If you have already seen my earlier posts, you will know all about the R82 Early availability Program available here.

Each day over the coming weeks we will discover some of the planned new features on offer in R82:

Quantum Security Gateway and Gaia

Dynamic Policy Layer

Fully automated, API-controlled policy layer that allows dynamic policy changes to be implemented directly to the Security Gateway in seconds without involving Security Management.

Unified Configuration

Kernel parameters configuration is now performed in centralised database with Gaia Clish commands and Gaia REST API calls instead of fwkern.conf and simkern.conf files.

Identity Awareness

• Quantum Gateways can now use Identity Providers defined in the Check Point Infinity Portal, allowing customers to centrally manage identities across multiple Check Point products.
• Introducing a new mode for Identity Awareness Blade – “PDP-Only”, where the Security Gateway acts only as Policy Decision Point (PDP) for identity acquisition and distribution and does not enforce the identity-based policy.
• The new mode improves scalability for PDPs and Identity Broker. To enable the “PDP-Only” mode, see sk181605.
  Introduced Identity Sharing cache mode to improve resiliency in case of connectivity loss with the PDP.

Please note all of these product features are in their early stages and at the discretion of Check Point could be removed from the final release.