Check Point Survey Reveals 71 Percent of Businesses Admit Mobile Devices Have Increased Security Incidents

MALAYSIA, April 12, 2012 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the results of a new report revealing the number of personal mobile devices connecting to the corporate network has more than doubled in the past two years – with nearly half of devices storing sensitive data. The report, The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security, shows 71 percent of businesses believe mobile devices have caused an increase in security incidents, citing significant concerns about the loss and privacy of sensitive information stored on employee devices, including corporate email (79%), customer data (47%) and network login credentials (38%).

Smartphones and tablet PCs continue to proliferate in corporate environments, presenting significant business benefits such as increased work efficiency and easy access to resources. While businesses are steadily accepting this trend, IT administrators struggle with securing the abundance of devices and operating systems, while also protecting their organization against data loss and the rise in mobile threats.

“The consumerization of IT is among the top concerns for CIOs this coming year and we wanted to assess from IT administrators the current security challenges they face when it comes to mobile computing,” said Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point Software Technologies. “The explosion of mobile devices connecting to the corporate network often creates greater opportunities for data loss and increased security management complexity. We anticipate this trend will continue to rise in 2012, encouraging enterprises to enforce the proper remote access policies to minimize the frequency, risk and costs associated with securing the mobile enterprise.”

Key Findings from the Report:
• Rise in Mobile Devices Connecting to the Corporate Network – Approximately 94 percent of businesses surveyed have an increased number of personal mobile devices connecting to the corporate network, with 78% of respondents seeing the number of devices more than double in the last two years.

• Most Common Mobile Devices and their Security Risks – Apple (30%) and BlackBerry (29%) were the most common types of mobile devices connecting to corporate networks, followed by Android (21%). Nearly half of respondents (43%) also believe Android devices pose a larger security risk to the mobile enterprise.

• Employee Behavior Impacts Security of Mobile Data – The majority of businesses believe the lack of security awareness among employees as the greatest factor impacting mobile data – followed by mobile web browsing (61%), insecure Wi-Fi connectivity (59%), lost or stolen devices (58%) and malicious mobile application downloads (57%).

• Correlation between Rise in Mobile Devices and Security Incidents – Approximately 71% of businesses believe smartphones and tablet PCs have contributed to an increase in number of security events in their organizations within the past two years.

• Many Mobile Devices Store Sensitive Customer and Business Data – Personal and corporate owned devices often store and access a variety of sensitive information including email (79%), customer data (47%) and login credentials (38%) for internal databases or business applications.

Check Point has been a leader in mobile data protection for over eleven years. As businesses continue to face the challenges with data security and the consumerization of IT, the Check Point Mobile Access Software Blade brings customers advanced SSL VPN connectivity and encryption technology to protect against mobile security threats as users connect to the corporate network – anytime, anywhere.

CHECK POINT 21400 RAISES THE BAR IN DATA CENTER SECURITY PERFORMANCE

New Check Point 21400 appliance delivers industry-leading performance, optimizing software blade protections for large enterprises and data centers

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – September 12, 2011 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the launch of its new 21400 Appliance that combines high-speed networking technologies with lightning fast firewall throughput of up to 100 Gbps and IPS throughput of up to 21 Gbps (default profile).The Check Point 21400 is designed to optimize a full range of software blade protections, providing large enterprises and data centers with industry-leading security and performance.

Check Point also introduced today R75.20, a new Software Blades release, the Check Point 61000Security System, a new carrier-grade security solution and the industry’s fastest security gateway, and SecurityPowerTM, a new metric for security performance. The new metric allows customers to estimate their security needs and compare it to the SecurityPower Units (SPU) rating of each security solution.

Today’s enterprise gateways go beyond the firewall, often integrating multiple technologies to meet expanding security needs. For the majority of businesses, mobile computing, Web 2.0, cloud security and the barrage of sophisticated Internet threats and destructive malware, have created greater strain on the network – requiring more security, bandwidth and extensive processing power.

