topic Re: CCSM renew in Training and Certification

CCSM renew

DrEvil — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:58:37 GMT

Hi folks!

A question for you about the CCSM renewal procedure.

I've gained the CCSM R80 during 2019, studying on the official "Security Master Student & Lab Manual Rev R80.10 v2" .

The Next year I will need to renew it but apparenlty I haven't found any indication on the Certification FAQ below on how to do it.

https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/training/check-point-certification-faq.pdf

Could you please help to sort this doubt out?

In case that it would be necessary to pass from scratch the 156-115.80 exam, do the manual "Rev R80.10 v2" remains valid?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Best of all

Massimo

Re: CCSM renew

_Val_ — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:57:51 GMT

AFAIK, it is not allowed to pass the same exam twice to renew the certification.

@Jason_Tugwell & @shay_solomon, please advise

Re: CCSM renew

DrEvil — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:59:54 GMT

Thx Val to revert,

that's my same understanding, so the question is

...how should I renew it?

Re: CCSM renew

_Val_ — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:35:16 GMT

This is why I have tagged the responsible ppl here 🙂 Please allow them some time to respond

Re: CCSM renew

Danny — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:17:56 GMT

Just open a ticket with Account Services then as others did before. Your CCSM might then be extended.

Re: CCSM renew

DrEvil — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:50:25 GMT

Thx Danny, I will go for it and I will let you know.

Best

Re: CCSM renew

Jason_Tugwell — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:46:29 GMT

Massimo,

I see your R80 CCSM is valid until November 2021. We will have an upgrade path early in 2021. No need to contact Account Services right now.

Contact me if you have any further questions.

If someone was going to expire shortly, we would extend until mid 2021.

Thanks

Tug

Re: CCSM renew

DrEvil — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:17:34 GMT

Thx Jason,

I will wait for the upgrade path early in 2021.

Best

Re: CCSM renew

Vincent_Bacher — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:45:30 GMT

Hi,

have a question regarding CCSM as well.
My CCSM will expire in February.

Now as the certification program for CCSM will change, will i lose my CCSM because of not having enough specialized infinity certificades?
Hust have CCME.

If no, when i would pass e.g. CCTA, CCTE and CCVS, would i be CCSM elite automatically when this certification path will go live/active?

Best regards
Vincent

Re: CCSM renew

Chris_Atkinson — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:03:56 GMT

Each Infinity Specialization Accreditation achieved extends the highest active core certification by one year.

Refer: https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/11/25/check-point-software-revolutionize-its-cyber-security-certification-program/

Re: CCSM renew

Jason_Tugwell — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:19:22 GMT

Vincent you will not lose your Certification. You are in a spot where we will work with you as mentioned above.

Come February you will only need the 2 Infinity Specialist Accreditations (ISA) to get to CCSM Elite. We ask that you wait until February to get these as our system will not be looking for previous ISAs for this.

Reach out to me if you have any questions.

Thanks

Tug

Re: CCSM renew

Vincent_Bacher — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:40:50 GMT

Thanks a lot Jason, that sounds promising.
Cheers
Vincent

Re: CCSM renew

Vincent_Bacher — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:35:55 GMT

Hi Jason,

unfortunately because of onboarding activities at my new employer, i was not able to join ISA trainings yet.
I want to attend VS Training 22/23 of March and Automation on 25/26 of March.
And i would like to try to pass the tests asap afterwards.

Will this extend my CCSM? 😇

Re: CCSM renew

Jason_Tugwell — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:26:00 GMT

please send me an email

jtugwell@checkpoint.com

Re: CCSM renew

mattlai — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:27:55 GMT

i am wondering how do i extend my certificate even it still takes a long time to expire. all people says there would be some announcement in 2021 but hey its about to be 2022

Re: CCSM renew

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:49:53 GMT

Does the FAQ in sk163417 cover your scenario?

Re: CCSM renew

genisis__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:28:35 GMT

Just to clarify, the way I read the above and the link provided, if we take two specialist exams the certification is extended by two years as each certification exam passed extends by 1 year.

Is this correct?

Re: CCSM renew

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:32:54 GMT

It depends on the scenario in some cases yes in others a new (higher) certification level is achieved, see the examples and the link provided.

Re: CCSM renew

Jason_Tugwell — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:21:47 GMT

Did you miss our announcement about the New Certification program?

See: https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Training-and-Certification/New-Certification-Program-Model-FAQ/m-p/122101#M1754

We outline how to extend and renew certifications here. But if you still have questions, you may email me at jtugwell@checkpoint.com

Thanks

Re: CCSM renew

genisis__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:08:34 GMT

Agreed so if I'm an exist CCSM, and pass two specialist exams I become a CCSM Elite, for 2 years, further if I then wish to extended the CCSM Elite I assume taking a further two specialist exams would extend that by another 2 years.