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Software turns event data into actionable information.
Press Release Summary:
Built on Security Management Architecture, SmartView Reporter(TM) provides centralized access to security, network, and user activity. Reporting tool enables managers to make intelligent decisions by delivering network security activity and event information from Check Point VPN and firewall products. Features include report generation and distribution, automated database management, and scalable, multi-platform support.
Original Press Release:
Check Point Delivers Faster, More Comprehensive Reporting with New Version of SmartView Reporter
Enables Security Administrators to Turn Vast Amounts of Event Data into Actionable Information
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - October 20, 2004 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet today announced new features of SmartView Reporter(TM), a comprehensive reporting tool, that enables security administrators to gain in-depth intelligence of security, network and user activity. Built upon Check Point's unrivaled Security Management Architecture (SMART(TM)), SmartView Reporter provides centralized, easy access to network, security and user activity from a single console.
SmartView Reporter enables managers at every level to make intelligent decisions by delivering comprehensive network security activity and event information from Check Point VPN and firewall products. New features of SmartView Reporter include:
Demonstrates Value of Security Investment - Easy report generation and automatic distribution of pre-built, out-of-the-box reports saves users time while enabling them to easily demonstrate the value of security investments to executive management.
Actionable Information - with a performance boost up to 20 times faster, turns vast amounts of data into intelligent information.
Flexible, Comprehensive Reporting - Provides a large number of pre-defined reports, organized into intuitive categories to save administrative time and cost by eliminating the need to create custom reports.
Automated Database Management - Maximizes productivity and optimizes performance by enabling automatic archival or deletion of records based on high and low watermarks specified by the administrator.
Tighter Product Integration - Generates reports providing insight on critical security activity from multiple Check Point VPN-1® gateways, including VPN-1 Edge(TM) and FireWall-1 GX® gateways.
Scalable, Multi-Platform Support - Supports a broad range of deployment options, including Windows and Solaris operating systems, and now supports Linux and Check Point SecurePlatform(TM).
SmartView Reporter Achieves High Marks with University
University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts and hosts more than 13,000 students and faculty. Within a week, UML's security data logs can collect up to 9 gigabits of data, and this data must then be turned into actionable information to empower the security administrator to act on the fly to combat dynamic Internet threats.
"With Check Point SmartView Reporter we are able to quickly sift through vast amounts of data collected from multiple gateways, increasing our visibility to critical security issues and promoting better security practices," explained Stephen Drescher, director, Telecommunications for University of Massachusetts Lowell. "Also, the customized reports generated by SmartView Reporter offer great insight to security, network and user activity and are presented in a business-relevant format that I can share with executive management to easily demonstrate the value of our security investments."
"Check Point's SmartView Reporter empowers customers to drill down into critical data, analyze this data and make informed business decisions about their security deployment," said Gonen Fink, vice president, solutions and strategy for Check Point Software. "Tools such as SmartView Reporter extend Check Point's SMART Management Architecture, recognized as the industry's most consistent and powerful management architecture, enabling customers to strengthen network security and intelligently manage their increasingly sophisticated networks."
Availability
SmartView Reporter is a part of the SmartCenter family of products and is available immediately. Pricing for SmartView Reporter starts at $2,000 USD. For more information on Check Point's SmartView Reporter, please visit: www.checkpoint.com/products/svr/index.html.
About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's Zone Labs (www.zonelabs.com) division is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 countries. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000, or visit us on the Web at www.checkpoint.com or at www.opsec.com.
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