CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Inc

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced its position in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner's recent Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls(1).

According to the report, "In 2009, Gartner saw market pressures accelerate the demand for next-generation firewall platforms that provide the capability to detect and block sophisticated attacks, as well as enforce granular security policy at the application (versus port and protocol) level."

Since pioneering the enterprise firewall in 1993 based on its patented stateful-inspection technology, Check Point has continued to innovate. As recently as 2009, Check Point introduced the Software Blade architecture that gives businesses the ability to create their own security gateway from a library of security applications or "software blades," such as firewall, virtual private network (VPN), IPS, anti-virus, and many others. In 2010, Check Point will add security controls for over 50,000 Web 2.0 widgets and more than 4,500 Internet applications to provide businesses unparalleled granular control over application usage and enable security administrators to prevent threats associated with the use of certain Internet applications. Check Point will offer this new level of security controls as a Software Blade that will be available for all gateways.

"We're continuing our leadership in 2010 by driving innovation into the enterprise firewall market," said Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point. "Our software blade architecture already enables corporations to move security from detection to prevention. In 2010, they will benefit from the most granular policies combining user, application and content."

Check Point R70 Software Blades enables businesses of all sizes to tailor their network security infrastructure to meet their exact functional and performance needs with centralized management, simple deployment and full extensibility. This flexible solution allows customers to customize their security while unifying management of network, IPS and endpoint security.

For more information about Check Point Network Security solutions, visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/network_security/.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted in March 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, is the only vendor to deliver Total Security for networks, data and endpoints, unified under a single management framework. Check Point provides customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership. Check Point first pioneered the industry with FireWall-1 and its patented stateful inspection technology. Today, Check Point continues to innovate with the development of the Software Blade architecture. The dynamic Software Blade architecture delivers secure, flexible and simple solutions that can be fully customized to meet the exact security needs of any organization or environment. Check Point customers include tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes including all Fortune 100 companies. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumers from hackers, spyware and identity theft.

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(1)March, 2010: Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, by Greg Young and John Pescatore

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