Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] Reviews

We use it as a firewall for network segmentation, malware prevention, VPN, and a lot more. The product helps to separate clients from server networks and protects internet traffic. 

It also helps secure different kinds of applications and user surfing traffic, whether it’s classic proxy functions with URL filtering, anti-phishing protection, or malware sandboxing, just to name a few. You can also use it as a VPN endpoint for client and site-to-site VPN infrastructure that interacts with different kinds of vendors.

This product has now served more than 30 years in the market and has evolved tremendously over the years. Check Point administration and management help you through visibility and performance. Even though its price is high, you have one management platform that has a great user experience and is easy to use. 

The log viewer and its indexing is especially useful. It can lower your administration time and can also be used with an API. If you want a perfect and centralized solution that gives you fast access to all of your network areas, this is the right product. The new AI functions will speed up the administration even more.

One of the main use cases of Check Point VPN-1 [EOL] in our company is to provide secure remote access to all the devices of our collaborators. Previously, our company had its entire data center on-premises, which is why it was one of the tools that was used to provide protection between external and internal communications.

Four years ago, our company began to make innovations in the area of technology in many applications, so many of our servers migrated to the Azure cloud and this brought with it many changes.

Check Point VPN-1 helped us a lot in our company by protecting against external threats through firewall protection and its VPN functionalities which gave access to external entities to our infrastructure. The tool helped us a lot in preventing vulnerabilities, including detecting and preventing malicious activities. With its extensive security features, we managed a lot to keep our entire environment safe and well monitored, and it helped us a lot in improving security posture and being vigilant in case of new danger.

In the nascent years, the golden years, when we were applying content filtering and perimeter security, and we were beginners when it came to being able to configure or have a truly established network, we found a solution to control and have remote access to what is known as Check Point VPN-1. It was one of the solutions that allowed us to have connectivity from the different branches to remote sites, such as the wolf houses and other branches that the company had, and also allowed us to filter content.

It allowed us to have content filtering and commercially available firewall perimeter management that had been available since 1997. It was very functional and was one of the best brands that had been securing the network. This system is installed, and as such, it allows us to set up a stack of protocols, files, and processes that would give us functionality and differentiate us from the market against the competition we had today and thus be able to be better and safer when establishing a perimeter line of defense.

The application control of the solution is something that I find very valuable.

The reporting from the file or reporting from mobile access needs improvement. The solution, in general, could use better reporting tools.

I've had issues in the past with one bug, but it has since been resolved with the help of technical support.