Check Point raises bar on performance of antivirus, URL filtering software blades

Also significantly increases firewall performance for UTM-1 appliances

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced new streaming technology that dramatically increases antivirus and URL filtering software blades performance, benefiting all Check Point security gateways through a software upgrade at no additional cost. In addition, Check Point has extended its patented SecureXL acceleration technology to all UTM-1 appliances, significantly boosting firewall throughput performance. Now, customers can activate additional software blades to expand all layers of security for uncompromised protection and performance with a simple software upgrade to R71.

“With Check Point’s new levels of performance, we are able to deliver all-inclusive protection on a single appliance without the customer having to choose between performance and enhanced security.” said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director – India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies. “Customers can now deploy Check Point Antivirus and URL Filtering software blades on their existing gateways through a simple software upgrade. In a market where performance and throughput are critical this is an easy decision for most companies.”

Performance and throughput are important factors for businesses to remain protected, maximizing all levels of security without impeding the flow of business. Check Point’s new streaming technology enables a record performance for antivirus and URL filtering software blades:

• Up to 15 times antivirus throughput improvement, with over 1Gbps for a 2-core system and 3Gbps for a 4-core system

• Up to 80 times antivirus and URL filtering connection capacity improvements with over 500,000 million concurrent connections

Check Point’s Software Blade architecture gives businesses the ability to create and extend their own security gateway from a library of centrally managed security applications or “software blades,” such as firewall, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus, URL filtering and many others. For more information about Check Point Network Security solutions, visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/network_security/.

For those businesses running Check Point software blades, the patented SecureXL technology boosts firewall throughput performance for UTM-1 appliances with a simple software upgrade. Already available on the UTM-1 3070, the upgrade extends these performance gains across all Check Point UTM-1 appliances, including: UTM-1 130, 270, 570, 1070 and 2070 series. New performance gains include:

• Up to four times greater firewall performance

• Up to four times connections per second improvement

Check Point UTM-1 appliances are all-inclusive, turnkey solutions that provide organizations of any size with all they need to secure their network. UTM-1 appliances can include the following software blades: firewall, intrusion prevention (IPS), Antivirus & Anti-malware, URL filtering, Web Security, and Anti-spam & Email security. Each appliance comes with integrated management, security updates and support. More information about UTM-1 appliances can be found at: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/utm-1/.

Availability

Customers can upgrade to Check Point’s new software release R71 immediately at no additional cost. Check Point Software Blades and UTM-1 appliances can be purchased through the Check Point worldwide network of value-added resellers. To find a Check Point partner, visit: http://partners.us.checkpoint.com/partnerlocator/.