The key is making the exams tough enough to weed out the 'players' from the 'stayers' - those who truly learned the content and who can think their way through scenario-based exam questions. Why am I not allowed to publish this voting on other places than Developers (code hub)?Īfter 20+ years, certifications in Microsoft and Cisco platforms, and 12+ years inside Cisco Systems, I am of this opinion:įreely making available study blueprints (for exams), study guides (guided topical self-training books/downloads), and freely-available virtual appliance VMs (OVA, etc.), could in no way be deemed detrimental to the vendor's market share or bottom line - in fact just the inverse. I hope i managed to explain my idea correctly. Defining and Sharing Security Policy Layers.Installing and Managing a Remote Security Gateway.Check Point Security Solutions and Licensing.It could be divided according to the data sheet from Check Point like this for CCSA: The material would have to be divided into two parts, a part covering all the topics and then the related lab excercises. If Check Point would allow us to have a dedicated place under this community where users can contribute with the materal for CCSA and CCSE exam and sort of have an approved mark from someone at Check Point for the contributed materials so that the information is correct and validated. Attending a live course will always have advantage over self studying and you don't need to setup your own virtual environment. My idea is to have all the study material/labs for self study available here at this community for both CCSA and CCSE exam. Let's be honest, not everyone can afford that or get that covered or have ability to take 3 days off work. That said, I suggest to make this community even better and to raise up the level/knowledge even more for those that work with Check Point products every day.Īttending a CCSA course forexample takes 3 days and costs around 3000 USD. Also being so close to the experts at Check Point is great and makes this community unique and great but it's also a great way for Check Point to get feedback from customers to improve their products even more and see what people struggle about. First I would like to say that this community is the place to go if you need help and also a place where everyone share their knowledge and tries to help each other.

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