For IT administrators, measuring raw throughput (Gbps) of a security device rarely indicates its behaviour in a real-world environment using different security technologies to protect the network. To address that problem, Check Point is introducing SecurityPower – a new metric for security performance that can be used to estimate the performance needed in various customer scenarios. For example, activating Firewall and IPS for a 400 Mbps network link would require 265SecurityPower Units (SPUs) – whereas a larger environment with a 1,000 Mbps requirement with Firewall, IPS and Antivirus activated will require as much as1,003 SPUs. Customers can utilize these values and compare them with the SecurityPower rating (SPU) of any appliance – enabling them to choose a gateway that meets their exact needs with enough power and room for future growth.

“Check Point has created a unique benchmark for the way businesses should be measuring security performance,” said Chris Christiansen, vice president, Security Products and Services at IDC Research. “SecurityPower gives companies a clearer picture of how to measure performance needs in hardware, with the security needs from the software. It’s a smart and insightful concept that will help businesses better plan for future capacity and spend on security.”

With the SecurityPower measurement in mind, Check Point is introducing its new data center appliance, the Check Point 21400. Built from the ground up, the 21400 is designed to optimize a full range of software blades– providing large enterprises and data centers with the next-generation platform to build their 3D Security blueprint. The Check Point 21400 has an SPU rating of 2,900, the highest performance and SPU ranking available for a 2U hardware design. Check Point 21400 also features a new design with a security acceleration card that is optimized to deliver protection in low-latency, transaction-oriented environments and boost performance to 100 Gbps.

“The evolution of Internet threats has inspired us to think differently about security. In real-world customer environments, the capacity of appliances to perform multiple advanced security functions is as important as throughput,” said Gil Shwed, founder, chairman and CEO at Check Point Software Technologies. “Our new appliance is customized to expand on security functionality, while increasing performance and traffic volume – executing on our vision of delivering the highest level of security to environments of any size.”

The 21400 Appliance leverages Check Point’s award-winning Software Blade Architecture that enables organizations to scale their security platform to meet current and future requirements, without compromising network speeds. Customers can consolidate any combination of protections, including: Firewall, VPN, IPS, Application Control, Mobile Access, Data Loss Prevention, Identity Awareness,URL Filtering, Anti-spam,Antivirus, and Advanced Networking and Clustering, on a single, multi-function gateway. With Check Point’s multi-core and acceleration technologies, the 21400 brings customers triple firewall throughput between50 to 100 Gbps and record IPS throughput with a 2,900 SPU rating– helping businesses maximize security, while optimizing performance.

Key features of the Check Point 21400 Appliance:
Maximum Security and Performance – Offers maximum security and availability of business-critical applications, with up to 100 Gbps of firewall throughput and IPS throughput of up to 21 Gbps(default profile).

High Port Density – Includes high port density of up to 37 ports or 12 10GbE ports and enables customers to easily secure highly-segmented network environments.

Optimized for low latency – Optional security acceleration card optimizes dataflow for low-latency, transaction-oriented environments and boosts raw bandwidth to 100 Gbps (optional and available in 2012).

Optimized for Software Blades Architecture – Packaged with 12 software blades to provide a turn-key security solution for quick deployment, including: Firewall, VPN, Intrusion Prevention, Identity Awareness, Advanced Networking, Acceleration & Clustering, Mobile Access for 5 concurrent users, Application Control, URL Filtering, Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware, Anti-Spam & Email Security and Data Loss Prevention. Customers can extend their protection further, selecting from a family of over 30 Check Point software blades that span across network security, endpoint security and security management.

High Availability and Serviceability – Equipped with hot-swappable redundant power supplies, offering carrier-grade service ability and business continuity.

Simple Deployment and Management – Offers local management with optional Web-based administration or central management capabilities to ensure quick, easy and secure administration from anywhere in the network.

“At Check Point, we understand that security is constantly evolving in a complex threat landscape. The new 21400 Appliance enables customers with demanding data center environments to benefit from integrated next-generation security solutions with the power, extensibility and cost effectiveness of our Software Blade Architecture,” concluded Shwed.

Availability

The 21400Appliance is available immediately. For more information on product functionality and specifications, please visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/21400-appliances/.

