This Forum About Check Point Certification Exams

[BarryStiefel]

Hello All,

This forum is for discussion on Check Point's certification exams. I know for many people getting certified is an important career goal and the exams have a certain reputation for being unnecessarily difficult.

Here is where we can share information and help each other out.

[mayur_rajvaidya]

hi,
I am planning to take CCSA this week. if somebody can share the highlights or tips so that I can have a idea for last moment prep.

[yogendra]

Hi,
Study CP authorized book+ sybex.
thx

[srikrishnak]

Sybex is quite okie. If you had a chance to work(or working) on FW-1 thn you dont have to worry..:)

[thefunkygibbon]

Agreed. if you work with FW1 regually. then CCSA isnt hard.

CCSA from what i remember there was a lot on smart defence and general GUI usage.

CCSE is pretty much all VPN/Encryption and VoIP with some other minor bits thrown in.
If you swot up on those then you should be fine.

The best thing to do in any circumstance, build up a 2 or 3 port machine up and install it at home and run it on eval licences for a while. and just keep fiddling. you'll get used to it after a while. and will help you know end in doing the exams.


There is the reputation attached that the exams are "the hardest in the business" etc. but having passed both first time having only having used to a CP firewall for about 8 months, i doubt that. i was VERY surprised to pass CCSE after hearing all the horror stories! And have no doubt that a person that has over a years experiance configuring CP FW's would be able to pass relatively easily.

[alfcoz]

You could configure vmware with Secureplatform (having
the latest version), the Checkpoint software is fully compatible with
the virtual network interfaces: if you have a powerful machine
you can even simulate a little test lab with two or more firewalls!!!

I suggest Boson checkpoint tests, and Actualtest for home studying.
They are worth the money you spend.

[corematrix]

Originally Posted by alfcoz

I suggest Boson checkpoint tests, and Actualtest for home studying.
They are worth the money you spend.

Hi guys

Having just taken CCSE (42%) & CCSA (58%) NGX and failing i can tell you that they are quite hard. I have only had just under 1 months experence with firewall1 having just finished uni (with a computer science degree). I was very surprised when viewing the exams how hard they were compared to the suporting material from the books suplied on the course. I see you mentioned Boson and actualtest can you send me the links people dude.

Also anyone with any material that can help me to pass the second time arround would be brill.

Matt

[corematrix]

So anyways......... been revising for about a week now, feeling more confident about the exams then i was befor i took themm the 1st time. Still would like any help on the NGX exam questions, or even some NG questions i can go though to test how im getting along. Got the next exam booked for wednesday only taking CCSA this time around do them one at a time.

So any help would be fantastic

Matt

[bigjoe]

Hi all,

I’m new here so apology for asking the same question.


I did the FP2 course 3 years ago and never took the exams. I’m now what to pick it up again; I know how important it is to have the right material when dealing with Checkpoint.
Obviously attempting the latest CCSA exam will be somewhat different (compared to FP2)

IS the following book applicable for Exam 156-210.4

CCSA NG: Check Point Certified Security Administrator Study Guide
ISBN: 0782141153
Published: 2003-01-14
Author: Justin Menga
Pages: 656
Publisher: Sybex


It does seem old.
Secondly with exception to the Exam Cram2 book, are there any other books for this cert.

Regards….

[corematrix]

I think there a few good books on Amazon to do with NG i would have a look there

Matt

[alfcoz]

Originally Posted by corematrix

I think there a few good books on Amazon to do with NG i would have a look there

Matt

Matt, Bigjoe
the problems are several:
1st) as far as i know the two Sybex books don't even arrive at NG AI,
(the .4 extension after exam code means AI...)
I still did not found the NGX test at boson!!!
2nd) Checkpoint will replace the AI exams in Augst 2006. It would be a better
investment to study DIRECTLY CCSA/CCSE NGX, nevertheless
if you are already an NG AI CCSE you can take the CCSE NGX
ACCELERATED exam (so if you are CCSA NG AI you need only two exams
to renew your certification)

3rd) The links requested are

www.boson.com
www.actualtests.com
www.testking.com

_*Sadly*_, none of the tree still has the NGX exams listed...

I think (this is true also for me) we should reschedule the exam in 2006,
hoping to find those exam hints.

A little word about experience. I had my NG AI certs after
having studied the exams, redo the lab with vmware and many hours of
session simulation with boson. All of this with three year experience and
a computer science degree as well.

Best regards.

[spabbi]

Can someone suggest or provide study material for CCSE Plus 156-510.4 Exam, so far i could not find any single book to prepare for it.

Thanks in advance,
Sanjeev Pabbi

[alfcoz]

Originally Posted by spabbi

Can someone suggest or provide study material for CCSE Plus 156-510.4 Exam, so far i could not find any single book to prepare for it.

Thanks in advance,
Sanjeev Pabbi

You could try testking one, the one we tried for CCSA was for NG AI.

http://www.testking.com/156-510.htm

[asheesh1_2000]

Here are some stuff for those guys going for CCSA. But note that I do not hv material for NGX , as I cleared my exam some 8 months back.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B115Y8FZ
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B115Y8FZ

Bi
Asheesh

[alfcoz]

Originally Posted by asheesh1_2000

Here are some stuff for those guys going for CCSA. But note that I do not hv material for NGX , as I cleared my exam some 8 months back.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B115Y8FZ
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B115Y8FZ

Bi
Asheesh

Just for talking,
NGX exam is only available from AUGUST 2005.
Do you mean you cleared NG AI CCSA, don't you?

[srikrishnak]

Is this forum supports sharing copyright mateirs ;) How come the posting the copyright publications in the CP forum

[Youngy]

Hi all,

I have been using checkpoint for as long as I have been a member of these forums (you can probably see me learning as I go in my posts). My company has sent me on the management 1 and 2 courses for NG with AI and I just passed by CCSA exam the other day.

All I did was study the CP provided course ware, use CP every day at work (which is partially helpful as I have not had to actually create any NATs etc and a few other things) and use the Boson exam simulation software.

I plan on using the same approach for the CCSE exam.