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:

Hot Community Topics

• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 29
• Updatable Objects for Check Point Services
• New Features Admin Guide: Containers Protection
• Harmony Connect App for Windows (now GA)
• AWS Gateway LoadBalancer Deep Dive Webinar
• Get Number of NAT Sessions in R80.30
• How to Renew Internal CA Certificate
• Disable Out-of-State Checks Between Certain Hosts

Upcoming TechTalks

Absolute Zero Trust Cloud Security

Zero Trust is a great security model. However, it is useless without the ability to enforce it. If implemented fully, Zero Trust helps to dramatically decrease an organization’s cybersecurity risk. Together with our guest star @Mark_Ostrowski, we will explore two use cases that include the remote workforce and serverless along with how threat intelligence and visibility overlays the entire model. Register now for our June 9th TechTalk:

Register Now

TechTalk Deep Dive: CloudGuard and Nutanix

CloudGuard network solution is now seamlessly integrated with Nutanix flow via the service chain and provides full micro-segmentation threat prevention coverage of your AHV virtualization environment. In this Deep Dive webinar, we'll walk you through the process of building a secure enterprise scalable topology protected by CloudGuard, going step-by-step through the deployment and configuration process on both Nutanix and CloudGuard. Join us on Jun 15th!

Register Now (EMEA/APAC)

Register Now (Americas)

Check Point Updates

Check Point: <SECURE> Data Center Americas

Join us on June 9th at 9am Pacific for this Americas virtual event, where you’ll gain the insight and practical advice to secure your modern enterprise data center and network. The lineup of sessions and speakers will give you the opportunity to learn about the latest innovations for the hybrid data center and keep you “in the know” so you can keep your organization secure. Agenda can be viewed here.

Check Point Harmony Mobile named in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense

Check Point is proud to be a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense, which helps security leaders better understand today's mobile security needs and how they can be effectively addressed to improve the overall security posture. The report explains why Gartner named Check Point a Representative Vendor, twice; for All-Round Mobile Threat Defense Capabilities and also for offering Mobile Security Capabilities as Part of an EPP or UES Offering.

SOCstock

Check Point is sponsoring SOCstock, a free-to-attend, one-day global virtual event from Siemplify and friends which draws inspiration from the iconic 1969 music festival to deliver learning, togetherness and enjoyment. The legendary lineup at SOCstock 2021 is packed with the folks who are tackling the biggest challenges facing the security operations industry with the most moving ideas. All that is missing is you being there with us. 

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 1 June 2021: Southeast US: Performance Optimization Part 3: CoreXL
• 2 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 – Live discovery and automated remediation of public cloud misconfigurations
• 3 June 2021:
  • Belux: Harmony Browse
  • Canada: Performance Optimization Introduction
• 9 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 - Live entdecken und automatisiertes Entfernen von Public Cloud Fehlkonfiguration...
• 10 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 - Live decouverte et remediation automatique des problemes de configurations sur ...
• 15 June 2021: Eastern US: What's New in R81
• 17 June 2021: Caribbean: Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices
• 22 June 2021: Russia: What's New in R81

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

New Community Events Calendar

We've just launched our new events calendar that contains all of our upcoming user groups and TechTalks. You can easily subscribe to this event calendar to get notified when new events are posted.

Hot Community Topics

• Autonomous Threat Prevention on R80.40 Gateways
• Simple Azure WebApp Demo Environment
• R80.40 Migration Tool is Not Working
• VPN Clients for Linux
• Cluster Down and Policy Installation Failure After Enabling HTTPS Inspection
• Automated Software Package Installation with Ansible
• How to Configure Identity Collector to Parse Syslog Messages from Pulse Secure VPN

Upcoming TechTalks

Absolute Zero Trust Cloud Security

Zero Trust is a great security model. However, it is useless without the ability to enforce it. If implemented fully, Zero Trust helps to dramatically decrease an organization’s cybersecurity risk. Together with our guest star @Mark_Ostrowski, we will explore two use cases that include the remote workforce and serverless along with how threat intelligence and visibility overlays the entire model. Register now for our June 9th TechTalk:

Register Now

Check Point Updates

Check Point: <SECURE> Data Center Americas

Join us on June 9th at 9am Pacific for this Americas virtual event, where you’ll gain the insight and practical advice to secure your modern enterprise data center and network. The lineup of sessions and speakers will give you the opportunity to learn about the latest innovations for the hybrid data center and keep you “in the know” so you can keep your organization secure. Agenda can be viewed here.

