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:

Community Highlights

CheckMates Go: He's No Gilligan

PhoneBoy talks with Cyber Security Evangelist @Grant_Asplund who hosts the CISO's Secrets podcast as well as the Talking Cloud podcast. Grant's got quite an interesting history, which we get into in this episode, talking his history opening up an Apple dealer back in the 1980s and what networking looked like back then.

Our Team is Growing!

The CheckMates team is looking for two young, ambitious, and dynamic interns to join us from the USA and Israel. Please help us find the best candidates!

Hot Community Topics

• Accelerated Policy Installation in R81+
• VoIP Configuration Wizard for Quantum Spark SMB Gateways
• Boot a Quantum 6400 Appliance from USB
• Ransomware Solved
• Geo Policy with Updatable Objects
• Show All Gateway Registry Parameters Oneliner
• Show all SecureXL Parameter Oneliner
• VPN Access Restriction Based on Domain Membership
• Use of Global Objects in Multi-Domain Environments
• Open Server Sizing
• Issue with IKEv2 Site-to-Site VPNs in R80.40 JHF 120

Upcoming TechTalks

Monitoring and Analyzing Check Point devices with CPview and DiagnosticsView

In this session on August 24th, we will review CPview utility, which allows real-time monitoring of various parameters of a single Check Point device. We will also show you how to analyze your historic data with CPview history and DiagnosticsView.

Register Here

Check Point Updates

Join us for Check Point: <SECURE> Users and Access

At this premiere event for Securing Users and Access in August 25th, Gil Shwed, CEO & Founder will be joined by security analysts and customers who’ll share insights into securing the "everywhere employee" and the hyper- distributed enterprise. Plus a Cyberpsychology expert will uncover insights in human susceptibility to cybercrime.

This Vulnerability Received a 7.3 on the Severity Scale

Which translates as: "important to pay attention to."

Talking Cloud Podcast: Nick Lippis, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, ONUG

Nearly a decade ago Nick Lippis Co-Founded ONUG, and today the ONUG community has expanded to over 5,000 strong and continues growing.  In this episode, you'll hear Nick discuss the exciting project ONUG is spearheading to provide enterprises with, as he explains, critical and currently missing "...connective tissue..." for multi-cloud, hybrid deployments. You'll hear Nick explain their plans for a "cupcake, birthday cake, and wedding cake" and how you can get involved.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 24 August 2021: Gulf and Africa: CloudGuard Container Security
• 25 August 2021: Russia: Internet of Things
• 26 August 2021: EMEA: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 31 August 2021: APAC: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 1 September 2021: West US: What's New with R81.10
• 2 September 2021:
  • BeLux: What's New in Check Point's World of Cloud?
  • Southeast US: CloudGuard Container Security
• 8 September 2021: North Central US: What's New with R81.10
• 9 September 2021: Mid-Atlantic US: CloudGuard Container Security

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Highlights

Our Team is Growing!

The CheckMates team is looking for two young, ambitious, and dynamic interns to join us from the USA and Israel. Please help us find the best candidates!

Hot Community Topics

• New HTML5 LOM for Quantum Appliances
• TLS 1.3 Inspection
• Creation of a New Bonding Group in a Production VSX Cluster
• VLAN Subinterface Not Participating in HA
• Edit Permission Profile for CPMI and LEA
• Release DHCP IP from an SMB Appliance

Upcoming TechTalks

Monitoring and Analyzing Check Point devices with CPview and DiagnosticsView

In this session on August 24th, we will review CPview utility, which allows real-time monitoring of various parameters of a single Check Point device. We will also show you how to analyze your historic data with CPview history and DiagnosticsView.

Register Here

Check Point Updates

Join us for Check Point: <SECURE> Users and Access

At this premiere event for Securing Users and Access in August 25th, Gil Shwed, CEO & Founder will be joined by security analysts and customers who’ll share insights into securing the "everywhere employee" and the hyper- distributed enterprise. Plus a Cyberpsychology expert will uncover insights in human susceptibility to cybercrime.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 24 August 2021: Gulf and Africa: CloudGuard Container Security
• 25 August 2021: Russia: Internet of Things
• 26 August 2021: EMEA: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 31 August 2021: APAC: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 1 September 2021: West US: What's New with R81.10
• 2 September 2021:
  • BeLux: What's New in Check Point's World of Cloud?
  • Southeast US: CloudGuard Container Security
• 8 September 2021: North Central US: What's New with R81.10
• 9 September 2021: Mid-Atlantic US: CloudGuard Container Security

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: Is It XDR or MDR?

