Check Point Express CI Reduces
IT Security Cost and Complexity for Mid-Sized Businesses
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - April
11, 2005 - Check Point® Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP),
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced Check
Point Express CI™, an enhanced version of its integrated security
solution for mid-sized businesses that now includes antivirus protection.
Check Point Express CI boasts an easy to deploy and manage platform
that comprises every vital security feature a mid-sized business
needs, including: firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, and integrated
antivirus protection.
All businesses face security threats from worms, viruses and other
attacks, but medium businesses demand an easy to deploy and manage
security solution tailored specifically to their needs. In addition
to built-in firewall, VPN and intrusion prevention capabilities,
Check Point Express CI includes network-based antivirus protection
to ensure that inbound and outbound traffic is free of worms and
viruses. With this added protection, users can perform real-time
scans of email (SMTP), Web (HTTP), and FTP traffic for possible
threats disguised within legitimate content.
"Customers can't afford to lose productivity and revenue due
to network downtime caused by an inadequate or unmanageable security
implementation," said James Oryszczyn president, JSO Technology
LLC, a value-added reseller focused on providing best of breed data
security, network infrastructure, and network operating systems
/ application solutions and services. "Check Point Express
CI offers unmatched protection against increasingly sophisticated
worms and viruses and includes every essential security element
in one convenient, easy to purchase, install and manage solution."
Check Point Express CI provides mid-sized businesses with the industry's
most advanced technologies, including:
- Integrated Antivirus: Simplifies
antivirus deployment and updating by being integrated into the
security gateway, shielding corporations from viruses contained
in files, executables, and attachments.
- Market-Leading VPN and Firewall:
Includes VPN-1 and FireWall-1, enabling mid-sized businesses to
rely on the same security protecting 100% of the Fortune 100 corporations.
- Integrated Intrusion Prevention:
Keeps networks running when faced with worms and other application
layer attacks.
- Easy Deployment: Check Point
Express CI uses Check Point SecurePlatform™ to turn any Intel-
or AMD-based server into a pre-hardened security appliance in
less than 5 minutes.
- Simple Management: Includes
SmartCenter™ for centrally deploying and managing all aspects
of a comprehensive security infrastructure from a single management
console.
"Check Point's trusted security technology has kept the entire
Fortune 100 landscape safe even in worst-case scenarios like the
Blaster and Sobig worm outbreaks," said Gonen Fink, vice president
of solutions and strategy, Check Point Software. "With Express
CI, medium business customers enjoy the same level of confidence
in their security deployment as the world's largest organizations."
Check Point Express CI is backed by SmartDefense™ Service
which provides real-time updates and new attack protection capabilities
for antivirus and intrusion prevention capabilities. The Check Point
Express product line provides worry-free security for mid-sized
businesses by integrating enterprise-class security products into
one easy-to-deploy solution.
Pricing, System Requirements and Availability
Check Point Express CI is available this month worldwide and can
be purchased through Check Point channel partners, with prices starting
at US $4,000. For more information please visit http://www.checkpoint.com/products.
About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies (www.checkpoint.com)
is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the market
leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and
VPN markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company
delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web
security solutions that protect business communications and resources
for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch
offices and partner extranets. The company's ZoneAlarm product line
is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating
award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions
of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. 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 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries.
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