Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
Past and future posts will be available here: The CheckMates Blog
To have these updates show up in your preferred RSS reader add the following URL: The CheckMates Blog RSS Feed
See also our social media accounts:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: Maintaining The Tie

PhoneBoy talks with Eric Anderson at Atlantic Data Security about the psychology of always being on the defense in cyber security.

Hot Community Topics

• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 23
• Check Point Terraform Provider v1.4.0
• How to Automate Onboarding an Openshift Cluster to Check Point CloudGuard Native
• CloudGuard Image Assurance in Action
• Advanced Investigation & Remediation Using Harmony Endpoint: Video, Slides, and Q&A
• It's Not The Firewall
• What's The Meaning of Prevent, Redirect, Detect, Block, and Drop
• Automatic SIM Affinity in R8x
• SecureXL Fast Accel and Packet Flow
• Traffic to Public IP of VPN Peer is Always Encrypted

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: CloudGuard & Aviatrix Clouding Together

In the cloud era, the role of a network security architect has become more critical than it has ever been. Complexity and human errors have always been the banes of security professionals. In this session, we will focus on how enterprises are leveraging the Check Point CloudGuard network solution and Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Network platform to improve overall security posture, ensure corporate and regulatory compliance, and embrace the exponential growth in enterprise cloud networking complexity by building on the combination of cloud security best practices and multi-cloud network architecture.

Register now for this 8th April TechTalk Deep Dive!

Check Point Updates

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Joseph Davis, Chief Security Advisor for Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft!

Talking Cloud with Jeff Ton, Experience CIO, Founder of Indy CIO Network

Jeff Ton is a highly seasoned and experienced technologist starting his illustrious career first as a 'programmer' and then on to management. He decided he wanted to be a CIO and reached his goal decades ago. Now, among other things, Jeff is an author, speaker, and explorer

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, March 31^st for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Endpoint.

Pysa Ransomware, Schools, and the Flash Alert from the FBI

A flash alert from the FBI warns educational groups about Pysa ransomware. Pysa uses tools like Mimikatz, Koadic and PowerShell Empire for lateral network movement. The malware has appeared on multiple continents. See what the FBI recommends.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 30 March 2021:
  • UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
  • Caribbean: Machine Learning 101
• 1 April 2021:
  • Russia: Performance Optimization Part 1 - Introduction
  • Canada: Remote Access and SASE
• 8 April 2021: Spanish: Quantum Maestro
• 13 April 2021:
  • Russia: Maestro: новые возможности R81.10
  • Greece: Performance Optimization Part 1: Introduction
• 14 April 2021: Western US: Learn About CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
Past and future posts will be available here: The CheckMates Blog
To have these updates show up in your preferred RSS reader add the following URL: The CheckMates Blog RSS Feed
See also our social media accounts:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: Maintaining The Tie

PhoneBoy talks with Eric Anderson at Atlantic Data Security about the psychology of always being on the defense in cyber security.

Hot Community Topics

• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 100
• R80.40 SmartConsole Build 422
• Public Beta: Harmony Connect for Users
• R80 and R80.10 End of Support in May 2021
• Best Practice for Threat Prevention API Calls to Appliance
• Preventing Users From Disconnecting Remote Access VPN Client
• Finding Rules About to Expire
• CPviewer: Visualize Your cpview/cpinfo Files

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk: Advanced Investigation and Remediation Using Harmony Endpoint

Join our TechTalk on March 24, 2021 at 9am Pacific/5pm CET, where you will learn:

• Critical aspects and best practices of practical endpoint security
• How to efficiently investigate & remediate real world attacks on endpoints

Check Point Updates

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Michael Kagan, CTO at NVIDIA!

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, March 24^th for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Browse.

Microsoft and Check Point on the ROI of Cloud Security

Join Microsoft and Check Point for a business discussion around the Forrester TEI of cloud network security, digital transformation and how to best secure your clients' cloud journey. Register now for our webinar on Mar 25 in APAC, EMEA, or the Americas. 

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 24 March 2021: CheckMates Live Latino America: Novedades de R81
• 25 March 2021: Adriatics: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 26 March 2021: ANZ: 2021 Edition # 1
• 30 March 2021:
  • UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
  • Caribbean: Machine Learning 101
• 1 April 2021: Canada: Remote Access and SASE
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
Past and future posts will be available here: The CheckMates Blog
To have these updates show up in your preferred RSS reader add the following URL: The CheckMates Blog RSS Feed
See also our social media accounts:

CheckMates Go: The Value in Value Added Reseller

What value does a value added reseller actually add? PhoneBoy talks with Eric Anderson at Atlantic Data Security about it.

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Cybersecurity Director at Google Cloud!"

Talking Cloud with Brendan Staveley, Americas Sales Leader-AWS Security at Amazon

Talking Cloud is the podcast where we talk about cloud, all things cloud, anything cloud… all with an emphasis on cloud security. @Grant_Asplund interviews expert guests from cloud vendors, enterprises and channel partners.

