Check Point Provides The Industry's Most Secure Voice Over IP Communications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 Delivers Comprehensive Robust Security, Integrated Management, Superior QoS and Multi-gigabit Performance Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced comprehensive and integrated support for corporations seeking to securely deploy Voice over IP (VoIP) as a cost effective alternative to traditional telecommunications. Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture (SVN SVN Subversion (version control system) SVN Slovenia (international traffic code) SVN Social Venture Network SVN South Vietnam SVN Secure Virtual Network SVN Supervised Visitation Network (TM)) provides the industry's most comprehensive support, integrated management and highest performance for securing converged networks The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . Traditionally, companies could not allow VoIP into their networks securely. With other products, allowing VoIP traffic means permitting third-party products to open holes in the security policy, which introduces the risk and potential for various types of network attacks. As customers begin to combine voice and data traffic into a single, converged network, they must ensure full security, manageability and performance including: authorization, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , confidentiality and integrity. Check Point's patented Stateful Inspection A firewall technology that ensures that all inbound packets are the result of an outbound request. Also called "stateful packet inspection" (SPI), it was designed to prevent harmful or unrequested packets from entering the computer. technology recognizes and inspects complex VoIP protocols for any possible threats, enabling an optimized level of security and performance for the entire telephony session. Check Point's SVN architecture natively recognizes and prioritizes Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) VoIP traffic on virtual private networks to uniquely provide robust security, Quality of Service (QoS) and privacy for a truly secure end-to-end IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solution. These benefits will enable corporations to securely deploy IP telecommunications with: -- Comprehensive Security Support -- Native and comprehensive support for all VoIP protocols including, SIP, H.323, RTP/RTCP, and compatibility with network address translation for secure communications -- Enhanced Reliability -- Integrated prioritization, high availability and queuing of latency-sensitive VoIP traffic over VPNs using Check Point's FloodGate-1(R) -- Ease of Management -- Integrated enterprise-wide VoIP policy management with detailed logging and auditing through Check Point's SMARTCenter -- Multi-gigabit Performance -- Faster throughput with Stateful Inspection when compared to competing proxy-oriented VoIP security solutions "Our respective development teams have been collaborating closely to ensure that SIP and H.323 products will traverse the firewall securely," said Jacob Bridger, vice president of marketing and business development, Technology Business Unit of RADVISION Ltd. (Nasdaq:RVSN RVSN Radvision (stock symbol) RVSN Recorded Volume Serial Number (Veritas) RVSN Raketnye Voiska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya (Russian strategic rocket forces) ). "We're pleased to work with Check Point to solve what has been up until now an inhibitor in the enterprise VoIP market." "As corporations look to deploy VoIP as a cost effective transition from traditional telecommunications, true end-to-end security should not be an afterthought af·ter·thought n. An idea, response, or explanation that occurs to one after an event or decision. afterthought Noun 1. , but a complement to the communications plan," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point is enabling companies to deploy secure next-generation converged networks that will integrate with their existing security infrastructure." Availability Enhanced VoIP security is available immediately across the entire line of Check Point Next Generation solutions. About Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC (OPerations SECurity) The U.S. military term for concealing critical information as part of a counterintelligence plan. A form of "security by obscurity," OPSEC determines what information adversaries can obtain or piece together from observation and to provide measures for ), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of 2,500 certified partners in 203 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 (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. .com or at http://www.opsec.com. Check Point, the Check Point logo, ClusterXL, ConnectControl, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecureServer, FireWall-1 SmallOffice, FireWall-1 XL, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, INSPECT XL, IQ Engine, Meta IP, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, SecureKnowledge, SecureUpdate, SiteManager-1, SmartDefense, SVN, UAM UAM Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) UAM Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (México) UAM Uniwersytet im. , User-to-Address Mapping, UserAuthority, Visual Policy Editor, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Net, VPN-1 Pro, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote, VPN-1 SecureServer, VPN-1 SmallOffice, and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668 and 5,835,726 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. |
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