Check Point NGFW Foundations Lab
Solution overview
The Check Point Foundations Lab provides a structured environment to build skills in deploying and managing Next Generation Firewall capabilities. It begins with establishing a baseline configuration and access control policy at the branch site, ensuring core connectivity and management readiness. Next, it introduces secure connectivity concepts by publishing an internal Ubuntu SSH server with static NAT, while restricting inbound access to a trusted external source and enabling outbound access from branch clients. Finally, it demonstrates scaling and resiliency with ElasticXL, where the cluster is expanded from two to three members to validate dynamic load sharing, policy synchronization, and simplified redundancy. Together, these modules give learners practical experience with policy creation, NAT, and clustering—key building blocks for real-world Check Point deployments.