CHECK POINT INTRODUCES THE 61000 SYSTEM, THE INDUSTRY’S FASTEST SECURITY GATEWAY

New Check Point security system secures the data center of the future, bringing customers scalable protection on a platform ready for over 1 Tbps of performance

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – August 24, 2011– Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today unveiled the new Check Point 61000 security system, the industry’s fastest security gateway, to customers and partners live at The NASDAQ Market site Studio in Times Square, New York. The new 61000 security system offers scalable performance for data centers, telecommunication and cloud service providers, with a multi-bladed hardware platform that is capable of an unprecedented performance of more than 1Tbps in a single firewall and 200Gbps this year. The new system supports 70 million concurrent connections and 600,000 sessions per second – bringing unparalleled security performance to multi-transaction environments.

Check Point also introduced today a new release R75.20 based on the Software Blade Architecture, a new data center appliance, the Check Point 21400, and a new metric for security performance – SecurityPower. The new metric allows customers to estimate their security needs and compare it to the SecurityPower Units (SPU) rating of each security solution – improving the accuracy of performance measurements for appliances under security attack and during day-to-day operations.

The Check Point 61000 boasts a SecurityPower of up to 14,600 SPUs today, providing the power equivalent to approximately 150 of today’s typical enterprise appliances and more than 12 times the performance of high-end appliances available on the market.

“When it comes to protecting the most demanding network environments, security and performance are two critical factors that cannot be compromised. The 61000 is designed from the ground-up to support the unique service requirements of data centers and service providers. It combines advanced security technologies to control network access and protect against sophisticated attacks, web-based threats or infected mobile devices – while providing lightning-fast security performance,” said Gil Shwed, founder, chairman and CEO at Check Point Software Technologies. “Today, we’re raising the bar in securing the data center of the future. Our customers now benefit from a multi-hardware blade and multi-software blade gateway that can grow with additional hardware and software innovation and is designed to accelerate network security.”

The new Check Point 61000 brings to market a platform for 3D Security that enables businesses to protect against the rise of blended threats in high-speed environments. The new appliance is a scalable system that can contain up to 12 gateway modules with a capacity of over 1Tbps. The 61000 throughput ranges scale up to 200 Gbps in a single firewall instance and achieves world-record Intrusion Prevention (IPS)performance of 85 Gbps based on a default profile or 40Gbps based on a recommended security profile and real-world traffic mix. With the 61000 Appliance, customers can easily optimize and consolidate any number of security protections available with Check Point’s Software Blade Architecture, such as: Firewall, VPN, IPS, URL Filtering, Antivirus, and Application Control into a single, integrated solution.

Key Features and Benefits:

· Ground-breaking Performance – Advanced multi-core acceleration technologies enable exceptional firewall through put capable of over 1Tbps and deliver up to 200 Gbp sin 2011 in a single firewall instance. Check Point 61000 SecurityPower offers up-to 14,600 SPU (SecurityPower Units). The system supports 70 million concurrent connections and 600,000 sessions per second providing unprecedented capacity to the most demanding environments..

· Full System Redundancy and Serviceability – The 61000 system delivers business continuity and serviceability through features such as hot-swappable redundant power supplies. For optimal reliability, Check Point Cluster XL in High Availability and Load Sharing modes operate between Security Gateway Modules in one chassis. Check Point SyncXL enables highly efficient synchronization of system and security information between components in order to ensure high system performance. Two 61000 chassis operate in High Availability mode to eliminate down-time.

· Telecommunication networking standards– The 61000 system supports the required protocols in modern environments, including: IPv4, IPv6 and Dynamic and Multicast Routing.

· Comprehensive Security with Software Blades – The 61000 system supports the Check Point 3D Security vision of combining policies, people and enforcement for unbeatable protection and is optimized to enable any combination of Software Blades including: Firewall, VPN, IPS, URL Filtering, Antivirus, Application Control and many others.

· Fast Deployment –Customers benefit from central management with Smart Center and Provider-1, as well as fast deployment, with implementation of the first hardware blade in less than 30 minutes.

