Check Point Software Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2007

Company Exceeded Its High-End Revenue Projections with a 27 Percent Growth Year
over Year; Non-GAAP EPS Grew 20 Percent Year over Year

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - July 24, 2007 — Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2007

* Revenues: $176.2 million, an increase of 27 percent, compared to $138.9 million in the second quarter of 2006. In the second quarter of 2007, network security contributed $155.8 million to revenues, an increase of 12 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2006. Data security contributed $20.4 million to revenues, an increase of 17 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2007.
* Earnings Per Diluted Share – GAAP: $0.31, an increase of 13 percent, compared to $0.27 in the second quarter of 2006. GAAP earnings per share in the second quarter of 2007 included charges that were not included in the second quarter of 2006, in the amount of $0.03 per share, for equity based compensation expenses and acquisition related charges (net), in connection with the acquisitions of Protect Data and NFR Security.
* Earnings Per Diluted Share – Non GAAP1: $0.38, an increase of 20 percent, compared to $0.32 in the second quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP EPS exclude equity based compensation expenses and acquisition related charges2.
* Net Income – GAAP: $69.5 million, an increase of 6 percent, compared to $65.7 million in the second quarter of 2006. GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2007 included charges that were not included in the second quarter of 2006, in the amount of $7.5 million, for equity based compensation expenses and acquisition related charges (net), in connection with the acquisitions of Protect Data and NFR Security.
* Net Income – Non GAAP: $85.7 million, an increase of 13 percent, compared to $76.0 million in the second quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP net income excludes equity based compensation expenses and acquisition-related charges.
* Deferred Revenues: $236.2 million, an increase of $59.7 million, or 34 percent, over deferred revenues as of June 30, 2006.
* Share Repurchase Program: During the second quarter of 2007, Check Point purchased 2.1 million shares at a total cost of approximately $50.0 million.
* Operating Cash Flow: Cash flow from operations was $81.5 million, compared to $88.6 million in the second quarter of 2006.

1 See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” and “Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP Statement of Income” below for more information regarding Check Point’s use of Non-GAAP financial measures.
2 “Equity based compensation expenses” refer to the amortized fair value of all equity based awards granted to employees. “Acquisition related charges” refer to the impact of the amortization of intangible assets and other acquisition related expenses.

“During the second quarter of 2007, we continued to generate strong financial results which exceeded our projections,” said Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive officer of Check Point Software. “These results were driven by growth in our core enterprise network security business complemented by our data security business.”

During the second quarter of 2007, we introduced products aligned with our PURE focus on IT security and strengthened our unified security architecture. Recent key business highlights and product introductions included the following:

* CoreXL Acceleration Technology in VPN-1 Power Achieved Performance Breakthrough – Leveraging off-the-shelf multi-core processors, VPN-1 Power with CoreXL is the first network security gateway that enables security administrators to gain data center level performance without compromising on deep security inspection. Key performance statistics include 12 Gbps firewall inspection and 5.3 Gbps intrusion prevention inspection.

* IPS-1 Integrated into Check Point’s Unified Security Architecture – Check Point has successfully integrated IPS-1 into its key security event correlation and management components. Recently acquired dedicated intrusion prevention solution delivers accurate, real-time mitigation against known and unknown attacks.

* Data and Endpoint Security for Vista – Pointsec PC, Check Point’s full-disk encryption solution for laptop and desktop PCs, is now available to protect enterprise computers running the Windows Vista™ operating system. Check Point also introduced its consumer ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite for Vista.

* Successful Check Point Experience Event for Partners and Customers in the Americas – Check Point held a major business and networking event to educate partners and customers on Check Point solutions. Participants benefited from valuable technical and business discussions and product demonstrations to improve technical know-how and expertise.

Partial List of Awards in the Second Quarter of 2007

* Gil Shwed Inducted to the CRN Industry Hall of Fame – CRN honored Shwed for his work as an early firewall pioneer and for recently diversifying Check Point into data security. The CRN Industry Hall Of Fame honors outstanding individuals who create breakthrough technology and propel the high-tech industry and channel to new heights.

* Amnon Bar-Lev Named as a CRN Channel Chief – Check Point’s vice president of field operations was recognized for creating, promoting and executing effective channel partner programs and strategies. This is the fourth award Check Point has received from CRN in the last three years for its channel and partner programs.

* Check Point Won Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com 2007 Readers’ Choice Award in UTM Category – A gold award was given to VPN-1 UTM for the depth of security it provides under a single platform that can be centrally controlled and updated in real time.