Check Point Harmony Mobile named in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense

Check Point is proud to be a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense, which helps security leaders better understand today's mobile security needs and how they can be effectively addressed to improve the overall security posture. The report explains why Gartner named Check Point a Representative Vendor, twice; for All-Round Mobile Threat Defense Capabilities and also for offering Mobile Security Capabilities as Part of an EPP or UES Offering.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 25 May 2021: Russia: Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices
• 27 May 2021:
  • Adriatics: What's New with R81
  • South Central US: Remote Access and SASE
• 28 May 2021:
  • Taiwan: Become a Cyber Hero!
  • Hong Kong: Performance Optimization Part 1
• 1 June 2021: Southeast US: Performance Optimization Part 3: CoreXL
• 2 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 – Live discovery and automated remediation of public cloud misconfigurations
• 3 June 2021:
  • Belux: Harmony Browse
  • Canada: Performance Optimization Introduction
• 9 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 - Live entdecken und automatisiertes Entfernen von Public Cloud Fehlkonfiguration...
• 10 June 2021: Swiss CloudTalk #2 - Live decouverte et remediation automatique des problemes de configurations sur ...
• 15 June 2021: Eastern US: What's New in R81
• 17 June 2021: Caribbean: Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices
• 22 June 2021: Russia: What's New in R81

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: MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation Part 2

Part 2 of our conversation with Product Manager Yoni Nave about Check Point's participation in the recent MITRE Engenuity Enterprise Attack Evaluation 2020, the excellent results Check Point received, and why it matters.

Hot Community Topics

@Magnus-Holmberg created a few new How-To Videos for your pleasure:

• How to change shell to bash
• How to keep Interface Name from Changing in SNMP
• How to change number of SND cores in VSX

Other Topics include:

• MITRE ATT&CK Extension
• MITRE ATT&CK Extension TechTalk: Video, Slides, and Q&A
• Recommended Status of R81
• Downgrading to R80.20 from R80.40
• SNX from Docker on Linux
• Setting up First Line Support to issue Client Certificates 
• Standby VS Can't Reach Internal DNS or Internet
• Using curl_cli for Management API Commands

Upcoming TechTalks

AWS Gateway LoadBalancer Deep Dive

CloudGuard Network Security is now seamlessly integrated with the GWLB & Geneve encapsulation. In this Deep Dive webinar, @Shay_Levin will walk you through the process of building a secure enterprise scalable topology protected by CloudGuard step-by-step. Register now for:

• Europe/APAC: 19th May at 10am CET
• Americas: 20th May at Noon EDT

Check Point Updates

Check Point: <SECURE> Data Center Americas

Join us on June 9th at 9am Pacific for this Americas virtual event, where you’ll gain the insight and practical advice to secure your modern enterprise data center and network. The lineup of sessions and speakers will give you the opportunity to learn about the latest innovations for the hybrid data center and keep you “in the know” so you can keep your organization secure. Agenda can be viewed here.

Check Point Harmony Mobile named in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense

Check Point is proud to be a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense, which helps security leaders better understand today's mobile security needs and how they can be effectively addressed to improve the overall security posture. The report explains why Gartner named Check Point a Representative Vendor, twice; for All-Round Mobile Threat Defense Capabilities and also for offering Mobile Security Capabilities as Part of an EPP or UES Offering.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 20 May 2021:
  • Thailand: What's New with R81
  • India: Check Point Approach to Workforce Security
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 4: Clustering and Hyperscale
• 25 May 2021: Russia: Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices
• 27 May 2021:
  • Adriatics: What's New with R81
  • South Central US: Remote Access and SASE
• 28 May 2021:
  • Taiwan: Become a Cyber Hero!
  • Hong Kong: Performance Optimization Part 1
• 1 June 2021: Southeast US: Performance Optimization Part 3: CoreXL
• 3 June 2021: Belux: Harmony Browse

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: MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation Part 1

Part 1 of a 2 part conversation with Product Manager Yoni Nave about Check Point's participation in the recent MITRE Engenuity Enterprise Attack Evaluation 2020, the excellent results Check Point received, and why it matters.

Hot Community Topics

• Zero-Phishing for Quantum Security Gateways Alpha Program
• CloudMates Live Show Video and Q&A
• Maestro MHO-175 and Last Time Buy for MHO-170
• Can't View Previous Logs after Upgrade to R81
• Harmony Endpoint Management Software
• Harmony Endpoint Reports
• DR VPN without MEP or Secondary Connect
• Change Default Email Field for DynamicID
• Creating User and Certificate via API
• Terraform: How to Add New Host or Network Objects to Existing Group

Upcoming TechTalks

MITRE ATT&CK – from a CVE to a meaningful technique used by the attacker, first in the industry!

