Licence expiration and the impact on security

[Lollipop Larry]

Good day,

Can someone please let me know what impact on security an organisation will suffer if their licences are in the following state :



Will URL Filtering not work at all? Are viruses being let through to the network?

Thanks and regards.

[Bob_Zimmerman]

My understanding is URL filtering should work, but categorization won't. That is, if you try to use the category Check Point provides called "News / Media", nothing will match, as you no longer have a subscription to the categorization service. If you build your own object for cnn.com, though, that should still be matched.

I believe Application Control works similarly. You can no longer use Check Point's definitions, and it's challenging to build your own, so it effectively stops working.

Not sure about IPS. I think it stops both updates and protections outside the base set. That is, you can use a handful of the basic options under "IPS", but most won't have any effect.

Anti-bot updates will stop, and I would expect enforcement to also stop.

Same for antivirus. Updates will definitely stop, and I would expect inspection (and therefore enforcement) to also stop.

[Lollipop Larry]

Thank you Bob_Zimmerman, much appreciated.