Check Point NG VPN-1/Firewall-1: Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting

Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. Check Point recently announced a ground-breaking user interface that meets the industry's next generation Internet security requirements, including simplified security management for increasingly complex environments. Built upon Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture, the Next Generation User Interface revolutionizes the way security administrators define and manage enterprise security by further integrating management functions into a security dashboard and creating a visual picture of security operations. The Next Generation User Interface delivers unparalleled ease-of-use, improved security and true end-to-end security management. Check Point's revenues have more than doubled in each of the last two years, while capturing over 50% of the VPN market and over 40% of the firewall market according to IDC Research. The explosive growth of the company is further evidenced by over 29,000 IT professionals becoming Check Point Certified so far.
This book will be the complimentary to Syngress' best-selling Check Point Next Generation Security Administration, which was a foundation-level guide to installing and configuring Check Point NG. This book will assume that readers have already mastered the basic functions of the product and they now want to master the more advanced security and VPN features of the product. Written by a team of Check Point Certified Instructors (the most prestigious Check Point certification) this book will provide readers with a complete reference book to Check Point NG and advanced case studies that illustrate the most difficult to implement configurations. Although not a Study Guide, this book will cover all of the objectives on Check Point's CCSE Exam.

· The reader will learn to design and configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
· The reader will learn to configure Check Point NG for High Availability (HA), which is the ability of a system to perform its function continuously (without interruption) for a significantly longer period of time than the reliabilities of its individual components would suggest.
· The reader will learn to use SeucureUpdate, which allows them to perform simultaneous, secure, enterprise-wide software updates.

Cherie Amon (CCSA, CCSE, CCSI, NSA) is technical editor of and contributor to the best selling Check Point Next Generation Security Administration (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-928994-74-1), as well as the Nokia Network Security Solutions Handbook (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-70-1). Cherie is a Senior Professional Security Engineer at Integralis, a systems integrator specializing in IT and e-commerce security solutions. She is both a Check Point and Nokia Certified Security Instructor and has been installing, configuring, and supporting Check Point products since 1997. Cherie currently provides third-tier technical support to Integralis clients and acts as Technical Lead for many managed firewall accounts. Cherie is a member of USENIX and SAGE.

Jim Noble (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, CCSI, CCSE+, CNX) is the Network and Security Director for INFO1 Holding Company, Inc. He and his team are responsible for the design of the company's networking infrastructure, security architecture, telecommunications strategy, and data center design. He comes from an Army Intelligence background, and has 11 years of Information Systems experience. Jim has five years experience with Check Point FireWall-1 and is very interested in securing information. INFO1 Holding Company, Inc., an information technology company, is one of the four largest credit information providers to the mortgage industry. The company provides credit information and other related services including flood certifications, fraud detection, tax return verifications, and business reports to mortgage and banking clients throughout the country. The company is known for its industry leading technology, and through its nationwide processing centers, has earned a reputation for excellent customer service. INFO1 uses advanced electronic data exchange in XML, X12 and other standard and proprietary formats over secure Internet and Private Wide Area Network connections.

Doug Maxwell (CCSI, NSA) is a Senior Professional Services Engineer with Integralis in East Hartford, CT. He primarily designs and implements the integration of Nokia and other Check Point firewalls, as well as IDS solutions into enterprise networks, and teaches Nokia Security Administration and Check Point NG to clients. He is also the Lead Engineer for the Integralis-US S3 team, which provides network security auditing, penetration testing, and computer forensic services. His specialties include UNIX network security and firewall/IDS network integration. Doug holds a bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USENIX, and the System Administrator's Guild (SAGE). Doug is a contributing author for Check Point Next Generation Security Administration, (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-928994-74-1).