CHKP

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

A maker of cybersecurity software, Check Point protects businesses, governments and home users from hackers, viruses and online attacks through products like its FireWall-1 and Quantum gateways, plus the consumer ZoneAlarm antivirus brand. Founded in 1993 in Israel by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer, the company grew from Shwed's "stateful inspection" idea, developed while he served in the Israeli military's Unit 8200. Fun fact: the name plays on the software's role as a "check point" that inspects every piece of network traffic and decides what gets through.