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Revenue by Geographic Area (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Geographical Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 1,495,816us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,394,105us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,342,695us-gaap_Revenues
Americas Principally U S
Schedule Of Geographical Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	729,933us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AmericasPrincipallyUSMember	647,533us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AmericasPrincipallyUSMember	603,605us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AmericasPrincipallyUSMember
Europe
Schedule Of Geographical Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	550,811us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	533,717us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	509,533us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember
Asia Middle East And Africa
Schedule Of Geographical Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 215,072us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AsiaMiddleEastAndAfricaMember	$ 212,855us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AsiaMiddleEastAndAfricaMember	$ 229,557us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = chkp_AsiaMiddleEastAndAfricaMember

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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