- Marius Nacht
Marius Nacht (
Hebrew : מאריוס נכט) is anIsrael i programmer and entrepreneur. He is a founder, director and Senior Vice President ofCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.Nacht earned a B.Sc. cum laude in physics and mathematics from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1983, and an M.Sc.in electrical engineering and communication systems fromTel-Aviv University in 1987.Nacht has served as a director of
Check Point since its inception in 1993. In 1999, he was appointed Senior Vice President. Since 2001, he has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. [ [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=888932 Marius Nacht Profile - Forbes.com ] ]Before founding Check Point, Nacht spent nine years in the
Israeli Air Force . [ [http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/comment/050526_marius_nacht.htm Infosecurity ] ] He was a software development manager atOptrotech and co-founded the Graphic Arts Division.In 1993, together with
Gil Shwed , he invented and patented Stateful Inspection, now a de facto standard technology.Fact|date=February 2008 He was also one of the developers ofFireWall-1 , the company's software solution.References
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