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Check Point has finally delivered some useful fruit of its December 2006 acquisition of NFR Security.
In late April, the company shipped IPS-1, the first version of the NFR intrusion prevention/detection system (IDS/IPS) to be integrated into Check Point's own security wares. Both the IPS sensor and its management toolkit now reside on Check Point's own SecurePlatform, a self-installing Linux-based security operating system that Check Point also uses for its other security products and management platforms.
IPS-1 does not replace Check Point's older IPS technology, SmartDefense, at least not in the short term. Check Point firewall users looking for firewall-integrated basic threat protection with minimal management and forensics capabilities will stick with SmartDefense. For standalone devices, a broader range of protections, and for extensive event analysis tools, IPS-1 sensors are Check Point's answer.
Check Point offers the IPS-1 sensor both in appliance format, with its IPS-1 Sensor appliances (ranging in price from $7,000 to $115,000 and in-line performance from 50Mbps to 2000Mbps), and as a software-only product, OpenSensor, for installation on the hardware of your choice.
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We tested IPS-1 using Check Point's IPS-1 Sensor 200C platform, a 200Mbps IPS with four ports of fail-open IPS capability at a price of $16,000. (Compare Network IPS products.) Check Point's SmartCenter management system costs $10,000. Existing Check Point customers with SmartCenter won't have to pony up for a new license, and can simply add IPS-1 sensors into an existing SmartCenter.
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Comments (5)
Some of the previous overly negative comments don't pass the smeBy Anonymous on August 8, 2008, 9:29 pmCome on guys - how can you be so overly negative about a well respected company like Check Point unless there is some competitive motive here? The independent reviewer...
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Bad SupportBy Ratt on August 8, 2008, 10:33 amWhenever people say 'Aw, that Damone is a loudmouth' -- and they say that a lot -- I say 'You just don't know Damone.' When someone says you're an idiot, I tell...
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Bad SupportBy Anonymous on August 7, 2008, 1:07 amI'd would agree with a previous note about support. Atrocious and arrogant.
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Checkpoint fills gap....with krapBy Schratboy on August 6, 2008, 9:04 amCheckpoint is so over-priced and has such bad support as to make one's head spin. Though they continue to thrive in the firewall space for god only knows what reason,...
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Good ReviewBy Anonymous on August 4, 2008, 8:17 pmI too was impressed with interface on IPS-1. It's nice to see Check Point moving back into the IDS/IPS arena.
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