Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) Reviews

I am no longer working with Barracuda products and have shifted to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is used within my company.

The features I find most valuable include the reporting, detection rate of the firewall, and automatic blocking of content in inbound traffic.

I utilize only the Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) firewall and am not using any other Check Point products alongside it.

The features I find most valuable include the reporting, detection rate of the firewall, and automatic blocking of content in inbound traffic.

The benefits I have seen using it include reporting, the dashboard, and how it catches the logs. This is particularly valuable for a manager who has to deal with multiple things.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has impacted my organization positively so far.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) can be improved by bundling more products. As a consumer in the market, I would appreciate at least one or two extra features within the box.

Competitors in the market such as Palo Alto or Fortinet offer more features within their ecosystem. Palo Alto offers extra features within their offering, though it is expensive. If Check Point is not bidding competitively, people may let go of Check Point. The offerings and the price being paid sometimes make Check Point difficult to justify during the initial purchase.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is not very user-friendly. The UI is complex to understand initially, but once I became familiar with it, it became easier.

Exploring the full capabilities by just browsing the website is not possible. Visiting the website regularly is necessary if you are new to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).

I have been working with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for almost a year.

The initial setup was somewhat challenging. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers versatility and elasticity for expansion. In case of major workloads, I can vertically stack and grow by adding new hardware. The old and new hardware work in harmony together.

The technical support is quite good so far, particularly the local support.

Before finally choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), I evaluated other options including Fortinet and Palo Alto.

I finally chose Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) because of everything it offers. In my country, the pricing falls in the middle range. Palo Alto is the most expensive option, and Fortinet is the cheapest. I do not prefer Fortinet because I feel they are not very strong with detection. Palo Alto was too expensive for my budget.

The initial setup was somewhat challenging. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers versatility and elasticity for expansion. In case of major workloads, I can vertically stack and grow by adding new hardware. The old and new hardware work in harmony together.

It is very difficult to determine any return on investment with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) within a very short span of time. It has only been a year, so I may be able to assess this after another year or so.

Before finally choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), I evaluated other options including Fortinet and Palo Alto.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has a nominal impact on my organization. Currently, the landscape is mainly relying on identity. Based on the identity side, Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) does not have much responsibility within my premise or within my system architecture.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has impacted my confidence in secure cloud deployments and migrations. The product is not very user-friendly, and the UI is complex to understand initially, but once I became familiar with it, it became easier. Exploring the full capabilities by just browsing the website is not possible. Visiting the website regularly is necessary if you are new to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).

Public Cloud

I use Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) to protect my network assets on the firewall front, managing the inbound and outbound traffic for my cloud workload.

The biggest advantage of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for me is routing my traffic and whitelisting my outbound traffic to my vendors, partners, and clients. I am using it for both outbound and inbound traffic purposes. Whenever there was an inspection on the network front, I used network IPS. When whitelisting our applications on the inbound part, I whitelist the application control to my cloud users to connect those particular applications.

Integrating with other Check Point products is easy because Check Point offers a platform-based approach rather than a tool-based solution. Within one platform, I can integrate the tools so that I get the visibility.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has a significant impact on my confidence in secure cloud deployments and migrations. The experience is good. For providing internet access across my cloud platform, using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) means I can push the policy from a single console. Check Point has a gateway and a policy manager, so across unified policy, I can push it. An important feature with Check Point is object-level whitelisting. For example, I whitelist Office 365. I do not want to whitelist their IP. If I am whitelisting their object in the FQDN piece, there is no need to modify the IP. Sometimes Microsoft changes IPs, and we do not want to whitelist again and again. By whitelisting the object, life is simpler. We do not want to continuously whitelist the IPs.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) helps to reduce my organizational risk significantly. I would say that unified AI threat prevention is good. Compared to other solutions, it definitely reduces our threat prevention. I cannot specify a number because all products have different solutions, but I would say that the product detects the threat expectation at double nine.

