Check Point acquires secure remote access tech from Israeli startup Odo

Consolidated solution expected to help organizations securely connect any number of remote employees from any location

Check Point acquires secure remote access tech from Israeli startup Odo

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Israeli cybersecurity giant Check Point announced Wednesday the acquisition of a new cloud-based technology that delivers secure remote access created by Israeli startup Odo Security. This technology will integrate with Check Point’s Infinity architecture threat prevention capabilities and provide the easiest and most secure solution to address the growing needs that enterprises have to enable secure remote access for their employees to any application.

Odo Security developed a cloud-based, clientless Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technology that, unlike traditional secure remote access solutions, enables users to easily connect through a unified portal to a wide range of applications, such as remote desktops, web applications, database servers, cloud and corporate servers, with no client or software installation.

It also allows security administrators to easily deploy the solution in less than five minutes from the cloud, and gain enhanced visibility including full audit trail of user activity. 

In addition, it uses Zero Trust Architecture to define granular access policy to give the right people in the right context, the least privileged access to applications and reduce the attack surface, Check Point said. 

“Many organizations find themselves compromising security in order to deliver the connectivity required by their business needs.” said Dorit Dor, Check Point’s VP Products. “By incorporating Odo Security’s unique clientless, cloud-delivered secure remote access to our portfolio of threat prevention services, we help organizations overcome this dilemma. Check Point delivers a consolidated solution to help organizations to securely connect any number of remote employees to everything, from any location, making working from home easier and safer than ever”.

Check Point noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has driven enterprise adoption of mass remote working for their global workforces, from 30% before the pandemic to 81% today. Seventy-four percent plan to enable large-scale remote working permanently.  However, many organizations overlooked critical aspects of security in the race to enable remote working, which significantly increased their exposure to cyberattacks. Now more than ever, organizations need to secure remote connectivity anytime, anywhere to any resource, the company said. Check Point is said to protect over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

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