Check Point Harmony Endpoint Reviews

The major use was to provide protection to the mobile workforce. It gives elaborated insight about what is happening, what kind of particular applications we have installed, and what particular application they are using, and protecting them from online phishing, and random virus attacks also.

The functionality is quite good. It can run well on mobile devices. 

You can also create profiles for individual mobile devices. 

It is easy to set up and implement. 

The product is stable.

It's very scalable. 

Mobile users are reluctant to actually use the solution. 

Check Point should focus on providing more compliant solutions, such as compliant for cloud-specific solutions. The digital footprint can be minimized, and then the Legacy VPNs can also be streamlined. As of now, most of the connectivity partners use Legacy VPNs to connect to their DC or their service partners. Legacy VPNs and digital footprints should be minimized.

I've been dealing with the solution for a couple of months at this point. My first project was last September and then I did another last December.

The product has been stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

They've been delivering solutions for 15 to 20 years and I can attest to, over the last ten years, never run into any issues in terms of stability.

The solution is very scalable. If a company needs to expand, it can do so - especially if a company is using a cloud-based deployment. 

So far, we have delivered two projects to clients. 

Technical support is good. We are satisfied with the level of support on offer. 

I've also worked with CrowdStrike, which I also like very much. 

The initial setup is straightforward. You simply need to deploy the agents onto mobile devices. The enrollment process would happen on the device. 

It's very flexible in that it can be a hybrid. It supports on-premises and cloud devices. 

In terms of the size of the team a company would need to deploy and maintain the solution, it all depends on the timelines that you have. A single guy, if everything is being managed, a single guy can deploy at least 50 to 100 Harmony Endpoint agents in a day. And if things are not going well, it may require more people.

We have different products in our portfolio and they all have their own specific costs. They also vary according to size and parameters.

The solution is automatically updated and therefore we're always using the most updated product.

I'd recommend the solution to others. They're one of the leading security solutions providers in the world.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

The solution is primarily used to protect us. It's a tool that we have installed on all the users from sales.

Overall, it's a good tool. It's doing a good job for what it is designed for.

It is easy to set up.

The solution is stable.

It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering.

You can layer in this solution with others. I like layering myself with various technologies, depending on the environment we're working in.

The product offers good pricing.

Everything can always be improved. Specifically, there are gaps when it comes to security.

I've been using the solution for a couple of years now.

If you go by the recommended version, yes, it's stable.

The cloud offering is scalable. 

We have about two hundred or more users on the solution. 

We're also using Sophos.

The solution is very straightforward to set up. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

To set it up from the server-side, the deployment takes a couple of hours. To set it up from the user side, it's a couple of minutes.

The product is reasonably priced. It's not overly expensive. 

Currently, we're looking at CrowdStrike. We have not yet bought it. We're currently talking about options. I'm already set with a good partner on it and just discussing right now, discussing what is best suited as a product, rather than pricing.

I am a customer and an end-user.

I'm not sure which version we are using currently, however, it is visible in the portal. The solution is a software as a service. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

The Check Point Antivirus offers our company a high level of security. It helps us to filter outgoing URLs with possible malevolent threats. Also, this great solution secures endpoints efficiently so that connections, applications, websites, and software.

The Check Point Antivirus uses real-time anti-virus protection and protection based on Threat Cloud anomalies. It's very useful.

I like that the antivirus hardly affects the performance of our security gateways, thus offering additional security almost without penalty.

Check Point Antivirus really is a great solution. It helps us to improve our company. First, it offers a high-security level. It helps me filter out outgoing URLs with potential malicious threats. Second, Check Point Antivirus is very easy to configure and enables me to take measurements under any threat quickly. Thanks to its constant updates in real-time, it is always up to date with possible new threats, so it is very effective at detecting all kinds of instructions, malware, or viruses.

Also, Check Point Antivirus allows me to keep all my computers protected against any potential cyber threat. It gives me the capability to detect and block malware threats by using virus signatures in real-time.

If you need a good antivirus, Check Point Antivirus is more than great. 