The only negative aspect is that they have to improve the UI. The UI is very slow, and getting the graph details on the security performance metrics is lagging. That is the only thing I feel is not currently available in Check Point.

I would like to see improvements in the graphical aspect of the UI. They definitely have to enhance that.

I have been using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for six months since I started.

Since I have been using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for six months, I have not seen any glitches or downtime at all. The advantage with them is stability.

In terms of scalability, it is very easy to scale up or scale out based on my license and traffic pattern. If I do not size the proper traffic, then I have to buy the sizing. We have not come across any such situations.

Support is helpful and very responsive.

If I were to rate support from zero to ten points, I could give it eight point five or nine.

In terms of the installation procedure, the initial setup was complicated, but after that, the implementation is fine.

I am able to observe ROI with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), and I see some savings in terms of time or money.

If I were to quantify the ROI, I would say it is around fifteen to twenty percent.

In terms of price and license, I would say Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is not expensive. The pricing is moderate.

Check Point stands out, and I can confidently say it stands out.

My biggest challenge while deploying Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is arriving at the right architecture in the right place. I give this review an overall rating of nine.

Other

My main use case for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is to secure my Amazon Web Services, also known as AWS environment.

I use Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) to secure my AWS environment by configuring it to be the main entry point for any web request that comes into our EC2 servers. It is in the public subnet and has been configured to communicate with the private subnet.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has positively impacted my organization by mainly helping us secure our cloud environment at the network base. It was a bit cheaper than whatever AWS was offering. Being a network level of security, it was more aligned with what we were thinking as a use case.

The best features Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers for me are its Threat Protection and Check Point VPN facilities.

The Threat Protection feature helps me in my day-to-day work by actually protecting us from malicious requests getting in by itself. It has machine learning rules deployed on their end, which helps us identify and automatically block malicious requests coming in from the web.

Additionally, I was using RADIUS VPN and it is quite stable for providing site-to-site connectivity between my endpoints to my cloud environment.

The only thing I think can be improved about Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is their syslog logging facility. Currently, the logs that come into our SIEM platform via syslog are creating a lot of noise. If something had to be improved, I would suggest it improves its logging facility and provides more contextualized logs so that it is easier for security analysts to understand and make queries around it.

I have been using Check Point Cloud Firewall about three years.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is stable.

The scalability of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is pretty good and automated.

The customer support for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is pretty good.

I would rate the customer support a 10 out of 10 because it provides a lot of information and it quickly helps in resolving the issue.

I did not use any different solution than Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).

I was not a part of pricing, setup cost, or licensing.

I did not evaluate any other options before choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).

I have not compared Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) to any other solutions.

I would suggest that if your budget allows it and you know how to configure it properly, do go for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as it is a very good product to be used. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10 overall.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

I normally use Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to protect cloud workloads and control traffic between cloud resources. It is mostly for enforcing segmentation and managing security policies across different cloud environments.

A recent example of how I use Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to enforce segmentation or manage policies was when we deployed a new application tier in the cloud. I used CloudGuard to segment it from the rest of the environment and apply stricter threat prevention rules.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is deployed in the public cloud setup in my case.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security does provide unified security management across hybrid clouds as well as on-premises. Having policies and visibility centralized in one place makes operations much smoother. Instead of managing separate rule sets for cloud and on-premises, I can apply consistent policies across both and see all traffic flows in a single dashboard. That cuts down on configuration risk and makes troubleshooting faster.

I do utilize Check Point CloudGuard Network Security alongside other Check Point products. In my case, I use it alongside Quantum and Harmony Endpoint.

The best features in Check Point CloudGuard Network Security are the centralized cloud-native policy management, strong threat prevention for cloud traffic, and automatic discovery of cloud assets.

The most valuable feature of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security in my day-to-day work is the centralized cloud-native policy management. I can control all the clouds, which is very beneficial.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has helped us reduce misconfigurations and improve how quickly we can secure new cloud workloads. We have also had fewer issues with unexpected traffic because the visibility tools make it easier to spot problems.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has helped me reduce my organizational risk. The clear visibility into cloud traffic and the automatic adaptation to cloud changes reduced the chance of misconfigurations, which were one of our biggest risks. The number of policy-related issues we had to fix dropped noticeably once we started using it.