In this session on May 12th, we will review the new MITRE ATT&CK extension for IPS & Anti-Bot and we will give the CheckMates community the opportunity to use the extension before it is released as a public GA!

AWS Gateway LoadBalancer Deep Dive

CloudGuard Network Security is now seamlessly integrated with the GWLB & Geneve encapsulation. In this Deep Dive webinar, @Shay_Levin will walk you through the process of building a secure enterprise scalable topology protected by CloudGuard step-by-step. Register now for:

• Europe/APAC: 19th May at 10am CET
• Americas: 20th May at Noon EDT

Check Point Updates

Check Point Harmony Mobile named in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense

Check Point is proud to be a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense, which helps security leaders better understand today's mobile security needs and how they can be effectively addressed to improve the overall security posture. The report explains why Gartner named Check Point a Representative Vendor, twice; for All-Round Mobile Threat Defense Capabilities and also for offering Mobile Security Capabilities as Part of an EPP or UES Offering.

Talking Cloud Podcast: Dustin Milberg, Field CTO Cloud Services at InterVision Systems

Grant Asplund has another highly experienced cloud executive as his guest. Mr. Dustin Milberg has nearly as many years in the industry as TalkingCloud has episodes. As the Field CTO, Dustin engages with executives every day discussing their journey to the cloud. Hear Dustin share his thoughts, insights, and recommendations and why he says migrating to the cloud is all about the journey, not the destination. You'll also hear Dustin subtly remind us not everyone is familiar with an Etch-a-Sketch!

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 11 May 2021:
  • DACH: Performance Optimization Part 3, CoreXL
  • Western US: War Stories, Tips, and Tricks from Incident Response
  • Russia: What's New with R81 Management
• 12 May 2021: Netherlands: New Frequently Asked Security Questions
• 13 May 2021: North Central US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation – Oh My!
• 20 May 2021:
  • Thailand: What's New with R81
  • India: Check Point Approach to Workforce Security
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 4: Clustering and Hyperscale
• 25 May 2021: Russia: Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices
• 27 May 2021:
  • Adriatics: What's New with R81
  • South Central US: Remote Access and SASE
• 28 May 2021:
  • Taiwan: Become a Cyber Hero!
  • Hong Kong: Performance Optimization Part 1
• 1 June 2021: Southeast US: Performance Optimization Part 3: CoreXL

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:

On May the 4th, CheckMates will bring you a community-wide virtual event that will bring clarity to the cloud with special guests sharing their insights and inspiring you to Secure Your Everything…in the cloud and elsewhere.

Our Agenda:

• Ask Me Anything with Dr. Dorit Dor, Vice President of Products, and Gil Shwed, Founder & CEO
• Upcoming Product Releases! First look at Securing Containers with TJ Gonen, Head of Cloud Product, and Erez Yarkoni, Head of Cloud Sales
• Live Demo with Shay Levin, Technical Community Manager
• Preventing Cloud-Based Attacks with Dan Wiley, Head of Threat Management and Chief Security Advisor

Register Now!

Hot Community Topics

• R81.10 Early Availability (Now Public EA)
• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 27
• R80.30 JHF Ongoing Take 235
• R80.30 SmartConsole Build 101
• R80.10 JHF Ongoing Take 290
• R80.10 SmartConsole Build 186
• Enterprise Endpoint Security E84.70 macOS Clients - Early Availability
• CloudGuard Network Security for Nutanix EA Program
• Shiftleft Jenkins Plugin
• Migrating R80.10 to R81 and Licenses
• Importing 1100 Series Configuration into a 1500 Series Appliance
• Zero Downtime Upgrade R80.10 to R80.40 VSX
• SAML Authentication for Remote Access VPN
• How to List All User-Created Application/Site Objects
• Install Policy Without Sending to Gateways

Upcoming TechTalks

MITRE ATT&CK – from a CVE to a meaningful technique used by the attacker, first in the industry!

In this session on May 12th, we will review the new MITRE ATT&CK extension for IPS & Anti-Bot and we will give the CheckMates community the opportunity to use the extension before it is released as a public GA!

