Check Point Express Provides
Onsite and Remote Employees with
Enterprise-Class Performance and Security
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 24, 2004
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP),
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that
The Equitable Bank, one of the ten largest residential real estate
lenders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has selected Check Point's mid-market
solutions to provide enterprise-class performance and security for
its onsite and remote employees. With the implementation of Check
Point's comprehensive, integrated mid-market security solution,
Check Point Express™, Equitable Bank has the flexibility to
grow and securely add new branch offices.
Given its limited IT budget and staff, Equitable Bank needed state-of-the-art
security that was also affordable and easy to implement and manage.
With 150 employees in 10 different locations, the bank required
a secure VPN solution that would connect its many locations in metropolitan
Milwaukee and link to its new disaster recovery site. In addition,
Equitable was faced with the added challenge of building a flexible
technology infrastructure that could expand quickly to support additional
resources and offices.
To address their specific technology and business needs, Equitable
Bank has deployed the following solutions from Check Point:
- Check Point Express - Provides
Equitable with uncompromising security for its 150 employees at
multiple sites. It delivers the highest level of access control,
integrated network and application-level attack protection, site-to-site
and remote access VPN, high-availability and a single intuitive,
graphical user interface, called SmartDashboard™.
- SmartDefense™ - Protects
Equitable's network from known and unknown network and application-level
attacks using Stateful Inspection and Application Intelligence™
technologies.
- SmartView Reporter™ - An
in-depth network security activity and event information reporting
system that allows Equitable to distill log information into actionable
information. It produces a large number of pre-defined reports,
which eliminates the need to create custom reports, saving administrative
time and money.
- VPN-1 SecureClient™ - Protecting
the network from unauthorized users, it allows security administrators
to enforce desktop security policies on the network and remotely
enforce desktop policies for mobile users.
- SecurePlatform™ - Allows
Equitable to quickly and easily deploy Check Point's security
gateways on existing Intel-based PCs and servers.
"Check Point solutions create a solid and secure technology
foundation upon which we can incrementally grow our business, as
it allows us to bring new branches onto the network safely, quickly
and cost-effectively," said Mike Block, assistant vice president
and IT officer of The Equitable Bank. "Like other mid-sized
businesses, we also have a small IT staff, so centralized management
was another key reason we chose Check Point solutions to protect
our business assets."
"Check Point understands the strict security requirements
that the banking industry must meet to provide customer privacy
and data security," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing
for Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point provides
mid-market financial service organizations with cost-effective and
easy-to-manage security solutions that will protect their corporate
assets and support their business growth."
About The Equitable Bank
The Equitable Bank was founded over 75 years ago for the purpose
of helping to assure that Milwaukee families had good, adequate
housing. Today, Equitable is one of the ten largest residential
real estate lenders in Milwaukee, having originated mortgage loans
of over $375,000,000 in 2003. The Equitable Bank is a full service
community bank that operates a 10 branch network serving over 35,000
families in the metropolitan Milwaukee area. While home loans are
still the main business, The Equitable Bank lends to families and
individuals for any need -- a car, a boat, a vacation, or a home-improvement
project. In addition to offering competitive rates and flexible
payment options, Equitable prides itself on fast, efficient, knowledgeable
service. "We want to be your bank" - that's Equitable
Bank's goal.
About Check Point Software
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 more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 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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Ltd.
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Point Express, the Check Point logo, ClusterXL, ConnectControl,
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Monitor, SmartView Reporter, SmartView Status, SmartViewTracker,
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Card, VPN-1 Edge, VPN-1 Pro, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote,
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this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668, 5,835,726
and 6,496,935 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign
patents, or pending applications.
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