Module 1: Introduction to Check Point Technology

• Overview of Check Point security solutions and products
• The Gaia operating system: basic functions and architecture
• Licensing and contract requirements for Check Point security products

Module 2: SmartConsole and Administration

• Introduction to SmartConsole: features, functions, and tools
• Periodic administrator tasks and best practices
• User access management through SmartConsole

Module 3: Security Policy Fundamentals

• Essential elements of a Security Policy
• Check Point policy layer concept
• Role of a Security Policy in network protection

Module 4: Application Control and URL Filtering

• Enabling Application Control and URL Filtering software blades
• Blocking access to various applications
• Configuring and customizing policies for application control and URL filtering

Module 5: Network Address Translation (NAT)

• Overview of NAT concepts
• Configuring manual and automatic NAT
• Troubleshooting NAT-related issues

Module 6: Monitoring and Threat Detection

• Tools for monitoring data, determining threats, and recognizing performance improvement opportunities
• Analyzing logs and reports
• Incident response and management

Module 7: Check Point Threat Prevention Solutions

• Different Check Point Threat Prevention solutions for network attacks
• Configuring, maintaining, and tuning the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
• Overview of the Infinity Threat Prevention system

Module 8: IoT Security

• Introduction to Check Point’s IoT Protect
• IoT security best practices
• Configuring and managing IoT Protect policies

• Configure the Security Management Server.
• Use the WebUI to run the First Time Wizard.
• Install the Smart Console.
• Install the Alpha Gateway using the network detailed in the course topology.
• Demonstrate how the Security Management Server and Gateway communicate.
• Test SIC Status.
• Create multiple administrators and apply different roles and
• permissions for simultaneous administration.
• Validate existing licenses for products installed on the network.
• Create and configure host, network and group objects.
• Create a simplified Security Policy.
• Demonstrate how to use Security Zones in policy.
• Demonstrate how to share a layer between Security Polices.
• Configure Network Address Translation for server and network objects.
• Enable Identity Awareness.
• Deploy user access roles for more granular control of the security Policy.
• Generate network Traffic and use traffic visibility tools to monitor the data.
• Use SmartConsole and SmartView Monitor to view status, alerts, and
• block suspicious traffic.