Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security)
by Check Point
Advanced threat prevention for mission-critical assets in Microsoft Azure
Are your Azure workloads fully protected from advanced cyber threats?
As cyber threats become more sophisticated, protecting mission-critical workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments is increasingly challenging. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) delivers a leading Azure firewall solution, offering advanced, multi-layered security to defend against emerging threats. Designed to enhance Azure network security, CloudGuard provides unmatched Azure threat prevention for applications, workloads, and data.
With AI-powered prevention, auto-scaling, and seamless integration with Azure-native tools like Microsoft Sentinel, CloudGuard delivers comprehensive protection for your applications, workloads, and data. By unifying policy management and threat intelligence across environments, CloudGuard enables security teams to confidently protect their infrastructure while reducing operational overhead.
Key Features of Check Point Cloud Firewall
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Protect against sophisticated threats, including zero-day attacks, ransomware, and malware, with industry-leading prevention technologies such as firewall, IPS, DLP, and VPNs. Check Point Cloud Firewall achieves a 99.9% threat prevention rate (Miercom, 2025), making it a robust Azure solution to secure workloads effectively.
- Seamless Integration with Azure Services: Check Point Cloud Firewall integrates with Azure-native tools like Microsoft Sentinel, Gateway Load Balancer, and Azure Virtual WAN, enabling comprehensive Azure network security. Automate threat detection and remediation using SOAR playbooks.
- Auto-Scaling for Dynamic Environments: Check Point Cloud Firewall's auto-scaling capabilities ensure your security automatically adapts to changes in your Azure environment, maintaining consistent protection as your workloads grow and evolve.
- Scalable Remote Access Using Azure VMSS: Leverage Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) to enable secure, scalable access for remote users. With Check Point Cloud Firewall, employees can seamlessly and securely connect from anywhere, strengthening Azure network security.
- Unified Security Management: Manage policies, logs, and threat intelligence across hybrid and multi-cloud environments through a single pane of glass. Check Point Cloud Firewall simplifies Azure network security operations, enabling consistent protection across all workloads.
- Integration with Microsoft Sentinel: Gain full visibility into security incidents with Check Point Cloud Firewall's integration into Microsoft Sentinel. Correlate data from Check Point Cloud Firewall with other events across your Azure footprint to deliver actionable insights and bolster Azure threat prevention.
- East-West and North-South Traffic Protection: Secure your network’s internal (East-West) and external (North-South) traffic to protect against lateral movement and ensure comprehensive data security.
- Management with Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Integrate with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enable rapid deployment of Check Point Cloud Firewall gateways and enhance Azure threat prevention capabilities. Centralized logging and alerting streamline event management across the Azure ecosystem.
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**Please note: For optimal operations, Check Point recommends a 4 vCores machine size, providing balanced efficiency and smooth performance, which meets most customer needs.
FAQ:
Q: Which plan is recommended to get
started?
A: We recommend “Check Point Cloud Firewall Single Gateway”.
Q: Do you offer Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL)
and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG)?
A: Yes! Premium Support is included in PAYG. More details can be
found at: https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/support-plans/
Q: How do I open a support ticket?
A: Sign-up for a Check Point User Center account here:
https://accounts.checkpoint.com
Q: Which Azure VMs are supported, and what is the pricing model?
A: Please refer to sk109360.
Q: Are there any special instructions for Check Point Security Management?
A: To maintain the highest quality and security of our
management solutions, Check Point recommends installing the latest recommended
Jumbo Hotfix, especially after the initial deployment.
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