This Week in CheckMates 8 June 2020

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CheckMates Go S02E11: Gil Shwed on IoT, Zoom, and SD-WAN

An excerpt of our recent Ask Me Anything with Check Point Founder and CEO Gil Shwed where he discusses IoT, Zoom, and SD-WAN.

SecureKnowledge

Did you know we have a space on CheckMates where we highlight articles from Check Point's official knowledge base, SecureKnowledge?

This past week, @_Val_ has highlighted an important article for those of you who have a lot of remote access users, Route All Traffic is configured, and make heavy use of Office 365. You probably want to route that Office 365 traffic directly. sk167000 explains exactly how to achieve that.

Community Highlights

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

New Releases

• R81 EA Program (Production Usage)
• Tailored Safe SmartConsole Extension: Tailor-made IPS Profile

Linux 3.10 Threads

• User Space Firewall Support in R80.30-3.10 and Above
• R80.30-3.10 Interface Issues with LLDP

Upgrade Topics

• Upgrading Old Version of CPUSE
• Upgrade from R80.30 to R80.40 Stick on Importing IPS Data 
• Upgrading Firmware of 1430 From Old Version 

Other Topics

• Do Management and Gateway Need Same or Higher Jumbo Hotfix Level?
• URL Filtering Categorization Issues on R80.30 Without HTTPS Inspection
• NAT Table (fwx_alloc) Top Users
• Ports Required Between Management and Gateway

Upcoming Events

We have a number of events planned for the next several weeks:

TechTalk: Improving Gateway Performance with Dynamic Workloads

In our next TechTalk scheduled for 24th June 2020 at 8am PDT/5pm CEST, we will talk about Dynamic Workloads, a new feature introduced in R80.40. It is aimed at automatically allocating system resources in order to self-optimize and match your traffic characteristics. Register now!

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 a 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! 

• 9 June 2020: France: Automatisation et Orchestration
• 18 June 2020: Iberia: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 2 July 2020: Poland: Introduction to Performance Optimization