Mr. Shwed continued, “The results in the first half of 2007 validate our strategy to be the leading pure-play IT security company, offering a Unified Security Architecture across the network-security and the data-security layers. We look forward to the second half of 2007 as we continue to focus on executing our strategy.”

Conference Call and Webcast Information
Check Point will host a conference call with the investment community on July 24, 2007 at 8:30 AM ET/5:30 AM PT. To listen to the live webcast, please visit Check Point’s website at http://www.checkpoint.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available through August 7, 2007 at the company's website http://www.checkpoint.com/ir or by telephone at (973) 341-3080, pass code 8987537.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Check Point uses non-GAAP measures of net income and earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude non-cash equity based compensation charges in accordance with SFAS 123R and acquisition related charges. Check Point’s management believes the non-GAAP financial information provided in this release is useful to investors’ understanding and assessment of Check Point’s on-going core operations and prospects for the future. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating business internally and as such has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.

Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Check Point’s belief that its second quarter results validate its strategy to be the leading pure-play company in IT security offering a Unified Security Architecture across the network-security and data-security layers, and Check Point’s plans to continue to focus on executing its strategy in the second half of 2007. Because these statements pertain to future events they are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from Check Point's current expectations and beliefs. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: whether customers purchase and adopt Check Point solutions for their IT security architecture, the mix of sales of new products and long-term subscriptions; economic and political uncertainties; the impact of political changes and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism; the inclusion of network security functionality in third-party hardware or system software; any foreseen and unforeseen developmental or technological difficulties with regard to Check Point's products; changes in the competitive landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing and products; rapid technological advances and changes in customer requirements to which Check Point is unable to respond expeditiously, if at all; a shift in demand for products such as Check Point's; factors affecting third parties with which Check Point has formed business alliances; timely availability and customer acceptance of Check Point's new and existing products; and other factors and risks discussed in Check Point's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Check Point assumes no obligation to update information concerning its expectations.

Check Point Data Security Products Awarded New FIPS 140-2 Government Certification

Pointsec solutions continue to lead the market in key certifications, ensuring customers benefit from the strictest data encryption standards

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., – July 16, 2007 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that Pointsec Protector®, as well as a new, optimized cryptographic module utilized in Pointsec PC® and Pointsec Mobile®, have received the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 certification.

"Encryption of data on endpoint devices such as laptops, smartphones and thumb drives, where information is the most vulnerable, is essential to any organization’s data security plan," said Robert Egner, vice president of product management at Check Point. "These new FIPS certifications further solidify Check Point as a leading provider of data security solutions. Pointsec Protector, Pointsec PC and Pointsec Mobile continue to lead the industry with the highest number and level of security certifications, including Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2 and BITS."

To ensure that sensitive information remains secure, the U.S. National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) developed the FIPS 140-2 data encryption standards, requiring data cryptograph modules and products to meet specific criteria and undergo rigorous testing. Certification is required before any vendor can offer encryption products to government entities, and because the FIPS-140-2 standard ranks among the most difficult to achieve, it is also often required by financial institutions and global organizations who handle sensitive data. Pointsec Protector, as well as the newly enhanced cryptography module for Pointsec PC and Pointsec Mobile, recently earned FIPS 140-2 certification, ensuring that Check Point customers benefit from the strongest and most advanced full-disk, mobile device and removable media encryption.

Check Point offers the most-widely deployed data protection solutions available today. The Pointsec products are quick and simple to deploy, scale to any size organization, proven in every type of industry and government agency around the world, and support the broadest set of mobile platforms. The company’s Pointsec solutions completely protect data on laptops, desktops, PDAs, smartphones, USB drives, and other removable media by combining strong encryption with access control. This ensures all data remains protected, regulatory requirements are addressed and company image stays intact.

Check Point Data Security Products Now Support Windows Vista

Check Point Data Security Products Now Support Windows Vista™

Large organizations deploying Windows Vista can now protect sensitive data with leading Pointsec encryption technologies

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – July 9, 2007 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that Pointsec PC 6.2, a full-disk encryption solution for laptops and desktop PCs, is now available to protect enterprise computers running the Windows Vista™ operating system.

Offered as a seamless upgrade for existing enterprise customers considering a move to the Vista platform, Pointsec PC 6.2 also includes data protection support for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Microsoft Server 2003 and popular Tablet platforms. Pointsec PC also works easily with Linux-based systems, and operates transparently to the end user regardless of platform. It offers strong authentication and boot protection options with fixed or dynamic passwords or second factor support of all major tokens and smartcards.

