Breakthrough Security Performance at Unparalleled Price Point from Check Point and Corrent

Best of Breed, VPN and Firewall Accelerator Card Boosts Performance to Nearly Three Gigabits, Protects Customers' Security Investments

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TEMPE, AZ - March 24, 2003 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, and Corrent Corporation today announced the SecureXL™ Turbocard™, the industry's first multifunctional security accelerator card designed to deliver nearly 3.0 gigabits per second of firewall and virtual private network (VPN) throughput at a fraction of the cost of any other solution on the market today. As customers' performance needs increase, the SecureXL Turbocard enables the existing infrastructure to scale to meet future performance requirements, thus eliminating the need to invest in new costly hardware replacements.

SecureXL Turbocard integrates processor technology from IBM and Corrent with Check Point's patented SecureXL performance framework, offering an ideal solution for enterprises and service providers looking for wire-speed throughput and industry leading price/performance. SecureXL Turbocard, based on industry standards, is easily deployed as an add-on for servers and "Secured by Check Point™" appliances running Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation™ solution.

Together, Check Point, Corrent and IBM deliver breakthrough VPN/firewall performance by creating a solution based on:

Check Point's Next Generation SecureXL™ technology that shifts computationally intensive processes to dedicated acceleration devices delivering multi-gigabit performance.
Corrent's S3500 multi-gigabit security line card that enables increased system performance by completely off-loading IPSec VPN and firewall packet processing. Built upon Corrent's award-winning CR7120 Packet Armor™ security processor and IBM's NP4GS3 PowerNP™ network processor, the S3500 is the world's first multifunctional security line card capable of delivering nearly 3Gbps of VPN and firewall performance.
IBM's PowerNP™ NP4GS3 network processor that enables high-performance and network processing capabilities for complex applications operating at wire speed and scales to meet the increasing demand for more bandwidth.

"Corrent's S3500 card, first in a series of multifunctional security products, seamlessly integrates with Check Point's SecureXL technology to deliver breakthrough performance for VPN-1/FireWall-1 by driving multiple security functions such as NAT and encryption to the Line Card, relieving the server to run other security operations," said Richard Takahashi, CEO and president of Corrent Corporation. "As a result, Check Point's SecureXL Turbocard simplifies the deployment of security solutions on open platforms and appliances, providing wire speed performance at the industry's most impressive price point."

"With our partners, Corrent and IBM, we are building on industry innovation in processors, network interface cards and other technologies to deliver both the highest levels of performance and the industry's best range of price/performance," said Gonen Fink, vice president, strategy and solutions for Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point's open performance architecture enables customers to protect their security investments while taking advantage of the latest security acceleration technologies."

"Security is a key priority for customers around the world," said Scottie Ginn, vice president of standard products, IBM Microelectronics. "Businesses must determine how to deploy their own sensitive data while protecting it and exchanging it with customers, suppliers, vendors and other partners. IBM is working with Check Point and Corrent to provide customers the underlying technology to help them do that."

The SecureXL Turbocard, a PCI card with 3 gigabit Ethernet interfaces, is targeted for enterprises and service providers and is designed to significantly accelerate VPN and firewall communications to provide multi-gigabit performance at a third the cost of any other solution.

Pricing, Performance and Availability
The SecureXL Turbocard delivers FireWall-1 throughput exceeding 2.8 Gbps and VPN-1 throughput exceeding 2.4 Gbps. SecureXL Turbocard is available in Q2 2003 through Check Point resellers for $15,000 US, while competing solutions can cost up to $100,000. SecureXL Turbocard can be deployed on Linux-based open systems, Check Point SecurePlatform™-based solutions, and "Secured by Check Point" appliances.

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 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of 2,500 Check Point partners in 149 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.

About Corrent Corporation
Corrent Corporation is a semiconductor and system board solutions company providing integrated, high-performance Internet security. Corrent's scalable, channelized, high-performance architecture products perform encryption at the fastest data rates in the industry - doubling the performance of existing solutions. Advanced algorithm design techniques for silicon, boards, and software deliver a complete sub-system solution from chips and boards to SW drivers and middleware for world class software security vendor's solutions, providing ease of integration and time-to-market advantages to designers of existing and future OEM products. Corrent's products have been designed into edge access networking equipment such as routers, switches, servers, access concentrators, and dedicated IP-services appliances. For more information visit www.corrent.com.

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