Check Point Named Leader and Fast Mover in 2026 GigaOm Radar Report for Application and API Security

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced today that it has been named a Leader and a Fast Mover in the 2026 GigaOm Radar Report for Application and API Security. This marks the third consecutive year that Check Point has earned a leadership position. The evaluation recognized Check Point's Web Application Firewall (WAF) for its high detection accuracy and its ability to protect the latest web applications and APIs without disrupting legitimate traffic or business operations. GigaOm analyst Kirk Ryan stated, "Our evaluation revealed that Check Point provides highly accurate and reliable protection against sophisticated automated attacks, zero-day exploits, and emerging API threats. Check Point's WAF delivers exceptional performance, maintaining the performance and availability essential for digital business in high-security environments where precision is critical and false positives must be minimized." GigaOm evaluated 17 leading application and API security solutions and positioned Check Point in the "Maturity/Platform Play" quadrant. The report highly praised Check Point's ability to deliver comprehensive Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) capabilities, enabling customers to protect modern applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while simplifying operational management. Key strengths recognized include: * **Stronger Threat Prevention and Reduced False Positives:** Check Point's WAF's dual AI engine architecture combines pattern recognition with contextual and behavioral analysis to detect advanced and unknown zero-day threats with high accuracy, without relying on signatures or manual tuning. This allows customers to block attacks while minimizing false positives that can disrupt legitimate traffic. * **Improved and Simplified API Protection:** Automated API discovery, schema validation, and built-in protection against common API attacks such as BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization) and BOPA (Broken Object Property Level Authorization) enable rapid identification and security assurance for APIs exposed as environments expand. * **Integrating Security into Modern Development Workflows:** Check Point's WAF supports CI/CD integration, Terraform IaC (Infrastructure as Code) compatibility, and an API-first architecture, helping security teams and developers embed protection directly into development pipelines, enabling rapid releases while maintaining strong security and compliance. The report also highlighted Check Point's high security effectiveness. In the 2026 WAF Comparative Test, Check Point achieved a 99.3% detection rate with a low false positive rate of only 0.81%. It also scored above the market average in key evaluation criteria such as machine learning capabilities, security event management, and core protection. Integrated with Check Point's Hybrid Mesh Network Architecture, this platform provides unified protection across network, cloud, and application layers, enhancing the overall security posture of organizations while reducing complexity. As organizations increasingly rely on APIs, microservices, and AI-driven applications, security teams are tasked with protecting a rapidly expanding attack surface without hindering innovation. Check Point's WAF offers robust protection beyond traditional WAAP capabilities by helping organizations secure newly prevalent AI-enabled applications and services. Paul Barbosa, VP of Cloud Security at Check Point, stated, "Applications and APIs are the bedrock of modern digital business. GigaOm's evaluation validates that Check Point's WAF, from day one of customer deployment, enables a prevention-first mode of operation and provides the simple, high-accuracy protection required by modern, AI-driven applications. Our products, through this approach, stop new threats early. This has been demonstrated by Check Point's WAF protecting customers before actual exploitation of React2Shell." Check Point's WAF protects applications powering online banking, government services, retail platforms, critical infrastructure, and emerging AI workloads. It automatically blocks zero-day attacks and advanced API exploitation while ensuring legitimate users can access services without disruption. **Download the Report** The full GigaOm Radar Report for Application and API Security can be downloaded from here. Discover Check Point's leadership in prevention-first security, excellent security effectiveness, and cloud-native innovation. This press release is based on the press release published in English on April 2, 2026, US time. **Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements** This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future events or the future financial and operational performance of our company. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our product and solution expectations, future growth outlook, expansion of industry leadership, enhancement of shareholder value, and the delivery of industry-leading cybersecurity platforms to customers worldwide. These expectations and projections may not materialize, and actual future results or events may differ materially due to risks and uncertainties. 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