I had mentioned in a previous post that R70 had been submitted for Common Criteria Certification. Looks like the NIAP page was updated recently as it now reflects R70 and several other products. R70 “Software Blades” will be certified on Open Servers, and on the Power-1 and UTM platforms (see VID 10387 and 10388). Again, this is great news for security professionals working on Check Point products, and once again re-enforces Check Point’s commitment and long history of CC Certification (R55 and on).
VSX and Provider-1 in Common Criteria Evaluation
Saw this over on the NIAP page last week. Scroll down to the Check Point listings, and you will see a new entry: Looks like VSX R65 and Provider-1 R70 were submitted for evaluation on Dec 21st 2009. This is great news for anyone running or considering these products. Both have a very strong history [...]
Mixed Signals from Cisco on Security
Interesting little article. Enjoy!
Mixed Signals from Cisco on Security
R65 HFA60 is GA – Updated
Hopefully you received the announcement today via email. If not, then follow these steps.
Release Notes Posted below:
NGX R65 VPN-1
NGX R65 Provider-1
*Updated Dec. 1oth to include Release Notes
R70.20 IPS By Region
In a previous post I had written that R70.12 was available as a public EA. Well now it looks like a newer version will be available possibly Q4. The newer version is R70.20 and will supersede R70.12. This newer version has a very interesting feature in the Eventia Analyzer Client called the “Maps” tab. This [...]
Check Point Release Email Notifications
Are you getting the email notifications on HFAs and new releases? I am finding that some of my customers are not getting this information sent to their mailbox. It is pretty easy to setup once you know how to get to the right page in the User Center. I have done several versions of this [...]
R70 Entering Common Criteria Certification Process
Found out last week that the TOE (Target of Evaluation) for R70 has been documented and submitted for Common Criteria Certification. R70 has not shown up on the NIAP “in-evaluation” page, but expect to see an update in the next few weeks. This is great news for anyone wanting to delpoy R70 in a high [...]
Back from Tufin training in Dallas
I was down in Dallas last week attending a Tufin Securetrack training session. I have to say I was really impressed with the capabilities of this tool. I always liked the idea of what Firemon was trying to accomplish, but never saw it perform very well (if at all) in a production environment.
Think of Tufin [...]
R70.12 is Public EA…
This was kind of a quiet one, but there is a newer EA program right now for R70.12. This version seems to be centered around the next version of Eventia and is tailored for the R70 environment. More specifically, R70.12 takes the Eventia Analyzer client and splits it into two versions: one to support the [...]
VSX NGX R65 HFA 10 is Public…again?
HFA 10 for VSX was made public (again)today, hopefully you got the email notification. If not, some of the issues addressed:
New Web Filtering engine focusing on hazardous and malicious websites
Fixes for multiple stability issues
Resolutions for customer reported issues
Fixes for major issues in VSX NGX R65
Improved quality of SmartDefense protections
Improved quality of SecureXL
Improved quality of [...]