R80.20 was released this week. This is the FULL version as opposed to the R80.20 M1 which was released for “management-only.” There are some interesting new features, and you will see “previously supported in R77.30” sprinkled throughout the Release Notes…which
As I predicted they would, Check Point engaged NSS Labs in a follow-up to the 2018 NGFW Group Test: “During the NSS Labs 2018 Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Group Test, the Check Point 15600 Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP) Appliance
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Every once in a while Humble Bundle has some amazing bundles for tech books. There is a great deal right now for No Starch Press titles: The Book of Inkscape: The Definitive Guide to the Free Graphics Editor The Book of GIMP:
Are you using CPBDL? Why not? Looks like a great enhancement to ThreatPrevention. All dynamic objects. Very very cool stuff.
I have been working with this product since the Lacoon days. Check Point acquired Lacoon in mid-2015, and released a rebranded agent that was meh. The new agent design is a complete shift, and provides a lot of interesting information
On a whim, I went and took the new R80.10 CCSA exam today. A few months ago I had to sit through about three days of labs and content for the course. The course material is pretty good (although having
Check Point published their response to Meltdown and Spectre: SK122205 Check Point’s take on these so far is that they are of low relevance due to the nature of the attacks: local privilege escalation. A patch may be in the
Worked on an update for R80.10. The gateways were fine. The Security Manager Server kicked out the following error: “Error: Failed to Connect to the GAIA Server” Uhhh…right as it was uninstalling some previous packages…
If you have Check Point’s Capsule Docs, you will see the following error during the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: SK119676 provides a link to a newer standalone Capsule Docs version that