Crossbeam Systems Announces Plans To Support Check Point InterSpect.

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PRAGUE, Czech Republic--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004

Integrated Security Pioneer Will be First Check Point Partner to Support InterSpect and Deliver the Most Scalable, High Performance Internal Security Gateway

Crossbeam Systems(R), Inc., a leading global developer of total security solutions required for safer, simpler networks, today announced plans to support InterSpect(TM) from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) on its X-Series security services switches. The combined solution will offer customers a high speed, multi-gigabit internal security gateway for safeguarding corporate networks from damaging cyber attacks that are introduced inside the network.

Crossbeam unveiled its plans to support InterSpect at the Check Point Experience event, a series of premier business and networking events for Check Point partners and users. For more information, on Check Point Experience, please visit http://www.checkpoint.com/experience/index.html.

While network security has traditionally focused on the perimeter, many of today's worm outbreaks and attacks originate internally when authorized employees, remote workers or consultants bring infected laptops, PDAs and other devices into the enterprise and connect them to the LAN. Using its Stateful Inspection and Application Intelligence(TM) technologies, InterSpect intelligently inspects internal traffic to identify and block unauthorized or malicious behavior and specific attacks, provides security segmentation to prevent unauthorized access between network zones and quarantines computers generating suspicious activity.

"Worms, viruses and other internal attacks have forced enterprises to look for a solution that addresses their internal security needs while being able to operate in rigorous networking environments," said Peter George, president and CEO of Crossbeam Systems. "Adding InterSpect to our X-Series roadmap will bring innovative worm defense and quarantining abilities with zero performance degradation to core, distribution and access networks of high end enterprises where high performance networking is absolutely critical for an internal security solution."

Crossbeam plans to run InterSpect on its X45(TM), X40(R) and X80(TM) security services switches, which will extend the reach of InterSpect up to multi-gigabit performance to support customers with advanced performance requirements for internal security gateways.

"As a pioneer in the Internet security market, Check Point has championed an industry move to provide intelligent solutions for protecting internal networks. We are pleased to have Crossbeam's support of InterSpect as a natural extension of our existing partnership," said Gonen Fink, vice president of Solutions and Strategy, Check Point Software Technologies. "The combination of our own InterSpect internal security gateways and Crossbeam's X-Series switches will provide customers with a full range of price, performance and reliability options for their internal security requirements."

Benefits of InterSpect on the Crossbeam X-Series

InterSpect provides innovative pre-emptive attack protection by providing the industry's most intelligent and adaptive inspection technology to apply proactive defenses against internal threats. For a medium to large enterprise, the success of this proactive internal security strategy is based on the security gateway's performance, port density and reliability, which are key differentiators for Crossbeam:

-- Secured Network Segment Capacity - a key benefit for

InterSpect is its ability to segment networks to better

identify, control and quarantine outbreaks. Crossbeam's

X-Series switches give customers tremendous flexibility to

divide and secure their network into segments based on its

high port density.

-- Multi-Gigabit InterSpect Performance - customers are often

forced to compromise network performance for security, but

Crossbeam X-Series switches deliver scalable InterSpect

performance up to multi-gigabit throughput.

-- 'Self-Healing' Reliability - once it supports InterSpect,

Crossbeam will be able to ensure internal networks are always

protected through its single-box, high availability with

interface and application redundancy and self-healing

capabilities.

About Crossbeam Systems

Crossbeam Systems is a global growth company that pioneered the integrated security device market and is a leading developer of total security solutions required for safer, simpler networks. The company has tailored security solutions for global corporations, carrier networks and small to medium-sized enterprises. Founded in early 2000 and led by senior executives from Bay Networks, Cisco, Nortel/Wellfleet and Alcatel, Crossbeam is headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts, USA, and has offices in Europe and Asia Pacific. The company is backed by top-tier investors including Tudor Ventures, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Charles River Ventures. More information is available at www.crossbeamsystems.com.

Crossbeam Systems, Crossbeam and X40 are registered trademarks and X45 and X80 are trademarks of Crossbeam Systems, Inc. All other company, product or service names not owned by Crossbeam mentioned in this press release are the property of their respective owners.