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Check Point integrates CloudGuard Network Security with Nutanix Cloud Platform
Check Point Software Technologies has integrated its
CloudGuard Network Security with Nutanix to provide advanced security features that protect modern applications and software defined networks.
“ As businesses continue to migrate to the cloud, delivering the highest level of network security becomes increasingly challenging due to infrastructure and workload complexity,” says Issam el Haddioui, Head of Security Engineering, EMEA Africa, Check Point Software.
By integrating Check Point CloudGuard Network Security with the Nutanix Cloud Platform, advanced cloud networking architectures such as Transit VPC and Tenant VPC are supported, enabling organisations to achieve a secure, scalable, and efficient cloud network.
By leveraging the Nutanix Service Insertion Framework and AHV hypervisor support, CloudGuard provides consistent security policy enforcement, full threat visibility across physical datacentres, hyperconverged infrastructure, and public cloud environments.
CloudGuard also delivers robust SD-WAN capabilities and end-toend protection for private, hybrid, and multicloud environments.
“ When it comes to securing cloud assets the focus has traditionally been on protecting the perimeter, or north-south traffic, going into and out of the cloud. However, there is also a severe security risk when threats can traverse unimpeded once inside the cloud or datacentre network,” says el Haddioui.
“ Traditional network security approaches to this problem are manual, operationally complex and slow, and therefore are unable to keep pace with dynamic cloud and application environments.
“ Whether you are migrating to the cloud, modernising your cloud infrastructure, or enhancing multicloud security, the combined strengths of CloudGuard and Nutanix provide a robust, flexible, and future-ready security solution,” says el Haddioui.
“ What is needed is a cloud-aware network security solution that can perform deep packet inspection of traffic and apply advanced security capabilities to help prevent threats from penetrating the perimeter,” he adds.
What is needed is a cloud-aware network security solution that can perform deep packet inspection of traffic.
Enhanced Visibility: Log consolidation across datacentres and cloud networks offers deep visibility into network traffic, applications, and threats across Transit VPC and Tenant VPC architectures dramatically simplifying forensics and troubleshooting.
Transit VPC and Tenant VPC architectures are fundamental in modern cloud networking, providing scalability, security, and segregation of resources. Here’ s how CloudGuard supports these architectures: Transit VPC: Acting as a centralised hub for interconnecting multiple VPCs, Transit VPC simplifies routing and security management. CloudGuard integrates seamlessly to secure traffic flowing through the Transit VPC, enforcing consistent policies and delivering advanced threat detection and prevention. Tenant VPC: Tenant VPCs allow resource isolation for specific teams or applications. CloudGuard ensures tenant isolation by deploying tailored security policies, safeguarding sensitive workloads from lateral threats and reducing blast radius. •
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security integrates with Nutanix to seamlessly provide advanced security features that protect modern applications and software defined networks. This native integration enables: Ease of Deployment: Check Point CloudGuard integration with the Nutanix Prism management console accelerates deployment and provides management of all network security from a single pane of glass, allowing administrators to oversee security services with minimal effort. Automation: Dynamic policy management using native Nutanix objects adapts to workload and network configuration changes enabling consistent protection without manual intervention.
Issam el Haddioui, Head of Security Engineering, EMEA Africa, Check Point Software
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