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

Check Point Partners have been an integral part of CheckMates!
To better inform and equip our partners for success, we have created a CheckMates Partner community space.
Visit our Welcome Partners page for more details!

Community Highlights

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

New Releases

• Mobile Access Blade with Clientless RDP/SSH: Early Availability
• Application Control Updates related to Web Conferencing Applications
• New Version of Check Point Terraform provider (v1.0.2)
• R80.40 Jumbo HFA GA Take 48
• R80.30 Jumbo HFA Ongoing Take 196
• R80.10 Jumbo HFA Ongoing Take 275

CloudGuard Topics

• Securing Serverless Functions with CloudGuard Workload 
• Secure Your Code and Docker Container Images with CloudGuard SourceGuard
• Cloud Feature Names
• Check Point IaaS, Terraform scripts and presentation for AWS Transit Gateway

Other Topics

• Quantum Appliances Technical Aspects TechTalk: Video, Q&A, & Slides 
• fw ctl zdebug failed to allocate memory
• Blink Upgrade with CPUSE
• ISP Redundancy on SMB Appliances
• Hotspot for Internet for Guest on 3200 Appliance
• Site-to-Site VPN (Policy Based) and Routing Behavior
• Identity Conciliation Behavior
• Supervision of Check Point Firewalls

Upcoming Events

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

TechDive: CloudGuard IaaS Deployment Options on Google Cloud

If you're interested in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), want to learn how to use the platform, and configure and deploy CloudGuard IaaS for several use cases, join @Shay_Levin in one of three sessions we're doing during the last week of May! More details and registration here:

• EMEA Registration Link   (25 May 2020, 10:00 AM London)
• Americas Registration Link  (26 May 2020, 11:00 AM New York)
• APAC Registration Link  (27 May 2020 01:00 PM Singapore)

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! 

• 27 May 2020: Mid-South US: SandBlast Mobile
• 28 May 2020: California and Southwest: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 29 May 2020: CZ/SK: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 2 June 2020: Carolinas: R80.x API Automation and Orchestration Best Practices
• 4 June 2020: DACH: TailoredSafe
• 9 June 2020: France: Automatisation et Orchestration
• 18 June 2020: Iberia: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices

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 and our podcast (RSS Feed)

Two New Episodes of CheckMates GO

We have two new episodes of the CheckMates GO for your listening pleasure:

• S02E08: Applied Lessons from Covid-19
• S02E09: How Covid-19 Changed The Cyber Threat Landscape

Community Highlights

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

New Releases

• GAIA API version 1.4
• 1570R Rugged Security Gateway

Community Discussions

• Remote VPN Logs are Rewritten After Authentication Timeout in R80.20 
• Domain Objects (FQDN Mode) vs Custom Application/Sites 
• Replacing Licenses to Double Number of Licensed Cores
• Disable Anti-Spoofing from CLI
• E83.00 Endpoint Security Release and Browser Plugins
• HTTPS Inspection and sni.cloudflaressl.com 
• Use of mgmt_cli and 4 Eyes Review
• Increasing Performance and Use Cases for Separate IPS Profiles
• How to Identify a DDoS Attack on Check Point Appliances
• Disabling SecureXL on SMB Appliance R80.20

Upcoming Events

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

Next TechTalk: Technical Aspects of Quantum Appliances

On 20 May 2020, we will be talking about our new Quantum Security Gateways™ from the technical perspective, for better understanding of how they can provide ultra-scalable, power efficient protections against Gen V cyber threats. Register now!

TechDive: CloudGuard IaaS Deployment Options on Google Cloud

If you're interested in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), want to learn how to use the platform, and configure and deploy CloudGuard IaaS for several use cases, join @Shay_Levin in one of three sessions we're doing during the last week of May! More details and registration here:

• EMEA Registration Link   (25 May 2020, 10:00 AM London)
• Americas Registration Link  (26 May 2020, 11:00 AM New York)
• APAC Registration Link  (27 May 2020 01:00 PM Singapore)

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! 

• 19 May 2020: New York and New England: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 20 May 2020: Mid-South US: Dome9
• 21 May 2020: Georgia US: Remote Access Best Practices
• 27 May 2020: Mid-South US: SandBlast Mobile
• 28 May 2020: California and Southwest: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 29 May 2020: CZ/SK: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 2 June 2020: Carolinas: R80.x API Automation and Orchestration Best Practices
• 4 June 2020: DACH: TailoredSafe
• 9 June 2020: France: Automatisation et Orchestration
• 18 June 2020: Iberia: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices

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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 and our podcast (RSS Feed)

CheckMates GO: Detection Versus Prevention

The latest episode of our podcast has dropped! @Ashwin_Ram and I discuss the Detection mindset versus the Prevention mindset. 

