Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, 2007” report.

According to Gartner, “Leaders have products that work well for Gartner clients. They have long-term road maps that match Gartner's vision of the developing needs of buyers in the market. They make their competitors' sales staff nervous and force competitors' technical staffs to follow their lead. Their mobile data protection products are well-known to clients, and they encounter little resistance in selling their products.”

“We are honored to be positioned in the leaders quadrant by Gartner and consider it to be further validation of our success and commitment to securing sensitive information,” said Scott Ferguson, Regional Vice President, Asia , Check Point Software Technologies.

“Australian businesses are early adopters of mobile storage devices and it’s vital that with data loss incidents on the rise and regulations tightening, that these companies take the right precautions to protect the business information residing on these devices.”

Laptops and other mobile storage devices such as USB sticks are shrinking in size while expanding in storage capacity, making them increasingly popular for employees on the go. Yet they are also easily lost. As businesses realise that safeguarding sensitive mobile data is critical to keeping proprietary information out of the wrong hands, the market demand for a comprehensive data protection solution is rising dramatically.

  Check Point data security solutions, Pointsec PC®, Pointsec Mobile® and Pointsec Protector®, are the most-widely deployed data protection solutions today. They are quick and simple to deploy, scale to any size organisation, proven in every type of industry and government agency around the world, and support the broadest set of mobile platforms. Check Point solutions completely protect data on laptops, desktops, PDAs, smartphones, USB drives, and other removable media by combining strong encryption with access control. Performance of the device is retained, and no user interaction or behavioral changes are required. This ensures all data remains protected, company image stays intact and regulatory requirements are met.