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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 S02E20: Room for Improvement

PhoneBoys talks with Global Security Architect @tpoole_global common areas where organizations can improve their security posture.

Community Highlights

Here's the threads to watch from the last two weeks:

Software/Service Updates

• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 74
• R80.40 JHF GA Take 67
• R80.40 SmartConsole GA Build 407
• R80.30 JHF GA Take 215
• SandBlast Agent Support for VMware Horizon VDI

Other Topics

• Management Migration Tool in R80.40
• cpview and Top Connections in R80.20+
• Security Policy Management Without SmartConsole
• SSL VPN Extender on Linux with SMB Appliances
• Dynamic IP on Secondary WAN Interface
• Magic MAC Different in Guidbedit versus on Gateway 

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk: Moving Security Management to the Cloud

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to manage your on-premises and virtual gateways from the cloud? Via a web browser? With the best access control and threat prevention platform that can keep pace with the latest security, handle rapid growth and effectively manage maintenance? Wonder no more as we do a deep dive on Smart-1 Cloud in our 2nd September 2020 TechTalk!

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! 

• 11 August 2020: Eastern US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 18 August 2020: Western US: Maintenance and Upgrade Best Practices
• 20 August 2020: Caribbean: Remote Access Best Practices
• 25 August 2020: Introduction to Performance Optimization for:
  • Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
  • Southeastern US

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 S02E19: Is There A Question Dorit Can't Answer?

In the latest episode of the CheckMates GO podcast, we wonder if there is any question Dorit can't answer? We also hear from @Amnon_Perlmutte, @Eyal_Fingold, and @itai_Greenberg about DevSecOps and SD-WAN.

Mid Year Review for 2020

As opposed to doing our usual "what's going on this week" community post, we will do a sort of mid-year review of the most popular posts from the first half of 2020.

Most Visited Posts

• My Top 3 CLI Commands
• Log Exporter Guide
• R80.x Ports Used for Communication By Various Modules 

Most Kudoed Posts

• Easy Backup Tool (migrate export + GAIA configs)
• R80.x Architecture and Performance Tuning - Link Collection 
• One-Liner for Remote Access VPN Statistics

Most Discussed Topics

• 1550 Appliance Unexpected Reboots (which should be fixed in the R80.20.10 firmware)
• Moving from Detect to Prevent TechTalk (TailoredSafe): Video, Slides, and Q&A 
• Remote VPN Users Report

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! 

• 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 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

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 S02E14: You're Using It Wrong

The latest episode of the CheckMates Go podcast is a conversation with @Tim_Otis and @RaymondS from the Check Point Incident Response Team that starts off talking about OWA and leads to a conversation about how customers can leverage features in the Check Point Security Gateway better.

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• R80.40 Ongoing JHF Take 54
• R80.30 Ongoing JHF Take 213
• SandBlast Agent for Linux EA
• Endpoint Security/SandBlast Agent E83.10

Oneliners

@HeikoAnkenbrand has come up with a few "oneliners" that can help debug VPN issues:

• Easy VPN Debug 
• Easy VPN Debug with vpnd Live View
• Easy VPN Debug with IKE Live View

Other Topics

• Firewall Health Check and Central Deployment Tool video from Check Point Professional Services 
• How to Exclude VPN Traffic Rules with ANY in VPN Field
• Using URL Filtering in Endpoint Security Client

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!

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! 

• 2 July 2020: Poland: Introduction to Performance Optimization
• 7 July 2020: DACH: Remote Access Best Practices
• 9 July 2020: ANZ Session
• 14 July 2020: Africa: 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 S02E13: Gil Shwed on Check Point During Covid-19

In this episode, we have another excerpt from our Ask Me Anything with Gil Shwed, this time talking about how Check Point is handling the business realities with Covid-19.

White Paper: Path to Secure Cloud Transformation

Cloud transformation is a huge opportunity not without risks. At Check Point, our goal is to support decision-makers navigating the challenges of defining their cloud transformation strategy. This white paper provides an evidence-based approach to planning, designing, and implementing the transition, with the goal of reducing design cycles and the overall cost of your cloud transformation.

Web Browser Usage for Check Point WebUI

R&D is running a short survey to understand what web browser(s) you use when you access the Gaia and/or LOM WebUI.

Check Point for Beginners 2.0 Coming Soon

In the next few days, we're looking to launch an updated version of our Check Point for Beginners series with some all new content and a fresh look!
Here's a sneak peak:

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Updates

• Infinity Portal Support for SSO with Azure AD
• SandBlast Now News for June 2020
• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 53
• SmartConsole R80.40 GA Build 398

Other Topics

• Decrypted in Community vs Traffic Accepted
• HTTPS Inspection Not Working in Lab
• "Decrypted in Community" vs "Traffic Accepted"
• Query for OS Name in SmartEvent
• Cluster-Specific Workflow for R80.40 Remote Hotfix/HFA Installation 

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! 

• 2 July 2020: Poland: Introduction to Performance Optimization
• 7 July 2020: DACH: Remote Access Best Practices
• 14 July 2020: Africa: 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 S02E12: DDoS

In this episode, I talk with @RaymondS, @Tim_Otis, and @Ashwin_Ram about what's happening in the land of DDoS. Listen now or subscribe in your podcast app of choice!

Community Highlights

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

• EA Program for New Mobile Access Portal (updated for latest R80.40 JHF)
• cpview Mbits vs Mbps
• Issue Exporting Database for Upgrade from R77.30 to R80.x
• Sync Interface Configuration with Bond: Active/Backup or 802.3AD?
• Resizing Disk After Increasing Disk Size in VMware
• Custom URL Matching with HTTPS Categorization
• Multiple Geo Clusters in a Single Management Server

Upcoming Events

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

TechTalk Deep Dive: CloudGuard IaaS Deployment on Azure

If you are interested in delivering security to your environment on Azure and you want to learn how to deploy Check Point best-practice cloud security architecture, join us for one of the sessions we are going to deliver this week!

In this session, @Shay_Levin will walk you through the entire process of deploying the CloudGuard templates, configuring the routing, vNets peering, load balancers, all the relevant settings Check Point settings, and more! He will also demonstrated East/West, Inbound, and Outbound protection using Hub and Spoke architecture.

Register for one of our sessions:

• EMEA Registration Link (June 15, 2020, 02:00 PM London)
• APAC Registration Link (June 16, 2020 01:00 PM Singapore)
• Americas Registration Link (June 17, 2020, 11:00 AM New York)

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! 

• 18 June 2020: Iberia: HTTPS Inspection Best Practices
• 2 July 2020: Poland: Introduction to Performance Optimization
• 7 July 2020: DACH: Remote Access Best Practices
• 14 July 2020: Africa: 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 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