Authorized Training Center Partner Program
Program Overview
Authorized Training Center (ATC) Partners help customers maximize their productivity and IT Security using Check Point products. Customers include tens of thousands of organizations of all sizes, including all Fortune and Global 100 companies and many small and medium businesses.
As a Check Point ATC, you will increase the efficiency of your customers’ IT security environment and help reduce their technical support needs. Check Point ATC’s also help meet the growing demand for IT Security professionals to battle the rapid rise of cyber-crime. Becoming a Check Point ATC provides many opportunities to get closer to your customers and grow your training business.
Authorized Training Center (ATC) partners receive exclusive benefits, tools, and resources to promote themselves and Check Point courses and certifications.
Benefits
Regular ATC communications on the latest training materials tools
Access to ATC only PartnerMAP content and materials
Recognition as an ATC on the Check Point Partner Locator
Direct marketing, sales, and advertising tools
Right to use the Check Point Partner logo and ATC logo
Eligibility to participate in Check Point courseware betas
Valuable instructor support materials including lab topologies, worksheets, presentations, and more
Program Requirements
- Meet equipment, hardware, software, and lab-topology requirements
- Maintain a minimum of one certified instructor per ATC location (CCSA, CCSE certified on current version; soft-skills trainer certification
- Audiovisual capability allowing for slide presentations
- Individual workstations for each student and instructor
- Training facilities comfortable for students and that facilitate learning
- Virtual classroom may be utilized
- Purchase and use Check Point authorized courseware
- Alteration of courseware in any manner is prohibited
- Direct students to Check Point’s online evaluation form upon course completion
Hardware Requirements
Minimum hardware requirements to the Authorized Training Center (ATC) – physical machine or ESX
Each student machine must have a minimum of the following:
- 16 GB of RAM
- 500 GB Hard Drive and/or 250 GB SSD HD
- i5 qual-core GHz processor
- Running Windows 7
- Internet Connectivity
Recommended hardware for ATCs for running all courses
Each student machine should include the following:
- 32 GB of RAM
- 250 GB SSD hard drive
- i7 qual-core GHz processor
- Running Windows 7
- Internet Connectivity
Virtual System (if used)
- Each student machine must have VMware Workstation 10
- EXE minimums for 10 students:
- 10,000 RPM hard drive speed
- RAID 5 for minimum
- RAID Zero for quick drive replacement – recommended
- 128 GM RAM minimum; recommended is more
- 16 cores
- 3 TB Drive
- Thin provisioning to reduce disk space
