BT secures cloud with Check Point Software – Computable

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BT announces an agreement with Check Point Software to integrate additional security capabilities within its global network. Customers are thus enabled cloud-based applications to access secure wherever they are hosted.

New ‘Cloud Firewall’ services are part of a series hosted security solutions that BT adds to the global network for its cloud of Clouds’ vision – which in April, it was announced – further shape.

are becoming more applications and workloads now moved to private, public and hybrid clouds, customers need efficient and secure access through a mix of dedicated and public networks. They find attached the optimum balance between performance, cost and security. To protect the border between business customer networks and the Internet better BT now adds additional managed security services to its worldwide Internet access points, based on Check Point’s 13500 series firewall technology.

In order to strengthen its cloud integration offerings, BT improves Internet breakout of its global network to global access. These gateways are located in the world’s largest Internet peering locations. Breakouts can be established at the regional level, the best access to Internet-based cloud services, or optimized basis with traffic ‘on-net’ is held and breakouts closer to a specific cloud-site place.

The integrated Cloud Firewall services are now available worldwide as a standard for customers of BT Global Services.