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Check Point Certification Testing
Check Point Certifications mean expertise with the technology that secures the internet for all Fortune and Global 100 companies. The benefits of becoming Check Point certified include the skills to support Check Point products, expert access to our SecureKnowledge database and advanced product documentation.
Getting Started
A Check Point User Center or PartnerMAP account profile is required to receive benefits for Check Point certifications. If you do not have a Check Point User Center account please create an account here. If you are not sure about your account status, please contact Account Services for verification.
For results to post to your User Center account, your Pearson VUE account MUST use the same email address as your User Center account.
Check Point Certification News
- NEW Register for an Exam via Online Proctoring
- Check Point’s Professional Certifications/Proctored Exams
- Check Point’s Accreditation/Un-proctored Exams
- Check Point’s Practice Exams
- Certification Updates
- Check Point Certification Goes Paperless
- Who Owns Your Certification
- When Did You Last Update Your Profiles
NEW Register for an Exam via Online Proctoring
All Check Point exams are available via Pearson VUE Online Proctoring, which allows you to take any exam from almost any location and at any time. Exams are delivered by a live proctor to your workstation. To register, visit pearsonvue.com/checkpoint/op.
Check Point’s Professional Certifications/Proctored Exams
Check Point’s professional certifications will continue to be delivered at Pearson VUE’s Authorized Testing Centers. CCSA and CCSE (proctored exams) will be priced $250 USD and CCSM $350. These include the 215 exams for CCSA, 315 exams to complete the CCSE requirement, 820 for the CCMSE, and 115 for the CCSM.
Updating an older CCSE certification.
If you have a pre-R70 CCSE certification you can update to R77 by taking the proctored 915 exam.
Check Point’s Accreditation/Un-proctored Exams
Check Point offers a number of exams for continuing education. These exams are unproctored and can be taken at your desktop or on your personal device. Two of these in a two year period will extend the CCSE for one year. Current offerings include:
- 726 – Secure Web Gateway (coming soon)
- 727 – Threat Prevention
- 728 – Gaia
- 729 – Advanced IPS
- 730 – SandBlast
- 733 – Mobile Threat Protection
Check Point’s Practice Exams
Check Point now offers practice exams for the signature proctored professional certification exams. Each practice exam is a subset of the actual exam. Each question is accompanied by the correct answer. These exams will be priced $50 USD for 40 questions.
- 601 – Administrator practice exam R77
- 602 – Engineering practice exam R77
Certification Updates
Check Point’s 215. 80 exam for the CCSA is now available. The 315.80 exam is expected 1st quarter, 2017. Check Point’s 215.77 and 315.77 exams will remain available until 3rd quarter 2017. The retirement date for the .77 exams will be announced 90 days prior on this site.
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Check Point Certification Goes Paperless
Starting 15 June 2015 Check Point discontinued hard copy certificates. You may access your certifications through your Check Point User Center accounts and print a certificate on demand. Check Point no longer provides hard copy certificates.
As always, for your certifications to show in your User Center account, your email address in your Pearson VUE profile must exactly match you User Center email address.
Check Point will only recognize one Pearson VUE profile, and that profile must be tied to your professional e-mail address linked to your User Center profile.
Who Owns Your Certification
Regardless of who pays for the exam, you, the exam candidate own the results. Your exam history is linked to your Certified Professional ID number granted the first time you create a Pearson VUE account. You should never create another one. If you change employers, you need only contact Account Services (accountservices@checkpoint.com) and they will assist you in moving your records to a new account.