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 6 May 2021:
  • Belux: Harmony Connect Internet Access
  • Mid-Atlantic/Federal US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 11 May 2021:
  • DACH: Performance Optimization Part 3, CoreXL
  • Western US: War Stories, Tips, and Tricks from Incident Response
  • Russia: What's New with R81 Management
• 12 May 2021: Netherlands: New Frequently Asked Security Questions
• 13 May 2021: North Central US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation – Oh My!
• 20 May 2021:
  • Thailand: What's New with R81
  • Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 4: Clustering and Hyperscale

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:

On May the 4th, CheckMates will bring you a community-wide virtual event that will bring clarity to the cloud with special guests sharing their insights and inspiring you to Secure Your Everything…in the cloud and elsewhere.

Our Agenda:

• Ask Me Anything with Dr. Dorit Dor, Vice President of Products, and Gil Shwed, Founder & CEO
• Upcoming Product Releases! First look at Securing Containers with TJ Gonen, Head of Cloud Product, and Erez Yarkoni, Head of Cloud Sales
• Live Demo with Shay Levin, Technical Community Manager
• Preventing Cloud-Based Attacks with Dan Wiley, Head of Threat Management and Chief Security Advisor

Register Now!

Hot Community Topics

• R81.10 Early Availability (Now Public EA)
• R80.40 JHF GA Take 102
• R80.40 SmartConsole Build 423
• R80.10 End of Support Policy Update
• CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up: Video, Slides, and Q&A
• Updatable Object for Check Point Services
• Adding Multiple Cluster Interfaces on Different Subnets via API
• Secondary Management Server Resets to Active
• Terraform How-to Guide
• Dual ISP and SIC
• Hand-Edited Files to Check After Gateway Upgrade or Fresh Install

Upcoming TechTalks

MITRE ATT&CK – from a CVE to a meaningful technique used by the attacker, first in the industry!

In this session on May 12th, we will review the new MITRE ATT&CK extension for IPS & Anti-Bot and we will give the CheckMates community the opportunity to use the extension before it is released as a public GA!

Check Point Updates

Secure DevOps Access to Cloud Workloads 

Join us on April 27^th to learn how Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) can help you easily secure access to production environments for DevOps and administrators with cloud-native capabilities like PAM-as-a-service, automated server onboarding (AWS) and dynamic tag-based management.

• Americas
• EMEA/APAC

As The Cyber World Turns: A Strategy to Increase Security Efficiency

Slowed economic growth and the push to secure systems from supply chain attacks underscores the importance of a unified security architecture that increases security efficiency. Join security evangelist Grant Asplund on April 28 as he shares the building blocks for putting in place a consolidation strategy that increases security efficiency with the Infinity platform. Register now:

• North America
• EMEA/APAC

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 27 April 2021: Russia: CloudGuard for NSX Security Best Practices
• 6 May 2021:
  • Belux: Harmony Connect Internet Access
  • Mid-Atlantic/Federal US: Identity Awareness Best Practices
• 11 May 2021:
  • DACH: Performance Optimization Part 3, CoreXL
  • Western US: War Stories, Tips, and Tricks from Incident Response
• 12 May 2021: Netherlands: New Frequently Asked Security Questions
• 13 May 2021: North Central US: APIs, Scripts, and Automation – Oh My!
• 20 May 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 4: Clustering and Hyperscale

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:

On May the 4th, CheckMates will bring you a community-wide virtual event that will bring clarity to the cloud with special guests sharing their insights and inspiring you to Secure Your Everything…in the cloud and elsewhere. Register Now!

Community Updates

CheckMates Go: CloudMates, Toolbox, and TechTalks, Oh My!

PhoneBoy talks with Shay Levin and Val Loukine about some recent community projects:

• CloudMates: Our new cloud-focused community on CheckMates
• CheckMates Toolbox: A collection of useful tools developed by Check Point R&D and the CheckMates Community
• TechTalks: Our regular series designed to educate you on the latest information security technology and trends, including practical advice on protecting your critical assets from cyber attacks!

And register for our CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up happening on April 20th @ 8am PDT/ 5pm CET.

Hot Community Topics

• R80.40 JHF Ongoing Take 102
• R80.20 JHF GA Take 190
• Quantum Smart-1 Appliances Refresh: 600-S/600-M/6000-L/6000-XL
• CloudGuard for Azure and 168.63.129.16
• R80.20.25 Locally Managed New Advanced Settings
• Migrating from Traditional to Simplified VPN
• Create Users via API
• cpwd_admin list Overview

Upcoming TechTalks

CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up

If you missed CPX 360 2021, the premier Cyber Security Summit and Expo, the CheckMates team has you covered! Join us on April 14th where we’ll give you a brief rundown of what was announced there, including some highlights of things you may have missed! Our agenda includes the latest information about the new product families: CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony, re-cap of the most interesting sessions and more!

