Check Point 4000 Appliances

Check Point 4000 Appliances combine advanced multi-core technology with high network throughput to provide a broad spectrum of network security options without compromising performance.

These security appliances, delivering up to 623 SecurityPower Units, provide up to 11 Gbps in firewall throughput and 6 Gbps in IPS throughput. Multiple Software Blades can be consolidated into a single appliance to deliver an integrated security solution.

Each appliance offers Local Management with an intuitive wizard to facilitate initial configuration, stand-alone management, and can also manage itself and one adjacent appliance for high availability purposes.

Optional Web-based administration and central management capabilities via Check Point’s Security Management Software Blades are also available to ensure quick, easy and secure administration from anywhere in the network. Automatic updates from Check Point keeps the 4000 Appliances up-to-date with the latest threats and exploits to ensure the utmost security for your network, data and employees.

Connectivity options are available to fit any network environment – eight 1 GbE copper ports are included. You also have the option to add up to eight additional 1GbE copper ports, or four 1GbE fiber ports, or two 10GbE fiber ports to meet your business needs.

The 4000 Appliance supports up to 1024 VLANs for higher network segmentation.

Each appliance is packaged with a group of pre-selected Check Point Software Blades – including Firewall, IPsec VPN, Mobile Access and more – to provide a turn-key security solution for quick deployment. Additional Software Blade upgrades are available to further extend and customize protection options. 

The Check Point Software Blade architecture is the first and only security architecture that delivers complete, flexible and manageable security to companies of any size. With unprecedented flexibility and expandability, Software Blades deliver lower cost of ownership and cost-efficient protection that meet any need, today and in the future.

Full integration into the modular Software Blade Architecture allows for rapid and easy activation on any Check Point security gateway and to provide integrated and comprehensive protection.

The Check Point 4000 Appliance offers a complete and consolidated security solution in a 1U form factor based on the Check Point Software Blade architecture. Available in four software packages, the platform provides up-to-date and extensible security protection.

• Next Generation Firewall (NGFW): identify and control applications by user and scan content to stop threats—with IPS and Application Control.
• Next Generation Data Protection (NGDP): preemptively protect sensitive information from unintentional loss, educate users on proper data handling policies and empower them to remediate incidents in real-time—with IPS, Application Control and DLP.
• Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP): apply multiple layers of protection to prevent sophisticated cyber-threats—with IPS, Application Control, Antivirus, Anti-Bot, URL Filtering and Email Security.
• Secure Web Gateway (SWG): enables secure use of Web 2.0 with real time multi-layered protection against web-borne malware—with Application Control, URL Filtering, Antivirus and SmartEvent.

¹ Check Point's SecurityPower is a new benchmark metric that allows customers to select security appliances by their capacity to handle real-world network traffic, multiple security functions and a typical security policy.
² With memory upgrade and GAiA OS

NGFW = Next Generation Firewall;   NGDP = Next Generation Data Protection; 
NGTP = Next Generation Threat Prevention;   SWG = Secure Web Gateway

✔ - Included
* - Optional
¹  Not available on 4200
²  Five users are included in default package