I just got an email that the CCSA NGX exam #156-215 (and other exams for the other certs) will be released on August 15th. This exam covers the NGX/R60 product, where the current exam (and my book) is for NG-AI/R55.

I’m currently looking at the exam outline and the differences in the products. They don’t look too great so far, which means my plan is to write up a couple of chapters covering the new material and release it on the Internet as an update to the book. Whether or not a successive printing of the book is updated is up to my publisher.

That said, this isn’t the end of the world. Anyone with their CCSA in NG-AI has it for three years. Check Point will likely offer the NG-AI exam until the successor to NGX comes out. This means that if you’re studying for the CCSA there is nothing wrong with taking the NG-AI version.