"With over 158 million personal records compromised due to data breaches since early 20051, full-disk encryption is a must-have component in the overall security architecture," said Laura Yecies, vice president of marketing at Check Point. "Only full-disk encryption solutions protect all the data, not just the operating system in the boot partition. With Pointsec PC installed, sensitive information is protected where it is most vulnerable–at the endpoint–and support of Vista offers even more complete protection for our customers."

Comprehensive data protection is a critical component of an end-to-end security plan for any organization. Full-disk encryption keeps sensitive data such as customer records, intellectual property and other business information inaccessible to unauthorized parties. Additionally, it helps an organization meet relevant regulatory compliance standards.

Check Point offers the most-widely deployed data protection solutions available today because they are quick and simple to deploy, scale to any size organization, proven in every type of industry and government agency around the world, and support the broadest set of mobile platforms. The company’s Pointsec solutions completely protect data on laptops, desktops, PDAs, smartphones, USB drives, and other removable media by combining strong encryption with access control. This ensures all data remains protected, regulatory requirements are addressed and company image stays intact.

1Source: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Check Point Data Security Products Now Support Windows Vista.

Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm for Vista Using New Operating System Security Technologies to Provide the Highest Level of Protection Available

Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm for Vista Using New Operating System Security Technologies to Provide the Highest Level of Protection Available

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – June 15, 2007 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the availability of ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.1 for the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. ZoneAlarm Antivirus and the free ZoneAlarm firewall were also made available today for Vista.

Check Point is the first major security vendor to utilize the next generation Windows Filtering Platform application programming interface (API) for Microsoft Vista. This also marks the first time that ZoneAlarm’s exclusive Operating System Firewall protection has been made available for Microsoft Vista. By leveraging these and other leading technologies, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite delivers superior levels of protection and reliability.

“By utilizing Vista’s new API and providing a deeper OS-layer firewall, ZoneAlarm can provide consumers with greater protection and stability on the Vista operating system,” said Charles Kolodgy, research director at IDC. “As hackers innovate, security vendors can not rely purely on old methods and old technologies – it’s good to see ZoneAlarm lead the way.”

With comprehensive multi-layer protection, including best-of-breed antivirus, anti-spyware, and the renowned ZoneAlarm firewall, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.1 safeguards PC users against today’s most complex online threats. Through its exclusive operating system firewall, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite employs the deepest levels of integration with the Vista operating system to proactively prevent threats that basic, traditional firewalls and signature-based systems miss.

“Today’s complex and dynamic Internet threat environment commands security solutions that use the latest and most innovative technologies to stay one step ahead of the bad guys,” said Laura Yecies, vice president and general manager of Check Point’s ZoneAlarm consumer division. “By supporting Microsoft’s new Vista operating system with the latest technologies available, ZoneAlarm continues its longstanding tradition of offering users the highest levels of security without infringing on the user’s experience.”

Pricing and Availability
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.1 is available immediately in retail stores and online at www.zonealarm.com (single user list: $49.95, special promotion rate: $39.95; 3-user family pack: list $69.95, special promotion rate: $49.95). Existing customers can update to version 7.1 for free if their subscription is current, and will receive a notification within two weeks of availability. The basic ZoneAlarm firewall continues to be free for personal and non-profit use.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm for Vista Using New Operating System Security Technologies to Provide the Highest Level of Protection Available.

Check Point FW Monitor White Papers

FW Monitor is Check Point’s packet capture tool. It is similiar to other packet sniffers like TCPDump or Snoop. On of its unique abilities is to capture insertion points.  I think the best of the 3 papers is the Nokia one. Enjoy.

Check Point Whitepaper on How to use FW Monitor

Nokia Whitepaper on Check Point FW Monitor

CPUG White Paper FW Monitor

CertCities.com - Check Point Launches 'Master Architect' Security Cert With Lab Exam

Check Point Launches 'Master Architect' Security Cert With Lab Exam


6/6/2007 -- Late last month, Check Point added a top-level title to its line of security certifications: the Check Point Certified Master Architect (CCMA).

The certification is designed to "[indentify] experts capable of designing, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting complex end-to-end Check Point security architectures," according to Check Point.

Like Cisco's top-level Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert exam, the CCMA will require candidates to pass a "written" exam as well as a hands-on lab exam. Detailed objectives can be found here. The written exam (156-100) will be available at Pearson Vue testing centers worldwide for $300.

The eight-hour lab exams will cost $1,200 (not including transportation). According to the Check Point Web site, it appears the main testing location is located in Irvine, Texas.

