Why CheckPoint?

Many vendors and cloud provider offer their own product in terms of VPN gateways, so a valid question is: why should we use CheckPoint CloudGuard for our remote access VPN users? CheckPoint offers a broad set of features within the CloudGuard Gateway, which is simply a virtual version of the world-wide used appliances. Therefore, those gateways do not only provide a single set of services and features, but a wide range of all required security features to ensure a secure operation. Additionally, the cloud centralized approach of a VPN gateway is able to move the endpoints closer to the service edge and therefore increase the usability and performance.

Spike Approach

Spike Reply, as one of few 4-star CheckPoint partners, has a long-standing partnership with CheckPoint and also a strong know-how in all relevant CheckPoint based products. Hence, we are capable of providing the best possible service to customer both in rollout projects but also as a managed security service partner for customer environments of all different kind. Based on a multitude of previous projects, we can consult customers in terms of CheckPoint products with extraordinary expertise.

Key Activities

• Requirements assessment for the setup of the remote access features on the CloudGuard gateways
• Setup of the CheckPoint CloudGuard gateway in the customer tenant
• Configuration based on customer needs
• Rollout of the CheckPoint VPN client to all required endpoints
• Training of IT personel on how to operate the gateways OR
• Integrating the gateways into the Spike Reply Managed Security Services

Deliverables

• A fully functional and configured VPN gateway based on CheckPoint CloudGuard
• An either trained IT administrator group or integration into the Managed Service
• Documented deployment
• If any, documented recommendations for improvement/considerations