Check Point controls 20% of Romania’s IT security market

The Israeli Check Point company is the only one in the world to provide a firewall product capable of filtering data traffic for 3G and the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). 

Check Point opened its office in Romania in October 2006 and the decision was made because it was felt that the market had reached a maturity level that demanded direct presence. 

The company's clients are operating on the financial-banking, telecommunications and oil industry segments. "Check Point targets mainly large companies. Most large companies in the financial-banking, telecommunication, and governmental sectors are Check Point clients," said Barnea.

Check Point's partners in Romania are: Omnilogic (Gold Partner), Global United Services, Romsys, S&T (Silver Partners), Infosecad, New Tech Consulting, Omnent, Total Network Solutions (Bronze Partners), and Provision Software Division (Authorized Distributor).

The value of the Romanian security solution market amounts to an annual $10 million (€7.35 mln), according to Barnea, of which 60 percent constitutes antivirus products and 40 percent complex products such as: Virtual Private Network (VPN), firewall, antispam, antispyware, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) filters, and intrusion preventing and detecting systems.
Security solution market's value reached $8.5 mln (€6.25 mln) in 2006, according to International Data Corporation, the leading global provider of market intelligence.

Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world, and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets.
The company posted $176.2 mln (€129.5 mln) worth of revenues in the second quarter of 2007, increasing 27 percent year-on-year. Check Point solutions are available on the Romanian market simultaneously with their launch on international markets.