Symantec’s exam 250-015, “Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0” is one of two requirements for the Symantec Product Specialist (SPS) certification. The other is to pass the CompTIA Security+ or (ISC)2 SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) certification.

It is designed for candidates whose “responsibilities are focused on using a specific group of Symantec products within a Security designation,” in this case the Enterprise Firewall 7.0 product.

This exam costs $150 USD and may be taken from Thomson Prometric.

This form-based multiple choice exam lasts 90 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• SECURITY CONCEPTS, PROCEDURES, AND ISSUES
• FIREWALL ARCHITECTURE AND INSTALLATION
• BASE COMPONENTS AND RULES
• CUSTOM PROTOCOLS AND GSPS
• AUTHENTICATION
• SERVICE REDIRECTS AND ADDRESS TRANSFORMS
• VPNS
• DNS
• REMOTE CONSOLE MANAGEMENT
• FIREWALL MANAGEMENT
• ADVANCED FIREWALL MANAGEMENT TOPICS