Check Point Security Gateway R77 initial looks

Today I am going to spend some time familiarizing myself with the Check Point Security Gateway R77. I'll go through install (briefly, because it's simple, but this will be covered in day one) and have an initial look around the portal. I am not counting...

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CCSA in 15 days

Check Point CCSA in 15 days I get a lot of calls from recruiters, at least one a week. It seems that most of them are very keen on people with Check Point security skills. So, I thought I would have a look into it. It never hurts to widen your skill-set. I am currently studying for my Cisco CCIE certification, but after sitting my written exam I though I'd take a little time out to look at Check Point. What is Check Point Firewall? Check Point started in 1993, and offer a wide range of products covering Network Security, data, mobile and endpoint...

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The CCSA exam topics

The topics listed for the CCSA exam (156-215.77) (taken from here) are: Describe Check Point's unified approach to network management, and the key elements of this architecture. Design a distributed environment using the network detailed in the course topology. Install the Security Gateway version R77 in a distributed environment using the network detailed in the course topology. Given network specifications, perform a backup and restore the current Gateway installation from the command line. Identify critical files needed to purge or backup,...

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