Check Point\u00a0Software Technologies Ltd., a provider of cyber security solutions globally, has introduced the world\u2019s fastest firewall, Quantum Lightspeed, at its recent annual customer and partner event series, CPX 360, said a company press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-day online event hosted the launch of Check Point\u2019s first rebrand in nearly 30 years and a review of the planned innovations for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his keynote address entitled: \u2018You Deserve the Best Security\u2019, founder and CEO Gil Shwed talked about the company\u2019s major transformation, which came about as a response to the post-COVID era and the world\u2019s increased dependence on the network. \u201cToday, more than ever, the online puzzle needs to be secure. The level of sophistication of attacks keeps going up. Gen V attacks are something we experience everyday: supply chain attacks, ransomware<\/a> threats that can take down an entire hospital or an entire oil pipeline for half of the US, and vulnerabilities like we have just seen last month with Log4j. When we look at 2021, it was one of the most challenging years in terms of cyberattacks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018You Deserve the Best Security\u2019 was also the tagline for the company\u2019s new logo and marks a new strategic drive by Check Point to urge organisations to implement comprehensive \u2018prevent-first\u2019 security solutions capable of dealing with the cyber pandemic: \u201cAll of the attacks through 2021, from Solar Winds to Log4J, were Gen V multi-vector attacks. In the face of such threats, organizations can no longer afford to compromise on security. Second best is not enough. Second best doesn\u2019t work. Second best will get you breached,\u201d said Shwed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0He explained how the Check Point Infinity architecture is the basis of what Check Point does. It provides a unified solution for every possible threat, based on three pillars: Quantum to secure the network, CloudGuard for complete cloud security<\/a> and Harmony for secure users and access, wherever they are, on all platforms and however they connect. All of this is based on Infinity Vision management software and the ThreatCloud, which is the \u2018brains\u2019 connecting all the elements and ensuring protection from all threats in real time across all vectors. Shwed added that Check Point Infinity is the only architecture in the industry that gives you the widest security coverage for all attack vectors: mobile, network, corporate email, web servers, endpoint and cloud. It\u2019s the only AI technology that blocked Log4j on zero day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company\u2019s new Quantum Lightspeed firewall technology for data centres, signals Check Point\u2019s determination to confront the evolving threat landscape in the light of the 50% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks uncovered in the company\u2019s 2022 security report. The new solution was the result of a collaboration with ASIC developer Nvidia, a company that has a long-standing relationship with Check Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n