computer science

Safe@Office

Safe@Office is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Safe@Office rather than just read about it. In short: Safe@Office is a line of firewall and virtual private network (VPN) appliances developed by SofaWare Technologies, a Check Point company. Overview The Check Point Safe@Office product line is targeted at the small and medium business segment, and includes the 500 and 500W (with Wi-Fi) series of internet security appliance.

Key takeaways

Safe@Office belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Safe@Office to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Safe@Office from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Safe@Office is a line of firewall and virtual private network (VPN) appliances developed by SofaWare Technologies, a Check Point company.

Overview The Check Point Safe@Office product line is targeted at the small and medium business segment, and includes the 500 and 500W (with Wi-Fi) series of internet security appliance. The old S-Box, Safe@Home, 100 series, 200 series, and 400W series are discontinued.

License The appliances are licensed according to the number of protected IP addresses (referenced to as users) in numbers 5, 25 or unlimited. There is also a variant with a built-in asymmetric disconnection line (ADSL) modem.

See also AEGIS SecureConnect VPN-1 UTM Edge — similar appliance with possibility of being managed from the Check Point SmartCenter.

References

External links Safe@Office at SofaWare.com

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Safe@Office

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Safe@Office claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Safe@Office before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Safe@Office ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Safe@Office

In research: Safe@Office appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Safe@Office in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Safe@Office is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Computer network security, Computer security stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Safe@Office outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Safe@Office in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Safe@Office means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Safe@Office out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Safe@Office in simple terms?

Safe@Office is a line of firewall and virtual private network (VPN) appliances developed by SofaWare Technologies, a Check Point company. Overview The Check Point Safe@Office product line is targeted at the small and medium business segment, and includes the 500 and 500W (with Wi-Fi) series of inte…

Why does Safe@Office matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Safe@Office?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Safe@Office.