Check Point Anti-Virus has many positive characteristics. First, Check Point Antivirus is capable of scanning files uploaded from the internet or running through the network via Check Point gateways/clusters. Second, Like the other Check Point blades, the visibility and logging of events are remarkable.

One of the features that I love the most about this large software is that It allows me to stop incoming malicious files, and stop users from accessing malicious software-infested sites. Also, it gives me the opportunity to get very comprehensive reports where we can collect summaries of infections and trends to provide greater visibility of threats, which is absolutely fantastic.

Until now, I've found no negative features sufficiently important to complain about. In general terms, the software works perfectly. One time, I had a little issue, however, the technical support staff resolved it almost immediately.

I would prefer it if this solution was cheaper for everybody to buy it and enjoy these wonderful and distinguished characteristics.

I like that activating Check Point antivirus hardly affects the performance of our security gateways, thus providing additional security almost without penalty.

We are started using Check Point Antivirus in 2016. This great solution allows us to avoid malware traffic before reaching end users.

Check Point Antivirus is also really easy to set up. In just one click in the Smart Console, you can set up the policy and you're ready to go. Check Point Antivirus has a number of positive features that make it stand out through other means such as software.

We use just Check Point Antivirus. We found everything we want in this great solution. It helps us to improve and secure our network. Also, Checkpoint Antivirus does excellent environmental protection work in many ways.

I have just one piece of advice: if you can lower the price for this solution so that more companies can use this great solution and protect their environment, that would be ideal.  

We just work with Check Point Antivirus until now and we found that this solution is the best.

If you are looking for a good antivirus, Check Point Antivirus is more than good, you will be surprised how excellent it is in all its aspects.

We use Harmony on every PC to add additional protection primarily to file downloads. We use it alongside our classic AV solution (non-Check Point). Every file is scanned via Threat Emulation (virtual sandboxing) and Threat Extraction (sanitizing files by removal of active content).

The anti-phishing module scans every new web form, that the user is trying to enter data in. Based on visual similarities to known sign-in websites (like Microsoft Azure's) it blocks the phishing ones that are similar.

The forensics module allows us to retrospectively search for a wide number of events on all PCs (for example for now-known malicious URLs or files)

Harmony mainly filled the gap in e-mail security, allowing us to check what the user has clicked (and blocks it when needed).

It also has a nice phishing form detection blocking users from entering their credentials on many real-life phishing websites.

The forensic log search (as described above) allows us to quickly do a retrospective search for a file or URL that we found malicious.

The features come in handy during Covid-related extended remote work times, when we were able to provide better security to our employees working off-premises.

The most valuable features are threat emulation and threat extraction. Despite some false positives, it gives quite good security for file downloading.

Phishing form detection based on on-site similarity (not only on URL) has at least 50% efficiency in real-life examples that passed our antispam systems (and most of the false negatives are pretty general forms, which are not so convincing to the user).

The forensics allows us to search retrospectively for an URL or file opened by users, for example, when you need to quickly check who else has clicked on a phishing link.

Unfortunately, the web (cloud) management system and log search performance are quite bad. Sometimes it takes longer to perform simple tasks and scrolling the results of the log is annoying due to frequent refreshes.

The exception management was always the Achilles' heel of Check Point products. It was a bit improved in Harmony, still, you can't for example exclude a site from anti-phishing form checks (which could take a few secs) while not excluding it from attachment scanning.

The forensics module still doesn't allow for HTTPS URLs entered by users. You are limited to DNS search or IP lookup. This doesn't make sense from a technical standpoint as the URLs are passing Harmony checks so they are known to the solution.

Anti-phishing cannot scan a form located inside an HTML e-mail attachment (which is a common practice in real-life attacks).

I've used the solution for one year.

Cloud management performance is sometimes quite bad for day-to-day tasks, although it is not related to the number of endpoints.

If you limit browser extension via GPO, there might be conflicts with Harmony's that generally overwrites your config in some modes (per user vs per device enforcement).

Pricing isn't cheap, especially if you want to extend forensic log retention period from default one week.

