
Explore how Check Point firewalls evolved from simple packet filtering to stateful inspection, intrusion prevention and application control, with identity awareness and sandboxing.
identify minimal system requirements for installing checkpoint operating system by checking release notes and open server hardware requirements in the support center, using a vm lab with eight gb ram.
Install Gaia OS on a virtual machine by following the installer wizard, configuring keyboard, disk partitions, root space, and management network settings, including IP, subnet, and gateway.
Configure a Check Point Gaia system via the web UI using the first time wizard, set interfaces and IP addresses, and establish a bridge for host and virtual machines.
Complete the first time configuration by pinging your checkpoint device, logging into the web portal, and choosing standalone or cluster options for security gateway and security management.
Navigate the web portal for a Check Point lab, configuring gateway and management blades, network interfaces, routing, and user roles, and prepare for smart console setup.
Navigate SmartConsole to connect to the management server, review licensing, publish and install access control policies, and use logs to monitor firewall traffic and policy blades and objects.
Install and connect a Windows VM behind a Check Point firewall, configure its IP, verify traffic with tcpdump, and adjust the policy in the smart console to permit traffic.
The course is the introduction to the Check Point technology. In includes Theory to get you started right away and actual practice.
You will learn about the core products and will be shown how to build a lab from scratch in the virtual environment.
We will build a lab in VMware workstation environment, so you can deploy it on you own PC, so this way you will be able to play around with the product and learn it.
We will also deploy it on the actual server using Proxmox virtualization and port forward connection to a windows machine.
The course contains three sections:
Introduction to the Check Point technology
(In this section we talk about what is Check Point, what are the main features of the vendor, how it can be implemented in the world of cyber-security)
Building a lab from Scratch
(A step-by-step walk-through of Check Point firewall installation in the lab environment. It includes getting an ISO file, licensing, choosing proper configuration in VMware workstation, static routing, core things in Check point ecosystem to get the engine going)
3. Building a lab from Scratch on the actual Server [Proxmox]
(A guided approach on how to build your own working lab with Check Point products on the actual server)