Provider-1 NGX

Course Overview

This course offers in depth training on deploying and managing Check Point Provider-1 NGX. You'll learn how to configure Security Policies for multiple remote Security Gateways using the Multi-Domain GUI (MDG), and learn about managing multiple firewall-secured environments using the Multi-Domain Server (MDS). You will also learn how to perform advanced configuration tasks, such as establishing redundant Multi-Domain Servers for High Availability management functions and migrating existing servers into the Provider-1 database.

Audience

• You are a systems administrator, security manager, or network engineer implementing Provider-1 NGX in an enterprise setting
• You are challenging exam #156-815 as part of Check Point Certified Managed Security Expert NGX (CCMSE NGX)certification

Skills Gained

Delegates on this course will be able to:

• Describe the Provider-1 architecture
• Describe the installation requirements for the Provider-1components
• Successfully install Provider-1
• List and describe MDS configuration options
• List and describe Customer Management Add-On (CMA)configuration options
• Identify the features and functions of the MDG
• Describe Provider-1 log-management features
• Create and assign Global Policies to multiple CMAs
• Use advanced tools to manage multiple Customer sites
• Install the MDS as a Manager and Container, then configure the MDS to function as a primary MDS
• Install the Provider-1 SmartConsole and MDG client
• Configure CMAs for city sites
• Establish SIC between CMAs and the remote Security Gateways they manage
• Adjust Provider-1 default settings to customize the system for your configuration
• Create basic objects and Rule Bases for CMAs in your configuration
• Create additional Administrators and show the differences in privilege levels
• Deploy GUI clients at remote sites, and grant different access to clients with different privileges
• Remotely install a Check Point software package on the Gateways in your lab configuration
• Disconnect a rogue client from your primary MDS
• Define network objects and rules for a NOC Gateway
• Install and configure a secondary MDS to be an MDS Multi-Log Module (MLM)
• Create objects and rules applied to each CMA in a Global Policy.
• Define a Global VPN Community
• Migrate an existing SmartCenter Server into your existing Provider-1 setup
• Install and configure a secondary MDS for Management High Availability (HA)
• Mirror a configured MDS to a second MDS in your setup
• Configure a secondary MDS for CMA level HA in a Provider-1 setup
• Back up MDS files using Provider-1 archiving commands.Restore MDS files using archiving commands

Prerequisistes

• Check Point Security Administration NGX I Rev 1.1 and Check
• Point Security Administration NGX II Rev 1.1, or equivalent
• knowledge and experience in the prerequisites