Community Highlights

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

Software Updates

• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 45
• SmartConsole R80.40 GA build 396
• R80.20.05 Build 1169 for 1500 Series Appliances
• Ansible Collection for Check Point v1.05
• Threat Prevention Portal Early Availability 

Community Discussions

• Ask Me Anything with Check Point Founder and CEO Gil Shwed
• Cloud Security Posture Management on Azure and AWS with Dome9 TechTalk
• R80.30 JHF Installation with fw fast_accel Enabled Fails
• Can You Deploy SandBlast Agent w/o Active Directory?
• Broken Pipe: Requested Input Buffer Too Big (SNX on Linux)
• Mobile Access VPN Users Can't Reach Internal Network
• Error When Trying to Replace Gateway with Cluster Object in Policies
• LEA vs Log Exporter to Send Logs to Splunk

Upcoming Events

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

Next TechTalk: Technical Aspects of Quantum Appliances

On 20 May 2020, we will be talking about our new Quantum Security Gateways™ from the technical perspective, for better understanding of how they can provide ultra-scalable, power efficient protections against Gen V cyber threats. Register now!

TechDive: CloudGuard IaaS Deployment Options on Google Cloud

If you're interested in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), want to learn how to use the platform, and configure and deploy CloudGuard IaaS for several use cases, join @Shay_Levin in one of three sessions we're doing during the last week of May! More details and registration here:

• EMEA Registration Link   (25 May 2020, 10:00 AM London)
• Americas Registration Link  (26 May 2020, 11:00 AM New York)
• APAC Registration Link  (27 May 2020 01:00 PM Singapore)

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! 

• 12 May 2020: Poland: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 13 May 2020: Mid-South US: IoT Security
• 19 May 2020: New York and New England: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 21 May 2020: Georgia US: Remote Access Best Practices
• 28 May 2020: California and Southwest: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 29 May 2020: CZ/SK: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 18 June 2020: Iberia: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices

On 4th May 2020 (Star Wars day), we had an Ask Me Anything session with Check Point Founder & CEO. Find out what he believes to be the best practices for security during the era of Coronavirus as well as answered to your burning questions.

Content available to CheckMates members:

• Video
• Zoom Backgrounds

Selected Q&A will be shared in the comments shortly.
Video excerpt below.

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 and our podcast (RSS Feed)

CheckMates Search in SecureKnowledge is Back!

When you search in Support Center, you'll notice there's now a CheckMates tab:

This integration existed previously, but broke when we migrated to a different community solution last year.
It's now back and independently indexing the community.
if you run into any issues, let us know!

Community Highlights

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

Software Updates

• SandBlast Now: CloudGuard IaaS TAP for AWS in Early Availability
• EA Program for new Mobile Access Portal
• CloudGuard Express/Shift Early Availability

Community Discussions

• CloudGuard Iaas and Aviatrix - Egress How-To Video 
• Identity Collector Requirements, re: Java 
• Increase VPN Authentication Timeout
• Last Step is Missing in R80.40 Upgrade Documentation for Log Exporter
• Show Changes Between Sessions in SmartConsole 
• Monitor VPN Users on Check Point Firewall with Netmiko, Python, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
• Long-Lived TCP Connections Got Timed Out Ungracefully

Next TechTalk: Secure Data Transformation During COVID-19

The various mandates in response to COVID-19 have companies encouraging, if not mandating, that people work from home, which means only critical staff can be at the office or in the datacenter. This has led to an increase in the use of the public cloud services from AWS and Azure. Whether the business is one on the front line of combating Coronavirus, or is a financial institution, a manufacturer, a logistics company, or any other vertical, organizations must maintain business continuity during their cloud journeys and continue to provide the same level of security regardless of being in the cloud or on-premises. There has been case after case where a simple mis-configuration in a cloud subsystem has led to data loss.

Our next TechTalk will be done by @Gregory_Pepper on May 6th at 8am Pacific/5pm CEDT and will cover how CloudGuard Dome9 can keep your data secure by ensuring that your public cloud is compliant, secure from attacks, and is protected against mis-configurations. Register Now!

Upcoming 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! 

• 4 May 2020: Ask Me Anything with Gil Shwed
• 5 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition DACH
• 6 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition Mid-South
• 12 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition Poland
• 19 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition New York and New England
• 21 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition Georgia
• 28 May 2020: CheckMates Live Virtual Edition California and Southwest