Every partner knows this conversation. A customer agrees their firewalls need replacing. Their teams are using AI tools, they are connecting more systems, and the threats are moving faster than their hardware was built for. They want to upgrade. Then the quote goes into the capital approval process, and the deal goes quiet. This year, that conversation is happening more often. Today we launched Firewall-as-a-Subscription to help partners get those deals moving again. Why deals are stalling Inflation and rising interest rates are increasing borrowing costs and shrinking capital budgets, and security is feeling the pressure. According to the IANS […]

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Check Point’s Firewall-as-a-Subscription Puts Advanced AI-Era Protection Within Reach of Every Organization Attacks don’t wait for budget approval. But firewall purchases often do, and that wait is getting longer. Rising interest rates have made borrowing more expensive. For a midsize company, a single rate rise can cost the equivalent of a branch office firewall. A large hardware purchase now means a harder conversation with finance and a longer approval cycle. Meanwhile, the old firewall stays in place; the network grows, and so does the risk. Security is urgent. The way organizations pay for it isn’t keeping pace. Check Point Firewall-as-a-Subscription […]

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Initially published Oct 21st at 6 AM PT- last updated 8:40AM PT Patch Now: Ensure you are up to date with the latest version IPS protection- CPAI-2026-15172 – Check Point Software. PHP Remote Code Execution (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619). Check Point WAF protects against this threat How does Check Point protect you? Check Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS):  IPS protection was just released to active this evening – PHP Remote Code Execution (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619).  Always  Make sure gateways pull IPS updates automatically and set new critical protections to Prevent, not Detect. Watch Check Point Advisories for a new CPAI entry covering these […]

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As part of Check Point’s Frontier AI Readiness Program, we continue to release Jumbo hotfixes with security fixes and hardening improvements for our Firewall and Management products. This advisory addresses the active exploitation described below, and the immediate steps customers should take to protect affected systems. Check Point Research has identified active exploitation of two vulnerabilities affecting Security Gateway and Security Management: A fix for CVE-2026-85102 has been available since September 9, and customers who have applied it are already protected. CVE-2026-93616 is a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Security Management, and a fix is available now as part of […]

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