Coverage of Check Point Acquisition of Nokia's Security Appliance Business

As I write this, I am still a Nokia employee. Yesterday's announcement did not change that, at least until the deal closes sometime in the next three months. Meanwhile, here are a few of the more interesting pieces that appeared online regarding the announcement.

Check Point to buy Nokia security appliance business (from Reuters)
Check Point to buy Nokia security appliance business (from Globes [online])
Check Point Sees Better Product Through Nokia Acquisition (from eWeek Channel Insider)
Check Point to acquire Nokia's security appliance business (from ThreatChaos)
Check Point acts on my advice (from Network World)

Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy

Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy, widely known as “PhoneBoy”, is the guy behind the old PhoneBoy FireWall-1 FAQ that thousands of Check Point customers used back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is also the author of Essential Check Point FireWall-1 NG: An Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting Guide and has nearly two decades of experience in IT and Information Security.

PhoneBoy is currently a Security Architect for Check Point Software Technologies. He provides security architecture design and consults on product integration for Check Point’s sales teams worldwide. He also, on occasion, blogs his own thoughts on Information Security here.

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PhoneBoy’s Security Theater

Views on Information Security from the guy who brought you ye olde PhoneBoy FireWall-1 FAQ

Coverage of Check Point Acquisition of Nokia's Security Appliance Business