It's still being actively developed and still needs some improvement.

In general, it's quite good now regarding security and might get even better.

We primarily use the solution as antivirus, antimalware, et cetera. It's standard antivirus software. Every PC must have an antivirus on it in our organization.

It just has standard antivirus. It does what it needs to.

The solution offers good performance. 

Its stability has been good.

The initial setup is easy.

There is no real scalability.

We'd like to see a friendlier user interface.

I've been using the solution for one year.

The stability is decent and the performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

This solution does not scale. It's only installed on your PC and it has nothing to do with scale.

We have 2,000 users right now. We do plan to increase usage within a year.

We have never reached out to technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

I've also used Microsoft Defender.

I'm not sure if the company used a different solution previously. I just joined this company one year and they had already started using Check Point.

The installation process is very simple and straightforward. The deployment is quick. It only takes a few minutes. 

We have individuals in our department that can handle deployment and maintenance tasks. It only takes about 3% of our personnel.

I handled the initial setup myself. I did not need the assistance of any consultants or integrators. 

Users need to pay a yearly licensing fee.

We are using the latest version of the solution. 

I'm much more likely to suggest Microsoft Defender to other users. 

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

We were looking for a solution as complete as possible to replace the existing antivirus and, if possible, integrate it with other products that we have, such as the CheckPoint firewall.

We decided to use the Check Point SandBlast agent to prevent ransomware on users' computers.

We subsequently expanded the scope of the solution to detect malicious activity on our network.

It is a very complete product but you have to know how to parameterize it well to avoid high CPU consumption.

It is also missed that it does not have a client for Linux.

Check Point SandBlast Agent allows us to centralize all the security software used in a console and avoid, mainly, ransomware in the company.

Many of our users have laptops to carry out teleworking, with this tool we can secure their web browsing, and in the event of suffering some type of attack, the computer is notified by SandBlast Agent and provides information about it and the security actions carried out. It even allows you to restore files modified during the attack.

You also have the option of performing a forensic analysis of the infected computer by providing a lot of information.

What we liked the most about the product, apart from detecting any attempted attack, is the graphical interface.

The graphical interface is very easy to use and intuitive, which greatly facilitates the work and greatly facilitates the work and the location of threats on the users' computers.

We also highly value the anti-ransomware functionality, which creates a copy of the files on the computers and in case of infection by ransomware is able to restore them to a date when the computer was not infected.

It is a very complete product but you have to know how to parameterize it well to avoid high CPU consumption.

SandBlast Agent had moments in which it had a high load, we escalated it to the CheckPoint support that helped us to stabilize it. We had a problem with the parameterization of the solution. Once corrected by following the CheckPoint instructions, everything worked normally again.

It is also missed that it does not have a Linux client since some administrators use this type of operating system.

I have been using SandBlast for over 1 year now.

It is a very mature product that provides great stability in service.

It is a very mature product with good performance. Currently we have not needed to use its scalability.

Our experience with customer service and support is very good, the support is totally professional and responds quickly.

Positive

Previously, we used third-party antivirus software and switched to Check Point SandBlast Agent for its ease of integration with other Check Point products and to improve protection against ransomware.

Initial setup is easy, policies and user groups are defined and then applied. Then we adjusted the policies until we got what we needed.

We implemented it with an internal team and when we had doubts, we consulted the manufacturer's support with a totally satisfactory result due to their great experience.

Currently we have not quantified our ROI but we have avoided the loss of information on user computers due to viruses, ransomware, ...

The cost of the solution is similar to other products on the market.

We have been evaluating other products, such as Bitdefender and Broadcom (Symantec Enterprise).

It is a very complete product but you have to know how to parameterize it well to avoid high CPU consumption.

It is also missed that it has no client for linux.

We wanted to consolidate a several-point solution to one endpoint. With so many new cyber threats and having a growing environment, what we had in place had too many gaps or grey areas between solutions and vendors. 

Also, with a rapid transition to hybrid working, we needed to reconsider our end point protection. Having used Check Point NGFW for five years, it seemed like a good fit. Also, the experience and long term position of Check Point in the security market gave us good confidence. This mature position in the market also helped with finding several resellers and experience.