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about Check Point's upcoming Extended Detection and Response (XDR) offering which will also incorporate some Managed Detection and Response (MDR) elements if you need it.

Bring Your CloudMates!

Are your friends up to date on all things cloud? We'd love to help them get up to speed by offering you some great content to pass along. Join our Bring Your CloudMates contest to introduce your friends to their new go-to cloud community!

Share Your Feedback

Do you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card? Are you also familiar with SmartConsole and want to have an impact on new features? Then take 3 minutes to answer a few questions!

Hot Community Topics

• R80.40 GA JHF Take 120
• Google Cloud MIG R81.10 - Multi-Regional Architecture
• Hardware Migration with Minimal Downtime
• Using mgmt_cli in Scheduled Jobs
• Geo Clusters
• Uninstall Security Policy
• What Are WEB_API Sessions?
• Ansible: Add Host Object to Existing Network Group
• API Version Upgrade Independent of Management Version
• Interface Usage Monitoring

Upcoming TechTalks

Monitoring and Analyzing Check Point devices with CPview and DiagnosticsView

In this session on August 24th, we will review CPview utility, which allows real-time monitoring of various parameters of a single Check Point device. We will also show you how to analyze your historic data with CPview history and DiagnosticsView.

Register Here

Check Point Updates

Join us for Check Point: <SECURE> Users and Access

At this premiere event for Securing Users and Access in August 25th, Gil Shwed, CEO & Founder will be joined by security analysts and customers who’ll share insights into securing the "everywhere employee" and the hyper- distributed enterprise. Plus a Cyberpsychology expert will uncover insights in human susceptibility to cybercrime.

Talking Cloud Podcast: Robin Smith, CISO at Aston Martin

If you've ever heard of Aston Martin and know, even a little, about cars you know, Aston Martin is not a typical automobile. The same could be said about their CISO; Robin is anything but typical. In our thirty-third episode, we travel across the pond (again) to the UK to talk with Robin Smith, Head of Cyber and Information Security. Hear why Robin quotes Einstein ("We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them") and believes the problems and challenges we face in the cloud will take a new way of thinking...what he calls liquid thinking.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 10 August 2021: Caribbean: Issue Resolution Best Practices
• 11 August 2021: Americas: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 24 August 2021: Gulf and Africa: CloudGuard Container Security
• 25 August 2021: Russia: Internet of Things
• 26 August 2021: EMEA: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 2 September 2021: BeLux: What's New in Check Point's World of Cloud?

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: Is It XDR or MDR?

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about Check Point's upcoming Extended Detection and Response (XDR) offering which will also incorporate some Managed Detection and Response (MDR) elements if you need it.

Bring Your CloudMates!

Are your friends up to date on all things cloud? We'd love to help them get up to speed by offering you some great content to pass along. Join our Bring Your CloudMates contest to introduce your friends to their new go-to cloud community!

Share Your Feedback

Do you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card? Are you also familiar with SmartConsole and want to have an impact on new features? Then take 3 minutes to answer a few questions!

Hot Community Topics

• R81 is now Check Point's Widely Recommended Version
• R81 JHF GA Take 36
• GAIA API 1.6 is GA
• Jumbo HFA Download Archive
• Remote Access Groups in R81.10
• Top Level Domain Blocking
• CloudGuard Improves Google Cloud Security With New Capabilities for Managed Instance Groups
• How to Edit Hosts File on Quantum Spark Appliances
• SmartConsole Filtered Rule Export
• Automatic Log Copy to External SFTP
• CloudGuard Appsec Integration with Existing NGINX Reverse Proxy
• Identity Awareness Not Matching Rule Every Time

Upcoming TechTalks

Monitoring and analyzing Check Point devices with CPview and DiagnosticsView

In this session on August 24th, we will review CPview utility, which allows real-time monitoring of various parameters of a single Check Point device. We will also show you how to analyze your historic data with CPview history and DiagnosticsView.

