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Businesses seeking a tool to create granular policies based on users to identify, block or limit usage of applications
About Check Point Application Control
Application Control provides the industry’s strongest application security and identity control to organizations of all sizes. Integrated into the Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW), Application Control enables businesses to easily create granular policies based on users or groups, to identify, block or limit the usage of applications and widgets. Applications are classified into categories, based on diverse criteria such as application type, security risk level, resource usage, productivity implications, and more. Granular control of social networks, applications, and application features, identify, allow, block, or limit the usage. Leverages the world’s largest application library, grouping apps into categories to simplify policy creation and protect against threats and malware. Integrated into Next Generation Firewalls enables consolidation of security controls decreasing costs. Only the right users and devices can access your protected assets.
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