Gil Shwed
Gil Shwed · Economics & Business
Check Point Software and Stateful Firewall
1968, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
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Gil Shwed is an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded Check Point Software Technologies in 1993 and co-invented stateful inspection, the firewall technology that became a foundation of modern network security. He built Check Point into one of the world's leading cybersecurity companies and is often called a founding figure of Israel's cyber industry. Shwed is a Jewish Israeli, born and raised in Jerusalem.
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Check Point Software and Stateful Firewall
Source: Enterprise cybersecurity pioneer
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