According to the company, the AppWiki database - which is based on technology that Check Point acquired from FaceTime Communications late last year - is the largest list of Web 2.0 apps available, allowing IT managers to choose to block, allow and/or control employee use of those apps.
Gabi Reish, Check Point's head of security told Infosecurity that the database has more than 50 times the number of apps compared to the competition.
Internet use in the office, says Reish, has changed dramatically with the wide adoption of social media and new internet applications.
"Whilst these Web 2.0 tools are valuable methods of communication, collaboration and meet legitimate business needs, they also open the door to a number of emerging threat vectors, says the company.
Against this backdrop, Check Point says that organisations want granular monitoring and control of their software to reduce the risk of malware, avoid data loss, limit bandwidth usage and enforce organisational use policies.
"This new blade technology allows us to include users in the security remediation process through the use of apps", said Reish, adding that AppWiki has around 4,500 apps and 50,000 widgets in its database.
Infosecurity notes that the Application Control blade also includes agentless active directory integration and support for the UserCheck `user remediation' technology the firm unveiled in April of this year.
The AppWiki database, meanwhile, is billed as covering more than 150 categories, including social networking, instant messaging and media streaming, all of which can be loaded and run on the blade environment on a `mix and match' basis as required by the user.