The intrusion prevention system (IPS) group test also rated the Check Point blade platform as achieving 2.4 gigabits per second data throughput.
Rick Moy, NSS Labs' president, said that as cybercriminals have become more aggressive over the past few years and attacks are increasing in volume and sophistication, this has been the most rigorous IPS test bed yet.
"Throughout the duration of our testing, Check Point's IPS software blade showcased excellent protection and ease of use. For multi-gigabit environments, the Check Point Power-1 11065 with the IPS software blade is a cost-effective way to protect against the next generation of internet threats", he said.
According to the report , "Check Point has done an excellent job integrating management of the hardware platform with security policy management."
"Activating the IPS software blade was painless and setting the policy was intuitive and efficient", added the report, noting that the blade was tested against 1179 live exploits and across a wide variety of traffic, payload sizes and protocols.
Commenting on the results, Oded Gonda, Check Point's vice president of network security products, said that, as the IT threat landscape evolves, enterprises are faced with the challenge of protecting their information against a multitude of threats, whilst needing to simplify deployment and reduce costs.
"The NSS Labs IPS test results validate our ability to deliver on the security effectiveness that customers truly want to accomplish with any Check Point appliance, server or virtual environment", he said.