Check Point

Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point buys three start-ups for over $150m.

Check Point's 2025 annual revenue was $2.725 billion, up 6% from 2024.

Checkpoint was founded in 2010 in Tel Aviv
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An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Israel begins construction of upgraded security barrier on Jordan border

 Don't take your shoes off: TSA ends longstanding shoe removal policy at US airports.

Don't take your shoes off: TSA ends longstanding shoe removal policy at US airports


Check Point, Israel Canada to buy NIS 800m Tel Aviv site

The land is zoned for the construction of two residential buildings containing about 300 apartments and 60,000 square meters of office and commercial space.

 View of the Check Point building in Tel Aviv.

Startup Nation Central CEO: Israel leads cyber security boon despite war

A new report from Startup Nation Central shows an increase in private funding to Israel driven by the country’s dominant cybersecurity field.

 A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

National Cyber Directorate warns of weakness in Check Point products

There exists a weak point in the technology which allows cyber attacks to be carried out through it.

Are ransomware attacks going to continue to rise? Worrying trends indicate that they may.

Cyberattacks up 20% since October 7 Hamas war, says Shwed

  Speaking at the Jerusalem Post's Israel Summit broadcast event, Check Point CEO said that the government sector has experienced a 50% increase in attacks.

 Check Point CEO Gil Shwed speaks with Zvika Klein at the Israel Summit

President Herzog's Telegram account hacked, Israel's Shin Bet probing

The account was quickly returned to normal after the Shin Bet was charged with handling the situation.

 President Isaac Herzog meets with Israel's political parties to hear their recommendations for prime minister, November 10, 2022.

50 Influential Jews: Cybertech Leaders - No. 49

Heading two of Israel's most prominent cybersecurity companies, Gil Shwed and Merav Bahat epitomize the pivotal role Jewish leaders play in securing the digital landscape and driving innovation.

 Check Point CEO Gil Shwed and Dazz CEO Merav Bahat.