Check Point Advances Internal Security With New InterSpect NGX; Enhances Total Access Protection to Deliver More Granular Network Access Policy.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that its revolutionary Internal Security Gateway, InterSpect is available on the NGX(TM) platform. InterSpect NGX(TM) combines intrusion prevention, network zone segmentation, and host quarantine capabilities built specifically for unique internal network requirements. InterSpect NGX also marks another key milestone in Check Point's Total Access Protection (TAP) initiative. TAP helps organizations strengthen their enterprise security by ensuring that every network connected PC is secure and complies with network access policy.

Introduced in May 2005, the NGX platform is the industry's only unified security architecture for perimeter, internal, and Web, helping enterprises of all sizes reduce the cost and complexity of security management while ensuring their security systems can be easily extend to adapt to new and evolving threats. The new features of InterSpect NGX include:

--New Rogue PC Containment prevents unauthorized network access and threat propagation by quarantining down to the individual PC, including any infected PCs or those lacking updated endpoint protection.

--Unified Management and Forensic Analysis provides administrators with an intelligent view into their security environment using the SMART(TM) management infrastructure, which now includes per-zone policy profiles to strengthen security while easing IT management.

--Enhanced Security offers administrators deeper and broader security with advanced intrusion prevention for more internal LAN protocols such as Citrix ICA and Microsoft.

--Integrated Web Application Security through Web Intelligence(TM), a set of advanced capabilities that detects and prevents attacks against the Web infrastructure. It provides comprehensive protection for Web servers against common Web application exploits like buffer overflows, command injection, and SQL injection.

"Check Point continues to expand its vision and leadership in internal security as part of a comprehensive layered approach to network security," said Ken Fitzpatrick, chief marketing officer for Check Point Software. "Check Point was first to address the internal security market with InterSpect in 2004, and now continues to innovate and meet customers' requirements with the release of InterSpect NGX."

Customers Worldwide Use InterSpect to Safeguard Internal Networks

University customers worldwide have a critical need for internal security. Their IT departments struggle with providing students and faculty with secure access to the network while keeping the network resources protected from malicious traffic. In addition, internal resources must be safeguarded from the thousands of student computers where the university IT departments do not have management control over those systems to apply client-based security. Universities such as the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Tokiwa University Japan have successfully deployed InterSpect to safeguard their internal networks.

The Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) has 45,000 students spread over nine campuses and heavily relies on remote learning through videoconference. Malicious traffic from student introduced infections and hacker intrusions became a serious problem. Network performance was so severely degraded that crashes occurred up to three times a day and the network that previously supported 18 videoconferences simultaneously could only support four. InterSpect was deployed throughout UAEM's network to manage the internal security requirements resulting in an end to the daily outages. UAEM now has the stable network it needs to expand its campuses and distance learning programs.

"The benefits our university achieved by turning to Check Point to secure our expansive, high-traffic network are significant in terms of reducing administrative costs, man-hours and student and faculty inconvenience," said Mario Rodriguez, Network and Communications Manager, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. "InterSpect's pre-emptive protection fends off the malicious attacks that previously crippled our network and provides the security we need to focus our limited resources on providing a superior education to our students and 24 by 7 access to all resources for our faculty."

InterSpect NGX will be available later this quarter from Check Point's network of more than 2,200 channel partners. For more information on InterSpect, please visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/interspect/index.html.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. It is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets. Through its NGX platform, the company delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of perimeter, internal, Web, and endpoint 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 the highest rated personal computer security suite, comprised of 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 and its customers include 100% of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

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