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Check Point IPS Pros review quotes

reviewer1098015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2020
The most valuable feature is that it protects us against hundreds of different attack vectors, like ransomware. The protection is always being triggered. People try to access websites that are categorized as malware, so when the users do a DNS request for the IP of those malware websites, the IPS Blade replaces the real IP of the website that is malware with a bogus IP. The user gets an IP that doesn't exist and when he tries to access, it won't work.
Jeroen Devroede - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2023
The most valuable features of the solution are that the product's stability has been very good. The
KK
Mar 4, 2020
The reports are well written so that you can understand what type of attack has occurred, the originating IP address, and other details.
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reviewer1572915 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2021
The Check Point IPS module allows me granularity in creating rules.
Oleg P. - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 23, 2020
The number of the IPS protections is amazing - after the latest update I see more than 11000 in the SmartConsole.
reviewer1718724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2021
I can generate reports for management automatically based on the threats of the last day/week/whatever is needed.
MK
Jun 5, 2024
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
reviewer1855911 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2022
It is also worth noting that many IPS signature comes with detailed background about the vulnerability, and potentially how the vulnerability would affect the network security.
Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 21, 2023
Check Point IPS manages risk categories very well and accordingly helps us protect each of our devices in real-time.
PD
Sep 2, 2021
There's an automatic update after every 2 hours which makes sure that the database is up to date and providing zero-day vulnerability protection.
 

Check Point IPS Cons review quotes

reviewer1098015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2020
The only thing they could maybe improve is that we notice right away that the performance decreases when we enable the IPS, especially beyond the CPU and memory usage. If you want to enable the IPS and you have a lot of traffic, it can have an impact. The performance could be improved.
Jeroen Devroede - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2023
I hear from my admin that the firmware upgrade process is quite cumbersome.
KK
Mar 4, 2020
Occasionally there are glitches and errors like false positives, which would be a nice area of this solution to improve upon.
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reviewer1572915 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2021
Having additional reports available would be helpful.
Oleg P. - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 23, 2020
In my opinion, the Check Point software engineers should works on the performance of the blade - when it is activated with the big number of the protections in place, the monitoring shows us the significant increase in the CPU utilization for the gateway appliances - up to 30 percents, even so we are cherry-picking only the profiles that we really needed.
reviewer1718724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2021
Sometimes protections are 'aggregated' into a single threat name when you look at the logs. I would prefer to see all protections named individually (for example, right now, 'web enforcement' is a category that contains several signatures).
MK
Jun 5, 2024
Signature tuning should be more user-friendly in the tool because, as per my experience, signature tuning is tough in Check Point IPS.
reviewer1855911 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2022
The dashboard reports can be easier to generate and customize.
Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 21, 2023
When entering, it always takes a long time to load.
PD
Sep 2, 2021
After the R80 release, there are almost all feature sets available under IPS Configuration. However, further to this, adding a direct vulnerability scan based on ports and protocol for every zone (LAN, DMZ, or Outside) will make Check Point very different compared to other vendors on the market.