Community Updates

• R80.40 JHF GA Take 94
• CloudGuard NDR Early Availability
• Azure Serverless Early Availability
• SandBlast Mobile customers Migrating to Harmony Mobile in Infinity Portal
• Automating Check Point R81 Security Management from iOS using Siri, REST APIs, and Smart-1 Cloud
• Interface-based Policies to Zone-based Policies
• Cluster Migration: Copy Topology to New Cluster
• Who Created the Object?
• It's Not The Firewall
• Find Expired Rules in the Rulebase

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk Deep Dive: Native Cloud Security Deep Dive Walkthrough

If you want to start managing your public cloud security like a pro, this Deep Dive on Mar 16th at 11am Eastern Time is exactly what you need! We will take you hand by hand through a walkthrough, where we will show you how to onboard your AWS and Azure environments to the CloudGuard Native Security Dashboard.

TechTalk: Advanced Investigation and Remediation Using Harmony Endpoint

Join our TechTalk on March 24, 2021 at 9am Pacific/5pm CET, where you will learn:

• Critical aspects and best practices of practical endpoint security
• How to efficiently investigate & remediate real world attacks on endpoints

Virtual User Group Events

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

• 16 March 2021:
  • Russia: Check Point Remote Access
  • France: What's New in R81
• 18 March 2021:
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 2 - SecureXL
  • East US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation -- Oh, My!
• 19 March 2021: Balkans: Maestro for Real
• 25 March 2021: Adriatics: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 26 March 2021: ANZ: 2021 Edition # 1
• 30 March 2021:
  • UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
  • Caribbean: Machine Learning 101
• 1 April 2021: Canada: Remote Access and SASE
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL

Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
Past and future posts will be available here: The CheckMates Blog
To have these updates show up in your preferred RSS reader add the following URL: The CheckMates Blog RSS Feed
See also our social media accounts:

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Jonathan Hunt, CISO at GitLab!"

Talking Cloud with Mike Morrato, Service Director - Security Architecture and Engineering at Trace3

Talking Cloud is the podcast where we talk about cloud, all things cloud, anything cloud… all with an emphasis on cloud security. @Grant_Asplund interviews expert guests from cloud vendors, enterprises and channel partners.

Community Updates

• Web Zero Phishing Looking for Alpha Customers
• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 94
• Public Beta: Harmony Connect for Users 
• SmartEvent Report for MS-Exchange 0-Day Vulns
  • Specifically: CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858 and CVE-2021-27065
• RFID Token Authentication with R81 and a Raspberry Pi
• Mission Clinical: The Cyber Security Escape Room
• Experiences with Maestro
• What Comes Next After R80.20SP for Chassis?
• Change Gateway from Ready State to Active During Upgrade to R80.40
• Intermittent Internet Connectivity
• How to send Gratuitous ARP Manually

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk Deep Dive: Native Cloud Security Deep Dive Walkthrough

If you want to start managing your public cloud security like a pro, this Deep Dive on Mar 16th at 11am Eastern Time is exactly what you need! We will take you hand by hand through a walkthrough, where we will show you how to onboard your AWS and Azure environments to the CloudGuard Native Security Dashboard.

TechTalk: Advanced Investigation and Remediation Using Harmony Endpoint

Join our TechTalk on March 24, 2021 at 9am Pacific/5pm CET, where you will learn:

• Critical aspects and best practices of practical endpoint security
• How to efficiently investigate & remediate real world attacks on endpoints

Virtual User Group Events

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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 March 2021: MEA: Whats New in R81
• 11 March 2021: North Central US: Remote Access Best Practices
• 16 March 2021:
  • Russia: Check Point Remote Access
  • France: What's New in R81
• 18 March 2021:
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 2 - SecureXL
  • East US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation -- Oh, My!
• 19 March 2021: Balkans: Maestro for Real
• 25 March 2021: Adriatics: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 26 March 2021: ANZ: 2021 Edition # 1
• 30 March 2021: UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL

Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
Past and future posts will be available here: The CheckMates Blog
To have these updates show up in your preferred RSS reader add the following URL: The CheckMates Blog RSS Feed
See also our social media accounts:

Miss Something at CPX 360 2021? We've Got it on CheckMates!

Recordings and slides are posted on CheckMates to review later on. Make sure you log in to access all the content!

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Ross Young, CISO at Caterpillar Financial!"

Check Point Harmony: Highest Level of Security for Remote Users

One of the things we announced at CPX was Check Point Harmony, our unified security solution for users, devices, and access. You can get more details about it on March 10th by registering to webinars in:

• Americas
• EMEA
• ASIA Pacific

You can find out a little more about it from this blog post. 

Community Updates

• Public Beta: Harmony Connect for Users 
• R80.20 JHF Ongoing Take 190
• R80.20 SmartConsole Build 121
• R80.10 End of Support on May 2021
• Central Deployment of 1500 Appliances with Dynamic IP
• SmartConsole Versions
• Unified Policy with Shared Inline Layer Missing Content Column

Upcoming Events

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

Virtual User Group Events

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

• 2 March 2021:
  • Russia: Containerization, Microservices, and Kubernetes
  • Poland: Issue Resolution Best Practices
• 4 March 2021:
  • Belux: Quantum and Quantum Maestro: The Future of Network Security
  • South Central US: What's New in R81
• 9 March 2021: MEA: Whats New in R81
• 11 March 2021: North Central US: Remote Access Best Practices
• 16 March 2021:
  • Russia: Check Point Remote Access
  • France: What's New in R81
• 18 March 2021:
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 2 - SecureXL
  • East US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation -- Oh, My!
• 19 March 2021: Balkans: Maestro for Real
• 25 March 2021: Adriatics: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 26 March 2021: ANZ: 2021 Edition # 1
• 30 March 2021: UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL