Check Point Targets Enterprise Ai cybersecurity And Zero Trust With Quantum Firewall Release

by Nick Ross, SMBtech

The new release, R82.10, builds on the vendor's prevention-first philosophy and integrates across cloud, network and endpoint layers. The features are designed to give security teams better oversight of Ai tools, reduce alert fatigue and centralise control over distributed environments.

"As organisations embrace Ai, security teams are under growing pressure to protect more data, more applications and more distributed environments," said Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer at Check Point.

"R82.10 helps enterprises shift to a prevention-first model by unifying management, strengthening Zero Trust and adding protections that support safe, responsible Ai adoption and development."

Securing Ai Workflows And Preventing Drift

The growing use of Ai tools and large language model (LLM) development across corporate environments is expanding attack surfaces, Check Point warns. Common risks include identity abuse, configuration drift and misuse of generative Ai applications like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

R82.10 introduces visibility into these applications, detects unauthorised GenAi usage and tracks model context protocol (MCP) activity to improve oversight of Ai-driven workflows.

"Security professionals cannot slow down business innovation or risk being excluded," said Frank Dickson, Group Vice President, Security & Trust at IDC.

"The benefits of innovation do not negate the looming security threat being introduced by Ai. Enterprises need to reduce risk, unify controls and stay ahead of sophisticated malicious actors. Check Point's approach of embedded Ai security into the network stack is an appropriate approach to quickly improve an organisation's Ai security posture."

Mesh Network And Zero Trust Enforcement

To support the push toward hybrid mesh networks, Check Point added more centralised tools for managing internet access across secure access service edge (SASE) deployments and firewalls. The release also introduces easier connectivity between gateways and SASE, and improved device and identity posture validation.

The upgrades are designed to simplify Zero Trust enforcement, especially in environments that combine on-premise assets with cloud services.

Chris Konrad, Vice President of Global Cyber at World Wide Technology, said Check Point's latest release came at the right time. "Their Ai-driven security capabilities help organisations safeguard their businesses from the latest cyber threats, while providing enterprise-grade protection for sensitive Ai workloads from model training to inference without compromising performance."

New Capabilities Span Four Focus Areas

Check Point structured the new features around four pressure points facing security teams.