Check Point Signs Technology Licensing Agreement with RSA Data Security

Integration of RSA Technologies into FireWall-1 Creates Unique, Comprehensive Solution for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce

San Francisco, CA —

Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. and RSA Data Security, Inc. today announced that they have signed an agreement under which Check Point is licensing RSA's industry-standard encryption and key management technologies. The technologies, including RSA's public key technology and advanced key negotiation techniques, are integrated into Check Point's FireWall-1 2.0, also announced today.

The agreement brings together the two leading vendors of the most critical enabling technologies for secure electronic commerce: network security and data encryption. Check Point's FireWall-1 is the market-leading Internet security solution, with more than 2,000 installations worldwide. RSA Data Security is the recognized leader in encryption and authentication technologies. With the integration of RSA's technologies into FireWall-1, Check Point is providing businesses with a unique, robust solution to secure private communications over a public network such as the Internet (also known as a virtual private network).

"Businesses eager to use the Internet as an extension of their corporate WAN or conduct electronic business with their customers and vendors need assurance that the communications will be secure," said Dr. Deborah Triant, president and chief executive officer of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "Working together with RSA and integrating RSA's technologies into FireWall-1 creates a unique and powerful network security solution for secure business-to-business electronic commerce." "Electronic commerce will only proliferate if businesses can rest assured that they are not making their corporate information vulnerable," said Jim Bidzos, president of RSA Data Security, Inc. "We are delighted to be working with Check Point Software to integrate RSA's encryption and authentication technology into FireWall-1 2.0. The combination of Check Point's powerful security software and RSA's unparalleled encryption technology make this product an extremely valuable network security solution."

About FireWall-1 2.0
FireWall-1 2.0 gives companies all the key tools necessary to securely conduct business over the Internet in one comprehensive, cost-effective package. Significant new features of FireWall-1 2.0 include:

Integrated encryption for securing private communications over public networks (virtual private networks).
Client authentication to provide nomadic users and branch sites with secure remote access to enterprise networks.
Address translation capabilities that allow corporations to overcome the limitations of IP addressing on their internal networks
Support for Hewlett Packard's HP-UX operating system, adding to existing support for the Solaris and SunOS operating environments.

FireWall-1 protects an organization's internal network security while enabling full, transparent access to the Internet's vast resources. The solution, based on patent-pending "stateful multi-layer inspection" technology, eliminates the trade-off between connectivity and security that obsolete firewall solutions such as application gateways impose. This unique, protocol-independent technology ensures security for all current and future Internet protocols, services and applications with full transparency and bandwidth. With FireWall-1, an entire enterprise's network security policy can be created, monitored and maintained from a single workstation.

About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. is the world's leading vendor of Internet security software solutions. With thousands of installations in small to Fortune 100-sized companies worldwide, the award-winning Check Point FireWall-1 has emerged as the standard for enterprise-wide network security. Check Point's products are sold and supported through distributors, resellers and Internet service providers worldwide. With U.S. headquarters in the Silicon Valley and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel, the company is privately-held and also has offices in Lexington, Mass. For more information call (800) 429-4391, e-mail info@checkpoint.com or visit Check Point on the WWW at http://www.checkpoint.com.

About RSA Data Security, Inc.
RSA Data Security, Inc. is the world's "brand name" for cryptography, with over 15 million copies of its software encryption and authentication technologies installed and in use worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet, CCITT, ISO, ANSI, IEEE, and business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. The company develops and markets platform-independent developer's kits and end-user products, and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. Founded in 1982 by the inventors of the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., and can be reached at (415) 595-8782.

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