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This Week in CheckMates 4 May 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-05-03 10:30 PM

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:

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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

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! 

 

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This Week in CheckMates 27 April 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-26 09:06 PM

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)

Community Highlights

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

Ask Me Anything with Gil Shwed

We would like to invite you to join Gil Shwed, Check Point Founder & CEO, in his upcoming ‘Ask Me Anything’ session. Find out what he believes to be the best practices for security during the era of Coronavirus. Whether you have a question regarding cyber security or simply want to learn from what other security professionals are asking, join us on Zoom on May 4th 2020! Post your questions in the Zoom Q&A during the session and we’ll do our best to address them.

And, at the end of the Ask Me Anything, we’ll be drawing a raffle with all attendees. Prizes include a 3600 Quantum Appliance and a bespoke Check Point t-shirt signed by Gil himself.

Click here to register!

Updates to Check Point for Beginners (CP4B)

In addition to reorganizing the landing page for CP4B, we've added a new series of videos on Performance Optimization!

We also added a video on Deploying and Upgrading the Endpoint Security Client.

SmartConsole Extensions

@Danny seems to be on a roll taking his various one-liners and scripts and turning them into SmartConsole Extensions, usable on R80.30 and above! This week he's produced:

Software Updates

How-To Videos

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! 

 

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Coming up - Ask Me Anything with Gil Shwed, Check Point Founder & CEO

Moti
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-23 08:46 AM

Click here to watch the Ask Me Anything!

Hi CheckMates,

With Coronavirus that has spread worldwide and left many of us bound to our homes, we wanted to check in and let you know that we are thinking of you and always here to support you with your security needs.

Here at Check Point, we are working hard to help you maintain business continuity and keep you and your employees completely secure.

As many of us have recently adopted the new lifestyle of remote working, we know that you may be facing some challenges. Check Point is here to support you! We encourage you to reach out to us, ask questions, and let us help you maintain your security and prevent against the latest cyber-attacks.

In our ongoing efforts to support you, we would like to invite you to join Gil Shwed, Check Point Founder & CEO, in his upcoming ‘Ask Me Anything’ session. Find out what he believes to be the best practices for security during this era. Whether you have a question regarding cyber security or simply want to learn from what other security professionals are asking, join us on Zoom on May 4th, 2020, at 8am Pacific Time. On your behalf, I will be asking Gil your pressing questions. Post your questions in the Zoom Q&A during the session and we’ll do our best to address them.

And, at the end of the Ask Me Anything, we’ll be drawing a raffle with all attendees. Prizes include a 3600 Quantum Appliance and a bespoke Check Point t-shirt signed by Gil himself.

Click here to register!

Stay well and stay safe,

Moti Sagey
Check Point’s Chief Evangelist

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This Week in CheckMates 20 April 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-19 09:40 PM

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)

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! 

 

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New Community Feature: Search Subscriptions

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-16 08:01 PM

We've enabled a new feature in the community that should be quite helpful for some of you: Search Subscriptions! With this feature, you can receive email anytime a particular search term is posted to the community. To enable this feature, go to your settings:

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 Then select Subscriptions & Notifications > Search Subscriptions:

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A few notes:

  • Up to 5 search queries are allowed per user separated by a comma, which is treated as an OR.
  • Words may only contain the following characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9 ,  _ + - : () \" & * ? | ! {} [ ] ^ ~ \\ @ = # % $ ' /. Other characters are removed.
  • Regular expressions and operators will work. For example, if 'apples AND oranges, pears OR bananas' is entered, a notification will be sent if either:
    • A post contains both 'apples' and 'oranges'
    • A post contains either ‘pears’ or ‘bananas’ 
  • You will only be notified once even if a post has the keywords mentioned repeatedly.
  • No notification is sent if a post has the keyword in the Subject line of the post only, it must be contained in the post body.
  • Changes take effect in about 15 minutes.
  • To disable the feature, delete the search query and click Save.

If you prefer RSS, you can also get the RSS feed for a specific search term as follows:
(Note this feature has been present for a while now)

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We're here to serve and appreciate your continued patronage!

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This Week in CheckMates 13 April 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-12 12:01 AM

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)

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.

CheckMates GO S2E4: Ransomware Runs Rampant

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!

Software Releases

Other Community Topics

Coronavirus: An Adversary or Opportunity?

Our next TechTalk will be done by @Ashwin_Ram and will address how Coronavirus is an adversity for businesses on the cyber security front and an opportunity for cyber-criminals.
However, we are doing this TechTalk at a different time from our usual timing 14 April 2020 @ 10am CEST (GMT+2).
For our Americas audience who aren't night owls, we'll provide a recording for later viewing.

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! 

 

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This Week in CheckMates 6 April 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-04-05 09:25 PM

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)

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.

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!

Software Releases

Other Community Topics

Coronavirus: An Adversary or Opportunity?

Our next TechTalk will be done by @Ashwin_Ram and will address how Coronavirus is an adversity for businesses on the cyber security front and an opportunity for cyber-criminals.
However, we are doing this TechTalk at different times from our usual timing to allow more people from around the world to attend:

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! 

 

Read more
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This Week in CheckMates 30 March 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-03-29 07:27 PM

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)

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.

Community Highlights

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

Remote Access

Thanks to COVID-19, more and more are working from home these days.
This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of questions around Remote Access in the community over the last few weeks.
As a result, we now have the following FAQ in SecureKnowledge: sk166032.
We also maintain a Short List of Most Useful Resources and Tools for Remote Access VPN 
Other discussions of note:

If you have questions around Remote Access and Mobile Access Blade, best to ask in the Remote Access Solutions space!

Other Community Topics

Upcoming Events

Given the current and evolving situation with Coronavirus, we are planning virtual events for the time being.
We currently have two types of events:

  • CheckMates Live Virtual Edition, which are for a limited number of people in the specified geographies only. If you don't see your area listed, please contact us and we'll be happy to arrange a session for your area!
  • TechTalks, which anyone worldwide is welcome to register for.

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! 

 

Read more
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This Week in CheckMates 23 March 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-03-22 09:34 PM

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)

Community Highlights

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

Remote Access

Thanks to COVID-19, more and more are working from home these days.
This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of questions around Remote Access in the community over the last few weeks.
Collectively, we've come up with some materials that will help you as you ramp up your Remote Access capabilities, with more on the way soon!

If you have questions around Remote Access and Mobile Access Blade, best to ask in the Remote Access Solutions space!

Software/Service Releases

Other Community Topics

Upcoming Events

Given the current and evolving situation with Coronavirus, we are planning virtual events for the time being.
We currently have two types of events:

  • CheckMates Live Virtual Edition, which are for a limited number of people in the specified geographies only. If you don't see your area listed, please contact us and we'll be happy to arrange a session for your area!
  • TechTalks, which anyone worldwide is welcome to register for.

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! 

 

Read more
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This Week in CheckMates 16 March 2020

PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin
‎2020-03-15 08:41 PM

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 Podcast

We've recently restarted the CheckMates GO Podcast and I've taken over the mic.
You can find out podcast in several podcast directories including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud!
Here's our most recent episodes for your listening pleasure:

Community Highlights

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

Software/Service Releases

Code Hub Discussions

Other Topics

Upcoming Events

Given the current and evolving situation with Coronavirus, we are planning only virtual events for the time being.
Some events below are still shown as being in-person, but this is subject to change.

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! 

If you would like a (virtual) CheckMates Live event for your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com

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