Check Point Software Expands its Unified Cloud Security Platform to Deliver Next Generation Cloud Native Application Security and API Protection

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Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP) has unveiled its new CloudGuard Application Security, an automated web application and API protection solution. This platform secures cloud-native applications against known and zero-day attacks, eliminating manual tuning and reducing false-positive alerts. The solution addresses the shortcomings of legacy Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) that struggle with the rapid evolution of cloud applications. With flexible AI-driven capabilities, CloudGuard AppSec offers continuous protection and advanced API threat prevention.

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• Launch of CloudGuard Application Security enhances protection for cloud-native applications.
• Automated solution reduces dependency on manual tuning and minimizes false-positive alerts.
• Continuous AI-driven security adapts to application changes, ensuring ongoing protection.
• Advanced API attack prevention blocks unauthorized access and data leaks.

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New fully automated solution enables enterprises to secure all their cloud-native applications against known and zero-day attacks, using contextual AI technology, to overcome the limitations of traditional rule based WAFs

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has extended the capabilities of its unified CloudGuard Cloud Native Security platform with the launch of new CloudGuard Application Security (AppSec), a fully automated web application and API protection solution, enabling enterprises to secure all their cloud-native applications against both known and zero-day attacks. CloudGuard AppSec, part of the CloudGuard Workload Protection capabilities, eliminates the need for manual tuning and high rate of false-positive alerts associated with legacy Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), using contextual AI to prevent attacks from impacting cloud applications and enabling enterprises to take full advantage of cloud speed and agility.

Web application breaches doubled in 2020 but legacy rule based WAFs cannot keep up with the speed at which today’s cloud-native applications evolve. These first generation approaches rely on threat signatures and complex manual rule tuning. This problem is magnified as organizations move to running containerized apps: a 2020 container usage study found that 49% of all containers are live for less than 5 minutes, and 21% for less than 10 seconds. These rapid changes cause legacy WAFs to produce an unsustainable overload of false positive alerts and manual admin work, often forcing security teams to leave these solutions in ‘alert only’

“Web applications are increasingly targeted by criminals, but traditional WAFs are simply unable to keep pace with the speed at which today’s cloud apps change and demand constant manual management, which leaves organizations dangerously exposed to attacks and costly breaches,” said TJ Gonen, Head of Cloud Product Line, at Check Point Software. “Our strategy is to help enterprises secure their most critical workloads – their applications and data – with a unified platform that protects all workloads, including serverless functions and containers, from code to application runtime, all at the speed of DevOps. CloudGuard AppSec simply automates all aspects of application security, with virtually no need for ongoing management, in any cloud environment or infrastructure.”

"Protecting workloads and applications in the cloud requires a holistic suite of capabilities,” said Frank Dickson, Program Vice President of Security & Trust at IDC Research. “However, the journey to workload protection starts with securing your web applications and APIs. Check Point addresses this need for integrated application security and demonstrates their cloud acumen with the introduction of CloudGuard’s newest capability which includes automated application security."

CloudGuard AppSec security capabilities are:

• Continuous protection for applications as they evolve: CloudGuard AppSec blocks application attacks such as site defacing, information leakage, user session hijacking, and all of the OWASP Top 10 web application security risks. The solution’s AI engine continually adapts to application changes and self-updates to ensure continuous security.
• Advanced API attack prevention: As applications evolve, they create and expose more APIs. CloudGuard AppSec automatically blocks criminals from leveraging APIs to expose sensitive data, inject commands or to extract API keys.
• Automated bot protection: CloudGuard AppSec uses behavioral analysis to distinguish between human and non-human interactions with applications, to prevent credential stuffing, brute force attacks and site scraping, and offers customizable protection to manage non-malicious web bots.
  

“We needed the ability to protect our unique application and the various types of data it processes in our complex, dynamic Google Kubernetes environment,” said Mark Unak, CTO at Harqen.ai “Thanks to Check Point’s CloudGuard application security solution, we now have a best-in-class, automated prevention against the internet’s most hostile and advanced security threats.”

“We have implemented CloudGuard Application Security because, in the past, when we developed websites, they weren’t generally closely managed. And legacy WAFs weren’t able to address our specific needs,” said Adri Timmermans, IT Systems coordinator at VITO’s Remote Sensing Unit. “We needed application security that was specialized in dealing with threats to our applications and sites, that was up and running in a matter of hours. That’s exactly what we received from Check Point – a solution that was fast to deploy and effortless to maintain.”

For full details visit Check Point CloudGuard AppSec and Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection links.

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About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to governments and corporate enterprises globally. Its solutions protect customers from 5th generation cyber-attacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers its multilevel security architecture, Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention, which defends enterprises’ cloud, network and mobile device held information. Check Point provides the most comprehensive and intuitive one point of control security management system. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

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FAQ

What is the latest product launched by Check Point Technologies?

Check Point Technologies has launched CloudGuard Application Security, a fully automated web application and API protection solution.

How does CloudGuard Application Security improve security for cloud applications?

It uses contextual AI to provide continuous protection against known and zero-day attacks, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

What are the key features of CloudGuard AppSec?

Key features include advanced API threat prevention, automated bot protection, and continuous security adaptation to application changes.

When was the CloudGuard Application Security announced?

The announcement was made on February 16, 2021.

What challenges does CloudGuard AppSec address?

It addresses the limitations of traditional WAFs that are unable to keep up with the rapid evolution of cloud-native applications.