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Check Point Achieves Prestigious Endpoint Security Recognition from Frost & Sullivan
Monday May 9, 8:31 am ET
Frost & Sullivan Global Market Leadership Award Confirms Check Point's Endpoint Security Leadership; Check Point Integrity Achieves Prominent Industry Accolades in 2005


REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2005-- Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - News), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that its endpoint security solution, Check Point Integrity(TM), achieved prestigious recognition from Frost & Sullivan. The industry analyst firm bestowed Check Point with their renowned Global Market Leadership Award for outstanding market share, revenue growth rate, profitability and market and technology innovation. In addition, Check Point emerged as the worldwide endpoint security market leader for its top market share and its ability to deliver to customers and channel partners in 2004 based on findings published in Frost & Sullivan's April 2005 report called, "The World Endpoint Security Markets."
Specifically, the Frost & Sullivan Awards recognize top companies in regional and global markets for exceptional industry achievements. Frost & Sullivan analyzed market share, revenue growth, profitability and innovation data for 28 endpoint security vendors to determine that Check Point held the endpoint security leadership position among all other competitors.

"We only present the Frost & Sullivan Awards to companies that demonstrate the highest levels of success in the competitive marketplace, and Check Point certainly deserves this recognition," said Jose Lopez, industry analyst for Frost & Sullivan. "Check Point Integrity occupies the largest worldwide market share percentages in the enterprise, consumer/SOHO and overall endpoint security markets, and we believe that Check Point will continue to dominate in 2005."

Check Point Integrity Receives Industry Accolades

In addition to the Frost & Sullivan Global Market Leadership Award, Check Point Integrity has also achieved the following industry accolades this year:

Endpoint Security Evaluation Winner, Information Security Magazine -- Integrity was tested head to head with five other security vendors and achieved the highest report card score for its outstanding policy management, deployment/scalability, compliance, installation and security.
Best Enterprise Security Solution, SC Magazine -- The 2005 SC Magazine Global Awards Program accepted over 1,000 security product and service nominations across 35 security-related categories, and publication's panel of judges named Check Point Integrity the Best Enterprise Security Solution for 2005.
eWeek Excellence Awards Finalist, eWeek Magazine -- The awards recognized vendors that meet today's rigorous enterprise IT demands, and Integrity was recognized in the area of Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation.
"Check Point's Integrity solution offers customers the industry's best manageability, scalability and reliability for endpoint security, and these latest accolades reaffirm our leadership position," said Carol Stone, vice president of marketing for Check Point Software Technologies. "Internet threats are continuously evolving, and customers can rest assured Integrity will keep their networks protected from all the latest threats so they can keep their businesses competitive and running 24 x 7."

About Check Point Integrity

Check Point Integrity endpoint security products ensure that both employee and guest users' PCs are secure before they're granted network access. For more information on Check Point Integrity, please visit http://www.checkpoint.com/products/enterprise/integrity.html.

About Frost & Sullivan

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