• Define and explain the benefits of automation and orchestration.

• Discuss technologies used for automation and orchestration, such as scripts and APIs.

• Discuss the basic components of the Check Point API infrastructure and how these components interact to provide security automation and orchestration.

• Given a scenario, prepare the Check Point environment for API operations.

• Describe the basic workflow for Management API command usage.

• Identify the supported automation tools for Management API commands.

• Given a scenario, use the appropriate automation tool to run Management API commands.

• Describe the basic workflow for Gaia API command usage.

• Identify the supported automation tools for Gaia API commands.

• Given a scenario, use the appropriate automation tool to run Gaia API commands.

• List best practices and guidelines for Management and Gaia APIs.

• Identify the benefits of using the JSON argument (–format json) with Management API commands.

• Give examples of how to use the jq utility to filter Management API output.

• Identify the prerequisites for using Postman for Check Point Web API calls.

• Describe the basic workflow for using Postman to send Check Point Web API calls.

• Given a scenario, configure and use Postman to send Web API commands.

• Introduction to automation and orchestration

• Introduction to Check Point APIs

• Management API

• Gaia API

• Best practices and guidelines

• JSON and jq

• Postman

Exercises:

• Use scripts to deploy a Security Management Server.

• Deploy a Security Gateway using the Blink utility.

• Use best practices to prepare the security environment for API usage.

• Use internal and external tools to automate object and policy creation and modification.

• Automate the creation and installation of the security policy.

• Automate the connection of the Security Gateway.

• Automate adjustments to Check Point Server Configuration with the Gaia API.

• Use the Management API and the Gaia API to add resources,modify object settings, and perform maintenance tasks.

• Use JSON scripts and jq to view objects and monitor performance.

• Working knowledge of Unix-like and/or Windows operating systems, networking fundamentals, networking security, TCP/IP networking, Bash scripting, and vi editor.

• Other prerequisites that are strongly encouraged include knowledge of Check Point security (CCSA and CCSE) and a minimum of six months practical experience with Check Point security solutions.

Attend two Infinity Specialization courses and pass their exams to automatically become a Check Point Certified Security Master (CCSM).

Attend four Infinity Specialization courses and pass their exams to automatically become a Check Point Certified Security Master Elite (CCSM Elite).

• Check Point Certified Endpoint Specialist (CCES)

• Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Administrator (CCTA)

• Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS)

• Check Point Certified MDSM Specialist (CCMS)

• Check Point Certified VSX Specialist (CCVS)

• Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Expert (CCTE)

• Check Point Certified Maestro Expert (CCME)

• Check Point Certified Cloud Network Security Expert for AWS (CNSE-AWS)

• Check Point Certified Cloud Network Security Expert for Azure (CNSE-AZURE)