CheckMates Go Cyber Security Podcast

We have an excerpt from our recent Future of SD-WAN session and how Check Point products protect against BRICKSTORM.

This week, we’ve got some Maestro content, how well does Threat Prevention work without https inspection enabled, rad errors, improvements to Application Control signatures, a way to find IPS Signatures with the API, CloudGuard WAF updates, and a good reason not to run debugs on a production firewall.

• Check Point Acquires Lakera
• Introducing Lakera - Securing the AI Frontier TechTalk
• Maestro Best Practices FAQ
• Maestro and Asymmetric Connections
• What real production do we get from Threat Prevention Without HTTPS Inspection
• How to Deal with RAD Errors
• Advanced Technical Resource Guide: RAD
• Improved App Control Detection Without HTTPS Inspection
• How to filter for IPS signatures with a space in the name via the API
• CloudGuard WAF: Product News September 2025
• Run Debugs in a Maintenance Window

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In this episode, PhoneBoy talks about the DigiCert issue, an excerpt from our External Cyber Risks session, four features you should be using, a SmartConsole extension to help you find zero hit-count rules, and new API calls in R82 JHF 38.

PhoneBoy plays an excerpt from the recent State of Ransomware Q2 2025 session as well addressing a bunch of questions on Web Filtering!

PhoneBoy plays an excerpt from our SharePoint CVEs Deep Dive, 3 Features You Should Start Using, different DNS servers per domain, using dnsmasq prior to R82, interpreting fwaccel stat output, ordered versus inline layers, and a SmartConsole cheat cheat.