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10 Reasons to Upgrade to NGX |
The Only Platform to Offer
a Unified Security Architecture |
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The NGX platform delivers new features
and extended functionality to over
twenty Check Point products, delivering
stronger protection and smarter management
to address the most challenging security
problems. Critical new security features
offer deeper security, protecting
more network and application types
from more threats than any other solution.
Simplified and powerful management
features allow enterprises to manage
even the most sophisticated networks
more efficiently, with fewer resources
and lower TCO.
While there
are hundreds of reasons to upgrade
your Check Point products to NGX versions,
we've compiled the top 10 reasons
how customers like you are taking
advantage of the NGX platform.
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Reduce
the cost and complexity of security
management
Smart Center NGX reduces the
burden and costs of typical
security administration with
unified management of ALL Check
Point gateways from a single
console. Administrators can
now centrally manage VPN-1 Pro,
VPN-1 Edge, Express, VSX, InterSpect
and Connectra, including simplified
management of VPN-1 Edge appliances
with centralized configuration
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Ensure
confidentiality and availability
of VoIP communications
The NGX platform enables VPN-1
Pro and Check Point Express
gateways with advanced security
features to protect VoIP networks
from threats such as call
hijacking, call theft, network
hacking, Denial of Service
(DoS), and more to ensure
confidentiality and availability
of voice communications.
NGX
also includes support for
the most popular VoIP protocols
and multiple networking configurations
with application layer filtering
of SIP, H.323 v3 and v4, MGCP,
and SCCP packets, offering
flexible VoIP networking configurations
and solutions. |
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Gain
better insights into your
network and security operations
SmartView Monitor integrates
multiple monitoring functions
into a single application,
providing a better view for
administrators to understand
the status of their network
and their security to maximize
network performance and manage
costs. SmartView Monitor reports
on:
- Status
of VPN-1, InterSpect, and
Connectra gateways
- State
of VPN tunnels between gateways
- Currently
connected remote access
users
- Traffic
type and distribution
Permanent Tunnels can be established
and monitored in real-time via
SmartView Monitor, ensuring
that VPN tunnels are always
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Simplify
VPN deployment in Dynamic Environments
VPN-1 Pro NGX enables organizations
to quickly establish VPNs between
sites with rapidly changing
infrastructures with route-based
VPNs. Combined with support
for dynamic routing protocols
such as OSPF, VPN-1 Pro NGX
makes it simple to provision
stable and reliable service
across a distributed environment. |
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Quickly
and easily extend remote access
for employees
SSL Network Extender now enables
administrators to quickly and
easily provide remote access
without installing remote-access
clients on end users' machines.
This browser-based solution
can be centrally managed from
within SmartCenter NGX and is
integrated with Check Point
Integrity Clientless Security
to ensure that only safe PCs
are allowed access to the network,
protecting them and your critical
network resources from remote
threats. |
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Increase
security against new, evolving
attacks
SmartDefense now provides better
protections for an increased
number of protocols, including
DNS, unicast and multicast routing,
mail, peer-to-peer, and DCE-RPC.
For example, administrators
now have more granular control
over MSN Messenger functions
such as file transfers, application
sharing, and whiteboarding.
As new defenses become available
from the SmartDefense Services,
NGX enables dynamic and real-time
updates with increasingly sophisticated
protections for your network. |
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Protect
web applications against advanced
hacking techniques
Web Intelligence is tightly
integrated with VPN-1 Pro NGX
and Connectra gateways to better
protect Web servers against
increasingly complex and aggressive
attacks, including buffer overflows,
SQL injections, cross-site scripting
attacks and more. Web Intelligence
has also been expanded to protect
against new attacks such as
LDAP injections and to conceal
Web server error messages from
users, thwarting reconnaissance
efforts by hackers and ensuring
the confidentiality and integrity
of business data. |
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Support
Multicast Applications across
a Distributed Environment
Organizations can now encrypt
multicast applications such
as video and audio conferencing
through VPN-1, enabling the
secure distribution of content
to all locations. Administrators
can also control access of multicast
traffic to specific groups,
ensuring that multicast applications
are not inadvertently broadcast
to outside groups. |
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Extend
visibility of security administration
to technical support staff or
auditors
SmartPortal is a Web-based GUI
for SmartCenter NGX that provides
a read-only view of the organization's
security policy, enabling non-administrative
users to troubleshoot security
issues without the danger of
changing policies or security
rules. Internal teams can now
work together seamlessly in
mitigating attacks and troubleshooting
network and security issues
– without compromising security
policy. |
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Deploy
security on a reliable, manageable
platform
SecurePlatform has been extended
to support the most demanding
environments with increased
support for diverse hardware
and up to 64GB memory on Management
Servers. Administrators now
have the power to upgrade security
applications through a newly
designed Web interface, making
large upgrades simpler, quicker,
and easier. SecurePlatform now
also includes the ability to
revert to previous versions
if an upgrade fails, giving
administrators peace of mind
and options to reduce potential
downtime. |
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