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Technology & Engineering

Gil Schweid

Who

Gil Schweid · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1968, Jerusalem, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Gil Schweid is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Gil Shwed is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Check Point in 1993 and invented and patented stateful inspection, the basis of the modern network firewall, released as FireWall-1 in 1994. He led Check Point to become the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity company and received the first Israel Prize in technology in 2018. He is a Jewish Israeli.

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Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS

Contributions & Sources

Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS