Total Security Appliances to Secure Sri Lankan Enterprises

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, announced the Sri Lankan launch of Check Point Power-1™, a new line of Internet security appliances offering high-performance sites a simple, robust, and easy to manage security solution with the best price/performance ratio available. Check Point also introduced in the Sri Lankan market the new UTM-1 Total Security® appliances, giving enterprise sites of all sizes more choices to match the right solution with their security and performance needs. Check point is pleased to announce the availability of these solutions through its Authorized Regional Distributor, Ceylinco Networking Technologies Ltd. (CNT).

Power-1 appliances combine firewall, IPSec, virtual private network (VPN) and intrusion prevention with advanced acceleration technologies, delivering a high-performance security platform for multi-Gbps environments.

"We are committed to providing our customers high performing security solutions," said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies. "Power-1 provides customers the flexibility to combat malicious applications and threats while maintaining predictably high speeds. With the new appliances, tight security does not come at the expense of network performance."

"However Sri Lankan SMBs seeking to leverage the most out of constrained IT resources want out-of-the-box network solutions with all the key security features and services on a platform that can keep a network moving quickly and smoothly. With UTM-1 Total Security, customers get the most comprehensive, powerful network protection on the market based on the same VPN-1® solution that protects the Fortune 500 in a single, easy-to-manage, cost effective platform," he added.

Power-1 appliances provide performance up to 14 Gbps firewall throughput, delivering the most cost-efficient firewall for high performance environments a price/performance ratio under $4 per Mbps. With a 6.1 Gbps intrusion prevention speed, customers also gain the ability to stop application layer threats at industry-leading speeds. Consequently, organizations facing application security threats, such as worms or buffer overflows, will be able to stop them while maintaining high performance for business critical applications. Since advanced acceleration technologies are built into the software, customers can also receive performance improvements without upgrading hardware, maximizing the value of their security investment.

New security protections and product updates can be easily installed as needed so businesses get the latest security deployed quickly. Multiple Power-1 appliances can be centrally managed with other Check Point security gateways through a single console, thus simplifying network security management and reducing administrative costs. The console simplifies the management of complex architectures found in high performance environments. In addition, it provides a single interface for managing firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention as well as analytical and monitoring capabilities. As sites increase in complexity or in size, their environments will require security appliances with more ports and higher performance. The two new Check Point Power-1 appliance models provide the ability to meet all levels of complexity.

The new UTM-1 Total Security appliances expand the performance of the UTM-1® line up to 4.5 Gbps. Customers can choose the right solution for their environment with appliances ranging in performance speeds from 400 Mbps to 4.5 Gbps. The entire UTM-1 Total Security product line comes with the "Total Security" package, which offers either one or three years of comprehensive security services and reduced support rates. Each UTM-1 Total Security appliance comes complete with all the security protection, software and security updates and hardware to achieve the highest levels of network security. Integrated security protections include:
· Industry-leading application and network-layer firewall
· Site-to-site and remote access VPN
· Gateway antivirus and anti-spyware
· Intrusion prevention with type-based SmartDefense® security update and type-based protection
· Web security with URL filtering and Web security protections
· Messaging security and anti-spam, including Check Point’s six-dimensions of comprehensive messaging security

“We at CNT are proud to represent Check Point in Colombo and the SAARC region. This step taken jointly by Check Point and CNT to launch these new solutions will further empower us to provide total internet security solutions to our clientele.” said Sanjaya Padmaperuma, Director/General Manager, Ceylinco Networking Technologies Ltd.