Check Point Software Awarded Editor's Choice in Review of Integrated Security Suites; Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) Sets Industry Standard.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)--Dec. 6, 2000 Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq:CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it has received the Editor's Choice Award from Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. magazine for the integration, interoperability and breadth of security solutions, applications and hardware platforms it provides through its 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 December 4, 2000 edition of the respected networking magazine assesses the integration and interoperability of Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (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 ) solutions, including firewalls and VPNs, along with OPSEC certified solutions including virus scanning, intrusion detection, URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. filtering and mobile code checking. The complete article is available on line at http://www.networkcomputing.com/1124/1124f22.html (or just go to the main page). In the article, Network Computing declares, "OPSEC sets (the) standard for integration." The magazine noted that, "Check Point was the only vendor to supply a fully integrated suite of applications... Check Point's OPSEC and OPSEC-compliant offerings bring a breadth of security options to the forefront, showing other vendors the way to go." About Check Point's OPSEC OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's leading open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 270 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com. About Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN secures business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) communications between networks, systems, applications and users across the Internet, Intranets and extranets. Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) provides the framework for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 270 leading industry partners. For more information, please call us at 800/429-4391 or 650/628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com. Note to Editors: the complete article is available on line at http://www.networkcomputing.com/1124/1124f22.html |
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