Check Point Software Technologies Anti-Bot Software Blade

Check Point Software Technologies has announced a new Anti-Bot Software Blade that protects against bots and APTs (advance persistent threats) and delivers high traffic performance of up to 40 Gbps.

The Anti-Bot Software Blade helps customers discover bots and also prevents damage by blocking communication between infected host machines and command and control servers, before a cybercriminal can take control of the network.

The Anti-Bot Software Blade integrates with existing security protections, such as intrusion prevention, antivirus and antispam, and URL filtering. Check Point’s multi-tier ThreatSpect detection engine analyses traffic on every gateway, identifies millions of outbreak types and discovers bots by correlating multiple risk factors, such as botnet patterns, remote operator hide-outs and attack behaviours, and the ThreatCloud repository pushes automatic threat updates to the Anti-Bot Software Blade.

When a bot is identified, users can quickly analyse their level of risk through intuitive forensics and reporting dashboards that highlight bots and their business implications, such as data loss or an increase in fraudulent spam distribution. Users can drill-down into specific bot incidents. Central policy management through the Software Blade Architecture provides a holistic view of the network.