Check Point Wins Endpoint Security Product of the Year at 2008 Techworld Awards
Unique single-agent design and easy management of Check Point Endpoint Security recognized in prestigious industry awards
Basingstoke, UK —
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has received the Endpoint Security Product of the Year award from Techworld, the UK's premier news site for IT professionals.
The award was announced at the 2008 Techworld Awards dinner in London on June 11th, and named Check Point Endpoint Security™ as the leading product in its category. Check Point Endpoint Security is the first and only single agent for total endpoint security that combines the highest-rated firewall, network access control (NAC), program control, antivirus, anti-spyware, full disk encryption, media encryption with port protection and remote access together in a modular suite allowing complete flexibility to activate security components as needed. This delivers superior security and eliminates the need to deploy and manage multiple endpoint agents, dramatically reducing total cost of ownership.
The Techworld Awards have been running for over 13 years, and reward innovation on all sides of the IT industry, covering both solutions and users. Each year they select the products and users from the European IT industry that made a significant difference. The awards are judged by an independent panel of industry specialists, and the editorial board of Techworld.com
“Techworld is one of the leading IT websites, which makes this award a key one for Check Point,” said Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point.“It’s especially gratifying to win with such a new solution, as Endpoint Security was introduced early in 2008. It endorses the unmatched protection and ease of management that the solution delivers to all vulnerable computing endpoints.”
Check Point Endpoint Security is designed to completely protect company laptops and PCs against malware, data loss, and other threats while enabling secure remote access to the corporate network. It dramatically simplifies security by providing a single software agent that is easily deployed and managed by a single intuitive management interface.
Check Point Endpoint Security originates from best-of-breed, award-winning technologies, including: the industry-leading Check Point firewall; anti-malware based on the widely recognized ZoneAlarm® by Check Point; full disk encryption and media encryption with port protection based on proven Pointsec® technology (acquired by Check Point), currently deployed on over 14 million end point machines and a recognized leader in the Gartner Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant for 2007; and the market-leading remote access VPN with over 150 million users. These features combined with the easy-to-use Check Point management interface represent the next generation of comprehensive endpoint security, delivered today only by Check Point.
Nick Lowe added: “The solution offers customers the most comprehensive endpoint security features, and effectively removes compatibility issues and the pains associated with trying to deploy and manage multiple endpoint agents.”
Check Point Endpoint Security is available immediately and can be purchased through the Check Point worldwide network of value-added resellers.
More information on Endpoint Security can be found at: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/endpoint_security/index.html
About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is the leader in securing the Internet. Check Point offers total security solutions featuring a unified gateway, single endpoint agent and single management architecture, customized to fit customers’ dynamic business needs. This combination is unique and is a result of our leadership and innovation in the enterprise firewall, personal firewall/endpoint, data security and VPN markets.
Check Point’s pure focus is on information security. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture to protect business communications and resources, including corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market-leading endpoint and data security solutions with Check Point Endpoint Security products, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and identity theft. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes