About CPUG

CPUG is the Check Point User Group. If you specify, architect, install, configure, maintain, debug, hack or defend Check Point products the User Group and the meetings have been designed for you. It's not for Chief Financial Officers or anyone who never reads further than the marketing materials. It's for Dilbert and Wally, not for the Pointy-Haired Boss. It's for people who roll up their sleeves, try to understand what's going on inside Firewall-1, and take responsibility for keeping their network running safely and reliably.

I've been a Check Point installer, maintainer, consultant, teacher and author for ten years, earning my first CCSE on version 3.0b. I've always felt that getting Firewall-1 to work and understanding its complexities seemed harder than necessary. Few companies are large enough to afford more than one Firewall-1 specialist, so it seemed the life of a Firewall-1 implementer could be frustrating and lonely. I realize there may be a long proud tradition of frustration and loneliness in the IT business, but I wanted to try to do something about it.

We sometimes host monthly meetings in Silicon Valley, and now we're hosting a conference to include everybody from out of town, too. I want this site to be the center of our community.

If you're a Check Point implementer, welcome home.

Barry J. Stiefel ("Stee-ful")
CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+/CCSI
Founder
CPUG
admin (at) cpug dot (org)