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2013 CHECK POINT ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT
06 _ SUMMARY AND SECURITY STRATEGY
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ThreatCloud™ Real-time Security
Intelligence Feeds
ThreatCloud is a collaborative network and cloud-driven
knowledge base that delivers real-time dynamic security
intelligence to security gateways. That intelligence is used to
identify emerging outbreaks and threat trends. ThreatCloud
powers the Anti-Bot Software Blade allowing gateways to
investigate always-changing IP, URL and DNS addresses
where Command and Control Centers are known. Since
processing is done in the cloud, millions of signatures and
malware protection can be scanned in real time.
ThreatCloud’s knowledgebase is dynamically updated
using feeds from a network of global threat sensors, attack
information fromworldwide gateways, Check Point research
labs and the industry’s best malware feeds. Correlated
security threat information is then shared among all gateways
collectively.
Check Point Security Appliances
In today’s enterprise networks, security gateways are more
than a firewall—they are devices presented with an ever-
increasing number of sophisticated threats. They must
use multiple technologies to control network access,
detect sophisticated attacks and provide additional
security capabilities like data loss prevention, protection
from web-based threats and securing the increasing
number of mobile devices such as the iPhone and Tablets
in enterprise networks. These increased threats and
security capabilities demand greater performance and
versatility from security appliances.
Empowered by Check Point GAiA, the next-generation
security operating system, Check Point appliances
combine high performance multi-core capabilities with
fast networking technologies-providing the highest level
of security for data, network and employees. Optimized
for the extensible Software Blades Architecture, each
appliance is capable of running any combination of
Software Blades-including Firewall, IPsec VPN, IPS,
Application Control, Mobile Access, DLP, URL
Filtering, Anti-Bot, Antivirus, Anti-spam, Identity
Awareness and Advanced Networking & Clustering-
providing the flexibility and the precise level of
security for any business at every network location.
By consolidating multiple security technologies into
a single security gateway, the appliances are designed
to deliver advanced and integrated security solutions
to meet all of an organization business security needs.
Introduced in August 2011, SecurityPower™ is a metric
that measures the capacity of an appliance to perform
multiple advanced functions in a specific traffic
volume. It provides a revolutionary benchmark that
enables customers to select the appropriate security
appliances for their specific deployment scenarios. The
SecurityPower ratings are determined based on real-
world customer traffic, multiple security functions and a
typical security policy.
Check Point 61000 Appliance