There a new version of Check Point Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) available.We have a better usability as you can filter the list with various options, like vendor…
New Error in GAIA Backup
While working with R75.40 you may have stumbled across sk79020.The SecureKnowledge article describes how SCP transfers of backup files are failing because the installed openssh package…
Don’t filter (all) ICMP – you may need it!
My co-worker Rene stated some time ago: “If someone is filtering ICMP, he does not understand the Internet.”I have to agree with that most of…
Affordable Security Management for small environments
Lately Check Point was discussing with partners and customers if there’s the need for a distributed deployment (Security Management on a dedicated system with dedicated…
CPX training track
Well, how nice: Check Point announced that there will be a training track the day before CPX 2013 in Barcelona.Attending this track gives you lot…
Light at the end of the IT risk tunnel
The art of measuring risk is making sure you are measuring the right things, and in security, the issue of metrics has always been controversial…
The 5 reasons security teams fail PCI audits
For any business accepting credit or debit card payments from its customers, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance – which offers comprehensive…
Speed up the “last mile” of service delivery
What are you already doing to speed up your service delivery? Most organizations we talk to have already invested in automated configuration management and in…
Please help improving URL Filtering through correcting URL categories
I recently stumbled across the issue that lots of local german web pages are categorized as potentially harmful within URL Filtering.One way to deal with…
Hardware and performance
Check Point is not exactly happy with my appliance hardware list published on this blog.The reason is that they’d rather like to talk about SPU and throughput…