point Security Administrator (CCSA) NGX Certification.  A separate examination is available for those delegates who wish to have a formal qualification.

Who should attend

This course is designed for those people who will be responsible for the installation, implementation or maintenance of a FireWall-1/VPN-1 NGX protected site, including systems administrators, security managers, and network engineers who manage VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX gateway deployments.

Pre-requisites

Delegates should be able to use basic Internet tools, i.e. Web browsers, FTP and Telnet. They should have a system level knowledge of Microsoft NT operating system and should be able to manipulate files and directories and manage processes. Knowledge of TCP/IP is also necessary.

Follow-On Course

This course meets all of the pre-requisites for the Check Point Security Administration NGX II course which covers those topics required by System Administrators who will be setting up site-to-site VPNs or other more advanced configurations.

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