NEWS
Check Point to acquire Dome9 to transform
cloud security
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heck Point, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally,
has announced it has acquired Dome9 of Tel Aviv, Israel. This
acquisition enhances Check Point’s fully consolidated Infinity
architecture and its cloud security offering with advanced active
policy enforcement and multi-cloud protection capabilities.
Dome9 has built a strong reputation for enabling security and
compliance for rapid public cloud adoption. Dome9 customers use
its platform to secure multi-cloud deployments across Amazon AWS,
Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
The company provides significant cloud-native security capabilities
including intuitive visualisation of security posture, compliance and
governance automation, privileged identity protection and cloud
traffic and event analysis, enabling cloud deployments safer and
more manageable.
As the use of cloud services significantly increases and cyberattacks
on cloud data become more sophisticated, this acquisition
strengthens Check Point’s position as a global leader in cloud
protection. It will enable its customers to acquire an even
more powerful security visibility and control across multi-cloud
environments through its Infinity’s total protection architecture.
“Dome9 and Check Point’s CloudGuard together provide the best
cloud security solution in the industry.
“Dome9’s platform will add rich cloud management and
active policy enforcement capabilities to Check Point’s Infinity
architecture, particularly complementing the CloudGuard
security product family and make our broad solution even more
differentiated in the rapidly moving cybersecurity environment,”
said Gil Shwed, Check Point CEO.
“This acquisition will enhance our ability to deliver the benefits
of cloud with the critical security that must extend from the
networks, endpoints and data centres to the cloud and mobile
enterprise-wide.”
“Joining the Check Point family will make Dome9’s unique
technologies an integral part of the industry’s most comprehensive
Gen V cyber security solution, Check Point Infinity,” said Zohar Alon,
Dome9 Co-founder and CEO.
“Combining forces allows us to offer the most comprehensive
platform to protect customer cloud deployments as they grow
and evolve.”
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Israel Aerospace Industries and Tech Mahindra
partner for cybersolutions
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LTA Systems Ltd., a group and subsidiary
of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI),
globally recognised as a leader in developing
military and commercial aerospace
technology and one of Israel’s leading
cybersecurity companies, has partnered with
Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of Digital
Transformation, consulting and business re-
engineering services and solutions.
best of breed technology. The partnership will
also offer consultation, training and managed
security services, based on national grade
methodologies and procedures, and develop
new future-ready technologies that meet the
evolving challenges of the cyberdomain.
Esti Peshin, VP and General Manager of
IAI’s Cyber Division, said: “We are excited to
collaborate with our strategic partner,
Tech Mahindra, a company present in
90+ countries.
“We are confident that Mahindra’s
experienced cybersecurity professionals
will equip IAI with a sustainable
competitive advantage, improving our
ability to scale rapidly and prevent
cyberattacks with cutting-edge
cybersecurity solutions.”
The partnership will combine IAI’s national-
grade cybersecurity technologies and
Tech Mahindra’s domain expertise across
industries and verticals to provide cutting-edge
cybersolutions and services to government
and enterprise customers around the world.
It will enable the companies to design and
deliver bespoke Security Operation Centres,
computer emergency response teams (CERTs)
and forensic laboratories, leveraging on
state-of-the-art automation and orchestration
tools, AI and Machine Learning analytics and
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