Founded in 1993, Check Point Software Technologies develops AI-powered, cloud-delivered cybersecurity products, including the first stateful inspection firewall, protecting over 100,000 organizations in more than 60 countries.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a cybersecurity company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Israel. It provides AI-powered, cloud-delivered security solutions for enterprises, governments and other organizations, and has operated for more than three decades. Its products protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide, and the company does business in more than 60 countries.
The firm's technical work spans network security, stateful inspection firewall technology, AI-powered cybersecurity, cloud-delivered security and threat intelligence research. Its first major product, FireWall-1, was the IT industry's first stateful inspection firewall and established the standard for modern network protection. Today the company sells a unified cybersecurity platform, delivering comprehensive, AI-powered, cloud-delivered security, alongside advanced security services and a threat intelligence research capability.
Customers are drawn from financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, education, government and enterprises of all sizes. The company describes its mission as securing the digital world, and characterises itself as having been founded by technical entrepreneurs who recognised emerging internet security needs. It has been led by chief executive Nadav Zafrir since December 2024.
