Check Point Quantum Force
By Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point's current NGFW appliance line, running Quantum Firewall Software and managed through the Infinity Portal. SandBlast Zero-Day Protection sandboxes unknown files before they reach the network, its IPS software blade blocks known exploits inline, and threat prevention policy is shared with Check Point's cloud and SASE products.
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- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- On-premHybrid
- Organization size
- SMBMid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- $$$
Capability checklist
NGFWHow Check Point Quantum Force measures up against the full Next-Generation Firewall taxonomy.
- Application awareness — supported
- Identifies and controls traffic by application, not just by port or protocol.
- Built-in intrusion prevention — supported
- Blocks known exploit attempts and attack patterns inline, without a separate box.
- Encrypted traffic inspection — supported
- Decrypts and inspects TLS traffic to catch threats hidden inside encrypted sessions.
- URL & content filtering — supported
- Blocks access to malicious, risky, or policy-violating web categories.
- Cloud sandboxing — supported
- Detonates suspicious files in an isolated environment to catch unknown malware.
- Centralized policy management — supported
- Manages rules and logs across many firewalls and sites from one console.
- VPN & remote access — supported
- Terminates site-to-site and remote-user VPN connections on the same appliance.
Alternatives
Other Next-Generation Firewall tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.