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CHECK POINT SMARTOPTIMIZE REPORT

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Executive Summary

The following document presents the result of a policy optimization project performed by Check Point. The project examined the deployment of your Check Point solutions and identified opportunities to optimize your network security management system. Each recommendation is rated as follows:

System Health

Monitoring the system health of your Check Point solutions is critical to identify health issues before they affect system resources. The table below provides a summary on the system health of your management server.

Status Comments
Disk Usage
Memory Usage
License
Contract X 2 out of 4 contracts are expired.
Policies Assigned ! 3 out of 6 policies are not assigned.
Service Analysis ! Some of the services are not using their default timeouts. For more details refer to System Report.

Objects Database

The objects database size can affect performance and policy installation time. The table below provides a summary of the network objects database.

Status Count Percent Remediation
Total Network Objects 45786 100%
Unused Network Objects 4 0.01%
Duplicate Network Objects X 6456 14.1% Consider deleting copies.
Nested Network Objects 395 0.86%

Services Database

The services database size can affect performance and policy installation time. The table below provides a summary of the services objects database.

Status Count Percent Remediation
Total Services Objects 1375 100%
Unused Services Objects ⚠️ 46 3.35% Consider deleting these objects.
Nested Services Objects 7 0.51%

Rulebase Analysis

Policy Optimization Overview

The tables below provide general information about the current status of the active policies analyzed.

Status Count Percent Remediation
Total Rules 77 100%
Rules utilizing "Any" X 21 27.27% -ANY in Source:5-ANY in Destination:14-ANY in Service:2
Disabled Rules (3) 3 3.9% Check if rules are required.
Unnamed Rules (4) 30 38.96% Naming rules helps log analysis.
Times Rules 0 0%
Non Logging Rules (5) 20 25.97% Log rules for better tracking.

Policy: DMZ1-policy

Status Count Percent Remediation
Total Rules 190 100%
Rules utilizing "Any" X 39 20.53% -ANY in Source:13-ANY in Destination:21-ANY in Service:5
Disabled Rules (4) 4 2.11% Check if rules are required.
Unnamed Rules (4) 123 64.74% Naming rules helps log analysis.
Times Rules 0 0%
Non Logging Rules (4) 23 12.11% Log rules for better tracking.
Stealth Rule X Not Found
Cleanup Rule Found
Uncommented Rules (4) 3 1.58% Comment rules for better tracking.
Section Titles 49 49 section titles found.
Optimization Potential 10 5.35%

Policy: DMZ2-policy

Status Count Percent Remediation
Total Rules 123 100%
Rules utilizing "Any" X 30 24.39% -ANY in Source:8-ANY in Destination:18-ANY in Service:4
Disabled Rules (a) 21 17.07% Check if rules are required.
Unnamed Rules (a) 65 52.85% Naming rules helps log analysis.
Times Rules 0 0%
Non Logging Rules (a) 23 18.7% Log rules for better tracking.
Stealth Rule X Not Found
Cleanup Rule Found
Uncommented Rules (a) 7 5.69% Comment rules for better tracking.
Section Titles 31 31 section titles found.
Optimization Potential 2 1.65%

Consultant Comments

PLEASE UPDATE THE SECTION BELOW WITH RELEVANT COMMENTS AND FINDINGS

Findings:
This SmartOptimize service took an export of the Check Point management station and submitted it for review. The general feedback is that the Check Point configuration is adequate but improvements must be made to reach the standard of “best practice.”

Remediation Recommendations

System Health
Contract Remediation
Contracts complete licenses and are required for upgrades. If your contract files are invalid or expired, please follow the steps in the "Health check" to remediate the problem.
Users Remediation
Redundant local users should be removed. Please follow instructions in the "health check section.
Anti-Spoofing Remediation
Check Point recommends enabling "Anti-spoofing" on GWs. Refer to "SystemInfo" document for incompatible GWs.
Global Properties Remediation
Review Global Properties as per analysis found in "SystemInfo" document.
Policy Optimization
Rulebase Size Remediation
Limit the rulebase to a few hundred rules. Follow steps to reduce the size accordingly.

Disclaimer

The Customer hereby attests and acknowledges that the Check Point Professional Services Engineer has completed the project work described above. This work meets the requirements specified by the Customer and has been completed to the satisfaction of the Customer.

Post Project Contact Information

Technical Issues
Check Point Software offers customer support through Worldwide Technical Assistance Centers for customers with a support contract.