As cyber threats expand rapidly, enterprises can trust Check Point to deliver accelerated network and cloud security solutions, in collaboration with NVIDIA. By combining Check Point’s experience in advanced threat prevention with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge accelerated computing platforms, enterprises can get the best security on the fastest networks. Check Point’s multi-year collaboration with NVIDIA spans three key areas: First, securing the AI Cloud infrastructure powered by NVIDIA BlueField data processing units (DPUs) to help enterprises safely develop and deploy generative AI applications. Second, accelerating network security by leveraging the high-speed NVIDIA ConnectX networking platform for firewall inspection. Third, using intelligent switches powered by the NVIDIA Spectrum platform to help deliver cloud-scale network security on premises. Let’s go into each area in more detail.
Securing AI Cloud Infrastructure
As enterprises increasingly turn to artificial intelligence to drive innovation and business growth, securing AI systems becomes paramount. With most AI training and inference being done in the cloud –securing the AI cloud infrastructure is critical. Any disruption to the cloud impacts the ability for AI applications to be developed and deployed. Based on Check Point’s 2024 Cloud Security Report, securing the cloud has been a significant challenge. In the last year, 61% of organizations experienced cloud security incidents with 21% resulting in a breach. Meanwhile, 96% of organizations expressed challenges with their ability to manage security risk, mainly due to a lack of visibility across their entire threat landscape. Traditional cloud security solutions don’t go nearly far enough in preventing threats across multi-cloud, on-prem or edge workloads, and are not well-equipped to protect data and assets against the new frontier of cyber attacks.
In response to these security challenges, Check Point AI Cloud Protect addresses the dynamic security requirements of the AI era. Designed for easy deployment and adaptability, it offers out-of-the-box security with effortless integration while also ensuring peak AI performance. Optimized for massive scale, AI Cloud Protect provides a robust shield against sophisticated cyber threats. Deployed on the NVIDIA BlueField–3 DPU platform, which powers a new class of AI cloud data centers, and the NVIDIA DOCA software framework, AI Cloud Protect seamlessly integrates into NVIDIA AI-accelerated data centers, providing robust defense against AI-specific threats.
Robust Defense Against AI-Specific Threats: Empowers organizations to efficiently shield against model inversion, model theft and other attack vectors with unprecedented efficiency.
Scalable, Seamless Integration: Facilitates easy deployment across diverse AI environments, ensuring security measures grow in tandem with organizational needs.
Optimized Performance with Zero Compromise: Ensures AI operations continue unhindered, with security processes running discretely, leveraging NVIDIA’s technological infrastructure without impacting AI performance.
High-Performance Firewall Boost for Quantum Force AI-Powered Security Gateways
Check Point’s new Quantum Force Security Gateways leverage NVIDIA’s latest ConnectX-7 network interface cards (NICs). These modular NICs provide software-defined, hardware-accelerated firewall packet processing via 40/100G ports operating at line-rate throughput. This enables Quantum Force security gateways to sustain up to 1,400 Gbps (1.4 Tbps) of firewall throughput in a single appliance, representing a tenfold increase over non-accelerated solutions. Furthermore, Check Point security gateways offer 2x higher performance, 2x higher port density, and the industry’s lowest energy consumption.
These advancements are key to managing ‘elephant flows’—large, continuous data transfers that can disrupt overall network performance without proper handling. Enterprises and cloud operators can now secure and segment their internal traffic at extremely high speeds—and execute huge daily VM migrations and terabyte-sized backups in minutes instead of hours. In addition, organizations with latency-sensitive applications can secure high-volume transactions (including high-frequency trading) at multi 100 Gbps speeds while maintaining ultra-low sub 2 microsecond latency.
Advanced Network Security with Check Point Quantum Maestro and NVIDIA Spectrum
Check Point’s Quantum Maestro Orchestrator intelligent load sharing firewall cluster is seamlessly integrated with NVIDIA Spectrum-based Ethernet switch platforms. This innovative design provides critical network security scalability up to 1,000 Gbps (1 Tbps) of advanced security throughput in a 99.999% resilient system. This integration enables Check Point’s Gaia advanced security operating system to operate directly on these advanced switches (orchestrators). The result is an unmatched combination of high-speed Ethernet switch data plane connectivity and a world-class security operating system tailored for high-performance applications—without compromising on complete Layer 1-7 deep packet inspection for zero day protection.
Collaborating to Accelerate Network Security
Check Point considers its collaboration with NVIDIA to be more than a mere integration of products; it’s a forward-thinking approach to modern cyber security challenges in the era of AI. By leveraging the latest technologies, we’re not only improving security capabilities but also laying the foundation for a safer, more secure, and limitless digital future.
Learn more about how to transform your organization’s security landscape with Check Point, powered by NVIDIA technologies. Visit the resource links below or contact your Check Point representative to discuss how we can tailor our security technologies to fit your needs.