Which of the following blades is NOT subscription-based and therefore does not have to be renewed on a regular basis?

Application Control is subscription-based because it relies on Check Point's regularly updated AppWiki application signature database, which requires annual renewal to stay current.

Threat Emulation, when deployed as an on-premise sandboxing solution, is licensed as a perpetual software blade and is not tied to a recurring threat intelligence subscription. Blades such as Anti-Virus and Application Control depend on continuously updated cloud-delivered signature databases that must be renewed annually to remain effective. Because Threat Emulation performs behavioral file analysis in a local sandbox rather than matching against a live feed, it does not carry the same subscription renewal requirement.

Anti-Virus is subscription-based because it depends on continuously refreshed malware signatures and threat intelligence feeds delivered from Check Point's ThreatCloud.

Advanced Networking Blade is licensed under Check Point's software blade program and requires periodic renewal as part of that licensing model.