Clarification on the E-Kits

[Griff]

Hi All,

I am looking for some clarification on exactly what the E-Kits sold by Check Point are.

Are these the kortext e-books that you would get if you attended the official training course?

I ask as I am looking to do my CCCS and was wondering if the 'E-Kit for Cloud Specialist (CCCS) R81.X' would give me the same kortext book so I can self study instead of attending the training course.

Kind regards,
Rhys

[Jason_Tugwell · Accepted solution]

@Griff 

Yes, the EKits are the official ebooks provided during the training courses.

Kortext is the provider we use to manage our Ekit catalog.

Regards,

Jason

[Griff]

Hi Jason,

Thank you for very much for the clarification.

Just to follow up, once I purchase the E-Kit, is it a case that I now have access to it forever or access limited for a set amount of time.

Regards,
Rhys

[Jason_Tugwell]

As long as you have the Kortext account, you will have access to the e-kit. We do not set a limit.

[Richard_Boone]

What all comes with the e-kits? Is it just an e-book? Are there any labs, knowledge checks, or practice exams?  No description of content is provided on the Checkpoint site.

[Bob_Zimmerman]

At a technical level, the ebook distributed through Kortext is an Adobe Edition PDF. It has DRM applied to prevent directly copying most stuff out of it.

I happen to have the "Check Point Certified Security Administrator R81.10" ebook. It's 698 pages. It has a proper table of contents with sections and hierarchy, so it's easy to navigate. Each chapter ends with some review questions, and most chapters have one or two labs after the review questions. The labs describe what you need to do, and they have screenshots showing parts of the configuration. The last ~20 pages of the book are an appendix with answers to the review questions.

This course book could be used for solo study. It's noticeably better than course books I've seen from most other companies. I still think an instructor-led course is better, because then you have somebody to help figure out what's wrong if you don't get the expected results in a lab.