The rise of wireless networks, remote offices and PC users, and guest PCs accessing the enterprise have driven the need for companies to provide secure access to their networks. They must ensure that standard security measures are installed, up to date, and running before granting access to their networks. For most Fortune 1000 enterprises, this entails investing in networking and security products from a variety of vendors. Check Point believes that customers should be able to enforce security enterprise-wide using whatever networking hardware and software they prefer, today and in the future.
To this end, Check Point takes a vendor-agnostic, open standards approach to endpoint policy enforcement. Integrity provides customers with an extensible client/server architecture that's compatible with existing network IT infrastructures and seamlessly integrates with industry standard hardware, software, and networks. Integrity was the first endpoint security product to support the IEEE 802.1x/EAP standard, enabling enterprises to use over 200 switches, routers, and wireless access points from more than 20 vendors including Cisco. As a result, enterprise customers are not locked into a single vendor for all of their networking equipment or OS platforms, giving them greater flexibility and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Total Access Protection
By ensuring every endpoint PC that's connected to the network is in compliance, Integrity provides Total Access Protection. With Total Access Protection, all enterprise network endpoints-employee and guest, remote and internal, wired and wireless PCs-can be protected with Check Point's market-leading security solutions.
Check Point demonstrates its vendor-agnostic, open standards approach to endpoint policy enforcement through:
Open, Extensible Architecture
From the ground up, our solutions are designed for open and easy integration to leverage existing infrastructure and further harden overall network security. Check Point's endpoint security products integrate with the broadest array of technology providers including: VPN & Remote Access, Managed VPN & Remote Access, Security Integrators, Switches & WLAN, Reporting & Assessment, AAA Directories, Deployment Technology, Content Security & Inspection, ISPs & PC Manufacturers.
Cooperative Enforcement Technology
We were the first company to recognize the importance of assured policy enforcement on the endpoint PC. We developed our exclusive Cooperative Enforcement technology to integrate with network gateways and security technologies to restrict network access to only security compliant PCs. Check Point was also the first company to provide this level of policy compliance for wired and wireless LANs.
- Integrates with our own Check Point VPN-1 solutions as well as Cisco, Nortel, Aventail, Juniper, and other leading VPN providers to enforce secure remote access
- Supports the open standard 802.1x/EAP to integrate with broadest range of switches, wireless access points, and other EAP-enabled gateways to enforce security policy
- Will support Cisco's Network Admission Control program and Microsoft's Network Access Protection policy enforcement platform
Member of Trusted Network Connect
Check Point is a member of Trusted Computing Group, an open industry standards organization with more than 60 members representing every aspect of computing, networking, and security. The group is working on a new effort called Trusted Network Connect that will define and promote an open solution architecture that will enable network administrators to enforce security policies for endpoint host connections to their multi-vendor networks. This standardization process will enhance Integrity's capabilities and allow it to interoperate with more devices.
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