Cisco Adds Check Point to ACI Partner List

Cisco has added the Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway to its ACI partner ecosystem.

Essentially, this means that Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) controller, APIC, can configure the application network to include the insertion and provisioning of Check Point virtual and physical security gateways as it does other Layer 4-7 application services and security appliances.

Cisco said the integration with Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway provides automated security provisioning and a full range of security protections and threat-prevention capabilities in a highly dynamic and agile Cisco ACI environment. Check Point Security Gateways can be deployed as physical or virtual solutions, providing advanced protection, including intrusion prevention system (IPS), application control, URL filtering, data protection, antivirus, anti-bot, and threat prevention capabilities.

 http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/aci-checkpoint