13 Feb Check Point Software Technologies achieves highest ranking in security benchmark report

Check Point Software Technologies has achieved a near-perfect score of 99.7% malware block rate and 99/9% phishing prevention rate in Miercom’s Next Generation Firewall Security Benchmark 2023 report.

To compile the report Miercom put the industry’s top four firewalls through a series of intense malware and phishing prevention tests. The average malware block rate for Check Point Software Technologies’ competitors stood at just 54.1%.

Eyal Manor, VP of Product Management at Check Point Technologies Software, said: “The report validates the effectiveness of our prevention-first, collaborative approach to Cyber Security. Check Point Quantum Cyber Security Platform Titan solution and its position in the market, revolutionises threat prevention and security management.”

As a result of Check Point Software’s performance, Miercom awarded Check Point Quantum Next-Gen Firewall Miercom’s Certified Secure Award – the highest award for competitive, hands-on testing.

“Based on our test findings and observations, we can see that Check Point Quantum excels in all the security efficacy testing categories,” said Rob Smithers, CEO at Miercom. “Check Point Quantum Next-Gen Firewall was superior in advanced threat prevention and offers the best protection against the latest generation of cyberattacks including Zero+1 Day Malware Malware based on recent competitive testing.”