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Gil Shwed
גיל שוויד

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]

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.scmagazineuk.com/sc-magazine-interviews-gil-shwed-co-founder-of-check-point/article/149389/
  2. ^ The Unit - Forbes.com
  3. ^ http://pard.technion.ac.il/update/honorlist.html

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