Check Point VPN-1 Power Sets New Industry Standard for Security Performance
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that the new VPN-1® Power NGX R65, an integrated firewall, VPN and intrusion prevention gateway, has successfully set a significant new industry performance standard for combined firewall and intrusion prevention speeds through an open server: 12 Gigabits per second (Gbps) for firewall throughput and up to 5.1 Gbps intrusion prevention throughput.
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VPN-1 Power provides comprehensive, accelerated security and remote connectivity for the most demanding enterprise network environments. With the new performance breakthrough, VPN-1 Power boasts the highest level of security with the best price-to-performance ratio of any product in its category, enabling customers to better defend their networks from denial-of-service (DoS) attacks without disruption to critical business operations and communications. Faster firewall and intrusion prevention throughput also increases the overall productivity of the network infrastructure.
“As organizations increasingly rely upon their network and Internet connectivity for all kinds of communication—including e-mail, remote access and voice services, security performance is becoming an even more critical,” said Dave Burton, director of product marketing at Check Point Software Technologies. “VPN-1 Power now delivers best-in-class throughput speeds, offering large networks the power of our legendary firewall combined with leading intrusion prevention. Innovation continues to be a priority for Check Point, and we’re very excited to unveil this new solution.”
VPN-1 Power also enables expanded internal security by leveraging both the Check Point Integrity Endpoint Security Suite and the Intel vPro technology to quarantine computers and laptops that violate network security policy. In addition, new NAC capabilities inside the Check Point firewall are now available to ensure that endpoints are not a threat to the network.
“The demand for network bandwidth grows each day as technology becomes more sophisticated and organizations adopt that technology to find new ways to increase productivity and efficiency,” said Charles Kolodgy, Analyst at IDC. “The enhancements introduced by Check Point in this latest version of VPN-1 Power address a critical need at the right time, both at the product and management level.”
VPN-1 Power is part of Check Point’s NGX R65 release of its Internet security solutions, an upgrade to its Unified Security Architecture also announced today.
Enhancements to VPN-1 Power NGX R65 include:
* Enhanced Performance: Industry-leading throughput of 12 Gbps for firewall and 5.1 Gbps for intrusion prevention on a perimeter security gateway increases an organization’s ability to withstand DoS attacks without disruption to critical business operations and communications.
* Greater Protection Against Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks.VPN-1 Power provides enhanced DoS protection without compromising performance by automatically detecting and responding to possible DoS attacks on-the-fly, thus enabling companies to maintain the performance of critical applications in the face of an attack.
* Management Plug-in Architecture: Out-of-cycle upgrades are simplified so new management features and functionalities are immediately available with minimal management maintenance.
* Web Filtering: Integrated Web filtering enables organizations to keep their employees safe from malicious Web sites such as phishing sites as well as reducing liability caused by viewing of inappropriate Web sites.
* Endpoint Compliance Security: Integration with Integrity endpoint security suite and Intel vPro technology quarantines computers that violate security policies to defend against threats entering from authorized endpoints to enhance internal security.
Flexible Deployment Options. VPN-1 Power can also be deployed as a Layer 2 firewall, enabling stealth deployment without modifying the network topology which reduces the need to re-architect the network.
“Ultimately, security and performance are co-dependent,” said Burton. “If a network is fast but insecure, the entire business is at risk. However, if a network is secure but slow, it is virtually useless. With the new VPN-1 Power, we’ve proven that an organization can have the best of both worlds.”
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