The age of global connectivity has arrived. Distributed client/server computing accompanied by the widespread adoption of Internet and Intranet connectivity, has made true enterprise-wide networks technically feasible and affordable for businesses, large and small. The resulting connectivity explosion has created a whole new set of security challenges. Organizations are grappling with securing geographically dispersed networks whose resources, access points, and mission-critical applications are growing exponentially. The need to maximize the benefits of universal connectivity while protecting network resources from unauthorized internal and external access, has fueled a growing demand for global network security solutions.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. addresses this security challenge with FireWall-1, the industry’s leading network security solution. Only FireWall-1 provides organizations with the ability to define a single, integrated security policy that spans Internet and Intranet connectivity, is transparent to network users, supports multiple protocols and networking technologies, and can be distributed across multiple platforms--Windows 95, Windows NT, and UNIX.

Utilizing Check Point’s patent-pending Stateful Inspection technology, FireWall-1 builds intelligence into the network layer, creating ‘virtual’ barriers to control access to the network and to regulate and protect the flow of data between network resources and segments. Because Stateful Inspection builds upon the network infrastructure itself, FireWall-1 scales in tandem with the network to accommodate a growing number and type of network applications, high-speed networking technologies, (e.g., 100Base-T and ATM), and business connectivity requirements.