Enables Easy, Cost-effective Security Deployment
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Sept. 25, 2002 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.,
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced a
new set of management capabilities for integrating its Safe@ product
family with SmartCenter, the company's core enterprise management
solution. This enables enterprise customers to quickly and easily
deploy cost-effective Safe@ security to remote employees and branch
office sites and manage it through a single management infrastructure.
"Enterprises need to protect offices of all
sizes - including small branch offices and home office workers,"
said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing, Check Point Software
Technologies. "Now, with the integration of Safe@ into SmartCenter,
enterprises can seamlessly and very cost-effectively incorporate
branch offices and remote employees into their security landscape
and manage everything from one location."
Developed by SofaWare, a Check Point company,
and based on Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall®
technology, the Safe@ product family enables maximum security at
a very low price point. The software solutions are delivered as
fully integrated VPN/firewall appliances from Check Point and partners
Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Celestix, Intrusion Inc. (Nasdaq:INTZ), VPN Dynamics
and SofaWare and start as low at $299. SmartCenter management of
the Safe@ product family includes:
- Profiles
- for grouping Safe@ gateways based on common security requirements
- VPN Communities
- for including Safe@ appliances in easily deployed Check Point
remote access and site-to-site VPN communities
- 'Pull' technology
- for automatic provisioning of new and updated security
policies
- SmartMap™
- for a comprehensive, graphical depiction of all objects in a
security deployment
- SmartView Tracker™
- for centralized logging and auditing of all Check Point security
solutions
Safe@ products are designed for enterprises requiring
the most scaleable, cost-effective security for their branch offices
and home/remote employees. For small and medium businesses and branch
offices, Check Point also offers the VPN-1/FireWall-1 SmallOffice
Next Generation
SmartCenter is a key component of Check Point's
Security Management Architecture (SMART), which enables a rich set
of sophisticated management capabilities in Check Point solutions.
SMART technologies allow Check Point to offer management tools to
meet the needs of all organizations, from small businesses to larger
distributed enterprises to global service providers.
Availability
SmartCenter management of the Safe@ product family is available
now at no additional cost in the latest version of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1
Next Generation, Feature Pack 3.
About Check Point Software
Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing
the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide
VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN)
architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely
enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions,
as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure
business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote
employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power
of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the
industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability
with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 325 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of 2,500 certified partners in 149 countries. For more information,
please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on
the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com
or at http://www.opsec.com.
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this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668 and 5,835,726
and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or
pending applications.
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