156-727.77 · Question #1
Can the Anti-Bot software blade be enabled on a Secure Web Gateway as well?
The correct answer is A. Yes, this is an optional blade for the Secure Web Gateway. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Can the Anti-Bot software blade be enabled on a Secure Web Gateway as well?
Options
- AYes, this is an optional blade for the Secure Web Gateway.
- BNo, Anti-Bot needs to be part of the Threat Prevention Appliance.
- CYes, it can be enabled if IPS is enabled as well.
- DYes, Anti-Bot is always enabled together with Identity Awareness.
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A86% (18)
- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D5% (1)
Community Discussion
5
Anjali D.Jun 24, 2026The answer our group landed on is A, and I think it is pretty clearly right once you understand how Check Point's software blade architecture works. The Secure Web Gateway is a flexible platform that supports optional blades, and Anti-Bot is one of those add-on options you can enable independently without any prerequisite blade like IPS. Option C trips people up because IPS and Anti-Bot often get deployed together in practice, but there is no hard dependency between them, so that pairing is not a requirement. Options B and D both impose restrictions that do not exist in the product design, since Anti-Bot is not locked to the Threat Prevention Appliance and Identity Awareness has its own separate function. Anyone in the group who has worked through the R81 admin guides on blade licensing, does this match what you saw there?
Carlos M.Jun 27, 2026A is right. The Secure Web Gateway is a software blade bundle and Anti-Bot is one of the optional blades you can stack onto it, same way you can add Anti-Virus or URL Filtering depending on your license. B is wrong because Anti-Bot is not locked to the Threat Prevention bundle, it is just commonly associated with it. C and D are distractors, there is no hard dependency between Anti-Bot and IPS or Identity Awareness, those are separate blades that operate independently.
Toby R.Jun 28, 2026Worth adding that the exam actually tested this overlap directly, because Anti-Bot and Anti-Virus both appear in the Threat Prevention bundle AND the Secure Web Gateway bundle, so knowing one home does not exclude the other, and that dual-membership is exactly what they want you to understand.
Toby R.Jun 27, 2026A is right, though "optional" undersells it since you have to manually enable it.
Brenda K.Jun 27, 2026Quick win here, do not overthink it and do not let B steal your time. B is the classic trap because people assume Anti-Bot is locked to the Threat Prevention Appliance, but Check Point designed the Secure Web Gateway to support optional software blades, and Anti-Bot is one of them. C is a fabrication, there is no requirement that IPS must be active before you can flip on Anti-Bot, and D is equally made up since Anti-Bot and Identity Awareness are independent features with no forced coupling. The wording on A is a little loose because "optional" might make you second-guess whether it is always off by default or sometimes pre-enabled, but the substance is correct and A is your answer. Flag and move on only if you are already blanking on it, otherwise mark A and give that saved minute to a harder question later in the block.