Check Point Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall

• 14 Sep 2026
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, has announced it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall. The recognition comes as Check Point continues to advance its Hybrid Mesh Network Security strategy, most recently with the introduction of the Check Point AI Network Firewall to help organisations secure AI adoption. The innovation makes Check Point the first to deliver AI security from the physical firewall organisations already run, enabling enterprises to extend AI security capabilities without deploying additional infrastructure.   AI is reshaping enterprise environments faster than traditional security architectures can adapt. According to Check Point Research’s latest AI Security Report, AI-powered intrusions are becoming increasingly common, while vulnerability exploitation windows have shrunk from days to hours. Meanwhile, organisations are rapidly expanding their use of AI applications, autonomous agents, workforce AI tools, and AI infrastructure, even as only 5% have full visibility into AI tool usage across their organisation, according to Check Point's 2026 Cloud Security Report. This lack of visibility, combined with an increasingly aggressive threat landscape, is creating new security challenges that require a more unified approach to protection.

To help organisations navigate this shift, Check Point combines AI-powered threat prevention, advanced threat intelligence, and unified security management into a single platform. By using the network as the vehicle for securing AI transformation, Check Point enables organisations to apply consistent protections across users, applications, AI workloads, and infrastructure while reducing operational complexity. This approach extends from workforce AI and AI applications to emerging AI data center environments. 

"Enterprise security has reached a turning point," said Jonathan Zanger, Chief Technology Officer at Check Point Software Technologies. "AI is transforming how organisations operate and multiplying the environments they have to defend, from applications and agents to entirely new infrastructure. We believe our recognition as a Leader reflects a platform built for exactly that: Hybrid Mesh Network Security, which keeps protection consistent from the enterprise edge to the AI data centre, now managed with agentic orchestration.”