Register Here

Check Point Updates

Join us for Check Point: <SECURE> Users and Access

At this premiere event for Securing Users and Access in August 25th, Gil Shwed, CEO & Founder will be joined by security analysts and customers who’ll share insights into securing the "everywhere employee" and the hyper- distributed enterprise. Plus a Cyberpsychology expert will uncover insights in human susceptibility to cybercrime.

CISO's Secrets Podcast: Brendan Staveley, Head of AWS Security Services, Americas

@Grant_Asplund hosts Brendan Staveley, Head of AWS Security Services, Americas on this week's episode.

History, Evolution & Future of Social Engineering

In this webinar on August 3rd, Maya Horowitz, Check Point's VP Research, will take you through some of the most shocking social engineering scams in history, all the way to social engineering in emails, and where it's headed in the near future.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 5 August 2021: BeLux: R81.10 AI &ML Threat Prevention and Security Management
• 10 August 2021: Caribbean: Issue Resolution Best Practices
• 11 August 2021: Americas: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 24 August 2021: Gulf and Africa: CloudGuard Container Security
• 2 September 2021: BeLux: What's New in Check Point's World of Cloud?

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: The Truth is in the Middle

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about the evolution from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to Extended Detection and Response (XDR).

Bring Your CloudMates!

Are your friends up to date on all things cloud? We'd love to help them get up to speed by offering you some great content to pass along. Join our Bring Your CloudMates contest to introduce your friends to their new go-to cloud community!

Share Your Feedback

Do you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card? Are you also familiar with SmartConsole and want to have an impact on new features? Then take 3 minutes to answer a few questions!

Hot Community Topics

• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 36
• GCP MIG R81.10 - Support East/West Egress/Ingress Traffic in Google Cloud
• Cloud Management Extension (CME) API
• R81.10 Has Sessions for Super Users with "@maas"
• R80.40+ and GNAT: How to Clear the NAT Table?
• Can't Reinstall VPN Client
• What's In an Updatable Object?
• Harmony Endpoint Web Management Portal vs SmartEndpoint
• Upgrade Difference between Major Version and Blink Image

Upcoming TechTalks

Monitoring and analyzing Check Point devices with CPview and DiagnosticsView

In this session, we will review CPview utility, which allows real-time monitoring of various parameters of a single Check Point device. We will also show you how to analyze your historic data with CPview history and DiagnosticsView.

Register Here

Check Point Updates

Join us for Check Point: <SECURE> Users and Access

At this premiere event for Securing Users and Access in August 25th, Gil Shwed, CEO & Founder will be joined by security analysts and customers who’ll share insights into securing the "everywhere employee" and the hyper- distributed enterprise. Plus a Cyberpsychology expert will uncover insights in human susceptibility to cybercrime.

Talking Cloud Podcast: Joe Sullivan, CISO at Cloudflare

@Grant_Asplund and Joe Sullivan have a fun and engaging conversation covering numerous topics including zero trust, the good and bad of the internet, and the challenges securing today's hyper-connected computing environment.

History, Evolution & Future of Social Engineering

In this webinar on August 3rd, Maya Horowitz, Check Point's VP Research, will take you through some of the most shocking social engineering scams in history, all the way to social engineering in emails, and where it's headed in the near future.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 29 July 2021: Switzerland: Demo Days Harmony Endpoint
• 5 August 2021: BeLux: R81.10 AI &ML Threat Prevention and Security Management
• 10 August 2021: Caribbean: Issue Resolution Best Practices
• 11 August 2021: Americas: Learn about CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 2 September 2021: BeLux: What's New in Check Point's World of Cloud?

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: The Truth is in the Middle

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about the evolution from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to Extended Detection and Response (XDR).

Bring Your CloudMates!

Are your friends up to date on all things cloud? We'd love to help them get up to speed by offering you some great content to pass along. Join our Bring Your CloudMates contest to introduce your friends to their new go-to cloud community!

Hot Community Topics

• R80.20.30 for Quantum Spark Appliances
• Harmony Mobile API Documentation
• New Devices Tab on Harmony Mobile Dashboard
• AppSec Kubernetes Nginx Ingress Controller
• Security Gateway upgrade when Management is Behind the Same Gateway
• Does ClusterXL Active/Active Support More Users
• Throughput Estimation on Open Servers
• Configuring Geo Policies
• Severity and Confidence Levels for Security Incidents on Harmony Endpoint

TechTalks

TechTalks are a regular (at least monthly) series designed to educate you on the latest information security technology and trends, including practical advice on protecting your critical assets from cyber attacks! We will have more on the schedule soon, but meanwhile, you can view all the past TechTalks in our archive.

