Check Point Showcases New Range of Performance Options at Customer & Partner Conference

Check Point Experience - ANAHEIM, Calif., - April 24, 2002 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today is showcasing new "Secured by Check Point" platforms and solutions at Check Point Experience, its annual customer and partner conference currently being held in Anaheim, Calif. In addition, the company is announcing a new Performance Pack module that significantly accelerates virtual private network (VPN) and firewall communications and shatters enterprise price/performance barriers (see separate release). Many Check Point solutions for record-setting performance and price/performance are being demonstrated in the Wire-Speed Performance Lab and in the OPSEC Pavilion at Check Point Experience.

Some new "Secured by Check Point" performance and price/performance solutions recently announced include:

• Nokia IP710 Security Platform - sets the performance mark for midrange deployments, delivering high speed for small and large packet network traffic (press.nokia.com/PR/200204/856385_5.html)
• Nokia IP30 - delivers cost-effective performance for telecommuters and small, satellite office networks based on Safe@Office and Safe@Home technology from Check Point's SofaWare company (press.nokia.com/PR/200204/856382_5.html)
• WatchGuard Technologies' RapidStream family - delivers a new class of "Secured by Check Point" ASIC-based high-performance appliances (www.watchguard.com/press/releases/wg189.asp)
• Bivio Networks' Bivio 1000-CP - breaks $40K price barrier for multi-gigabit security performance on an appliance (www.bivio.net/News/1000cpannounc.html)
• Crossbeam Systems' X40S - ships first open appliance with integrated applications with a ten-fold advantage of price/performance over traditional systems (www.crossbeamsystems.com/041502-a.asp)

"Check Point uniquely combines the leading security performance technologies with an open partnership approach to build on industry innovation in processors, ASICs, network interface cards and other technologies to deliver both the highest levels of performance and the broadest range of price/performance," said Carol Stone, Check Point's vice president of marketing. "At our Check Point Experience Conference starting today, customers and partners can see how we meet the real-world performance demands of today and tomorrow."

About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of 2,500 certified partners in 203 countries. 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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