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Industry Leaders Support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture Phase II to Secure eBusiness Applications

Over 30 eBusiness Leaders Join Initiative to Leverage More Than 250 Existing OPSEC Solutions

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 26, 2000 – Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that leading eBusiness companies are supporting Phase II of its Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture as the solution for eBusiness application security. Through Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) new eBusiness initiative, Check Point enables the integration of its comprehensive platform for Internet security with eBusiness applications. (See separate release on SVN Phase II announcement).

"Security is a fundamental requirement for eBusiness," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of business development and product management for Check Point Software Technologies. "By extending our Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture to the application layer, Check Point enables eBusiness leaders to deliver integrated security with dramatically reduced time to market."

Initial partner support includes companies in the following four categories:

Integrators, Consultants and Application Service Providers (ASPs)

CoreHarbor a leading Ariba (NASDQ: ARBA) ASP, Counterpane Internet Security, ESOFT Global, Euclid, GUARDENT, METASeS, RealNames Corporation, Sapiens International (NASDAQ: SPNS), Securify, Telenisus and USinternetworking Inc. (NASDAQ: USIX)

Middleware

Access360, Apogee Software, BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS), Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), CrossWorlds (NASDAQ: CWLD), Extricity, IBM MQSeries (NYSE: IBM), Nevex Software Technologies and TIBCO Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX)

Authorization Management

Arcot Systems, enCommerce (NASDAQ: ENTU), Iaxess, IBM Tivoli (NYSE: IBM), Probix, Netegrity (NYSE: NETE) and Securant

eBusiness Applications

BroadVision (NASDAQ: BVSN), Exterprise, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Selectica, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLTC)

Check Point's new OPSEC initiative will provide a new software application programming interface (API), UserAuthority API, to commercial and in-house software developers. OPSEC will also provide a certification process ensuring the interoperability of applications and services with Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture.

"Security is essential for successful eBusiness transactions," said Rani Merritt, executive vice president of worldwide marketing at BroadVision. "By establishing a strategic partnership with Check Point and leveraging the next phase of the SVN architecture with our suite of buy-side and sell-side e-commerce applications, we are able to provide our customers with secure, personalized eBusiness solutions that meet their sensitive time requirements."

"As enterprises increasingly rely on Web infrastructures to conduct business with their partners and process high value transactions, a new level of integration between network and application level security systems is required to prevent unauthorized access and fraud," said Eric Olden, chief technology officer, Securant Technologies. "The integration of the ClearTrust SecureControl access management system with Check Point's SVN architecture Phase II provides an out-of-the-box solution that allows users who are authenticated at the network level to seamlessly access authorized resources, and protects high value transactions by monitoring user activity at the network and application levels."

Through the OPSEC eBusiness initiative, Check Point provides independent software vendors (ISVs) and in-house application developers with a comprehensive infrastructure for eBusiness security. Check Point partners can easily provide customers choice and flexibility in integrating with PKIs, smart cards, tokens and other security authentication mechanisms. Partners gain access to Check Point's installed base of over 30 million VPN users and over 125,000 Internet security installations.

About OPSEC

OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's leading open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 250 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.

About Check Point Software Technologies

Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN secures business-to-business (B2B) communications between networks, systems, applications and users across the Internet, Intranets and extranets. Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) provides the framework for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 200 leading industry partners. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com.

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