Check Point Simplifies Security Event Management

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. ( NASDAQ: CHKP ), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today introduced Eventia™, a new family of security event management solutions designed to help IT security departments reduce the cost and complexity of security event correlation, management, and reporting. The first product unveiled today in the Eventia product line, Eventia Analyzer™, is a comprehensive security event management solution that automatically prioritizes security events for decisive, intelligent action. Eventia Analyzer turns volumes of raw data into actionable information to empower security administrators to make informed decisions on their security deployment.

"The sheer enormity of information collected by security devices makes it extremely difficult for existing security event management solutions to identify meaningful events in a timely fashion, if at all," said Gonen Fink, vice president of solutions and strategy for Check Point Software. "Eventia Analyzer is designed to be easily deployed in hours. The extensive base of built-in knowledge about which security events are important and which can be considered insignificant, greatly increases an enterprises' protection without inundating its security team with lower-priority alerts."

"As a financial institution, our network has to be up-and-running 24x7, so we cannot afford to experience downtime that can result from security breaches," said Eyal Shemesh, CSO of Bank Ha Poalim. "Based on our evaluation, we think that Check Point's Eventia Analyzer will provide us with IT security efficiency. We expect to easily collect and analyze security data so that we will be able identify the highest risk threats and respond to security incidents in real-time. By providing automated event correlation as well as making the process of analyzing security events so simple, Eventia Analyzer might ease the administrative workload of our IT team so they can focus on high priority IT projects."

Eventia Analyzer enables unparalleled security event management through the following features:

Intelligent Security Event Management - Centralized normalization, aggregation and correlation that automatically prioritizes security events for decisive, intelligent action

Easy to Deploy and Simple to Use - Pre-defined events facilitate deployment in days, not months. Complex manual processes are automated to minimize impact on mid-sized enterprises, yet scalable and easily customizable for larger, complex environments

Seamless Integration with Check Point Products - Tightly integrated with SmartCenter™, Provider-1™ and Check Point VPN-1®, InterSpect™, and Connectra™ security gateways for easy security event policy definition and automatic blocking of harmful activity

Supports Commonly Used Network and Security Devices - Integrates log data from Check Point and major third party devices such as firewalls, IDS, routers, switches and application servers.

Eventia Analyzer provides a solution that is simple to install and maintain for enterprises with limited security resources, yet is scalable and easily customizable for larger, more disparate environments. Alternative solutions are complex, take months to deploy and customize, and have hidden costs such as outsourced professional services which may be required for ongoing maintenance.

"Customers are drowning in data produced by their various security devices and are looking for a way to simply correlate and make sense of the data," said Mark Nicolett, vice president, Gartner Inc. "Broad adoption of Security Information Management functions will occur when the technology can be installed and maintained by enterprises with limited security resources, yet still remain scalable and customizable for larger, more disparate environments."

Strong Partner Enthusiasm Validates Customer Benefits
Trusted channel partner, Network Technologies of Denmark, director Tosten Schmidt, explains: "Eventia Analyzer allows our customers to extend their Check Point investment beyond centralized log management and into event correlation for their own and other security products. This will allow security administrators to use their resources more effectively thus driving down the cost of ownership for security. This is yet another great product from Check Point".

"Omnetica is fully committed to delivering effective security management to its customers," Alastair Broom, Product Marketing Manager of Omnetica, a Check Point partner. "Log consolidation and event analysis is an essential component of the management platform and Omnetica welcomes the release of the Eventia family of products in this space from a leading security vendor such as Check Point. This product will help customers improve their security management and therefore improve their overall security architecture."

Pricing and Availability
Check Point Eventia Analyzer can be ordered immediately from Check Point's network of more than 2,200 solutions providers, with pricing starting at $18,000 USD.

About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies ( www.checkpoint.com ) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company’s ZoneAlarm product line is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security ( OPSEC ), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries.


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