MITRE ATT&CK – from a CVE to a meaningful technique used by the attacker, first in the industry!

In this session on May 12th, we will review the new MITRE ATT&CK extension for IPS & Anti-Bot and we will give the CheckMates community the opportunity to use the extension before it is released as a public GA!

Check Point Updates

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, April 21^st for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Email and Office.

As The Cyber World Turns: A Strategy to Increase Security Efficiency

Slowed economic growth and the push to secure systems from supply chain attacks underscores the importance of a unified security architecture that increases security efficiency. Join security evangelist Grant Asplund on April 28 as he shares the building blocks for putting in place a consolidation strategy that increases security efficiency with the Infinity platform. Register now:

• North America
• EMEA/APAC

From CyberTalk.org

• With a Chrome exploit posted on Twitter, did this ethical hacker sabotage security?
• What will the computer chip shortage mean for us in the long-term?

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 27 April 2021: Russia: CloudGuard for NSX Security Best Practices
• 6 May 2021: Belux: Harmony Connect Internet Access

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: CloudMates, Toolbox, and TechTalks, Oh My!

PhoneBoy talks with Shay Levin and Val Loukine about some recent community projects:

• CloudMates: Our new cloud-focused community on CheckMates
• CheckMates Toolbox: A collection of useful tools developed by Check Point R&D and the CheckMates Community
• TechTalks: Our regular series designed to educate you on the latest information security technology and trends, including practical advice on protecting your critical assets from cyber attacks!

And register for our CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up happening on April 20th @ 8am PDT/ 5pm CET.

Hot Community Topics

• R81 JHF GA Take 23
• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 25
• R81 SmartConsole Build 550
• R80.20.25 for Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 Appliances
• CloudGuard Network Security for Public Cloud Updates April 2021
• After Management Upgraded to R80.40, Backups are Smaller
• Gateway Applies InitialPolicy after Software Upgrade
• Stopping CLU Mode in /var/log/messages
• VPN Domain Per Community

Upcoming TechTalks

CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up

If you missed CPX 360 2021, the premier Cyber Security Summit and Expo, the CheckMates team has you covered! Join us on April 14th where we’ll give you a brief rundown of what was announced there, including some highlights of things you may have missed! Our agenda includes the latest information about the new product families: CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony, re-cap of the most interesting sessions and more!

MITRE ATT&CK – from a CVE to a meaningful technique used by the attacker, first in the industry!

In this session on May 12th, we will review the new MITRE ATT&CK extension for IPS & Anti-Bot and we will give the CheckMates community the opportunity to use the extension before it is released as a public GA!

Check Point Updates

Talking Cloud with John McClure, CISO at Laureate International Universities

In Episode 29 of Talking Cloud, @Grant_Asplund has his first podcast discussion with an executive from the university industry. John McClure is the Chief Information Security Officer at Laureate International Universities. As the CISO for an organization with tens of thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of university students, John offers some interesting insights and considerations about our changing cyber-security landscape and the benefits realized as a result of the 'forced' digital transformation we've all been through.

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, April 21^st for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Email and Office.

As The Cyber World Turns: A Strategy to Increase Security Efficiency

Slowed economic growth and the push to secure systems from supply chain attacks underscores the importance of a unified security architecture that increases security efficiency. Join security evangelist Grant Asplund on April 28 as he shares the building blocks for putting in place a consolidation strategy that increases security efficiency with the Infinity platform. Register now:

• North America
• EMEA/APAC

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 13 April 2021:
  • Russia: Maestro: новые возможности R81.10
  • Greece: Performance Optimization Part 1: Introduction
• 14 April 2021: Western US: Learn About CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 6 May 2021: Belux: Harmony Connect Internet Access

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: Maintaining The Tie

PhoneBoy talks with Eric Anderson at Atlantic Data Security about the psychology of always being on the defense in cyber security.