View The Archive

Check Point Updates

Share Your Feedback

Do you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card? Are you also familiar with SmartConsole and want to have an impact on new features? Then take 3 minutes to answer a few questions!

CISO Secret S2E3: Ruben Chacon, CISO at CDW

In this week’s episode of CISO’s Secret, Cyber Security Evangelist @Grant_Asplund hosts Ruben Chacon, CISO at CDW. They discuss Cyber Security challenges and best practices at CDW, the provider of technology products and services for business, government and education.

A cyber espionage campaign in the energy sector?

So real it’s scary. Learn more on #CyberTalk. 

PrintNightmare security flaw; the good, the bad and the ugly.

Could this story inspire a modern Wild West movie?

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 22 July 2021: Taiwan: How ML Threat Prevention Helps You Against a Cyber Pandemic

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: What is EDR?

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about What is Endpoint Detection and Response?

Bring Your CloudMates!

Are your friends up to date on all things cloud? We'd love to help them get up to speed by offering you some great content to pass along. Join our Bring Your CloudMates contest to introduce your friends to their new go-to cloud community!

Labeling Your Posts

When you start a new thread in the community, take a moment to add one or more relevant labels to your post. If you think one is missing, please let us know!

New Releases

• Quantum R81.10 is GA!
• R80.40 GA JHF Take 118
• R80.40 Ongoing JHF Take 119
• R80.40 SmartConsole Build 424
• R80.30 GA JHF Take 236
• R80.30 Ongoing JHF Take 237
• R80.30 SmartConsole Build 102
• R80.20 GA JHF Take 202
• R80.20 SmartConsole Build 122
• CloudGuard Workload Protection Product Updates
• CloudGuard Expands Multi-Cloud Support with Alibaba Cloud
• SmartMove New Version July 2021 Update 2

Hot Community Topics

• SmartConsole Demo Mode for API Testing
• Web SmartConsole in Demo Mode
• Comparing Policy from Two Management Domains
• Threat Prevention API Quick Demo Guide
• Harmony Connect Corporate Access Tunnel Application Executable
• NAT Before VPN?
• VSX Appliance Upgrade to R80.40 T118

Upcoming TechTalks

Check Point Updates

Share Your Feedback

Do you want a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card? Are you also familiar with SmartConsole and want to have an impact on new features? Then take 3 minutes to answer a few questions!

Are Your Remote Employees 100% Secure?

Remote work is here to stay, and so are the threats to remote users. How do you keep remote users 100% safe? Take this free 5-minute risk assessment to see if you have security gaps.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 22 July 2021: Taiwan: How ML Threat Prevention Helps You Against a Cyber Pandemic

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: What is EDR?

PhoneBoy talked with Check Point Product Manager @Yoni_Nave about What is Endpoint Detection and Response?

Hot Community Topics

• R81 GA JHF Take 29
• SmartMove New Version July 2021
• Updatable Objects for Check Point Services
• It's Not The Firewall
• VSX Tuning Question
• R8x - Performance Tuning Tip - SecureXL Fast Accelerator
• URL Filtering Troubleshooting
• Management Data Plane Separation for Security Gateways
• R81 Geo Policy
• Zero Downtime Upgrade
• Building HomeLab

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec

The Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec solution secures an organization's web applications. AppSec analyzes web transactions with a set of Artificial Intelligence engines that operate in unison to protect against sophisticated attacks. In this Deep Dive webinar, we'll walk you through the process of securing multiple cloud deployments web applications including Kubernetes web workloads, step-by-step! Join us on July 7th!

Register Now (EMEA/APAC)

Register Now (Americas)

Check Point Updates

Are Your Remote Employees 100% Secure?

Remote work is here to stay, and so are the threats to remote users. How do you keep remote users 100% safe? Take this free 5-minute risk assessment to see if you have security gaps.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 22 July 2021: Taiwan: How ML Threat Prevention Helps You Against a Cyber Pandemic

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: A Series of Failures

In April of 2021, PhoneBoy talked with @Tim_Otis and Jon Niccolls from the Check Point Incident Response Team about Ransomware. Since then, things have gotten worse.

