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Check Point Honors Leading Companies with Annual Excellence Awards

Acxiom, Polycom., Volvo IT, Balfour Beatty Rail, The Hearst Corporation and Banca Carime Recognized for Innovative Customer Internet Security Implementations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 28, 2003 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, recently announced the winners of the sixth annual Check Point Excellence Awards, which recognize customers who have successfully leveraged industry-leading Internet security solutions from Check Point and its more than 350 OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) partners to solve real business problems.

The awards were bestowed at the Check Point Experience partner and end-user conferences that took place earlier this month in San Francisco, Calif. and Stockholm, Sweden. This year's winners include Acxiom, Polycom Inc., Volvo IT, Balfour Beatty Rail, The Hearst Corporation and Banca Carime.

Winners realized multiple benefits as a result of their innovative Check Point security implementations. By using Check Point's premier VPN solutions, the winning companies reduced connectivity costs and secured data and communications among internal, remote access and partner users. With Check Point's SMART™ (Security Management Architecture), IT administrators achieved centralized security management that enabled them to deploy company-wide security policies from a single console and decrease IT costs associated with having multiple security administrators. In addition, customers using a variety of Check Point and OPSEC partner solutions enjoyed ease of use and seamless product integration with their existing network framework.

"We congratulate our 2003 Check Point Excellence Award winners on building a comprehensive security infrastructure that provides the highest level of protection," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software Technologies. "As the Internet security leader, the world's most successful companies look to Check Point to help them stay ahead of their real-world security challenges and provide them with cost-effective solutions that secure even the most complex networks and applications."

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. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its 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 1,900 Check Point partners in 86 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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