Check Point CEO Announces Intention to Stand Down

Check Point CEO Gil Shwed has announced his intention to step down from his role after 30 years at the helm of the cybersecurity vendor.
Co-founded in 1993 by Shwed and Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer - who are no longer with the company - Check Point's initial technology was built on the concept of stateful inspection.
This became the foundation for the company's first core product, FireWall-1.
Check Point rolled out its software blade architecture in 2009, and executed a series of acquisitions including security service edge vendor Perimeter 81 in 2023.

This Cyber News was published on www.darkreading.com. Publication date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:20:20 +0000

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