Check Point named Leader in Gartner’s 2025 hybrid firewall report

Check Point Software Technologies has been positioned as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls for both execution and completeness of vision.

This placement reflects the company's focus on delivering high-performance firewall protection spanning on-premises environments, cloud deployments, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementations. Hybrid mesh firewalls are designed to secure the expanding perimeters of enterprise networks from evolving threats.

Network complexity

Enterprises are increasingly dealing with distributed workforces and digital infrastructure that extends the attack surface. The rise of siloed systems and new cyber threats presents ongoing challenges to chief information security officers (CISOs) and security teams seeking to close security gaps and maintain defences.

Check Point's Hybrid Mesh Network Security solution is designed to address these complexities with a combination of AI-powered, real-time threat prevention, zero trust security principles, and unified management. The solution aims to provide consistent policy enforcement and visibility across distributed networks.

Gartner assessment

The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors on several criteria, including their ability to execute and the completeness of their vision for hybrid mesh firewalls. The analyst firm's recognition is widely cited among security practitioners as a reference point for technology planning.

"We are honoured to be acknowledged as a Leader in the Gartner Magic QuadrantTM for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls," said Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer at Check Point Software. "Our open platform approach delivers industry-leading network security with the flexibility to integrate with third-party systems. As a longstanding cyber security leader, we are committed to providing organizations the agility, optimal user experience, and cost efficiency they need to stay protected."

Technical details

According to Check Point, its recognition is underpinned by a series of technical differentiators within its hybrid mesh firewall platform. The company highlights its AI-powered threat prevention capability, which is driven by the Infinity ThreatCloud AI system. This platform collects intelligence from millions of endpoints and over 150,000 networks, enabling what the company describes as a 99.9% block rate against cyber attacks.

The Unified Management feature is also presented as a key strength, allowing for integrated network security operations that centralise and orchestrate protection across all user access points. This consolidated approach is designed to eliminate technology silos and coverage gaps, while also supporting cross-domain threat response, proactive firewall performance management with AIOps, and compliance.

Additionally, the solution's open platform is modular and supports integration with over 250 third-party security systems. This allows organisations to build multi-vendor security stacks with built-in automation and AI-driven tools, aiming to remove gaps caused by separate, non-communicating systems.

Customer perspective

Check Point credits its position as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant to advances in its security operations and a broad portfolio covering different aspects of enterprise defence. Feedback from customers supports this view.

One testimonial comes from Chris Newman, Senior IT Director at Denver Broncos, who said, "we wanted to have a single pane of glass to monitor the security of our inside network as well as our perimeter and cloud applications. Our team leverages Check Point Quantum Firewalls, Quantum Maestro Hyperscale Network Security, CloudGuard and Harmony Email Security & Collaboration to prevent threats across the organisation's entire attack surface."

He went on to add, "Check Point gives us a great way to consolidate that security viewpoint, so we're not jumping between different systems if an alert comes up. It frees my team up to focus on other areas of technology that we have to tackle, especially during game day."

Context

Hybrid mesh firewall solutions are growing in importance as enterprises combine legacy on-premises systems and modern cloud-based workloads. Maintaining consistent security policies and oversight across these environments remains a priority for security teams.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant report covers the competitive landscape, helping organisations select technology partners for security approaches that meet their operational and strategic needs.