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CheckPoint 156-561 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Check Point |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist - R81.20 (CCCS) |
| Exam Number: | 156-561 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice |
| Exam Price: | $250 USD |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 70% |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Real Exam Qty: | 75 |
| Related Certifications: | CCSA CCSE Check Point CloudGuard certifications |
| Recommended Training: | Check Point Official Cloud Specialist Training (CCCS R81.20) Check Point CloudGuard Learning Resources |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Check Point Exams Check Point Certification Program |
| Sample Questions: | CheckPoint 156-561 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Pearson VUE proctored exam (online or test center) |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: basic networking knowledge and familiarity with Check Point Security Administrator (CCSA-level knowledge) or equivalent cloud security experience. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.checkpoint.com/ |
CheckPoint 156-561 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) | - Compliance frameworks (CIS, NIST, PCI, GDPR, HIPAA) - Policy enforcement and remediation automation |
| Security Operations and Automation | - CloudFormation and orchestration - Terraform and Ansible automation - CME (Cloud Management Extension) |
| Cloud Security Fundamentals | - CloudGuard introduction and deployment models - Cloud computing concepts and architectures |
| Cloud Network Security | - Azure networking (VNet, Virtual WAN, Route Server, ARM) - AWS security architecture (VPC, Transit Gateway, GWLB) - GCP networking (VPC, MIG, autoscaling concepts) |
| CloudGuard Deployment and Management | - Auto-scaling and high availability - CloudGuard Network Security deployment - Security policy configuration and SmartConsole |
CheckPoint Check Point Certified Cloud Specialist - R81.20 (CCCS) Sample Questions:
Which solution allows administrators to manage, control, and monitor access to important resources in your Azure environment?
- A. Azure Directory Federation Service
- B. Azure Active Directory
- C. iPlanet Directory Service
- D. Azure Open Directory Service
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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When using Data Center Objects in a policy and the objects are not updating, what are two steps we can check?
- A. 1. Verify process is running with 'cloudguard on' and 2. 'test communication' button the Data Center Server object
- B. 1. Reboot the Security Management Server and 2. restart the api process with 'api restart'
- C. 1. Reboot the Security Management Server and 2. restart the cloudguard process with
'cloudguard on' - D. 1. Verify process is running with 'cloudguard on' and 2. restart the api process with 'api restart'
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Which applications perform the following automated remediations:
- Encrypt databases
- Rotate encryption keys
- Force password changes
- Quarantine instances
- A. AutoRemed Java Applets
- B. Correction Servlets
- C. Posture Correction Script - pc-script.sh
- D. CloudBots
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
One of the limitations in deploying Check Point CloudGuard Cluster High Availability is that:
- A. VMAC mode is mandatory for all cluster interfaces
- B. State synchronization is required and must be done ONLY on a dedicated link
- C. High Availability configurations support only three Security Gateway members
- D. High Availability configurations support only two Security Gateway Members
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
In case of a Cluster failover which mechanism is used as a replacement of the GARP mechanism?
- A. Neighbor Discovery
- B. Multicast Forwarding
- C. Router Discovery
- D. API calls using IAM roles.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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