Check Point Security Gateway High Availability (CPSG-2C-FW-HA)

Network Security Gateway engineered for high availability deployments, delivering up to 5 Gbps firewall throughput with a dedicated 2-core security processor. This appliance ensures continuous protection for critical business operations through active/standby or active/active clustering, backed by Check Point Gaia OS and SmartConsole centralized management.

Advantages

High availability clustering eliminates single points of failure, maintaining uninterrupted security services. The 2-core architecture optimizes resource allocation for firewall, IPS, VPN, and threat prevention tasks. Integrated security features—including anti-bot, anti-virus, sandboxing, and DLP—provide comprehensive defense in a single platform. Centralized management via SmartConsole simplifies policy deployment and monitoring across distributed environments.

Suitable for

• Small to medium businesses requiring resilient network security
• Branch offices needing reliable threat prevention with failover
• Distributed enterprises seeking centralized security management
• Organizations with IPv4/IPv6 mixed environments

Key specifications

• 2 dedicated security processing cores
• Firewall throughput: up to 5 Gbps
• Threat prevention throughput: up to 1.5 Gbps
• VPN throughput: up to 1 Gbps
• 1,000,000 concurrent connections
• 15,000 new connections per second
• Supports IPsec and SSL VPN for remote access
• Check Point Gaia OS with SmartConsole management

Recommendations

Ideal for SMBs and branch offices that demand always-on security with high availability. Pair with Check Point SmartEvent for advanced logging and reporting. For virtualized environments, deploy as a virtual appliance on compatible hypervisors.