Check Point to demonstrate Check Point Infinity portfolio at GITEX 2022

Ram Narayanan, Country Manager at Check Point Software Technologies, Middle East, speaks about the Check Point Infinity portfolio of products and how it provides uncompromised security in the “new” normal.

What are the plans for you to be part of GITEX GLOBAL this year and why is it important for you to be part of the week-long show?

Check Point Software is committed to support and be part of global platforms such as GITEX to showcase expertise and reach out to our customers. GITEX being the most anticipated technology exhibition in the region is an enormous platform to network with the channel partners as well as customers who are looking for novelty in the market. It also extends an opportunity to showcase Check Point Software’s expertise and solutions with all our stakeholders from a cybersecurity perspective.

Please highlight the products and solutions that you will be showcasing at the GITEX?

At GITEX, Check Point Software will be focusing on its Infinity portfolio of solutions and educating attendees on the current threat landscape. Check Point Infinity portfolio of products focuses on those technologies and capabilities that will provide uncompromised security. Check Point Software has taken over 80 products and technologies all managed by Check Point Infinity-Vision, the industry’s leading unified security management solution and organized them into three main pillars,
Check Point Harmony for secure users and access,
Check Point CloudGuard to automatically secure clouds environments and
Check Point Quantum to protect network perimeters and datacenters, including Check Point Maestro Hyperscale Network Security,

Check Point Software will also be showcasing the recently launched Check Point Horizon – the industry-leading prevention-focused suite of security operations solutions and services that provides XDR/XPR, MDR/MPR, and events management solutions.

 Which are the major cybersecuity trends influencing the Middle East?

The last couple of years have been far from ordinary, both for cybersecurity and business in general. Every year, certain threats grow rapidly as cybercriminals focus their efforts on a particularly effective or lucrative attack technique, such as ransomware or cryptojacking. According to Check Point Software’s Threat Intelligence report an organization in Middle East is being attacked on average 1413 times per week in the last 6 months, compared to 1152 attacks per organization globally. However, one of the most worrying trends in 2022 is the growth of cybercrime across the board becoming firmly entrenched as a state-level weapon, including the new ransomware method of ‘Country Extortion’, state-affiliated hacktivism, and the expansion of ransomware as the number one threat.

2022 began with a massive exploitation of one of the most serious vulnerabilities on the internet, the Apache log4j, and continued with a full blown cyber warfare from the Russia-Ukraine war. Check Point Research (CPR) reported that the second quarter of 2022 saw an all-time peak of 1.2K attacks per organization globally, a 32% increase compared to Q2 2021, whereas UAE observed an average of 970 weekly attacks per organization in Q2 2022, a massive 178% increase year-over-year.

How does your offerings enable organisations to enhance their cybersecurity preparedness in the new normal?

The “new normal” requires organizations to revisit and check the security level and relevance of their network’s infrastructures, processes, compliance of connected mobile and PC devices, IoT etc. The increased use of the cloud means an increased level of security, especially in technologies that secure workloads, containers and serverless applications on multi and hybrid cloud environments. The highest level of visibility, reached through consolidation, will guarantee the best effectiveness. Check Point Software Technologies is making Internet communications and critical data secure, reliable and available everywhere. Automation is key – it is important to ensure the ease of use and support for automation at every stage of the security and development process. We address organizations’ most imminent cyber security needs based on three core principles:
1. Prevention-first approach – deploy pre-emptive user protections to eliminate threats before they reach the users.
2. Gold Standard Management – single pane of glass to manage the entire security estate.
3. Consolidated Solution – provide complete protection against the most advanced threats while achieving better operational efficiency.

What message would you like to give to the customers visiting the show and why should they meet you?

Check Point Software aims to provide any organization with the ability to conduct its business on the internet with the highest level of security. This year’s GITEX provides an opportunity to educate the customers on the importance of having Gen V solutions to battle the current threat landscape and showcase Check Point Software’s products and solutions that provide end-to-end security from the enterprise to the cloud, to mobile workers’ personal devices.
We will be hosting visitors at the booth and showcasing our solution highlights

– We plan to showcase Demo Point to our channel partners and end customers where they get to explore Check Point Quantum (Network), Check Point CloudGuard (Cloud) & Check Point Harmony (User and Access) security products. This is a personalized demo and would be coordinated by one of our security experts

– With digital transformation initiatives gaining traction and more cloud adoption we will have our cloud security architects engaging with customers onsite and showcasing how to address cloud security at scale and speed.

– We will be discussing and showcasing our hyperscale architecture – Maestro solution and engaging with prospects on how it can be relevant to their environment and address some of their use cases.

What are your expectation from this year’s GITEX?

At GITEX, Check Point Software aims at staying focused on real customer needs and to exhibit industry-leading, new, and innovative cyber security solutions that redefine security with the objective of making Internet communications and critical data secure, reliable, and available everywhere which continues to be the ongoing focus.

Where can we find you at GITEX? (booth no and hall no)

Check Point Software will be present at GITEX through our channel partners and will be exhibiting in H1 B1 and H5 A1.