It has increased my confidence in secure cloud deployments and migrations quite a bit. Knowing that policy adjusts automatically when new resources come online makes migration less stressful. The consistent visibility across environments also helps because I can verify traffic flows.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could be improved with faster policy propagation across large multi-cloud environments and more intuitive dashboards for complex rule sets.

I have been using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for about one year and a half.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is stable.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security scales well as our cloud footprint grows. It handled adding more workloads and environments without major issues.

The customer support for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is very good and very helpful, but I think it could be better on higher complexity issues.

Negative

We used a mix of native cloud controls and some older firewall setups before Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. We switched because they did not give us the same level of unified visibility or consistent policies across environments.

Securing a new workload with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security now could take a few hours before because I had to map out network paths and build policies manually. Now, it usually takes under an hour. The automatic asset discovery and clear visibility shave off a good chunk of the setup time.

I purchased Check Point CloudGuard Network Security through the AWS Marketplace.

I cannot give a percentage for money, but we have seen a return mainly through time savings and fewer configuration-related issues with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security.

I have evaluated solutions that compete with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. We evaluated solutions from Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud, and also Azure. However, AWS with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security was much easier to implement, and that is why we prefer it.

We did evaluate other options before choosing Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. The main alternatives we evaluated were Palo Alto's Prisma Cloud and some of the native security tools from Azure. They work for certain use cases, but Check Point CloudGuard Network Security gave us a stronger unified policy management.

The core security features of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security work really well, but a few usability areas hold it back: the policy propagation speed and parts of the interface. I would give Check Point CloudGuard Network Security a rating of seven out of ten.

I would advise others looking into using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to first plan ahead. I recommend starting with a small pilot across one or two tiers, defining policy and segmentation baselines upfront.

We use Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for most of the things in the cloud. We protect our things, especially Microsoft emails. We also have things that are actually put in the clouds like our institution's backups which are in the cloud.

We integrated Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) with the on-premises solutions, the normal ones, the URL filtering, such products, and the normal Check Point to other Check Point blades.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) streamlines our security.

Some of the risks that we used to worry about are now taken care of, and we no longer have to worry about those risks.

In the process of migrating from cloud to on-premises and from on-premises to cloud, there are threats because we are still online and there are so many threats. With Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), we are guaranteed protection from end to end, from user to cloud and cloud to user.

First and foremost, I like the security of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). The security is good, and the cloud security is very good, especially when nowadays you don't know what's happening in the cloud. The cloud has become a bit complex, and there are so many people offering cloud services.

When you use Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), they guarantee you protection. That's why now you don't need to lose your sleep because your data is in somebody's cloud solution.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is very useful.

The pricing is a bit very high.

Especially when it comes to pricing, Palo Alto is cheaper. We have to compare pricing between the two solutions.

When they started with the cloud firewall, it has been about two to three years.

The ability to expand showed good progress. I can give it a 10.

The technical support is wonderful and perfect.

The setup is not very complex. It is a bit moderate.

We did the implementation in conjunction with Check Point technicians.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is a good product. The only issue is that the costing is too high.

We are in the process of doing a proof of concept of Palo Alto.

I have worked with Check Point as a product for the last 15 to 16 years, not on cloud.

We buy through partners.

We are the end-user and not a partner.

I would rate this review an 8 overall.

Hybrid Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

We use both on-premises and cloud solutions and work with both. Regarding the use cases for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), customers want to protect their infrastructure, and it was particularly valuable when part of the infrastructure is on-premises and another part is on the cloud. Government requirements sometimes mandate only on-premises infrastructure when these requirements are not present, necessitating this solution. Government customers often prefer the on-premises solution, as cloud options are not always suitable.

