CHECK POINT SOFTWARE RECEIVES NETWORK WORLD'S PRESTIGIOUS BLUE RIBBON AWARD
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., -- June 10, 1998 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(Nasdaq: CHKPF), the leading provider of policy-based enterprise security and traffic management solutions, today announced that its Check Point™ FireWall-1 enterprise security software suite received Network World's Blue Ribbon Award for the publication's comparative firewall product review featured in the June 1, 1998 issue. This is the second year in a row that FireWall-1 has garnered top honors in Network World's comparative review. Network World reaffirmed Check Point's technological leadership in network security as the vendor with the best multi-site management, easiest configuration and reconfiguration, and support for the widest range of platforms. According to Network World, "Check Point Software's FireWall-1 won our Blue Ribbon on the strength of its sheer breadth of features that make it a good fit in diverse enterprise networks." Commenting on FireWall-1's graphical user interface, Network World reported that "the FireWall-1 interface, with its source and destination orientation and simple top-down ordering, fits well with the way network managers view their networks." Most importantly, Network World specifically pointed out Check Point's strength in central, policy-based management. They noted that "with FireWall-1's management interface, one network security policy controls firewalls and any routers that implement security through access rules and filters. This approach means security policies common to all firewalls need be entered, managed and edited only once. Other vendors require you to maintain each firewall policy separately, significantly increasing the burden and fostering configuration errors." "We are pleased to receive our second Network World Blue Ribbon Award, which represents Check Point's continued technological and market leadership," said Dr. Deborah Triant, CEO and president of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "The Network World Blue Ribbon Award is an important industry recognition that reinforces our continued leadership and innovation in policy-based management of today's active networks." Check Point FireWall-1 is a scaleable enterprise security suite which integrates Internet, intranet/extranet and remote user access control with authentication, encryption, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), network address translation (NAT) and content screening to meet the demands of organizations large and small. The product suite is unified by Check Point's OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) policy management framework, which enables central integration, configuration and management for all aspects of enterprise security. Only Check Point provides organizations with the ability to define a single, integrated security policy that can be distributed across multiple gateways and managed remotely from anywhere on the enterprise network. Additional capabilities such as router security management, high availability and traffic load balancing also are available and can be fully integrated into the overall enterprise security policy.
Network World's Test Alliance reviews products of enterprise scope every week. Network World Blue Ribbon Awards are given to the highest scoring product in a Network World comparative product review. Network World's Test Alliance publishes the results of reviews conducted on network products, including Ethernet switches, routers, VLANs (virtual LANs), enterprise SNMP managers and servers. Test results are published each week in Network World, the leading newsweekly of enterprise network computing, and on Network World Fusion, the leading network information site for Network IS professionals on the Web at http://www.nwfusion.com.
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of policy-based management solutions for active networks. Through its Secure Enterprise Connectivity strategy, the company is dedicated to enabling secure, reliable, and manageable business communications over IP networks. The company's products include the world's leading enterprise security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suite, FireWall-1, and the industry's premier bandwidth management solution, FloodGate-1™. MetaInfo, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Check Point, is a leader in network and IP address management software that simplifies the set-up, integration and administration of complex networks. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please call (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit our web site at http://www.checkpoint.com ### 1998 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point, the Check Point logo, Check Point FireWall-1, FireWall-1, SecuRemote, FireWall-First!, OPSEC, INSPECT, FloodGate-1 and IQ Engine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Network World and Network World Fusion are trademarks of International Data Group. |