Check Point Software Technologies, founded in 1993 in Tel Aviv, provides AI-powered, cloud-delivered cybersecurity, including network security and threat intelligence, to over 100,000 organizations in more than 60 countries.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a cybersecurity provider founded in 1993 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer. The company supplies AI-powered, cloud-delivered security solutions to enterprises, governments and other organisations, and it operates in more than 60 countries. Chief executive Nadav Zafrir took over in December 2024.
Its origins lie in FireWall-1, described as the IT industry's first stateful inspection firewall technology and the product that established the company's position in network security. Today the firm organises its offering around a unified cybersecurity platform covering network security, cloud-delivered security and advanced security services, supported by dedicated threat intelligence research.
Check Point reports protecting more than 100,000 organisations worldwide across sectors including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, education and government. More than three decades after its founding, the company maintains its focus on what it describes as securing the digital world.