As a partner, the biggest advantage of the tool is simpler and easier implementation. I believe it is more reliable, particularly regarding electricity and non-stop business processes in companies because the major equipment is not in Ukraine territory. Some customers ask about cloud solutions because they seek safer options during dangerous situations.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) helps reduce organizational risk because it provides correct connections to cloud infrastructure and acts as a cloud access security broker. This function is critical in the first year of using this solution, allowing us to monitor our cloud infrastructure.

Check Point is the leader in gateways, and this is supported by Gartner, Forrester, and other review platforms. My customers with real cases also speak about this.

The major reason for choosing Check Point is that we have qualified engineers for this product, which influences my decision towards this solution. If you speak about small and medium-sized businesses, middle market, and the enterprise level, we provide appropriate solutions for these customers, and we use this vendor's solution. For smaller businesses, we also use other solutions, which are quieter.

All Check Point products are integrated with each other. We use Harmony, we use solutions from gateways, Harmony, Quantum Group solutions, web application firewall, and SmartCM, which is a tool for log analysis and visibility. We use more than fifty percent of the portfolio.

Regarding negative aspects about Check Point, previous issues included productivity metrics. Check Point solutions often do not provide as much productivity for machines' CPUs, and the implementation requires qualified engineers. It is not an easy solution to implement, and the price is above average—at least three points regarding these factors.

I have been working with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for two years. Overall in the business, my experience in cybersecurity products stretches to five years.

We encounter some obstacles in our projects, but in general, I am satisfied with the stability and reliability.

In terms of scalability within the product, it is not easy to expand in terms of price or market expenses.

I am very happy with the customer service from Check Point. We have a private engineer who is closely connected to the vendor and engaged in ongoing learning programs and accreditation. For support, I would rate it around seven to eight.

Despite the price being on the higher side, the value for investments is substantial. It meets the requirements of suppliers or other business parts for security and protection against cyber risks, functioning like insurance.

I know Trend Micro and Palo Alto products, but I am not too focused on them, and I think approximately ten to fifteen percent resemble Check Point, for example. That is why I cannot be so objective about this.

We are a partner with Check Point, and we have status, although unfortunately I cannot remember what kind of partnership we have.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) deployment model is primarily cloud-based. We use different cloud providers, primarily private clouds and seldom AWS or Azure.

I am absolutely happy with how secure my cloud deployments are, as the government requirements are being met. It requires qualified engineers for selling at a high level and some competitive engineering expertise.

My general rating of the product is around eight to nine.

I am still using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), and using it means I am working on Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). I am working with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). Today, I work with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as a service provider and partner. Clients are using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), and the major purpose is that the application is running on the cloud, so Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is working as a perimeter for the traffic which is coming from the internet.

The biggest advantage of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is that, specifically on AWS cloud, Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) deployment happens in the auto-scaling mechanism, so if a high amount of traffic hits the application, and if Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) CPU is getting increased or it is getting about 80 or 60%, a new Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) gateway will automatically be deployed and it will be functional within 10 minutes. This auto-scaling feature is very helpful and great.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) ensures confidence for cloud deployments and migrations, and I am happy. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is helpful for cloud deployments and migrations, and specifically on cloud, I can say the gateways deployed with the auto-scaling mechanism will be a great feature.

The area of improvement is minimal and not especially a super big problem currently. I would like to see some additional features added to the product, such as integrating Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) with some AI tools.

The purpose of AI integration could be helpful for security as it will analyze the logs, analyze the patterns, and based on that, suggest the security parameters or the IPS signatures and the policies, and then such configuration.

I started using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) two years ago.

I give Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) a nine for stability.

I can give Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) a nine for scalability.

I can give Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) nine points for support and technical service.

I have worked with other firewalls, specifically on Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), and I can say that as compared to FortiGate and Palo Alto, I found Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as a market leader in the security, as their IPS signature and the firewall provide enhancements with the IPS signature and the traffic.

I give Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) a nine for installation and firewall deployment.

I cannot take a decision on whether Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is an expensive or quite affordable tool as I am a technical engineer, and the pricing is taken care of by the sales team only and the management.

