CheckMates Go: Cyber Security Podcast from Check Point
Learn about Cyber Security topics through brief, informal conversations with experts from Check Point. Topics include: Incident Response, Customer Success Stories, Cyber Security Trends and Technologies.
Episodes
On this episode, we’ll talk about the release of Check Point Firewall R82.20, a new Critical Security Advisory, OpenAI and Safety, Anthropic Risk Report, CoSnitch, AI Agents finding and exploiting CI/CD flaws.
On this episode, we’ll talk about MCP Servers, Hazmat, Patchmagedon, a LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack, Firewall rule limits, lab tools for Windows, Troubleshooting ARP and Layer 2 issues, DGA vs DNS Tunneling, and a tip when running debugs on a firewall.
On this episode, we talk on-premise SD-WAN management, IPS Optimization, Policy Auditor, and some AI News.
- On-Premises SD-WAN Management TechTalk
- AI Network Firewall TechTalk
- Simplify Admin Operations with R82.20 TechTalk (register link)
- IPS Custom Policy Best Practices
- Policy Auditor is now GA
- A GITHUB MISCONFIGURATION LET KIMI K3 CHEAT A CYBERSECURITY BENCHMARK
- The AI governance confidence gap: Why trust in AI is running ahead of th...
On this episode of CheckMates Go, PhoneBoy talks about Check Point-specific CVEs, AI News, and Rulebase Evaluation, Maestro Troubleshooting, and Rate Limiting.
In this episode, PhoneBoy talks about the AI Network Firewall and recent AI news.
In this episode, I discuss Check Point’s AI Security Report, AI Appreciation Day, some recent posts from community members worth highlighting, and the introduction of Check Point Live Patch.
In addition to the recent AI news, PhoneBoy discusses the R82.20 Public Early Availability Program. See also the TechTalk on SD-WAN On-Prem Management , a feature present in R82.20.
In addition to the recent AI news, PhoneBoy discusses updates with Web SmartConsole, Playblocks AI Agents Early Availability, other updates to Playblocks, and the Background Gateway Upgrade Early Availability.
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On this episode, we talk about The Great Exposure Reset and some recent AI news.
See also: From Prompt Testing to AI Red Teaming at Enterprise Scale
PhoneBoy features the following posts from the CheckMates community:
- Certificate and CRL validation fails from March 1, 2026
- Effective Network Management with SD-WAN January 2026: Video, Slides, and Q&A
- Nano Agent / Nano Services in Quantum SD-WAN: the Control Plane
- Tech Tip - log ingestion problem (change log level to reduce log data)
- Session logs not showing Xlate information
- CVE-2025-53057 and Check Point
- GA Announcement: API R...
PhoneBoy discusses the recent CheckMates Fest and a bunch of community-driven topics.
- CheckMates Fest 2026: Video and Q&A
- Congratulations to our first MVP Diamond members: Heiko and Andy!
- Time synchronization between orchestrator and its SGMs - does it matter?
- Mini Concept Series
- Use API to determine what JHF is installed
- NAT Rules not matching with new R82 gateway in place.
- Zero Phishing in R82.10 - What's New?
- This Month’s ...
PhoneBoy discusses AI Risk Mapping, AI Security Masters, and some great posts from the CheckMates community you may have missed.
- AI Risk Mapping
- AI Security Masters Series
- AI Security Masters Session 1: How AI is Reshaping Our World
- How to Chat with Your Check Point Gateways using Claude Desktop
- Check Point MCP Servers
- This Month’s Spotlight - 3 Revisions Features You Should Start Using Today - October 2025
- Session Flow for Admi...
PhoneBoy interviews Cyber Security Technologist and Evangelist Marc Davidson discussing his recent blog posts on Hybrid Mesh and credential theft, more specifically on Identity Awareness in Hybrid Mesh.
Also, join us for CheckMates Fest 2026 on January 14th and vote on the best in the community in 2025!
PhoneBoy interviews Cyber Security Technologist and Evangelist Marc Davidson discussing his recent blog posts on Hybrid Mesh and credential theft when a question was asked: how do you ensure policies are implemented consistently across vendors. We also talk about the release of R82.10, which we did a TechTalk on a few weeks back.
PhoneBoy interviews Cyber Security Technologist and Evangelist Marc Davidson discussing his recent blog post on How Hybrid Mesh Defeats Credential Attacks, the fourth in a series on credential theft. (We discuss the third one in a future episode)
PhoneBoy interviews Cyber Security Technologist and Evangelist Marc Davidson discussing his recent blog post on Why Defenses Fail: The Fragmentation Problem, the second in a series on credential theft.
PhoneBoy also highlights a new feature in Infinity Playblocks called IOC Enforcement Connector.
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 Forwar...
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.
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.
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