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- November 10, 2010

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's recent Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).

Check Point is highly recognized by both customers and analysts for providing simple, all-in-one security solutions that provide the highest level of protection to small and mid-sized businesses and remote/branch offices. Check Point's comprehensive and flexible UTM-1 and Series 80 Appliance features Check Point's Software Blade ArchitectureTM, giving customers an extensible security infrastructure that grows with their business. Check Point unified threat management solutions combine the same advanced security that enterprises trust, including Firewall, IPsec VPN, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-virus/Anti-malware, URL Filtering and Anti-spam and email security technologies, providing ease of deployment at an affordable price. Check Point offers these security protections with industry-leading performance across a wide range of models.

"This year we've seen strong adoption of our UTM solutions as customers continue to expand their businesses and security needs," said Juliette Sultan, vice president of global marketing at Check Point Software Technologies. "Many of our customers are looking to deploy security protections at the gateway, on a dedicated device, complete with centralized management, security updates and our award-winning customer support. Our Software Blade ArchitectureTM has been instrumental to delivering on those customer requirements and has given us the ability to expand our footprint in the UTM market segment."

According to Gartner, vendors in the UTM Leaders Quadrant are, "at the forefront of making and selling multifunction firewall products that are built for midsize business requirements. The requirements necessary for leadership include a wide range of models to cover midsize business use cases, support for multiple features, and a management and reporting capability that's designed for ease of use. Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new safeguarding features and in enabling customers to deploy them inexpensively without significantly affecting the end-user experience of increasing staff burdens." Gartner adds that, "These vendors also have a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products. Common characteristics include reliability, consistent throughput, and a product that's intuitive to manage and administer."2