I am not using other products such as Harmony or CloudGuard, only Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) with management and gateway.

I cannot say why I chose Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) because I am working as a professional engineer, and that OEM partnership and engagement decision is taken by the management only. The engineers deploy and work on Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).

Currently, I do not have any examples where Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) helps to reduce organizational risk, but it does help to reduce the risk.

I give a final rating for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) a nine.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

My main use case for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is securing cloud-native workloads end-to-end. I rely on it to continuously assess risk, enforce security posture, and catch misconfigurations across my cloud environments.

A specific example of how I use it to secure my cloud-native workloads is that it flagged an exposed storage resource with overly permissive access during a routine scan. I fixed the misconfiguration immediately, preventing potential data exposure before it became a real incident.

The best features Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP offers include continuous posture assessment, risk prioritization, and integrated compliance checks across cloud workloads.

The risk prioritization works very well for me and definitely makes my job easier. It prioritizes risks based on exposure and impact, so I can focus on the few critical issues instead of hundreds of low-risk alerts.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has positively impacted my organization by reducing security gaps and misconfigurations across my cloud environments. I believe it also helps my team focus on high-priority risks, which has improved overall cloud security without increasing workload.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP can improve with more intuitive onboarding and policy templates for new users who are not accustomed to it, better customizable dashboards for different team roles, and deeper automated remediation suggestions to speed up fixes.

I have been using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for one year.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is stable.

I find Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP's scalability very good. It handles growth, cloud resources, and workloads smoothly, and visibility scales without performance issues as my environment expands.

The customer support has been very good.

Positive

I used basically native cloud security tools before, which is what I relied on.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been reasonable for the value it delivers. The initial setup cost was fair. Understanding the right modules and tiers took a bit of planning upfront, but overall, I feel it is good value given the risk reduction I get.

I have seen a clear return on investment. I have had about a thirty to thirty-five percent drop in cloud misconfiguration alerts, which reduced alert noise and saved time. This helped my team cut manual review time by roughly twenty to twenty-five percent, allowing me to reallocate effort to proactive cloud security improvements.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been reasonable for the value it delivers. The initial setup cost was fair. Understanding the right modules and tiers took a bit of planning upfront, but overall, I feel it is good value given the risk reduction I get.

I did not really evaluate other options before choosing Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP. I think I looked at Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, and that was it.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP delivers strong visibility, clear risk prioritization, and real value in daily cloud security work. It is not a perfect solution mainly because there is still room to improve. In my opinion, everything has room to improve, and I will not give a perfect score to anything, but I believe it should at least improve the onboarding and automation. Overall, it is very effective. My advice for others looking into using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is to connect all cloud accounts early and trust the risk prioritization from day one. I would rate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is for securing our multi-cloud environment, AWS, Azure, by providing continuous posture management, threat detection, and compliance monitoring. We use it to identify misconfigurations, enforce security best practices, and monitor cloud workloads in real-time. It also helps us with vulnerability scanning and keeping our environment compliant to frameworks such as CIS, GDPR, etc.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP flagged a misconfiguration in our AWS S3 bucket that had overly permissive access settings. That configuration could have exposed our sensitive data to the public internet. The platform not only identified the issue but also provided remediation that our team was able to apply immediately. This prevented a potential data exposure.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP offers a unified, modular platform that combines CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, code security, and cloud detection and response. The agentless workload posture, real-time threat detection and response, multi-cloud coverage and visibility, compliance automation, and one-click remediations stand out as its best features.

I find myself relying on the risk management engine and prioritization the most day-to-day. In any cloud environment, you are flooded with findings, misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps. Without prioritization, it is overwhelming for our team to take care of the posture. CloudGuard's risk scoring helps us cut through incidents. This makes remediation faster and focused instead of wasting time checking every alert. We get to fix the issues that pose real business risks.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has positively impacted our organization at a significant level. We get greater visibility and control across all our cloud environments. Some biggest benefits we have seen are faster detection and remediation of misconfigurations, improved compliance posture, reduced risk exposure, operational efficiency, and cost savings. Overall, it has made our cloud environment more secure, compliant, and easier to manage while freeing up our teams to focus on projects instead of chasing alerts.

