Check Point Software Names John W. Cunningham Vice-President of Sales

Former Bay Networks and IBM Sales Executive Adds Channel Expertise

Redwood City, CA —

Check Point Software Technologies, Inc., the market leader in Internet security software, today named John W. Cunningham vice-president of sales and field operations. With more than fifteen years of experience in the data communications industry, Cunningham will assume responsibility for worldwide sales and channel development for Check Point's industry-leading FireWall-1 software. Cunningham will be based at Check Point's U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and will report to Dr. Deborah Triant, president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.

Cunningham joins Check Point from RadioLAN, Inc., a pre-product start up in the high performance wireless LAN market. Prior to that, Cunningham spent seven years at Bay Networks, Inc., where he was vice president of sales for the central region. Before Bay Networks, Cunningham held a variety of marketing and technical sales support management positions within IBM Corporation and AT&T.

"The addition of John to the Check Point team is an important, strategic move to meet the ever-increasing demand for FireWall-1 worldwide," said Triant. "John is recognized as one of the brightest salespeople in the industry, and I believe that this move considerably enhances Check Point's ability to meet customer and reseller needs worldwide."

"I am thrilled to be joining Check Point's leading team at this stage of the company's development," said Cunningham. "I am eager to focus our talents on delivering technically superior solutions for our customers' strategic security concerns, and I am looking forward to strengthening our business relationships while meeting the challenges of the network security market during this period of explosive growth."

About FireWall-1
FireWall-1 protects an organization's internal network security with full, transparent access to the Internet's vast resources. The product's patent-pending "stateful inspection" technology significantly enhances network security over other firewall solutions, such as packet filters and application gateways, by verifying data at all communication layers. Network security is further enhanced by FireWall-1's encryption, client authentication and IP address translation features.

FireWall-1 overcomes the limitations of other firewall approaches by supporting all Internet protocols, services and applications automatically. In addition, FireWall-1 includes a scripting language that allows applications such as database queries and multimedia applications to be customized for the firewall. This flexibility, combined with its GUI-based rules editor, automates the task of establishing an organization's security policy. FireWall-1 allows the customized security policy to be created, monitored, and maintained from a single workstation.

About Check Point Software Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.. is the leading vendor of Internet security software. With thousands of installations in small to Fortune 100 companies worldwide, Check Point FireWall-1 has emerged as the standard for enterprise-wide network security. Check Point's products are sold through distributors, resellers and Internet service providers worldwide, including SunSoft, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, and UB Networks and their respective distribution channels. The company is privately-held and has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For more information and a complete list of Check Point Authorized Resellers, please call (800) 429-4391, e-mail info@checkpoint.com or visit Check Point at http://www.checkpoint.com.

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