Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade Valuable Features

Dushyant Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP BASIS Consultant at Gujarat Gas Limited

The policies and port blocking are the most valuable features. We have a significant amount of spam emails passing through our network. Before this, we had a Tipping Point solution.

We previously implemented the Tipping Point solution, but it didn't work effectively in our environment. That's why we replaced Tipping Point with Cisco Check Point.

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SHRINKHALA SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Advertising Standards Council of India

It offers a high detection rate of spam and spam mail.

There is complete restriction and entry blockage of potential threats.

It permanently blocks suspicious threats and sources to avoid future attacks.

There's a good trial period provided for complete testing and usage of functionalities by businesses.

There are extremely low false positives which is very rare today in alternative security solutions.

It blocks suspicious IP domains and addresses to restrict any unauthorized entry into our IT system.

It's a cheap alternative to its competitors and offers wide acceptability in the market by many.

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AshleyMorales - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud computing at ITQS

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is very good for the security of emails. In addition to that, it has several very good features that form an excellent tool.

There are two key features that are most important for the organization. One is the filtering of spam and the blocking of unwanted emails so that all of our employees are focused and receive emails without any malware. 

Another feature is its compliance with regulations which helps us to have safety standards.

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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade
April 2024
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AS
Complaints analysis/investigation at compugana

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade has several very valuable features, such as:

  • Advanced Spam Filtering to identify and block unwanted email messages.
  • Phishing protection to block malicious email messages.
  • Encryption and data loss prevention to protect email communications.
  • Compliance to help comply with various regulations and standards.

All these functions and others that the tool offers are very valuable in order to protect your email system against any external or internal malicious attacks.

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Fabian Miranda - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud computing at Tech Data Limited

Since the engine is made to block by IP, domains, and reputation, we minimized the spam threats that end up in the user's mailbox. 

Security admins can configure everything with flexible settings that adapt to the different access levels we authorize based on company roles. 

The fact that the standards are kept high even though we have a big organization takes away the stress of thinking that some of these blades lower the catch rate when traffic is high, and since there are hundreds of people working with us, traffic is always high.

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SJ
Java DeveloperJava at Playtech

It blocks spam and malware attacks across a secure email connection. It scrutinizes emails to ascertain whether the sender and the receiver are authenticated to share a given information. 

The content-based anti-spam tools ensure the attached files and any information being shared among teams are safe and free from attacks. 

It prevents advanced forms of spam, including image-based and foreign language spam, using pattern-based detection. The block and allow list for anti-spam denies email offenders and only allows approved trusted users. This enhances our data safety.

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Raj Kumar07 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI)

This is a cost-effective solution for the security of email servers.

Blocking the accurately identified spammers and source points has been effective.

Blocking the spammers through IP addresses and identifying sender/source points ensure there is no false detection. All the identified spammers are correct in almost 99% of cases.

SMTP and POP3 traffic is completely checked for any unauthorized entry and blockage of any suspicious entrant to secure the system instantly.

Following the Anti Spam Policy of the organization in the most accurate and legitimate manner possible without any slips.

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Anuj V. - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ANALYTICS EDGE

The solution offers a robust architecture of virus and spammer detection. 

The introduction of the software in our IT system has resulted in strengthened security for mail servers and IT system end to end.

Strong reporting and monitoring dashboard offers an overall view of data insights in real-time

Blocking of spam emails and their origin/source points is good. There's no trouble in the operation, deployment, and integration of the same with our internal dashboard.The IT system is effortless and smooth.

Logging and monitoring of an anti-spam mail server is available and runs continuously.

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Shrinkhala Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

It is a highly cost-effective solution for securing email security blades. The solution ensures end-to-end, round-the-clock protection from threat attempts such as malware and ransomware. 

The speed and stability of the software and system are great. It helps us achieve end-to-end email protection. 

It is a scalable, replicable, and highly stable solution that is easily accessible and can be easily integrated and deployed.

It blocks zero-day threat attacks and attempts in the most efficient manner and brings efficiency to the system.

