Check Point Cloud Firewall & Upwind
Moving Cloud Security from Theoretical Risk to Runtime Reality and Prevention
The Most Accurate Risk Detection Meets The Best Threat Prevention
Check Point’s integration with Upwind unifies Upwind’s unmatched “Inside-Out” runtime visibility with Check Point Cloud Firewall/Firewall-as-a-Service and Check Point Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), bridging the gap between CNAPP findings and gateway defense.
- Close Exposure Gaps Instantly When Upwind detects an active runtime threat, Check Point CTEM validates the network path and triggers Check Point’s 99.9% zero-day proof IPS.
- Shield Workloads During DevOps Cycles Virtually patch vulnerabilities at the network level, to avoid patch panic and business continuity risks, extending the remediation cycle “breathing room”.
- Eliminate Manual CorrelationGain a unified view of your security posture that connects what is happening inside your compute directly to your network enforcement points.
Accurate Cloud Security at Runtime
Together, Upwind and Check Point transform cloud security from vague detections to runtime prevention at machine speed, creating a closed-loop between runtime risk awareness and zero-day proof prevention, virtually patching credible risks with unmatched threat prevention across the entire cloud fabric and beyond.
- The Trigger: What Is Happening; Not What Might Happen Upwind identifies what risks are currently executing, examining your workloads from the inside out – identifying what is happening, not what might happen.
- The Decision: Complete View of Your Entire Network And Outcomes Check Point CTEM automatically correlates Upwind’s alerts with over 80 security controls across your entire organization, from on-prem to cloud.
- The Security: Instant Hardening; Flexible Remediation Check Point CTEM leverages Check Point Cloud Firewall’s 99.9% CVE, zero-day, and evasion prevention, instantly shielding vulnerable assets.
- The Outcome: No Patch Panic; No Security Gaps Eliminate investigation of firewall settings, virtually patch vulnerabilities, block active attacks, and give your team the time they need to responsibly address issues, with no patch panic and no security gaps.
Fewer False Alarms, Faster Prevention, Safer Clouds
Learn more about this new joint offering.
Accurate Cloud Security at Runtime
Check Point and Upwind unify Inside-Out intelligence with all-around cloud network security. Upwind maps the runtime reality of your workloads, Check Point enforces enterprise-grade prevention, and Check Point CTEM serves as the essential bridge: orchestrating the transition from detection to prevention.
Upwind CNAPP
Runtime Reality & Precision
Upwind moves security beyond the limitations of static snapshots. Using eBPF-powered sensors, it identifies which vulnerabilities are actually loaded in memory and executing in production, ensuring that security only reacts to execution, not assumptions.
Check Point CTEM
The Intelligent Bridge
Check Point CTEM connects the dots that traditional tools miss. It analyzes your entire network topology, from on-prem to cloud, to determine whether an active threat is truly exploitable and to provide one-click remediation options using existing threat mitigation engines.
Check Point Cloud Firewall
Enforce & Virtually Patch
Check Point Cloud Firewall is the ultimate enforcement layer, stopping attackers before and after successful breaches. With unmatched, independently verified threat prevention, it eliminates any findings identified by Upwind, safely triggered by the Check Point CTEM mitigation engine.
Multi/Hybrid Cloud Agnostic Policy Enforcement and Threat Prevention
Check Point Cloud Firewall: Threat Prevention Outperforming Any Other Cloud Firewall
Miercom Security Report Q1 2025
99.8% Intrusion Prevention
Topping all other vendors in CVE coverage and malicious URL blocking.
CyberRating.org Report Q1 2025
100% Overall Security Effectiveness
Unmatched perfect score across routing, TLS, exploits, evasions, and stability.
Key Features & Capabilities
Check Point Cloud Firewall
- Threat Prevention That Buys You Time To Patch
Stops zero-days and exploits with a full NGFW stack: IPS, Anti-Bot, AV, sandboxing, CDR, and HTTPS Inspection, independently validated at 99.9% prevention and 100% accuracy. - Consistent Multi-Cloud Coverage Without Policy Drift
Applies the same firewall, IPS, and application control policies across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Nutanix, and more, ensuring unified protection everywhere. - Security That Keeps Pace With DevOps
Deploys directly into cloud environments with CI/CD pipelines and APIs; policies adapt automatically to cloud objects and tags as resources scale in and out. - Enforcement That Structures Dynamic Robust Segmentation
Protects north-south ingress/egress and east-west lateral movement by enforcing NAT, access rules, and threat prevention inline, relying on cloud objects and tags rather than IPs. - Centralized Management & Visibility That Simplifies Compliance
Managed through Smart-1 Cloud, giving one console for unified logs, events, and policy across all gateways, with SIEM/SOAR integration for enterprise visibility.
Check Point Threat Exposure Management
Check Point Threat Exposure Management is the connective tissue of the joint solution, continuously validating Upwind findings against cloud gateway policies, filtering noise, prioritizing what’s truly exploitable, and applying safe fixes at machine speed.
- Unified Exposure Visibility
See every gap across clouds, networks, and tools in one consolidated exposure map. - Smart Prioritization
Cut through false positives by focusing only on reachable, high-risk exposures. - Safe, Automated Remediation
Apply one-click virtual patches across Check Point and non-Check Point security controls – impact-checked to avoid disruption. - Cross-Vendor Orchestration
Seamlessly integrate with 70+ security platforms to maximize value from existing tools. - Time-to-Prevention, Not Remediation
Shrink the exposure window from weeks to minutes by enforcing protections instantly while fixes are underway.
Upwind Runtime Cloud Security Platform
Upwind brings Inside-Out runtime intelligence to the joint solution. By identifying vulnerabilities that are actually executing in production, Upwind allows security teams – and Check Point CTEM itself – to move beyond static assumptions and focus on real-world risks.
- Inside-Out Visibility
Deep, kernel-level visibility into ephemeral compute, containers, and serverless environments through lightweight eBPF sensors. - Runtime Threat Stories
Correlates system calls, process activity, and Layer 7 network flows into high-fidelity “Threat Stories,” identifying active exploits as they happen. - Precision Prioritization
Eliminates 95% of security noise by distinguishing between dormant vulnerabilities and those that are actually loaded in memory and executing. - Engineering-First Remediation
Aligns security with DevOps speed by tracing runtime risks back to specific code changes and pull requests. - Built for the Runtime
The leading “Runtime-First” CNAPP, designed to protect the most complex modern cloud environments and secure attack surfaces from the inside out.
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Check Point Receives 100% block rate from CyberRatings.org
In Q1 2025, CyberRatings.org conducted independent evaluations of leading cloud firewall solutions covering key performance metrics against real-world attack scenarios. Check out the results.
