Module 1: Management High Availability
- Explain the purpose of Management High Availability.
- Identify the essential elements of Management High Availability.
Lab Tasks
- Deploy and configure Management High Availability
- Ensure the failover process functions as expected
Module 2: Advanced Policy Management
- Identify ways to enhance the Security Policy with more object types.
- Create dynamic objects to make policy updatable from the Gateway.
- Manually define NAT rules.
- Configure Security Management behind NAT.
Lab Tasks
- Use Updatable Objects
- Configure Network Address Translation for server and network objects
- Configure Management behind NAT for Branch Office connections
Module 3: Site-to-Site VPN
- Discuss site-to-site VPN basics, deployment, and communities.
- Describe how to analyze and interpret VPN tunnel traffic.
- Articulate how pre-shared keys and certificates can be configured to
authenticate with third-party and externally managed VPN Gateways.
- Explain Link Selection and ISP Redundancy options.
- Explain tunnel management features.
Lab Task
- Configure Site-to-Site VPN with internally managed Security
Gateways
Module 4: Advanced Security Monitoring
- Describe the SmartEvent and Compliance Blade solutions, including their
purpose and use.
Lab Tasks
- Configure a SmartEvent Server to monitor relevant patterns and events
- Demonstrate how to configure Events and Alerts in SmartEvent
- Demonstrate how to run specific SmartEvent reports
- Activate the Compliance Blade
- Demonstrate Security Best Practice settings and alerts
- Demonstrate Regulatory Requirements Compliance Scores
Module 5: Upgrades
- Identify supported upgrade options.
Lab Task
- Upgrade a Security Gateway
- Use Central Deployment tool to install Hotfixes
Module 6: Advanced Upgrades and Migrations
- Export/import a Management Database.
- Upgrade a Security Management Server by freshly deploying the new release
or using a new appliance.
Lab Task
- Prepare to perform an Advanced Upgrade with Database Migration on the
Primary Security Management Server in a distributed environment
- Perform an import of a Primary Security Management Server in a distributed
Check Point environment
Module 7: ElasticXL Cluster
- Describe the ElasticXL Cluster solution, including its purpose and
use.
Lab Tasks
- Deploy an ElasticXL Security Gateway Cluster