Before taking the written exam, candidates will also be required to hold several other Check Point certifications: CCSA, CCSE and the CCSE+.

Currently, the exams are only available in English; foriegn-language speakers can request extra time.

"The CCMA certification demonstrates our continued commitment to top quality training and certification programs that help optimize Check Point environments for our customers and to develop the potential of IT professionals," Amnon Bar-Lev, vice president of field operations for Check Point Software Technologies, commented in a released statement.

Check Point provides a number of IT security products, including firewalls and intrusion detection solutions.

More information on this certification and others offered by Check Point can be found here. -Becky Nagel

CertCities.com | News: Check Point Launches 'Master Architect' Security Cert With Lab Exam.

Techworld.com - Check Point boss snipes at Microsoft's security

Check Point boss snipes at Microsoft's security
If Windows Firewall is so good, why do people buy ZoneAlarm?
Raphael Fogel, TheMarker.com
07 June 2007

Check Point's chief executive has taken a swing at rival Microsoft, saying its security products leave a lot to be desired.

Gil Shwed, also founder of the firewall vendor, made his remarks during a lecture on the global security market, before a group of network security managers at an IDC security conference in Israel.

"Microsoft has been in the security market for more than ten years. It has firewall, VPN, anti-virus capabilities and disk encryption," Shwed said. "But it doesn't have the leading products in any of them, and apparently, the management and integration levels of its products is unsatisfactory."

For a decade, Microsoft has been offering an enterprise firewall, the ISA server, but Check Point for one hasn't been running into them in the field, Shwed said.

He went on to criticise Microsoft's security products more specifically. Since Microsoft began setting its Windows Firewall as the default in Windows XP, Check Point has built a $50-million-a-year business in personal firewalls alone.

And that, said Shwed, means that Microsoft's personal Windows firewall can't be doing the job that users want, if the Israeli company's personal firewall business remained healthy.

He refrained from mentioning other rivals like Cisco and Juniper. But he did say that security managers at major enterprises don't want to delve into the nuts and bolts of the security systems and components under offer. What they really want is a certificate guaranteeing that the security systems and components meet the regulations.

They want to know their systems will be safe. They care less how that's achieved.

Most companies use multiple security systems, each protecting a different aspect of the enterprise systems. That is not good, Shwed elaborated the obvious: what they need is a single platform that will do, or manage, it all for them. And to no great surprise, he said that Check Point was close to providing such a platform.

Techworld.com - Check Point boss snipes at Microsoft's security.

Check Point Software: Security Tour of the Americas

Events: Americas

North America
04-06 Jun Washington, DC
Gartner IT Security Summit 2007
06 Jun Philadelphia, PA
15 Jun Philadelphia, PA
21 Jun Philadelphia, PA
27 Jun Philadelphia, PA
Check Point & Validity Data Security Seminar
12 Jun Omaha, NE
Check Point Security Tour, Omaha
14 Jun Morris Plains, NJ
Check Point Software Technologies VoIP Briefing
19 Jun Calgary, Alberta
Check Point Security Tour, Calgary
20 Jun Chicago, IL
Check Point Security Tour, Chicago
21 Jun Milwaukee, WI
Check Point Security Tour, Milwaukee
21 Jun Whippany, New Jersey
New Jersey Information Security & Wireless Technology Conference and Expo
26 Jun Toronto, Ontario
Check Point Security Tour, Toronto

Check Point Software: Americas.

Check Point Software: Check Point Delivers Pure Security Inspection with an Enhanced Open Performance Architecture

Check Point Delivers Pure Security Inspection with an Enhanced Open Performance Architecture

Architecture accelerates deep security inspection and meets the throughput needs of complex applications

ORLANDO, FLA., May 30, 2007 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today unveiled its enhanced Open Performance Architecture, an acceleration framework to combine the highest levels of security with breakthrough performance and reliability allowing deep security inspection at multi-gigabit speeds. This framework is a component of Check Point’s Unified Security Architecture and is available today in the VPN-1 Power line of network security gateways. (See related press release issued today entitled Check Point Achieves Performance Breakthrough with First Security Acceleration Technology to Leverage Off-The-Shelf Multi-Core Processors.)