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Shyam Lal Navatiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at EY India

The scanning and checking of SMTP and POP3 traffic is not always 100%. The directional scanning left some of the incoming mail unchecked quite often, which carries a higher malware risk. It needs to be improved to bring the efficacy to 100%. Still, it is one of the best solutions in the market for creating a risk-free and virus and malware-free environment where we can do our business activities freely without any tension.

The software is one of the most cost-effective solutions. However, now the competition is coming up with extremely low-end costing models, which is attracting us more than ever. It is high time that they should redefine the cost strategy and models from a new lens so that we can attract and retain more new and existing customers.

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Priyanshu Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Specialist at Tech Mahindra

There are highly productive features, including threat detection, spam, email blocking, and security.

It's great against organized email phishing attacks and offers advanced 2FA authentication.

There is third-party integration possible. There are many other customized tools that can act as a booster to some already great services. 

It creates a healthy environment for mass adoption of Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security.

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Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS

Of all the features that Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security Software Blade brings, all of them fulfill different functions. The one I liked the most is content-based anti-spam. It does a better job of recognizing spammers. It does reconnaissance against advanced forms of spam, including image-based and foreign-language spam, using pattern-based detection. From what I was reading, it has a proprietary algorithm to create unique, fingerprint-like signatures of email messages and practically uses AI.

I also like the flexible configuration set. Both the content-based anti-spam, IP, and text string databases are updated on a schedule, which can be adjusted in the sheet options. It is possible to create and use the custom block list for the anti-spam sheet in the policy that we have configured.

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Jonathan Ramos G. - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at ITQS

The anti-spam feature helps to verify the reputation of the databases in a reputational way. It manages to compare each request with a complete base of IP addresses. This layer eliminates around 70 percent of the attacks that enter through and are part of the most common attacks that our less expert users receive. We are now capable of differentiating this type of incident. This database is constantly updated to protect the equipment and thus validate if these addresses.

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BD
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

This solution is hosted in an inline mode for the protection of inbound, outbound, and internal email communication. It does not require any change in MX entry on the DNS Server for routing traffic to the service provider for Email Security.

The complete solution can be hosted on-premises for environments where the organization has an on-premises email solution, and it will remain invisible to the attacker.

This solution can be integrated with SandBlast Technology provided by Check Point and its most effective solution is breach prevention. 

It can be extended to the cloud as well, for protecting cloud-hosted email.

The solution can be monitored on a single dashboard with actionable insights and reporting.

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CK
Executive IT Operations at Indian Immunologicals Limited

I find the Next-Gen firewall with SandBlast technology the most valuable feature. It is good for stopping attacks.

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Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant- Cyber Security at Ivalue Infosolution

Anti-spam and malware phishing are valuable features of the solution.

In Email Security Software Blade, if you talk about anti-spam, it is very useful for those customers who are using Microsoft 365's Office Suite or Exchange mail servers. Every customer suggests that you have to use an anti-spam solution or anti-phishing solution. It is used as an email security solution.

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NG
Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Email filtering. The software can filter incoming emails to identify and block spam and other unwanted messages.

Malware detection. The software can detect and block malware attachments and links in emails. This is important for preventing malware infections and other security threats.

DLP features can help prevent sensitive information from being leaked via email. This may involve scanning emails for specific types of content or attachments and then either blocking or encrypting those emails.

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Hugo Alexis Espinoza Naranjo - PeerSpot reviewer
Perimeter Security Administrator at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Check Point offers us flexibility when it comes to customizing the configurations that we want to manage, thus allowing us to meet the specific needs of our company. It can be customized in such a way that it allows us to block certain unwanted emails, such as emails from a specific sender, domains, or email addresses, generating an email policy that meets the needs of our institution and being efficient, fast, and secure.

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JH
Database Administrator at Ordina

It is easy to integrate with other applications and operate. New users find it flexible to work with this tool and interact with all the features. 

The customer support staff provides 24/7 live support to ensure the system keeps on running and helps customers who request any help. 

Maintenance costs are efficient, and the setup process takes a few minutes. 

