Cybersecurity is entering a new era. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), one of the global giants in the sector, has announced the acquisition of Lakera, a leading platform in native security for agentic AI applications. With this move, the Israeli company sets a new standard: an end-to-end security stack specifically designed to protect AI models, autonomous agents, and the data fueling these technologies.
“AI is transforming every business process, but it also opens new attack surfaces,” said Nadav Zafrir, CEO of Check Point. “We chose Lakera because it brings native AI security, superior accuracy, and scalability. Together, we are setting the benchmark for companies to adopt and trust artificial intelligence.”
The new frontier of cybersecurity: protecting AI agents
The integration of language models, generative AI, and autonomous agents in business workflows is accelerating innovation… but also risk.
The attack surface multiplies:
- Model manipulation through prompt injection.
- Sensitive data exposure in seemingly harmless queries.
- Unsupervised multi-agent collaboration, with automated decisions that can go out of control.
Check Point already had solutions for this transformation: GenAI Protect, SaaS and API security, advanced data loss prevention (DLP), and machine learning-based defenses for applications, cloud, and endpoints. But with Lakera, the company broadens its scope toward one of the first comprehensive AI security stacks on the market, adding real-time and globally scoped protection.
Lakera: AI DNA and security from the ground up
Founded by former experts from Google and Meta, Lakera was launched in 2021 with a clear goal: to secure AI from within. Its R&D centers in Zürich and San Francisco have developed solutions such as:
- Lakera Red: pre-deployment assessments to detect vulnerabilities.
- Lakera Guard: real-time protection for models, agents, and multimodal workflows.
Their approach is reinforced by Gandalf, a global adversarial red teaming network that provides over 80 million attack patterns, allowing the platform to continually adapt to emerging threats.
Among their clients are Fortune 500 companies and major tech firms that already trust their defenses.
Key strengths of the Lakera platform
- Native AI protection: designed from scratch for LLMs, generative AI, and autonomous agents.
- Accuracy and speed: detection rates over 98%, latency under 50 ms, and false positives below 0.5%.
- Continuous intelligence: real-time updates supported by a dedicated research team and Gandalf’s backing.
- Global coverage: support in over 100 languages, ensuring international deployments without protection gaps.
The future: a Global Center of Excellence in AI Security
With the closing of the deal expected in the fourth quarter of 2025, Check Point will turn Lakera into the basis for its new Global Center of Excellence in AI Security. This center will drive research, innovation, and the integration of new defenses into Check Point’s Infinity architecture.
David Haber, CEO and co-founder of Lakera, summarized it this way:
“Lakera was conceived for the AI era, with real-time security and research as core pillars. Joining Check Point will allow us to scale our mission globally and protect models, agents, and data with the accuracy and guarantees companies need to confidently adopt AI.”
Strategic points of the acquisition
- Leadership consolidation: Check Point positions itself as a leader in AI security against competitors like Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft Defender for AI.
- Business resilience: organizations will be able to adopt generative AI and autonomous agents without compromising data confidentiality or integrity.
- Scalability: from pilot programs to large deployments across sectors such as finance, healthcare, industry, and defense.
- Technological convergence: integrating Lakera with Check Point’s Infinity architecture, which already covers network, cloud, endpoints, and applications.
Conclusion
The acquisition of Lakera marks a before and after in AI security. Until now, CISOs and CIOs saw AI as a difficult risk to manage, but Check Point promises to unify protection of models, agents, and data in real-time under a single umbrella.
AI thus becomes a safer tool to boost corporate competitiveness, without companies needing to hold back their adoption due to fears of invisible attacks.
Check Point takes a decisive step: from cybersecurity pioneer to architect of comprehensive AI security.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What does Lakera contribute compared to traditional security solutions?
Lakera is specifically designed for AI and autonomous agents, covering risks such as prompt injection, model manipulation, or data leaks in generative AI workflows.
2. Which sectors will benefit most from this integration?
Finance, healthcare, defense, and Industry 4.0, where AI adoption is rapid but security requirements are critical.
3. What differentiates Check Point post-acquisition?
It becomes one of the first providers capable of offering an end-to-end AI security stack, integrating protection from model to data.
4. When will the deal be finalized?
The closing is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to usual regulatory approvals.