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    Check Point CloudGuard for AWS and Azure: production-grade design

    TechLeague Editorial··8 min read

    CloudGuard brings Check Point policy to AWS and Azure as a managed inline service. Done right, it lives behind GWLB or in the Azure vWAN security hub.

    AWS pattern

    • Gateway Load Balancer + CloudGuard auto-scaling group.
    • Cross-AZ HA with health checks.

    Azure pattern

    • vWAN secured hub with CloudGuard.
    • Or NVA in transit VNet for max control.

    Policy

    • Single policy in SmartConsole, deployed to cloud + on-prem.

    Logs and SIEM

    • Forward to Cortex/SIEM via FAZ-equivalent or syslog.

    Pitfalls

    • License model differs from on-prem; size CPU not throughput.
    • TLS inspection in cloud requires more horsepower.

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