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Originally Posted by BarryStiefel  I've been hearing from a lot of Check Point insiders that Check Point is trying very hard to branch out into other products besides just the perimeter firewall business. |
It wouldn't be the 1st time they tried this, those products didnt sell that time either. ITSR them flogging a glorified DHCP server.
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| The perimeter firewall/VPN business is mature and there isn't much growth, so Wall Street isn't keen on them and their stock price has been stagnant. |
No surprises there, relying on licensing/support fees from existing customers does not grow the business.
There is growth in this market, vendors such as Juniper and Fortinet are taking business away from complacent Checkpoint.
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| I've heard it directly from senior people that Check Point wants to be known as more than a firewall company. |
When the likes of Niall Moynihan are leaving for pastures new, it does make one wonder about their long term prospects.
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| I think this new certification is a move in that direction. They really, really want to get people certified in their other products and out recommending them. This new certification does appear to be similar to the CCIE. |
A complete waste of time IMHO. Who realistically is going to waste T&E studying little used esoteric parts of a software which is suffering declining market share and is now having it's clock cleaned in several key sectors.
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| It looks like it would be cool to have, but you might have to spend a lot of time and money getting skilled on peripheral products that don't really sell... |
Exactly, which is why no one in their right mind is going to do it. In terms of real world security hands on, a security CCIE has far greater depth & a CCSP or the Juniper equivalent would be of far greater utility to those of us who already have the SA/SE.
Hate to rain on peoples parades, but the CCMSA is an irrelevance which is too little too late.
greg