What is the throughput penalty of Security Group?

Samuel O.Mar 29, 2026

The correct answer is D, 1% per member. In production environments with Security Groups, each member added to the group introduces a small but measurable overhead because traffic has to be inspected across every member policy, and that per-member cost is what Check Point documents as the 1% figure rather than a flat group penalty or an appliance-dependent variable.

Fatima Z.Mar 8, 2026

Option A tries to trick you with "5%" but the real tax is 1% per member, so D wins.

Amara A.Mar 20, 2026

The 1% per member figure is the one you want to lock in for the exam, so D is your answer here. When you add members to a Security Group, does the throughput degradation scale linearly all the way up regardless of how large the group gets, or is there a ceiling where the penalty stops accumulating?