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Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway Solution

In This Section:

Overview of Firewall Features

How to Use this Guide

Components of the Check Point Firewall Solution

Overview of Firewall Features

The Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway includes:

How to Use this Guide

To configure an effective security solution, you must understand how to configure the Next Generation Security Gateway features, and how to add rules to your security policy. This guide helps you understand the general principles of the Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway, and how to configure it.

To learn more about each feature, look at the administration guide for the feature. There is a link to the appropriate administration guide at the end of each section of this guide. To find the link, search for "To Learn More".

Chapter

 

Feature

Section

Creating an Access Control Policy

Firewall

Basic Access Control

Application Control

Creating a Unified Access Control Policy:

 

URL Filtering

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Content Awareness

Mobile Access

IPsec VPN

Creating a Threat Prevention Policy

IPS

 

Anti-Bot

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Anti-Virus

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Threat Emulation

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Threat Extraction

Creating Shared Policies

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HTTPS Inspection

Configuring HTTPS Inspection

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Geo Policy

Configuring the Geo Policy

Adding Users to the Policy

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Identity Awareness

 

Monitoring and Logging

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Logging & Status

SmartEvent

 

Maximizing Network Performance

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Advanced Networking & Clustering

CoreXL, SecureXL and Multi-Queue

ClusterXL and VRRP

 

Simplifying Security for Private Clouds

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Virtual Systems

 

Appendix: Securing Data

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Data Loss Prevention

 

Components of the Check Point Firewall Solution

Item

Description

1

SmartConsole

2

Security Management Server

3

Internet and external networks

4

Security Gateway

5

Internal network

These are the primary components of a Check Point firewall solution: