This Week in CheckMates 21 April 2018

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CheckMates Events in Canada

This week, I was in the Great White North doing the "Migrate to R80.10" talk, which has been very popular!

Peter Stack‌ claimed he could have filled more than a couple rooms in Toronto--may have to take him up on that in the future

Someone even brought me an old Check Point CD to autograph. I had signed it before, too!

Meanwhile, we did a smaller, more intimate event in Calgary:

Next week, I'll be in Atlanta! 

If you haven't already signed up for the event: Atlanta: Check Point R80 API and Bring Your Own Malware 

Community Highlights

Meanwhile, here are the top threads from the past week:

CPAPI - Web API Tool 

A sample web portal that leverages the R80.x APIs to create objects and rules.

Upgrade 1470 to 1490 

Yes, you can do this!

How to check the access list in Check Point via CLI 

Covers both R77.30 and R80.10

Best Practice: Skype for Business (Lync) with(out) QoS 

Do you use Skype for Business with or without QoS? Weigh in!

https://community.checkpoint.com/thread/7523-management-server-internet-facing 

Should you or should you not expose your management server to the Internet?

Upcoming Events

Here's what's coming up in the next few weeks:

• 25^th April 2018: How to Prevent the Next Global Attack with IPS‌ 
• 25^th April 2018: Cleveland CheckMates: Endpoint Security Lab and Happy Hour  
• 26^th April 2018: Atlanta: Check Point R80 API and Bring Your Own Malware 
• 24^th May 2018: Geneva: Best Practices for Check Point Security