CheckMates Go: Cyber Security Podcast from Check Point

PhoneBoy interviews Cyber Security Technologist and Evangelist Marc Davidson discussing his recent blog post on Defending Against Credential Attacks with a Hybrid Mesh Architecture. This episode discusses what credentials actually are and why letting them get out might be dangerous.We also highlight a series of posts by Chris Atkinson providing tips on Dynamic Routing, specifically Router ID, Default Originate, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection, Protocol Rank, and Connection Persistence. 

In this episode of CheckMates Go, we'll play an excerpt from our recent Access Control and Threat Prevention Best Practices session that focuses on a key service that drives both: ThreatCloud AI.

In this episode of CheckMates Go, we’ll talk about Infinity AIOps, Infinity Playblocks, Early Availability of Policy Advisor, updates on Harmony Browse, and some how-to videos on Harmony SASE.AIOps TechTalk October 2025AI-Powered Security for the Hyperconnected WorldPlayblocks Highlights: Powerful Automations You Might Have MissedInfinity Policy Auditor EATechTalk: Improve Your Security Posture with Threat Prevention and Policy InsightsHarmony Browse Product UpdatesDLP Redact Feature Demo VideoRemote Access and SASE Best PracticesHarmony SASE How-To Videos

On this episode, we’ll follow up on how Threat Prevention blades work without HTTPS Inspection enabled, more about the Public R82.10 Early Availability program, enabling MFA for administrators, and more Maestro discussions and best practices.What real protection do we get from Threat Prevention if HTTPS inspection is disabled?sk184185: Software Blade effectiveness with and without HTTPS InspectionSoftware Blade effectiveness with and without HTTPS Inspection - sk184185R82.10 Public EA Programsk183058: Check Point Early Availability (EA) ProgramsMFA for admin access for checkpoint firewall on Gaia and Smartconsolesk181854: Two-Factor Authentication for Gaia OS loginCreating an Administrator Account with SAML Authentication LoginMaestro Best Practices October 2025Maestro Connection Synchronization During a FailoverMaestro Flush and AckMaestro LicensingClusterXL vs ElasticXLElasticXL vs MaestroMaestro Dual-Site Active/Active

On this episode of CheckMates Go, we’ll answer some questions about the community itself from our recent Learn About CheckMates session, the announcement of Public Early Availability of R82.10, and an errata about the Dynamic URL List feature mentioned in the last episode.See also our Events calendar and the upcoming Deep Dive on Troubleshooting 101 for EMEA.