Advanced Firewall Protection

Check Point's Foundation Technologies
As the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, Check Point has developed the most innovative and significant network security technologies, including:

Application Intelligence
Application Intelligence is a set of advanced capabilities, integrated into Check Point FireWall-1 NG and SmartDefense, which detect and prevent application-level attacks. Application Intelligence redefines the network security landscape by evolving FireWall-1 into the only security gateway solution that integrates both network and application-level capabilities to deliver comprehensive attack protection and network security.

Stateful Inspection
Stateful Inspection, invented and patented by Check Point, is the de facto standard in network security technology. Stateful Inspection provides accurate and highly efficient traffic inspection with full application-layer awareness for the highest level of security. Customers experience higher performance, scalability, and the ability to support new and custom applications much more quickly than with older architectures.

SMART (Security Management Architecture)
The SMART architecture enables a rich set of sophisticated management capabilities in Check Point solutions. Starting with core components such as an Integrated Digital Certificate Authority and advanced state table synchronization capabilities, SMART technologies allow Check Point to offer management tools to meet the needs of all organizations, from small businesses to larger distributed enterprises to global service providers.

One-Click Technologies
Check Point's One-Click technologies make it simple to deploy and manage VPNs. Multi-step VPN set-up and management processes are condensed into a single step, making it quick and easy to deploy remote access, intranet and extranet VPNs.

SecureXL
SecureXL is a framework of interfaces, software modules and industry standards that enables Check Point partners and customers to build cost effective solutions to meet the most demanding performance requirements. The SecureXL framework, together with Check Point's commitment to open systems, delivers industry-leading performance at the lowest possible cost.

OPSEC SDK
The OPSEC Software Development Kit (SDK) allows third party applications to integrate into Check Point's security solutions. The SDK is a collection of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that hide the intricacies of the underlying protocols and networking from the application developers. The OPSEC application can use one or more APIs depending on the functionality and requirements of the product.
The OPSEC application will communicate with the Check Point enforcement module, the management server or the desktop client. Communication between the application and the Check Point module is secured using Secure Internal Communication (SIC). SIC provides many options for secure communication including certificate based authentication and encryption. The OPSEC SDK includes documentation, C/C++ libraries, example code, and tools for the APIs.