Acquisitions
- SofaWare Technologies, in January 2002 (partial acquisition).
- Zone Labs, makers of the ZoneAlarm personal firewall software, in 2003, for $205 million in cash and shares.
- Protect Data, the holding company for PointSec Mobile Technologies, in a cash deal valued at $586m in late 2006. Prior to their acquisition by Check Point, Protect Data acquired Reflex Software.
- NFR security, an intrusion prevention system developer, for $20 million in late 2006, following its failed plan to acquire the larger IPS vendor Sourcefire.
- Nokia Security Appliances division was acquired in April 2009.
- Liquid Machines, a data security startup company based in Boston, was acquired in June 2010.
- Dynasec, a provider of enterprise governance, risk management, and compliance products, was acquired in November 2011. Dynasec offers a Web-based enterprise application, branded as Easy2comply, for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Basel II compliance, operational risk management, information security management, HIPAA compliance, and internal audit management.
In 2005, Check Point tried to acquire intrusion prevention system developers Sourcefire for $225 million, but later withdrew its offer after it became clear US authorities (C.F.I.U.S) would try to block the acquisition.
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