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IPS Intrusion Prevention

Check Point IPS-1 is a dedicated intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) that helps organizations secure their enterprise network, and protect servers and critical data against known and unknown worms, automated malware, and blended threats.

  • Robust security, protect your network and business against increasingly sophisticated attacks and attack vectors.
  • Efficient management and compliance, overcome data. overload, focus on what’s critical, and track compliance issues
  • Flexible deployment, flexibility to meet ever-changing security needs.

Features

  • IPS-1 provides the strong, robust, and dynamic security for which Check Point is known. In addition, IPS-1 features superior management tools that increase administrator efficiency and provide unique rapid-response mitigation.
  • The highly intuitive IPS-1 centralized interface provides graphical management tools that allow a system administrator to quickly identify and act on threats to the network. IPS-1 management and enforcement are unified with the Check Point security architecture, so administrators can implement.
  • IPS defenses seamlessly across an entire network security infrastructure. Also, because of this unification, the familiar, intuitive Check Point interface helps reduce IPS-1 training costs and increase administrator effectiveness.

IPS-1 solutions are available as turnkey Check Point appliances and software-only versions that can run on open servers. Real-time security updates and advisories are provided by SmartDefense Services, which are supported by Check Point Research Centers around the globe.

 

Fully-Featured IPS

The IPS Software Blade provides a complete IPS security solution, providing comprehensive network protection against malicious and unwanted network traffic, including:

  • Malware attacks
  • Dos and DDoS attacks
  • Application and Server vulnerabilities
  • Insider threats
  • Unwanted application traffic, including IM and P2P
  • Trusted Security

Real-Time Protections

The IPS Software Blade is constantly updated with new defenses against emerging threats. Many of Check Point’s IPS protections are pre-emptive, providing defenses before vulnerabilities are discovered or exploits are even created. 

Microsoft Vulnerability coverage

Check Point is ranked #1 in  including preemptive protections against emerging vulnerabilities and exploits.

Integrated IPS Advantages

The IPS blade provides Total Security delivered at half the acquisition cost of multiple standalone solutions. Gain up to 10x better price/performance of existing integrated IPS solutions.

Integrated IPS has many advantages that are making it a new standard in security.

  • Reduces costs by consolidating multiple independent solutions

By integrating an IPS Software Blade into your existing firewall, you save on:

  • Equipment purchase
  • Hardware footprint
  • Training and ongoing management
  • Rack space
  • Cabling
  • Cooling
  • Power

Facilitates reduced latency

By inspecting the traffic only once for both firewall and IPS protection, integrated IPS causes less bottlenecking. 

Provides cohesive security policy

An integrated solution drives a single, cohesive security policy. 

Offers common management and training

  • Reduced management and training expenses
  • Reduces errors and oversights
  • Better match with IT organizational structures
  • Increased operational effectiveness and efficiency

Makes IPS deployment easier

  • Add IPS protection to your gateway with one checkbox