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Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
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Join Us for CheckMates Fest!
While we annually celebrate our champions and community as a whole, celebrations look a little different in the current times. We're delighted it gives us the opportunity to ring in the new year with the entire community in our first-ever CheckMates New Year Fest!
During the event, we'll announce our CheckMates Champions for 2020, showcase pictures of CheckMaters all around the globe, and enjoy fun mentalist tricks performed by our moderator Lior Manor!
CheckMates Everywhere Photo Context
You only have a few more days to send us a photo with a CheckMates logo in a beautiful, exciting, or funny location for a chance to win an Amazon Gift Card. Even if you're camera-shy, be sure to vote on your favorites!
CheckMates Go S02E39: We All Make Mistakes, Vol. 3
Volume 3 of our nightmarish IT tales series, like that time a database was accidentally deleted, encountering malware or ransomware for the first time, or other disastrous IT situations that may have been miraculously recovered from. In this excerpt, we have stories from David Hughes, Chris Young, and Skyler Tuter. Listen to the previous episodes in the series:
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Software Updates
- R81 Updatable SmartConsole Early Availability
- R80.40 JHF GA Take 89
- R80.30 JHF GA Take 229
- R80.20 JHF Ongoing Take 188
- R80.10 JHF Ongoing Take 287
Community Updates
- Face Recognition with R81
- Check Point Response to FireEye Red Team Tools Leak
- Check Point SASE Remote Access Solution Powered by Odo: Video, Slides, and Q&A
- Linux Type for Installing in VMware
- Security Gateway Option Dimmed in First Time Wizard
- SmartView Search Doesn't Return Results With Bigger Netmask in Filter
- Question about Encryption Domain per VPN Community in R80.40
Upcoming Events
We have a number of events planned for the next several weeks:
R81 New Identities
Join @Shay_Levin for a step by step TechTalk Deep Dive on configuring and using the following identities in Check Point R81:
- Azure AD Users/Groups
- Objects that are managed by an external JSON file
- Merge objects dynamically from multiple clouds and regions into a single object
America Registration Link - Dec 15, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Europe&APAC Registration Link - Dec 17, 2020 10:00 AM Paris
Value of Security Vendor Self-Awareness
Is your company really secured? How can Check Point remain relevant in the ever-changing attack landscape? Join us on 20 January 2021 when @Irina_Shalem will give you a unique peek under the hood of a platform enabling Check Point to stay head of new, sophisticated multi-stage attacks!
Virtual User Group Events
Given the current and evolving situation with Coronavirus, we are planning virtual events for the time being.
While anyone is welcome to register for CheckMates Live Virtual Edition events, they are generally for a limited number of people with priority given to people in the specified geographic area.
If you don't see your area listed, please contact us and we'll be happy to arrange a session for your area!
Bookmark the CheckMates Calendar to have an up-to-date list of events at your fingertips!
If you attend CheckMates Live events, you can get CPE credit!
- 15 December 2020:
- 18 December 2020: Greece: What's New in R81
- 7 January 2021: Belux: Infinity Portal: The Future of Security Management
