Check Point Software Technologies launched Check Point ThreatCloud – the first collaborative network to fight cybercrime that gathers threat data from an innovative worldwide network of threat sensors and distributes threat intelligence to security gateways around the globe. With over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, 4.5 million malware signatures and 300,000 infected sites, Check Point ThreatCloud powers new anti-bot and enhanced antivirus software blades by feeding threat updates directly to customers’ gateways, enabling them to enforce pre-emptive protection against advanced threats, such as bots, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and other forms of sophisticated malware. Introduced at the company’s Check Point Experience (CPX) event in Orlando, Florida, the solution is available with release R75.40, providing businesses with multi-layered threat prevention to help customers keep their edge in security.
Check Point ThreatCloud is based on a global network of threat sensors and invites organizations to share threat data and collaborate in the fight against modern malware. Customers can choose to collaborate by feeding ThreatCloud with their own threat data and can receive incoming protection updates through their security gateways with enriched threat intelligence. ThreatCloud also includes other sources of threat data from the company’s install base of security gateways, Check Point research, and industry malware feeds.
“With new forms of malware being generated on a daily basis, ThreatCloud expands an organization’s security footprint, bringing customers significantly more information and analysis about attacks than they would have otherwise had before,” said Dorit Dor, Vice President of Products, Check Point Software Technologies.
Check Point ThreatCloud sends collective threat information directly to security gateways and software blades, providing customers with real-time threat information and attack trends to enforce protection against bots, APTs and other sophisticated forms of malware, making it a collaborative network to fight cybercrime.
Available now, the company’s new Anti-Bot Software Blade is powered by ThreatCloud and is designed to help businesses discover, stop and prevent bot damage. The software blade features Check Point’s Multi-tier ThreatSpect, a bot detection engine that analyzes traffic on every gateway and discovers bots by co-relating multiple risk factors – such as botnet patterns, remote operator hide-outs and attack behaviors. When a bot is identified, the solution prevents damage by immediately blocking communication between infected hosts and remote operators.
To further strengthen Check Point’s comprehensive threat prevention solution, the enhanced antivirus software blade, also powered by ThreatCloud, delivers over 300 times more signatures than previous versions, enabling customers to restrict access to malware-infested websites and prevent unknown virus infections from invading the network to keep host systems secure. Leveraging intuitive dashboards, customers can quickly analyze bot and malware threats, highlighting emerging threats, their level of risk and resulting security implications for the business – such as data loss or an increase in fraudulent spam distribution. Together, the Anti-Bot and Antivirus Software Blades enable organizations to enforce a strong, unified threat prevention solution to protect their businesses from the next wave of cybercrime.
The new solution is available with Check Point’s latest software blade release, R75.40, which also introduces Check Point GAiA unified operating system supporting all security gateways and software blades.