Hot Community Topics

• R81 Ongoing JHF Take 34
• R81 SmartConsole Build 552
• R80.10 GA JHF Take 290
• SmartMove June 2021 Update 2
• Share Your CloudGuard Container Workload Protection Story and Enter to Win!
• Deploying Hotfixes from SmartConsole in R80.40+
• Reporting Issues with CPSM Findings
• Access Policy Using MAC Address
• WiFi Vulnerabilities on SMB Appliances
• What Does the R mean in the Firewall Version?

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec

The Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec solution secures an organization's web applications. AppSec analyzes web transactions with a set of Artificial Intelligence engines that operate in unison to protect against sophisticated attacks. In this Deep Dive webinar, we'll walk you through the process of securing multiple cloud deployments web applications including Kubernetes web workloads, step-by-step! Join us on July 7th!

Register Now (EMEA/APAC)

Register Now (Americas)

Check Point Updates

Are Your Remote Employees 100% Secure?

Remote work is here to stay, and so are the threats to remote users. How do you keep remote users 100% safe? Take this free 5-minute risk assessment to see if you have security gaps.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 29 June 2021: UK/Ireland: Lates Check Point Updates
• 1 July 2021:
  • Greece: Zero-Phishing and Autonomous Threat Prevention
  • Adriatics: Issue Resolution Best Practices
  • BeLux: Quantum IoT Protect: Efficient Protection of IoT & OT Devices and Networks

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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! 

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:

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: A Series of Failures

In April of 2021, PhoneBoy talked with @Tim_Otis and Jon Niccolls from the Check Point Incident Response Team about Ransomware. Since then, things have gotten worse.

Get Notified on Topics That Interest You!

We know you're busy, so wanted to remind you of a couple of community features that help you get notifications of the discussions and topics that interest you the most!

Hot Community Topics

• CloudGuard Workload Protection Public Preview and Upcoming GA Announcement
• Support Policy Update for R80.40 Release
• CloudGuard and Nutanix Deep Dive TechTalk
• SmartMove New Version June 2021
• Identifying Unknown Applications with Application Control
• Enforcing Security Based on Identities
• Comparing Policy from Two Check Point Management Domains
• Issues with ICMP and R80.40 on specific JHF Takes
• Under Some Conditions, "Network Interface" in Gaia WebUI Drops Session
• Route Based VPNs

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec

The Infinity Next CloudGuard AppSec solution secures an organization's web applications. AppSec analyzes web transactions with a set of Artificial Intelligence engines that operate in unison to protect against sophisticated attacks. In this Deep Dive webinar, we'll walk you through the process of securing multiple cloud deployments web applications including Kubernetes web workloads, step-by-step! Join us on July 7th!

Register Now (EMEA/APAC)

Register Now (Americas)

Check Point Updates

It’s official—Amazon Sidewalk is a thing. Super cool or security snake pit?

Learn more on CyberTalk

CIO Mac Avacena shares expert insight that could reshape your business and tech perspectives.

Read his interview

Talking Cloud with Sean McDermott, President & CEO, Founder of RedMonocle

In this episode, Grant Asplund talks with Sean Mcdermott, President & CEO, Founder RedMonocle | Windward Consulting Group. This recording of Talking Cloud is sure to not disappoint! With 24+ years as a consultant, Sean offers several keen insights and considerations.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 22 June 2021: Russia: What's New in R81
• 23 June 2021:
  • France: Harmony, où comment sécuriser les utilisateurs face aux attaques modernes!
  • West US: Learn How to Protect Your Organization with Harmony Endpoint
• 24 June 2021: Adriatics: Issue Resolution Best Practices
• 29 June 2021: UK/Ireland: Lates Check Point Updates
• 1 July 2021:
  • Greece: Zero-Phishing and Autonomous Threat Prevention
  • BeLux: Quantum IoT Protect: Efficient Protection of IoT & OT Devices and Networks

While anyone is welcome to register for a CheckMates Live Virtual Edition event, events are limited to a certain number of participants with priority given to those within the specified geographic area.
If you're interested in a specific topic for your area, 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!