Check Point Acquires Lakera to Enhance AI Protection

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a pioneer and global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced an agreement to acquire Lakera, one of the world’s leading AI-native security platforms for agent AI applications. The acquisition enables Check Point to set a new standard in cybersecurity, providing a complete end-to-end AI security stack designed to protect enterprises as they accelerate their adoption of AI.

“AI is transforming every business process, but it is also creating new attack surfaces ,” said Nadav Zafrir, CEO of Check Point.
“We chose Lakera because of its AI-native security, superior accuracy, and fast processing at scale. Together, we and Lakera are setting the standard for how businesses adopt and trust AI.”

Enterprises are rapidly incorporating large-scale language models, generative AI, and autonomous agents into core business flows. While this accelerates innovation, it also expands the attack surface, including risks posed by data leakage, model manipulation, multi-agent collaboration, and autonomous decision-making. As data becomes the new executable and the internet of agents takes shape, real-time, AI-native security is becoming a business imperative.

Also Read: LRM Secures ¥200M Funding for Securio Cloud Service

Check Point is already securing this transformation through GenAI Protect, SaaS and API security, advanced data loss prevention, and machine learning-driven defenses for applications, cloud, and endpoints. Now, with Lakera, Check Point is extending these capabilities to deliver one of the industry’s first end-to-end AI security stacks. By combining Lakera’s runtime protection with the AI-driven Check Point Infinity Architecture, enterprises can secure the full AI lifecycle – models, agents, and data – giving them the peace of mind to innovate at scale without compromise.

“Lakera is excited to partner with NVIDIA to bring the power of AI to the cloud,” said David Haber, co-founder and CEO of Lakera.

“Lakera was founded for the AI ​​era, with real-time runtime security and research at its core. Joining Check Point will enable us to accelerate and expand our mission globally. Together we will protect LLMs, generative AI, and agents with the speed, accuracy, and guardrails enterprises need to confidently embrace AI.”

Lakera was founded by AI experts from Google and Meta, purpose-built for AI-native environments. The company operates major AI research and development centers in Zurich and San Francisco. Its flagship solutions, Lakera Red and Lakera Guard, provide pre-deployment posture assessment and real-time runtime execution to protect LLMs, AI agents, and multimodal workflows. Lakera’s platform combines advanced runtime protection with continuous red teaming and is powered by Gandalf, the global leader in adversarial AI networks. This unique approach ensures evolving defenses that stay ahead of emerging AI threats, giving enterprises the confidence to deploy AI securely and at scale. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies worldwide, Lakera is backed by a team of 11 PhDs, ensuring both technical rigor and enterprise-grade resilience.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Lakera will form the foundation of Check Point’s global center of excellence for AI security, accelerating AI security research, innovation and integration across the Check Point Infinity Platform , establishing Check Point as a global leader in AI-driven enterprise security and shaping the future of AI security.

SOURCE: PRTimes