Check Point Improves Intrusion Prevention with IPS-1

Check Point Software Technologies has announced IPS-1 R65.1, its new release of dedicated intrusion prevention. Check Point IPS-1 features management tools that increase administration efficiency and provide unique rapid response mitigation. IPS-1 demonstrates high throughput performance on Intel multi-core and parallel processing technology and integrates with Check Point's security architecture providing customers with Check Point's management interface and unified installation.

Check Point IPS-1 intrusion prevention system (IPS) utilizes Situational Visibility, a real-time graphical interface that isolates and highlights critical attacks against business systems. Situational Visibility allows customers to graphically monitor these business systems and then drill down on key events to get attack details, including attack source and type, effects of the attack, recommended remediation methods and the actual packet capture of the attack. The exclusive information and forensic tools available in IPS-1 accelerate administrators' ability to recognize, evaluate and act upon suspicious network events.

"Intrusion prevention is a key layer in the network security architecture of today's businesses," said Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point. "However, customers struggle with IPS point products that don't deliver clear, actionable intrusion information. The integration of our best-in-class IPS solution into Check Point's security architecture brings greater visibility of threats to customers and enables administrators to focus and respond faster to critical events."