Overview
This 2-day course provides will help you learn basic concepts and develop skills necessary to administer Check Point CloudGuard security solutions.
Participants: Technical professionals who support, install, deploy, or administer Check Point products in cloud environments.
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of Cloud Native Deployment using Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, TCP/IP Networking, and Check Point security products.
Delegates will learn how to
- Explain the nature of the cloud environment
- Describe the five pillars of cloud architecture
- Explain the fundamentals of cloud infrastructure
- Explain the fundamentals of cloud automation
- Explain Check Point Security Management and how it applies to CloudGuard
- Describe CloudGuard Security Gateway offerings
- Describe cloud load balancers
- Explain CloudGuard licensing
- Explain the different deployment options and architectures for CloudGuard
- Explain how and why CloudGuard is automated
- Describe the functions of CloudGuard that can be automated
- Describe the tools used to automate CloudGuard
- Explain CloudGuard automation requirements
- Explain basic troubleshooting techniques specific to Check Point Security Management Servers and Security Gateways
- Describe the steps for troubleshooting CloudGuard Network Installation
- Explain the tools and techniques used to troubleshoot CloudGuard Network Automation
- Explain the need for Cloud Security Posture Management
- Describe the posture management tools available in CloudGuard
- Explain methods for correcting Cloud Security Posture Management issues
Outline
Topics:
- Introduction to Cloud Security
- Introducing CloudGuard
- CloudGuard Architectures
- CloudGuard Security Policy
- CloudGuard Automation
- CloudGuard Troubleshooting
- Introduction to Cloud Security Posture Management
Exercises:
- Deploy a Security Management Server in the cloud
- Install a Security Gateway image
- Create virtual networks
- Deploy internal and external load balancers
- Deploy a Security Gateway using templates
- Assign public IP addresses to cloud devices
- Create web servers in the cloud
- Configure North-South traffic policy
- Configure East-West traffic policy and routes
- Troubleshoot North-South traffic issues
- Troubleshoot East-West traffic issues
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