Gil Shwed
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Gil Shwed גיל שוויד | |
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Gil Shwed (Hebrew: גיל שוויד, fl. c. 2000) is an Israeli programmer and entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO and chairman of board of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.[1]
In 1993, Shwed invented and patented stateful inspection.[1] Most of the currently used technologies are similar to it.[citation needed] After serving in the army he with two Check Point co-founders used his experience in the Israel Defense Forces's Unit 8200[2] to write the first version of FireWall-1 which was released in 1994.
In June 2005 Shwed received an honorary Doctor of science from the Technion.[3]
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External links
- Gil Shwed biography at Check Point Home Page