Areas of improvement for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP can be the UI navigation. The dashboard is feature-rich, but it can sometimes feel overwhelming. A more streamlined or customizable view would help teams focus on the highest priority risks more quickly. While it integrates with AWS and GCP, deeper integration with DevOps and third-party SIEM tools could make workflows even smoother. For first-time users, the documentation could be more intuitive or hands-on.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is stable.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is stable.

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP scales efficiently in the multi-cloud environment. We have expanded our usage from a few accounts to two dozen across AWS and Azure without performance issues.

Customer support for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has been responsive and knowledgeable.

Positive

I previously used different solutions, specifically native cloud security tools such as AWS Security Hub and Azure Security Center with manual compliance checks. While they provided some visibility, they lacked a unified multi-cloud view and deep threat prevention capabilities. We switched to Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP because it consolidated compliance, posture management, and threat protection, reducing tool sprawl and giving us stronger coverage across AWS and GCP.

We have seen measurable outcomes since using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP, with time saving being a significant outcome. We reduced manual compliance checks by about 40 to 50%, saving our team 10 to 12 hours per week. The compliance has improved as our overall compliance score against CIS benchmark has improved from around 72 to 92% within the first three months of adoption. We also saw a drop in recurring misconfigurations after enabling continuous posture management and automated guardrails.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing model is flexible and consumption-based, which makes it easier to align with our cloud. The setup cost was moderate, not too heavy. In terms of ROI, we can see time savings for audit preparation of at least 30-40%.

I would rate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP an eight out of ten, because it is powerful and reliable, but still has room for polish.

I provided this rating because it delivers strong visibility, compliance, and misconfiguration detection, but there are still areas that could be refined such as complex UI navigation, integration gaps, and alert fatigue.

If you are considering Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP, start by clearly mapping out your cloud environments and compliance needs. The platform is effective for leveraging single visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP. Ensure you integrate all accounts early on. Take time to configure policies to match your organization's compliance framework such as CIS, GDPR, PCI. This saves a lot of effort later.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is used for access control to allow or block traffic based upon the source and destination. Network segmentations and logging and monitoring are implemented to monitor connections, block traffic, and manage security policies through creating and managing firewall rules via Check Point's management platform.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) can send events to SIEM platforms such as Splunk for centralized monitoring and incident investigation. Threat intelligence is utilized to identify malicious IPs as a criterion for the platform. Additionally, Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) provides security solutions for cloud environments such as AWS and Azure, which deliver firewalling and threat prevention for cloud workloads.

The most valuable aspects of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) are the VPN secure site-to-site and remote access connections along with threat prevention. Malicious traffic can be detected using security features such as IPS, anti-bot, antivirus, and URL filtering.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has positively impacted confidence in secure cloud deployment and migration. The migration was completed successfully and proved to be very feasible.

After working with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for three years, most areas including firewall rules, network segmentation, and threat prevention are solid. However, vulnerability and patch management could be improved by providing the best version of vulnerabilities and exact track numbers, which would allow for easier detection of issues with the vulnerability numbers affected in the environment.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has been in use for three years.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is stable for the most part and is rated as good. The stability is rated around seven to eight on a scale of one to ten.

Scalability is rated as seven on a scale of one to ten.

Technical support for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is rated an eight on a scale of one to ten.

The deployment of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is straightforward and was easy to implement.

The return on investment observed with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is approximately fifty percent.

Many companies are opting for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as it is cost-effective and integrated with the cloud at affordable prices according to each company's environment. The licenses and overall offerings are favorable, making it a preferable choice.

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is definitely recommended because it includes threat detection, the latest technologies integrated with the cloud, and is affordable according to most companies' requirements. The number of users using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is approximately ten thousand users. The overall review rating for this product is eight on a scale of one to ten.

Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure