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Check Point Software Wins Three Prestigious Awards in 2005 SC Magazine Global Awards Program

Best Firewall, Best Enterprise Security Solution and Best SOHO Security Solution Awards Further Indicate Check Point's Leadership Position in the Security Market

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - February 22, 2005 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that three of the company's security solutions were designated as the best in the industry by SC Magazine. Check Point's leading solutions won awards in the following categories:

  • VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation™ with Application Intelligence™ - Best Firewall
  • VPN-1 Pro™ Next Generation with Application Intelligence – Best Enterprise Security Solution
  • ZoneAlarm® Security Suite – Best SOHO Security Solution

The 2005 SC Magazine Global Awards Program accepted over 1,000 security product and service nominations across 35 security-related categories. The award for best firewall was determined by the publication's global readership, while the awards for best enterprise security solution and best SOHO security solution were decided upon by SC Magazine's panel of US and European-based judges. For a complete listing of the winners and finalists, please visit http://www.scawards.com/winners/2005.asp.

VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation with Application Intelligence and VPN-1 Pro detect and prevent network and application level attacks before they occur as well as protect business communications over the Internet while securing network resources against unauthorized access. The ZoneAlarm Security Suite is a comprehensive, all-in-one personal security solution that integrates firewall and antivirus capabilities, identity and privacy protection, e-mail security, content and communication protection, anti-phishing protection and a spam blocker.

"Check Point provides security solutions for all of the Fortune 100 as well as over 30 million home and small office users, and winning these prestigious awards from SC Magazine further demonstrates our impact on the market," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software Technologies. "For well over a decade, we have consistently worked to drive the evolution of the industry with our innovative, intelligent security solutions, and we will continue to deliver the highest standards of security excellence to our customers."

To learn more about Check Point's intelligent security solutions, please visit http://www.checkpoint.com/products/index.html.

About SC Magazine
SC Magazine (Secure Computing) is the largest circulation information security magazine in the world. It has three editions: USA, UK and Asia Pacific online with a global readership in excess of 88,000.

About Haymarket Publishing
Haymarket is the largest private magazine publisher in the United Kingdom, with titles published in 23 languages across almost 100 nations. Haymarket's global expansion has come from wholly owned subsidiaries, from joint ventures, from extensive licensing of key magazines to other publishers and through enterprises managed from the United Kingdom.

Subsidiaries and joint ventures are based in strategic world business centres in Germany, the USA, China, Australia and Malaysia. Licensed editions are produced and distributed throughout Latin America, Europe, India, Asia, Australia and Africa, putting Haymarket titles on sale from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America.

The principal business is centred around more than 100 consumer, professional, trade and customer publications. These are complemented by websites, and other electronic publications, and live events including extensive exhibitions, conferences and awards.

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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