The CheckMates Blog

Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
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CheckMates GO S02E18: Path to Secure Cloud Transformation

In the latest episode of the CheckMates GO podcast, PhoneBoy talks with Global Security Architect JP Edwards about the Secure Cloud Transformation and how it evolved from the Check Point Enterprise Security Framework. Download the whitepaper from https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/White-Paper-Path-to-Secure-Cloud-Transformation/m... 

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• R80.40 Ongoing JHF Take 67
• R80.10 Ongoing JHF Take 279
• Terraform Check Point Provider v1.0.3
• R80.20.10 Firmware for 1500 Series Appliances

Other Topics

• Adding a 1500 Series Appliance to Smart-1 Cloud
• Is Management Data Plane Supported on 5000 Series Appliances with R80.30?
• Management API Calls Frequency Limit

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk: SIGRed - In depth Analysis of CVE-2020-1350 (CVSS 10.0)

In this TechTalk, we will discuss the research process, methodology, and mindset behind SIGRed. One of our most talented researchers - the brain behind the SIGRed vulnerability - Sagi Tzadik, will walk you through the process of discovering a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability. We will also demonstrate how this attack can be mitigated with Check Point's various products. Network Research Team Leader Ori Hamama who develops protections against new network threats, will show us how!

Register now and join us on 28 July @ 8am Pacific/5pm CET!

TechTalk: Cloud Native Security in the Era of Uncertainty

Cloud transformation is happening as we speak. Cloud is dynamic and offers less visibility. Join this session with @Marina_Segal  & TJ Gonen, to learn how can we secure our Cloud Environment during uncertain times.

Register now and join us on 5 August @ 8am Pacific / 5pm CET!

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 August 2020: Mid-Atlantic US: Performance Optimization Best Practices
• 6 August 2020: Southcentral US: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 11 August 2020: Eastern US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 13 August 2020: Southeastern US: Introduction to Performance Optimization
• 18 August 2020: Western US: Maintenance and Upgrade Best Practices
• 20 August 2020: Caribbean: Remote Access 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)

CheckMates GO S02E17: Ask Me Anything with Dr. Dorit Dor and Team

In the latest episode of the CheckMates GO podcast, it's the first of three parts of our Ask Me Anything with Check Point VP of Products @Dorit_Dor and her team. In this excerpt, we hear from Dorit, @Gera_Dorfman, and @Benny_Shlesinge on how Covid-19 has changed Check Point's product roadmap and delivery, Remote Access, Linux Endpoint, and R81.

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• R80.40 Ongoing JHF Take 65
• R80.30 GA JHF Take 214
• Endpoint Security/SandBlast Agent E83.11
• Early Access of Blink Upgrade for Security Management
• Show Package Tool to Visualize R80.x Policy Package in HTML (updated to v2.0.6)

Other Topics

• Scalable Remote Access VPN with CloudGuard IaaS: Video, Slides, and Q&A
• SIGRed: Why has it been rated by Microsoft as CVSS 10.0?
• Legacy Authentication versus Identity Awareness
• SecuRemote
• Cluster API Examples in R80.40
• Block by User Agent or Client Type

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk: Cloud Native Security in the Era of Uncertainty

Cloud transformation is happening as we speak. Cloud is dynamic and offers less visibility. Join this session with @Marina_Segal  & TJ Gonen, to learn how can we secure our Cloud Environment during uncertain times. Register now and join us on 5 August @ 8am Pacific / 5pm CET!

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! 

• 22 July 2020: Southeast US: GloudGuard Express/SHIFT
• 4 August 2020: Mid-Atlantic US: Performance Optimization Best Practices
• 6 August 2020: Southcentral US: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 11 August 2020: Eastern US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 13 August 2020: Southeastern US: Introduction to Performance Optimization
• 18 August 2020: Western US: Maintenance and Upgrade Best Practices
• 20 August 2020: Caribbean: Remote Access 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)

CheckMates GO S02E16: The Check Point Enterprise Security Framework

In the latest episode of the CheckMates GO podcast, PhoneBoy talks with Global Security Architect JP Edwards about the Check Point Enterprise Security Framework.

