Check Point Software Technologies acquires Avanan, to redefine security for cloud email Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a foremost provider of cyber security solutions to corporate enterprises ...

Check Point will spend between $250 million and $300 million to buy Avanan, making it one of the biggest acquisitions in company history, larger even than its purchase of cloud security vendor Dome9.

According to US-based enterprise cybersecurity company Avanan, hackers are increasingly using Google Docs ' productivity features to slip malicious links past spam filters and cyber security tools.