In an era where new applications and threats continue to grow in complexity - requiring a deeper, more thorough level of inspection - customers need more efficient security performance to keep their networks safe. Check Point’s Open Performance Architecture is the fastest and most flexible architecture for protecting against present and future threats while maintaining superior performance. It combines the proven, patented security acceleration technologies of ClusterXL Smart Load Balancing and SecureXL Security Acceleration with the new patent pending CoreXL multi-core acceleration. These three layers enable customers to linearly scale performance to extreme levels allowing them to gain predictably high performance levels even when implementing a strict security policy including integrated intrusion prevention.

Core Technologies and Customer Benefits of Check Point Open Performance Architecture:

* CoreXL: CoreXL multi-core acceleration technology takes advantage of multi-core processors to provide high levels of security inspection by dynamically sharing the load across all cores of a CPU. This enables customers to activate intrusion prevention with a strict protection profile on a perimeter gateway while maintaining a high level of performance.

* SecureXL: SecureXL security acceleration enhances performance by offloading security decisions to dedicated hardware or a virtual software layer, making security processing more efficient.

* ClusterXL: ClusterXL enables near-linear scalability by combining multiple VPN-1 gateways into clusters, providing enhanced performance and reliability.

"There is an industry myth that a high level of performance can only be achieved with custom, closed architectures, yet these same architectures lose performance as new threats and applications appear," said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point’s Open Performance Architecture adapts to new technologies and threats and protects the changing face of security performance as application threats and multimedia expansion proliferates."

Check Point’s Open Performance Architecture combines pure security technologies with open hardware advancements to keep customers protected. By combining its patented security acceleration technologies with the research and development of the world’s largest chip manufacturers such as Intel, Check point delivers high performance with advanced security.

To learn more about Check Point’s Open Performance Architecture, please visit www.checkpoint.com

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Check Point Software: Check Point Delivers Pure Security Inspection with an Enhanced Open Performance Architecture.

Check Point Software: Check Point Achieves Performance Breakthrough with First Security Acceleration Technology to Leverage Off-The-Shelf Multi-Core Processors

Check Point Achieves Performance Breakthrough with First Security Acceleration Technology to Leverage Off-The-Shelf Multi-Core Processors

New CoreXL multi core acceleration technology in VPN-1 Power delivers deep security inspection without compromising performance

ORLANDO, FLA., May 30, 2007 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced VPN-1® Power™ with CoreXL. CoreXL extends the proven security found in VPN-1 Power, setting a new speed and security standard for today's corporate networks that must balance high bandwidth needs with strict security requirements.

Designed specifically to leverage open multi-core architectures such as the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series, VPN-1 Power with CoreXL is the first network security gateway to enable security administrators to gain data center level performance while activating intrusion prevention with a strict protection profile to protect against application layer threats. The adoption of advanced, bandwidth-intensive applications such as VoIP, streaming video and real-time collaborative solutions, in addition to the predicted adoption to 10 gigabit per second ethernet networks, have created a demand for high-performance security solutions able to keep networks secure from worms and application vulnerabilities without performance degradation.

"Combining security software with open systems running general purpose processors allows customers to benefit from rapid performance improvements coming from the world’s leading chip manufacturer," said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies. "VPN-1 Power with CoreXL running on open multi-core architectures provides them the flexibility to deal with new applications and threats while maintaining a predictably high level of performance. It is the only security solution in the market today that can fully leverage the performance benefits from multi-core architectures."

The Core XL technology scales performance linearly using its patent-pending multi-core load sharing technologies. Along with Check Point’s open performance architecture that is designed for high speed security inspection, VPN-1 Power with CoreXL accelerates security by dynamically sharing the security inspection responsibilities between all cores on a multi-core processor. Each core independently runs VPN-1 to offer faster, comprehensive security inspection. This helps customers keep a predictable performance level when new threats appear compared to closed ASIC-based systems that lock customers into hardware refresh cycles that do not align with their evolving business or network needs.

Performance Benefits
VPN-1 Power with CoreXL delivers deep and comprehensive security inspection without compromising network performance by leveraging the combination of Check Point’s performance architecture and the 5300 series Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor with the Intel PRO/1000 PT Family Server Adapters.

Key performance statistics include:

* 12 Gbps firewall inspection provides data center level speed for the most demanding enterprise environments
* 5.3 Gbps intrusion prevention inspection with default settings provide a balance between security and performance
* 1.8 Gbps intrusion prevention inspection with strict protection file offers maximum security without compromising performance

Pricing and Availability
Check Point VPN-1 Power with CoreXL is available immediately in limited availability for qualified customers. For more information, visit www.checkpoint.com.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Check Point Software: Check Point Achieves Performance Breakthrough with First Security Acceleration Technology to Leverage Off-The-Shelf Multi-Core Processors.