“For the first time in the industry, we’re giving large data centers and service providers the power, extensibility and performance needed to secure the data center of the future. We are thrilled to introduce this level of performance advancement to the industry and will continue to raise the bar in security,” concluded Shwed.

Availability

The 61000 Appliance is available immediately. For more information on product functionality and specifications, please visit:

http://www.checkpoint.com/products/61000-appliances/.

CHECK POINT EXPANDS UTM APPLIANCE LINE WITH INCREASED

Broader range of UTM-1 Total Security appliances available with the most
comprehensive network protection

SINGAPORE, April 25, 2008 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced three new UTM-1 Total Security® appliances, giving enterprise sites of all sizes more choices to match the right solution with their security and performance needs. The latest additions to the UTM-1 Total Security family include a new model under US$5,000 and higher performance levels.

“Businesses seeking to leverage the most out of constrained IT resources want
out-of-the-box network solutions with all the key security features and services on a
platform that can keep a network moving quickly and smoothly,” said Bob Egner, vice
president of product management at Check Point. “With UTM-1 Total Security,
customers get the most comprehensive, powerful network protection on the market –
based on the same VPN-1® solution that protects the Fortune 500 – in a single, easy-to-manage, cost effective platform.”

High performance
The new UTM-1 Total Security 3070 appliance expands the performance of the
UTM-1® line up to 4.5 Gbps. Customers can choose the right solution for their environment with appliances ranging in performance speeds from 400 Mbps to 4.5 Gbps. High performance levels across all models give customers more room to grow their business while maintaining optimal security.

All inclusive turnkey solution
The entire UTM-1 Total Security product line comes with the “Total Security” package, which offers either one or three years of comprehensive security services and
reduced support rates. Each UTM-1 Total Security appliance comes complete with all the security protection, software and security updates and hardware to achieve the highest levels of network security. Integrated security protections include:
• Industry-leading application and network-layer firewall
• Site-to-site and remote access VPN
• Gateway antivirus and anti-spyware
• Intrusion prevention with type-based SmartDefense® security update and type-based protection
• Web security with URL filtering and Web security protections
• Messaging security and anti-spam, including Check Point’s six-dimensions of comprehensive messaging security

Streamlined deployment and management
UTM-1 Total Security appliances contains the security management capabilities
found in Check Point SmartCenter® enterprise management suite all packaged within the appliance and without the requirement to install additional management servers. It also contains setup wizards and other capabilities to simplify installation.
The three new UTM-1 Total Security appliances consist of the following models:
• UTM-1 Total Security 270 featuring 400 Mbps firewall throughput, 100 Mbps VPN throughput, two managed sites and four ports
• UTM-1 Total Security 570 featuring 1.1 Gbps firewall throughput, 250 Mbps VPN throughput, three managed sites and four ports
• UTM-1 Total Security 3070 featuring 4.5 Gbps firewall throughput, 1.1 Gbps VPN throughput, five managed sites and 10 ports

“UTM appliances offer businesses a very attractive combination of comprehensive security applications, networking features, and manageability,” said Charles Kolodgy, research director of Secure Content and Threat Management research at IDC. “With the expanding reliance on Web based applications and corresponding increased bandwidth consumption, it is imperative the performance of organizations’ security measures does not become a productivity bottleneck. The new Check Point UTM-1 Total Security appliances provide customers more choice in meeting their needs.”

In a related press release, Check Point also announced the new Check Point Power-1™, a line of Internet security appliances offering the best price-to-performance ratio with a high level of security for large enterprise sites and data centers. Combined, these two lines enhance Check Point’s hardware-based product portfolio to provide complete coverage from small offices to the data center.

Concluded Egner, “Our UTM-1 Total Security combines the latest security technologies on a single appliance allowing for optimal protection of businesses’ small, medium and remote offices.”

Pricing and availability
The new Check Point UTM-1 Total Security appliances are available immediately and can be purchased through Check Point’s worldwide network of value-added resellers. Pricing starts at US$4,800. To learn more about Check Point UTM-1, visit http://www.checkpoint.com/products/utm-1/index.html. To find a Check Point partner, visit www.checkpoint.com.