This Week in CheckMates 3 February 2020

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CheckMates at CPX 360 2020 New Orleans

Did you see the Check Point ads in the New Orleans airport?

Meanwhile, @Amit_Sharon and I were presenting to our sales teams:

@Moti  was the front man for our Ask Me Anything with @Dorit_Dor and the team:

I was definitely "behind the scenes" though:

And of course, the CheckMates Zone was full of fun and games:

We'll be in Vienna next week. Will you be there?

Community Highlights

Here's the threads to watch from the last week:

Software/Service Releases

• R80.40 is GA (Official Announcement and the Unofficial Announcement)
• New Security Management Features in R80.40
• New Version of Check Point App for Splunk

Other Topics

• Check Point Jump Start: Free Video Training 
• Strict hold is not possible failure - Write to other side occurred 
• Anti-Spoofing and VPN Traffic 
• How to Migrate a Massive Environment to Check Point (presented at CPX 360 2020 New Orleans)
• Gateway Versions That Can Be Managed by R80.x
• R80.40 Dynamic Split Enabled or Disabled?

Upcoming Events

We are now maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar
You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 
If you attend CheckMates Live events, you can get CPE credit! 

• 20 February 2020: CheckMates Live Sydney 
• 10 March 2020: CheckMates Live Copenhagen
• 11 March 2020: CheckMates Live Jutland
• 12 March 2020: CheckMates Live Paris

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