The spam filtering feature saves and stops the spread of viruses. 

The user dashboards provide results based on real-time insights that enable teams to plan and set achievable objectives.

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Ankita  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Developer at Capegemini Consulting India Private Limited

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides multiple support and services. Some of the most valuable ones are the complete solution against phishing emails and the ability to block emails.

It allows for restoration along with email synchronization and viewing, sending/receiving, and multi-file transfer with a single click.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides an extra level of security against threats and malware along with 2FA support for multiple platform collaboration and integrations in a single click.

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OP
Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group
  1. I like the flexible configuration set, e.g. both the content-based and the IP reputation anti-spam are supported, but you may choose to disable the mechanism you don't like.
  2. The databases of IPs and text strings are updated as per schedule, which can be adjusted in the blade options.
  3. It is possible to create and use the custom block list for the anti-spam blade in the policy, which we have configured.
  4. When you have the IPS software blade purchased and activated, the emails are checked by the email IPS protections, thus increasing the security level even more.
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Gaurav Amar - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Vice present at PVR Ltd

The features that I like the best are message encryption and message validation.

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CA
Cybersecurity specialist at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees

This product integrates well and is easy to manage.

It is certainly very beneficial for a small business and works best in combination with other Check Point blades, such as the Data Protection Blade that protects against data loss via email.

It is useful for having alerts on the e-mail traffic trends. 

This solution is ideal for a small business or if you have a mail server in the cloud and most of the spam is blocked by the provider. It is not good for large email flows. If you require or move to large mail flows, the solution needs to be changed. 

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Saurabh-Pal - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

This solution is very efficient. 

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LD
Cloud Support at a tech company with 1-10 employees

This tool provides several quite interesting features:

1- Ease of Implementation through Check Point Security Management makes it so that it can be implemented through your blade.

2- The blocking policies are very effective. You can provide denial policies by IPs or even by reputation.

3- Monitoring what happens in the perimeter helps verify the tool's behavior in the face of threats, in addition to improving some current vulnerabilities to debug better as we spend time with the tool.

It is an easy-to-use, very good tool.

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Diana Alvarado - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Admin at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

With checkpoint blade anti-spam and email security software we have found great features that helped us protect our infrastructure and email, such as:

-Anti spam policies controlled by reputation, domain, ips, which generated greater control and complete reduction of spam in the company.

-Blade integration with our gateway system.

-Complete administration from checkpoint security management server.

- Easy handling and intuitive administration.

It really is easy, powerful and safe for our company, we liked what it gave us.

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ALEXANDER STEPHENS - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Lead at Global New Age Media

The antivirus is easy to use and fast with a good signature database that is updated in real-time.

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JA
Information Technology Support Analyst at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is quite reliable. The solution had stayed reliable up until recently when we applied new updates while having a high memory usage which ultimately affected our network traffic. So far, the solution has been good.

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Hazel Zuñiga Rojas - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrative Assistant at Tecapro

One of the most outstanding characteristics it has given to our organization and each of our collaborators is that it is not very invasive. The installation has been easy for us and has given us better service than the last generation. It is no longer like the old applications where we had to install user-by-user. The functionality is better. You can place it on your computers, and it is faster when deploying and protecting each one of our accounts. It's helped us avoid a great number of attacks.

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Edwin Solano Salmeron - PeerSpot reviewer
Soporte técnico superior at Acobo

It has provided us with an easy way to avoid invasive mail. When users are constantly receiving advertising attacks, it helps to offer verification of the domains from each of those alerts and to have filtering without the need to get directly to the user. It provides users with less noise when receiving emails. They do not get unnecessary emails and spam has largely stopped. 

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VN
System and Network Administrator at Auriga - The banking e-volution

This product integrates well and is easy to manage.

It is certainly very beneficial for a small business and works best in combination with other Check Point blades, such as the Data Protection Blade that protects against data loss via email.

It is useful for having alerts on the e-mail traffic trend.

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it_user80709 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Professional

Mail sanitisation features are second to none.

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Buyer's Guide
Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.