ZoneAlarm top 100 in Internet security

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.0 has been honored by PC World with a 100 Best Products of 2007 Award.

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.0, announced in January, offers comprehensive, multi-layer protection that safeguards PC users from today’s most dangerous online threats.  It includes a new, award-winning antivirus engine that delivers high level threat protection with hourly signature updates, expanded coverage, and faster detection to find and remove even the most recent and aggressive viruses and spyware. ZoneAlarm’s exclusive operating system firewall proactively defends a computer at the deepest levels, offering unsurpassed protection against spyware, rootkits, and keyloggers.  ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite also includes identity theft prevention, which secures a consumer’s private information both online and in the physical world.

“Internet threats today are evolving very rapidly with increased complexity and decreased predictability.  Therefore, an effective consumer PC security solution needs to provide protection at every layer, proactively guard against both known and unknown attacks, and be easy to use and update,” said Laura Yecies, vice president and general manager of Check Point’s ZoneAlarm consumer division.  “Trusted by millions of users worldwide and with best-of-breed protection at every layer, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite simply delivers the most secure protection consumers can buy. We are honored to be recognized by PC World, which serves as a strong testament to our efforts to keep consumers safe online.”

The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance, and innovation.

“Products that win PC World’s 100 Best Products of 2007 Awards set the standard for excellence in the IT and consumer electronics industries,” stated Harry McCracken, vice-president/editor in chief of PC World. “From notebooks and security software to MP3 players and smartphones, the editors reward the most outstanding performers in this annual awards program. Congratulations to ZoneAlarm.”
           
About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets.  Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. 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.