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• R80.30 Ongoing JHF Take 215
• SmartConsole R80.30 GA Build 90
• R80.10 GA JHF Take 275
• R80.20.05 JHF for 1500 Series 
• New Upgrade Behavior in Case of Unpublished Changes Pre-Upgrade

Other Topics

• Ask Me Anything with Dr. Dorit Dor and Team: Video & Q&A
• Check Point Common Commands (ccc) script (updated to v4.8)
• Assign Remote Access Client to a Security Zone?
• Block By User Agent or Client Type
• Remote Access Split Tunneling With Exclusions
• IPS Global Detect Mode
• NAT Source Port Manipulation

Upcoming Events

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

Regional Talks: Raising Your Security Level with Security Compliance

Raise your security level across your entire Check Point environment with a dynamic solution that monitors your security infrastructure, gateways, blades, policies, and configuration settings in real-time. During this session, we will show you how you can use Security Compliance - which applies 300+ best practices - to identify incorrect configurations of your settings. Compliance Blade is used, among other tools, to monitor policies in real-time and sends you instant notifications and guidance for remediation. As such, Compliance Blade also translates thousands of regulatory requirements into best practices for actionable security.

Register now for one of our sessions:

• EMEA – 14 July – 11:00am (GMT+2:00 Brussels Time) - Register here
• APAC – 14 July - 11:30am (GMT +8:00 Singapore Time) - Register here
• Americas – 14 July – 11:00am (GMT -7:00 Pacific Time) - Register here

TechTalk: Remote Access VPN solution with CloudGuard

In this TechTalk, together with our technology experts @Daniel_Goldenst and @Shay_Levin , we will talk about VPN Client Support on CloudGuard in VMSS on Azure. Register now and join us on 15 July @ 8am Pacific / 5pm CEST!

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! 

• 14 July 2020
  • Africa: Remote Access Best Practices
• 4 August 2020
  • Mid-Atlantic US: Performance Optimization 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)

CheckMates GO S02E15: More Ask Me Anything With Gil Shwed

The latest episode of the CheckMates Go podcast is the last installment of our Ask Me Anything with Gil Shwed series.

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• R80.30 Ongoing JHF Take 214

Dome9 Topics

• Integration with Slack
• Support for AWS CCPA and AWS MAS TMP Frameworks
• New Look for Clarity

Other Topics

• Configuring Geo Policies
• IPS Signature for Treck TCP/IP Ripple20 Vulnerabilities
• Upgrade to R80.40 Prohibited, Only Clean Install Possible?
• Operating as Pure NGIPS?
• Hyper Threading and Open Server
• Number of Cores Used by Log Indexer
• SmartEvent, SmartEvent Correlation Unit, and Log Server Machine
• Azure Function to Check Point Security Gateway Identity Awareness API
• CIS Hardening Benchmark for Check Point Gateways

Upcoming Events

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

Ask Me Anything with Dr. Dorit Dor

On 8th July 2020 at 8am Pacific / 5pm CET, we will have an Ask Me Anything with Check Point VP of Products @Dorit_Dor! Get your questions ready and register now!

Regional Talks: Raising Your Security Level with Security Compliance

Raise your security level across your entire Check Point environment with a dynamic solution that monitors your security infrastructure, gateways, blades, policies, and configuration settings in real-time. During this session, we will show you how you can use Security Compliance - which applies 300+ best practices - to identify incorrect configurations of your settings. Compliance Blade is used, among other tools, to monitor policies in real-time and sends you instant notifications and guidance for remediation. As such, Compliance Blade also translates thousands of regulatory requirements into best practices for actionable security.

Register now for one of our sessions:

• EMEA – 14 July – 11:00am (GMT+2:00 Brussels Time) - Register here
• APAC – 14 July - 11:30am (GMT +8:00 Singapore Time) - Register here
• Americas – 14 July – 11:00am (GMT -7:00 Pacific Time) - Register here

TechTalk: Remote Access VPN solution with CloudGuard

In this TechTalk, together with our technology experts @Daniel_Goldenst and @Shay_Levin , we will talk about VPN Client Support on CloudGuard in VMSS on Azure. Register now and join us on 15 July @ 8am Pacific / 5pm CEST!

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! 

• 7 July 2020: DACH: Remote Access Best Practices
• 7 July 2020: Western US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 9 July 2020: ANZ Session
• 14 July 2020: Africa: Remote Access Best Practices