Check Point Technologies is a well-known global solutions provider of cyber security that has recently announced the availability of a native Cloud Firewall integrated with Virtual WAN (Microsoft Azure). This is to provide users with robust security.
This integration is aimed to offer robust protection from threats as well as multiple-layer network security in private, public, and hybrid clouds. This is to enable businesses to easily migrate to MS Azure with confidence.
Reshmi Yandapalli (Senior Product Manager-Microsoft) stated, “Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN is a network-as-a-service that provides customers with a range of benefits simplifying networking, security, and routing functionalities to drive scalability, cost savings, and improved performance. The native integration between Azure Virtual WAN and Check Point CloudGuard (generally available) enhances and complements Azure Virtual WAN security, offering our customers centralized security in an intuitive and simple offering through the Azure Marketplace.”
As organizations are growing, cybersecurity and connectivity are becoming major operational challenges. As per 2022 reports by Check Point, there is a 48% Y-O-Y increase in cloud-based cyberattacks. Due to this, organizations are planning to secure their cloud infrastructures and safeguard their collaboration and communication amongst partners, workforce, and customers.