The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving and, crucially, attack times are getting shorter. In this dynamic environment, traditional security strategies based on detection and subsequent response are insufficient. Detecting a threat that has already penetrated the infrastructure means a costly incident, rather than avoiding it.

Organizations today face a key challenge: how to ensure comprehensive protection in complex hybrid environments (network, cloud, IoT, remote workers) when there is a shortage of qualified specialists to manage this distributed environment. The solution is to shift the focus from detection to prevention, as well as to unify and automate security systems.

Problem 1: Unknown and rapid zero-day attacks

Detecting zero-day threats—those that have not yet been classified—turns classic signature-based mechanisms upside down. It is crucial to stop them at the network interface without delaying users’ work.

The Check Point Quantum system solves this dilemma with multi-layered zero-day protection:

  • Threat Emulation (Sandboxing) – uses advanced dynamic analysis and patented CPU Level Detection technology, which detects attempts to exploit vulnerabilities at the processor instruction level, ensuring both speed and high effectiveness.
  • Threat Extraction – to maintain productivity, during analysis (sandboxing), the user immediately receives a secure version of the document (e.g., a PDF without active elements).
  • Zero-Phishing – an agentless module that analyzes traffic at the gateway, identifying phishing attacks in real time and blocking form fields before the user enters their credentials.

Problem 2: Management chaos and environmental complexity

Distributed infrastructure—local data centers, public and private clouds, office networks, and remote branches—creates management silos, making it difficult to gain visibility into the whole picture and respond quickly to potential threats.

The solution is the Infinity Platform, which consolidates all aspects of protection (network, cloud, user) under one central management. This unification enables:

  • Response automation – built-in SOAR tools enable automatic triggering of actions (e.g., blocking an IP address identified by IPS) based on correlated events.
  • AI assistance – the latest module streamlines administrators’ work by enabling them to manage, build, and verify security policies using AI-based dialogue.
  • Management scalability—a single central point allows you to manage environments ranging from small SMB devices (Quantum Spark) to thousands of machines.

Problem 3: New threat vectors (IoT) and network performance

IoT (Internet of Things) devices are often overlooked and unsecured. This makes them an easy target for cybercriminals. In addition, the rapid growth of networks requires security systems to be flexibly scalable without compromising high availability.

Check Point addresses these issues by:

  • Quantum IoT Protect: This module automatically inventories IoT devices on the network and then assigns them security profiles downloaded from the cloud. These profiles limit device communication to only what is necessary, immediately mitigating a potential attack.
  • Hyperscale scaling (Maestro): A unique solution that allows you to build a flexible, highly available security infrastructure based on n+1 architecture. The administrator can add a new firewall device by simply plugging in a cable, and the orchestrator will automatically include it in the logical security group, increasing performance and without interrupting network operation.

Conclusions? It is worth considering switching from a reactive to a proactive approach. Modern network protection, such as Quantum from Check Point, must be consolidated, automated, and scalable in order to effectively stay ahead of threats, rather than just monitoring them.

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We also recommend the e-book entitled Proactive Prevention: A New Era of Network Cybersecurity in Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). In this publication, we discuss the shift from reactive detection to proactive prevention, using the example of Check Point’s Quantum solution.