Looking for a prevention-first security solution to safeguard your Azure Virtual WAN and hybrid environments while simplifying deployment and scaling effortlessly?

In today’s world, organizations are required to own and maintain multiple datacenters in multiple regions and multiple platforms. This reality creates a significant challenge for security managers: maintaining, securing, and peering multiple datacenters. Complex connectivity and security posture may cause security issues and lack of agility in business growth. Network security in the cloud is also more complex than it is on-premises, because the cloud is dynamic and ephemeral. When connecting cloud infrastructures with existing infrastructures (on-premises and branch offices) the challenge is even greater.

Check Point Cloud Firewall for Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN delivers advanced, multi-layered security for the Virtual WAN deployment, protecting assets in the cloud from attacks while enabling secure connectivity between enterprise networks, Azure vNETs and hybrid networks. Designed for the dynamic security requirements of cloud deployments, Cloud Firewall for Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN provides advanced threat protections to inspect all traffic flows. Fully integrated security features like firewall, IPS, application control, IPsec VPN, antivirus, anti-bot, threat extraction and threat emulation, ensure consistent policy enforcement and real-time traffic inspection, making the transition to Azure smooth and secure.

Key Features of Check Point Cloud Firewall for Azure Virtual WAN

AI-Powered Threat Prevention: Protects your Azure public cloud and hybrid environments against zero-day exploits, ransomware, and malware with a prevention-first approach to network security.

Cloud-Native Integration: Seamlessly integrated with Azure Virtual WAN, Cloud Firewall for Azure Virtual WAN enables automated provisioning of cloud security gateways directly into the the Azure Virtual WAN hub from Azure Marketplace using using an Azure Managed Application. This dynamic approach ensures secure connectivity, streamlined deployment, and effortless scalability for secure cloud operations.

Rapid and Flexible Deployment: With PAYG pricing based on the volume of inspected traffic, you pay for what you use instead of what you deploy.

Unified Security for Hybrid Clouds and On-Premises Environments: Centralize network security management across Azure Virtual WAN, hybrid clouds, and on-premises systems. Simplify compliance with unified logs and reporting for seamless policy enforcement.

Advanced VPN Security: Leverage IPSec VPN capabilities to ensure VPN security across distributed networks. Cloud Firewall supports Client-to-Site SSL VPN for up to 10,000 users and Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs for secure connections, ensuring encrypted communication and compliance.

Integration with Microsoft Sentinel: Integrates with Microsoft Sentinel, providing actionable insights into security events across Azure and hybrid environments. This integration enables organizations to correlate Cloud Firewall data with other events for comprehensive threat visibility and remediation.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Integrates with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, enabling rapid provisioning and seamless management from a unified dashboard.

Top Use Cases

Network Security: Implement advanced protection with SandBlast Zero-Day Protection, which uses sandboxing technology to defend against malware, zero-day attacks, and malicious traffic within your Azure Virtual WAN.

Secure Connectivity: Check Point Cloud Firewall ensures secure connectivity with IPSec VPN for distributed networks. Enable remote users to access Azure environments securely via SSL VPN connections, complete with two-factor authentication and device pairing.

VPN Security: Enable secure site-to-site communication and scalable remote access with advanced VPN security features. Cloud Firewall supports encrypted communication for hybrid clouds and branch offices, ensuring seamless and safe connectivity.

Data and Cloud Workload Protection: Protect cloud workloads from unauthorized access and malicious network attacks with firewall, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), antivirus, and anti-bot technologies. Data Loss Prevention safeguards sensitive data from theft or unintentional loss, ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

Advanced Analytics and Compliance: Gain smart analytics with SmartEvent and Compliance blade, offering actionable insights for faster investigation and remediation and custom reporting tools.

Special Trial Offer from Check Point: Free trial with no charge for the first processed 100GB per security gateway.

Check Point Cloud Firewall for Azure Virtual WAN (formerly CloudGuard Network Security for Azure Virtual WAN)

by Check Point