Check Point Revs Security Platform

Check Point Software introduced a new version of its underlying security software platform that the company says will make it easier to update its products to respond to new threats and support new security technologies and approaches.

Check Point's NGX software powers the vendor's VPN, firewall and security management software. The just-released NGX R65 version features a new plug-in architecture that will let companies speed up distribution of new protections to devices across their networks. That will make the devices more effective in securing networks from new threats, while lowering administrative costs, Check Point says.The new software also adds integrated Web filtering to block malicious Web sites, including phishing sites.

Also this week, Check Point released a version of its VPN-1 gateway that supports the new software release. Powered by this new platform software, the NGX R65 version of CheckPoint's large enterprise network gateway, VPN-1 Power, was able to achieve 12-Gbps firewall throughput and 5.1-Gbps intrusion prevention throughput on an open server.

The NGX R65 software platform is shipping now.