Hot Community Topics

• Malware Catcher and Analyst
• Build CloudGuard Controller, Turn on Identity Web API, Use Cloud Tags in Security Policy
• Identity Web API Showing Tagging, IP in SmartLog
• CloudGuard Threat Intelligence in Action
• PPPoE Interfaces Don't Reconnect
• It's Not The Firewall
• How To Release Lock from Objects
• Identity Awareness API

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: CloudGuard & Aviatrix Clouding Together

In the cloud era, the role of a network security architect has become more critical than it has ever been. Complexity and human errors have always been the banes of security professionals. In this session, we will focus on how enterprises are leveraging the Check Point CloudGuard network solution and Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Network platform to improve overall security posture, ensure corporate and regulatory compliance, and embrace the exponential growth in enterprise cloud networking complexity by building on the combination of cloud security best practices and multi-cloud network architecture.

Register now for this 8th April TechTalk Deep Dive!

CPX 360 2021 Wrap-Up

If you missed CPX 360 2021, the premier Cyber Security Summit and Expo, the CheckMates team has you covered! Join us on April 14th where we’ll give you a brief rundown of what was announced there, including some highlights of things you may have missed! Our agenda includes the latest information about the new product families: CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony, re-cap of the most interesting sessions and more!

Check Point Updates

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, April 7^th for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Mobile.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 8 April 2021: Spanish: Quantum Maestro
• 13 April 2021:
  • Russia: Maestro: новые возможности R81.10
  • Greece: Performance Optimization Part 1: Introduction
• 14 April 2021: Western US: Learn About CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL
• 6 May 2021: Belux: Harmony Connect Internet Access

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! 

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Community Updates

CheckMates Go: Maintaining The Tie

PhoneBoy talks with Eric Anderson at Atlantic Data Security about the psychology of always being on the defense in cyber security.

Hot Community Topics

• R81 JHF Ongoing Take 23
• Check Point Terraform Provider v1.4.0
• How to Automate Onboarding an Openshift Cluster to Check Point CloudGuard Native
• CloudGuard Image Assurance in Action
• Advanced Investigation & Remediation Using Harmony Endpoint: Video, Slides, and Q&A
• It's Not The Firewall
• What's The Meaning of Prevent, Redirect, Detect, Block, and Drop
• Automatic SIM Affinity in R8x
• SecureXL Fast Accel and Packet Flow
• Traffic to Public IP of VPN Peer is Always Encrypted

Upcoming TechTalks

TechTalk Deep Dive: CloudGuard & Aviatrix Clouding Together

In the cloud era, the role of a network security architect has become more critical than it has ever been. Complexity and human errors have always been the banes of security professionals. In this session, we will focus on how enterprises are leveraging the Check Point CloudGuard network solution and Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Network platform to improve overall security posture, ensure corporate and regulatory compliance, and embrace the exponential growth in enterprise cloud networking complexity by building on the combination of cloud security best practices and multi-cloud network architecture.

Register now for this 8th April TechTalk Deep Dive!

Check Point Updates

CISO's Secrets Podcast

Get behind the scenes of cybersecurity’s trending topics: True stories, real-life scenarios, and a solutions-focused approach with top CISO’s. This week, we are hosting Joseph Davis, Chief Security Advisor for Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft!

Talking Cloud with Jeff Ton, Experience CIO, Founder of Indy CIO Network

Jeff Ton is a highly seasoned and experienced technologist starting his illustrious career first as a 'programmer' and then on to management. He decided he wanted to be a CIO and reached his goal decades ago. Now, among other things, Jeff is an author, speaker, and explorer

Check Point Harmony: An In-Depth Look

Harmony unifies 6 cloud-based security products to keep your remote users 100% safe. Join us Wednesday, March 31^st for this week’s edition of the Harmony Webinar Series on Harmony Endpoint.

Pysa Ransomware, Schools, and the Flash Alert from the FBI

A flash alert from the FBI warns educational groups about Pysa ransomware. Pysa uses tools like Mimikatz, Koadic and PowerShell Empire for lateral network movement. The malware has appeared on multiple continents. See what the FBI recommends.

Upcoming CheckMates Live Events

• 30 March 2021:
  • UK & Ireland: Technical Update Session
  • Caribbean: Machine Learning 101
• 1 April 2021:
  • Russia: Performance Optimization Part 1 - Introduction
  • Canada: Remote Access and SASE
• 8 April 2021: Spanish: Quantum Maestro
• 13 April 2021:
  • Russia: Maestro: новые возможности R81.10
  • Greece: Performance Optimization Part 1: Introduction
• 14 April 2021: Western US: Learn About CheckMates, Check Point's Cyber Security Community
• 15 April 2021: Iberia: Performance Optimization Part 3 - CoreXL

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!