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Check Point Software Technologies is reimagining the way customers and partners interact with its solutions, unveiling Tuesday the launch of a new, next-generation security management platform called Check Point R80.
The Israeli security vendor announced the R80 at the 2016 RSA Conference, running all this week in San Francisco.
The new security management platform brings the entire Check Point database and appliance ecosystem to a single management console, on which partners and customers can manage their entire IT infrastructure, security policies and other Check Point technologies.
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"It's a total rebuild of the whole environment," Jane Goh, head of product marketing, security management, said in an interview with CRN.
In addition to a single management console, the new R80 platform adds unified policy management, making it easier to segment policies enforcement into layers that can be assigned to different portions of the network.
Goh said the new management platform is designed to be more extensible and scalable, with APIs to bring in network management and for ticketing, and to change management solutions.
The platform makes it possible to control and limit what level of control third-party systems have, she said. "The trend that we're seeing is automating more and more security controls," Goh said. "We're hoping that this will pave the way toward end-to-end security control automation." Finally, the new R80 platform adds integrated threat management, which before operated on its own platform.
Goh said that gives customers and partners the ability to see a security alert and quickly drill down to trouble shoot using all the power of the Check Point platform. As the usage of cloud and connected devices rise, Goh said, security is getting increasingly more complex.
She said R80 launch is designed to tackle that trend head on, helping companies simplify the management of a complicated security landscape.
The platform makes it possible to control and limit what level of control third-party systems have, she said. "The trend that we're seeing is automating more and more security controls," Goh said. "We're hoping that this will pave the way toward end-to-end security control automation." Finally, the new R80 platform adds integrated threat management, which before operated on its own platform.
Goh said that gives customers and partners the ability to see a security alert and quickly drill down to trouble shoot using all the power of the Check Point platform. As the usage of cloud and connected devices rise, Goh said, security is getting increasingly more complex.
She said R80 launch is designed to tackle that trend head on, helping companies simplify the management of a complicated security landscape.