There is one pane of glass to all end points, events, and incidents which is providing our team with a clear picture of the environment. We have already experienced several items that previously just got lost in the greyness of a multi-solution environment.

The rollout and management of devices were very simple. It allowed for a rollout of 200+ devices - all remote - in just a couple of weeks. Having cloud-based management also really helped get started, as, within the day, we had a POC running and just started to grow from there.

Cloud management and reporting are great. The management interface is very simple and easy to navigate. Just getting a logon to start is very helpful. The Check Point support at this stage was great. While it was very simple and intuitive, having someone talk over the defaults provided recommendations that helped us jump forward very easily.

Again, the cloud management service has a several inbuilt default reports which are easy to customize and provide more visibility than we have had previously with several solutions. 

The web filter service could be improved. It would be great to have a self-service user request for sites. An administrator would still need to approve, however. 

The block screen could have a nicer screen or allow it to be customized.

The list of exceptions for URLs could be improved with a separate screen for a large list of exceptions. Having the same exception list for mobile and endpoints would be great. 

We are hoping to transition to the SOC based service. Think this is still new; we're looking forward to get more information and test.

We just transitioned to Check Point Harmony, and have been running it now for six weeks.

Stability seems very strong, however, it's early days.

Scalability seems very strong, however, it is early days.

We don't know yet.

Positive

The move to hybrids has been working well during Covid.

The initial setup was not complex. 

We did both - we implemented through a vendor and in-house.

The product offers a great lower cost than previous solutions.

I'd advise users to talk to your Check Point partners or find a good one.

We spent a long time reviewing the marketplace and comparison sites however, we did not test anything.

I am very positive in terms of the solution and Check Point in general.

Check Point Endpoint Security is to protect our employee endpoints as we're currently working from home. The user is totally unaware of the cyber threats, so the basic functionality of endpoint security provides a lot more security. With it, any threat attack can be rebuffed. Any user downloading any suspicious data from the web will first have Check Point scan it deeply. If there's malware then it quarantines it. Otherwise, the user can access it. We're using it on a primary basis. We don't have any other solutions in place apart from the Check Point.

Harmony Endpoint is a complete endpoint security solution built to protect the remote workforce from today's complex threat landscape. 

It prevents the most imminent threats to the endpoint such as ransomware, phishing, or drive-by malware, while quickly minimizing breach impact with autonomous detection and response. That's how our organization improved its security. Before that, we didn't have the security to prevent such threats as ransomware, phishing, etc. Due to that, our IT environment is more secure and business has also increased.

The product offers advanced anti-malware and antivirus protection to protect, detect, and correct malware across multiple endpoint devices and operating systems. Proactive web security is available to ensure safe browsing on the web. Data classification and data loss prevention are there to prevent data loss and exfiltration.

SandBlast Agent defends endpoints and web browsers with a complete set of real-time advanced browser and endpoint protection technologies, including Threat
Emulation, Threat Extraction, Anti-Bot, and Zero Phishing. 

The zero-day prevention is very valuable.

Personally, I'm looking forward to separating server management policies. They could improve memory consumption. Once we installed a CP agent in our system, we found that it was consuming more memory. Even a normal configuration system can be hung.

Malware detection is an add-on plan that can't be added on. It's the most important part of endpoint security. There's a forensic addon which is very important after threat hunting against attacks.

I've been using this solution for two years.

 I haven't seen any corruption on the agent side. It's stable.

It's scalable. It always updates its malware database for security concerns on a daily basis

Technical support is good. You can raise a ticket with the CP support portal and a technician will contact you based on the severity.

Positive

I didn't have that much experience with anything else. When I was joined, our company was using the same solution.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward. Even new users can handle the process with help of online guidelines.

We used a vendor team and they were experts in what they were doing.

As a security solution, of course, it gives back lots of return on investment.

The setup cost is nothing. The licensing is costly due to the fact that, in return, it's giving the best security.