This Week in CheckMates 27 May 2019

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Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
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Community Highlights

Here are the threads to watch from the last week:

Firewall Rules Optimization for CPU and Network Throughput

Does grouping rules together improve performance? Not necessarily.

IPS Version 2 Signatures

What are they?

Improved User Experience for Zero Day Attack Prevention in R80.30

See how it works.

Blocking List of Domain Names with R80.10

What's the best way to do it?

Ansible-Based Automation for Check Point Management Server and Gateways

Leverages the R80.x Management APIs and the Gaia APIs.

Best Practices for Inline Layers

How to best leverage/use them.

IPS Protection for CVE-2019-0708

Patch your systems and apply this IPS signature.

Postman Collection for R80.30

For testing the R80.30 APIs.

Upcoming Events

We are now maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar.
You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 
Here's where you can find @Valeri_Loukine and I over the next few weeks

• 6th June 2019: R80.30 Technology Update
• 18th June 2019: CheckMates Live Estonia with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 19th June 2019: SD-WAN Security TechTalk
• 20th June 2019: CheckMates Live Nashville with @PhoneBoy 
• 25th June 2019: CheckMates Live Greece with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 27th June 2019: CheckMates Live Romania with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 17th July 2019: Maestro TechTalk: New Features, Best Practices, and Performance Aspects

If you would like a CheckMates Live event in your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com