Check Point Software recently announced the company leads the worldwide market share for Firewall Equipment in Q4 2014 and FY 2014, according to research published by Gartner.

Gartner’s Market Share Enterprise Network Equipment research states:
* Check Point leads worldwide market share with 23% of the Firewall Equipment market in Q4 2014.
* Check Point’s number one market share position represents an 8,2 and 10,9 percentage point lead over the two nearest competitors ranked in the Firewall Equipment market in Q4 2014.
* Check Point leads worldwide market share with 22,7% of the Firewall Equipment market in FY 2014.
* Check Point’s number one market share position represents a 6,8 and 11,2 percentage point lead over the two nearest competitors ranked in the Firewall Equipment market in FY 2014.

“We take pride in Check Point’s number one position in the Firewall Equipment market as we strive to protect our customers and partners from the changing threat landscape,” says Doros Hadjizenonos, sales manager at Check Point South Africa. “We work tirelessly to safeguard against tomorrow’s threats by delivering innovation across our platform to allow our customers to run their businesses worry-free knowing they’re protected.”

Check Point continues to be a trusted security partner to organisations of all sizes, working to ensure their businesses do not suffer from cyber-attacks. Check Point’s recently published Cyber Security Guide states, “Security does not need to be the enemy of innovation. A robust security approach can do more than just protect the company from attack; it can also spur migration to more comprehensive foundational technologies that can advance your business.”

Check Point’s award-winning security solutions protect organisations of all sizes and complexity to ensure businesses run as usual. To maximise flexibility, Check Point security appliances are designed to support any combination of the company’s Software Blade Architecture, including four pre-defined security packages: Next Generation Firewall, Next Generation Threat Prevention, Next Generation Data Protection and Next Generation Secure-Web Gateway.