Check Point Supports Google Cloud Network Security Integration

Simplifying and Scaling Cloud Network Protection

Check Point Software Technologies, a pioneer and global leader in cybersecurity, has announced support for Google Cloud Network Security Integration, delivering a streamlined and non-disruptive approach to deploying cloud firewalls. The integration enables organisations to strengthen network security across complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments without compromising performance or requiring changes to existing network architectures.

For organisations operating in heavily regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, and government, network security and reliability are non-negotiable. According to Hendrik de Bruin, Head of Security Consulting at Check Point, these organisations typically develop deep trust in their chosen security platforms over time and are understandably cautious about making large-scale changes to mission-critical environments.

“Any organisation running critical applications knows how sensitive these systems can be,” says de Bruin. “Security changes are made carefully, especially at scale. Yet organisations still need to adapt as cyber threats become more sophisticated.”

This tension has become more pronounced as enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies. IT teams often struggle to apply consistent security policies across hundreds or even thousands of interconnected networks, manage a growing number of network interconnects, and manually route traffic to security appliances—an approach that is both error-prone and resource-intensive in dynamic cloud environments.

Google Cloud Network Security Integration directly addresses these challenges by enabling seamless integration with third-party security platforms such as Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. The solution provides AI-powered threat prevention, unified logging, and granular access control, delivering consistent any-to-any network security across data centres, hybrid deployments, and multi-cloud environments. Crucially, this is achieved without modifying existing routing policies.

The integration leverages Generic Network Virtualisation Encapsulation (GENEVE) tunnelling technology to securely deliver traffic to CloudGuard in-band inspection gateways and firewalls. This ensures deep packet inspection while preserving packet integrity and maintaining high network performance across ingress, egress, north-south, and east-west traffic flows.

From an operational perspective, the integration enables granular traffic matching so that only relevant traffic is sent for inspection, optimising resource utilisation and reducing security costs. Check Point also uses contextual cloud information—such as asset tags, object names, and security groups—to automatically adapt security policies when network changes occur, eliminating the need for manual updates.

The solution further accelerates application deployment by allowing infrastructure teams to offer security as a service. CloudGuard integrates with tools such as Terraform and Ansible, enabling infrastructure-as-code and supporting modern CI/CD pipelines without sacrificing protection.

Compliance is also simplified. Security policies can be defined globally yet applied consistently across all Google Cloud VPCs, regions, and zones. Unified management through the Check Point console provides full visibility and control across public and private cloud environments from a single interface.

“As a trusted Google Cloud security partner, we remain focused on delivering frictionless security,” says Paul Barbosa, VP of Cloud Security at Check Point. “Our goal is to help organisations extend advanced, multi-layered protection across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while unifying network security under one console.”

//Staff writer