A global leader in cyber security solutions announces the general availability of its industry-leading next-generation cloud firewall, factory-integrated with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN to provide customers with best-in-class security.
The integration provides advanced threat protection and layered network security across public, private, and hybrid clouds. It enables companies to migrate to Azure with maximum operational efficiency.
Network as a Service
"Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN is a Network-as-a-Service, which offers customers a number of benefits because this model simplifies networking, security, and routing functions to drive scalability, cost savings, and improved performance. Native integration between Azure Virtual WAN and Check Point CloudGuard (generally available) enhances and complements the security of Azure Virtual WAN, providing our customers with centralized security in an intuitive and simple offering through the Azure Marketplace,” said Reshmi Yandapalli, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft.
As companies grow and work in a distributed IT environment, connectivity and IT security become an operational challenge. Check Point Research recently reported that the number of cloud-based cyber attacks increased by 2022 percent in 48 compared to the previous year, largely due to companies digitizing their operations and moving them to the cloud. Businesses need to securely connect their cloud infrastructures while protecting communications and collaboration between their employees, partners and customers. CloudGuard's native integration with Azure Virtual WAN solves this challenge by providing secure connectivity that reduces business risk and protects cloud assets.
“Cloud computing enables companies to scale their cloud workloads in seconds. Enterprises need security that is flexible, reduces complexity, and focuses on prevention,” said TJ Gonen, VP of cloud security at Check Point Software Technologies. “We are proud to work with Microsoft to provide Azure Virtual WAN customers with the integrated protection of CloudGuard Network Security, powered by AI, to protect their cloud instances against all advanced threats and start their digital transformation with confidence support."
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Benefits of the firewall
- Industry-leading threat protection: CloudGuard supports all security use cases and includes Firewall, IPS, Application Control, IPsec VPN, Anti-Virus and Anti-Bot, DLP, and Threat Extraction and Threat Emulation for zero-day threats. Check Point network security solutions achieved the highest security effectiveness of 99,7 percent malware prevention and the lowest false positive rate of 0,13 percent, according to the latest Miercom Benchmark Report.
- Cloud-native and integrated security: CloudGuard was built around the cloud principles of elasticity, availability, resiliency, and seamless support for growing data volumes. It is easy to implement via the Azure Marketplace in the Virtual WAN Hub. CloudGuard is integrated with Azure Routing Intent for security injection: a centralized, simpler, faster, more consistent and scalable way to secure multi-spoke networks.
- Greater operational efficiency and simplicity: CloudGuard can be easily and quickly deployed as a consumption-based solution. (At the time of this announcement, usage-based billing exists statically with pre-determined billing based on scale units). The integration enables agile maintenance, upgrades and updates, which significantly reduces operational effort.
About check point Check Point Software Technologies GmbH (www.checkpoint.com/de) is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for public administrations and companies worldwide. The solutions protect customers from cyberattacks with an industry leading detection rate for malware, ransomware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers a multi-level security architecture that protects company information in cloud environments, networks and on mobile devices, as well as the most comprehensive and intuitive “one point of control” security management system. Check Point protects over 100.000 businesses of all sizes.