Celebrating 20 years of Recognition by Gartner as a Leader in Network Firewall MQ

By Michael A. Greenberg, Product Marketing Manager, Security Platforms

Check Point is proud to announce, that for the 20^th time in the company’s history, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant has positioned Check Point as a Leader in the network firewall category. Year after year, we put our technologies and solutions to the test showing our dedication to securing the future of cyber security.

Check Point has been consistently recognized for innovations in:

• Threat prevention and real-time intelligence like SandBlast and ThreatCloud
• High performance scalable platforms like Maestro
• Ruggedized appliances for critical infrastructure
• Extensive cloud platform support through CloudGuard
• Consistent delivery of high-quality and reliable products on-premise and in the cloud

As enterprises make their digital transformation to cloud applications, hybrid networks and firewall capabilities in the cloud, Check Point continues to innovate to make businesses more secure. Check Point recently announced CloudGuard Connect and CloudGuard Edge to transform branch office connectivity with cloud-powered security services that protect against the latest Zero Day and Gev V threats. With CloudGuard Connect and CloudGuard Edge, enterprises get Check Point’s top-rated Threat Prevention updated in real-time with the latest intelligence, flexibility to deploy branch security in minutes on premise or in the cloud, a unified threat management platform that can reduce operational expense by up to 40%, and seamless integration with leading SD-WAN vendors like VMware and Silver Peak.

From our mobile devices, to our networks, data centers and the cloud, Check Point Infinity architecture continues to set new standards in threat prevention to protect against large-scale fifth generation cyber threats. To combat the expansion of threats in the data center and throughout the network, enterprises must have the ability to scale on demand. Gartner commends Check Point’s ability to deliver high performance security solutions like the Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator, which can support up to 1 Terabit of of threat prevention throughput.

Check Point’s Infinity architecture provides complete protection on-premise, in the cloud or on the go for any size enterprise. Check Point provides businesses the ultimate flexibility with security solutions that protect devices, network infrastructure, data centers and cloud platforms. The products include twenty-three security gateway models, comprehensive cloud security solutions for all the major cloud platforms, award winning threat prevention technologies from SandBlast, endpoint security and a mobile security solution.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls,  Rajpreet Kaur, Adam Hils, Jeremy D’Hoinne, John Watts, 17 September 2019

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