Welcome to "This Week in CheckMates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!
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Free Check Point Training!
In addition to the materials we have on Check Point for Beginners, we offer the Check Point Jump Start course that is completely free! It is available on Udemy or Cybrary. We also just launched our Maestro Jump Start on Udemy!
CheckMates GO S2E5: The Threats And Opportunities Of COVID-19
New episode of CheckMates GO available for listening pleasure!
Community Highlights
Here's the threads to watch from the last week:
Remote Access
Refer to the following FAQ in SecureKnowledge: sk166032 as well as our Short List of Most Useful Resources and Tools for Remote Access VPN .
Discussions of note:
If you have questions around Remote Access and Mobile Access Blade, best to ask in the Remote Access Solutions space!
SmartConsole Extensions
@Danny has been producing a number of SmartConsole Extensions lately, which are a great way to bring additional information into SmartConsole in R80.30 and above! In addition to the one on Remote Access VPN statistics linked above, he has produced the following in the last week:
Other Community Discussions
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!
