Check Point Security Management Reviews

We use the solution for cybersecurity.  

We use a Check Point internet security appliance and have recently purchased their endpoint security solution.  

We have found the systems easy to manage and monitor. These systems are providing critical security to our computing systems. Past systems have required multiple products from multiple vendors. The Check Point solution provides multiple products under a single interface, greatly simplifying my job.  

We have yet to implement all of the blades/features of the Check Point solution, however, we are very happy with those we have used.

The product has done a great job in protecting our business network and SCADA systems.  

The single management interface has simplified our procedures. Training has been easier since there is only one interface to learn, not multiple interfaces from multiple vendors.  

As we implement more features of the security appliance, we find more value in it. Our cybersecurity posture is stronger than it has ever been with the addition of the Check Point appliance. 

We look forward to implementing additional features of the system.

The single interface to manage multiple cybersecurity platforms is great. In the past, we had multiple security appliances from multiple vendors. Each of these had their own interfaces and their own peculiarities. Staff had to learn multiple interfaces to provide our systems with cybersecurity. Additionally, when there was an issue, multiple systems needed to be checked to clarify and remedy the situation. If something was getting blocked incorrectly, we had to search for which systems was blocking it and then determine whether the block was legitimate. With the Check Point appliance, all of the blades are accessible through a single interface. We can easily track the reason for a block.

Some of the configuration elements could be improved. 

More automation of the tasks that now need to be performed at the level of the operating system could be made more streamlined. For example, we've often had issues where the log space has filled up. It would really be nice to have a feature in the GUI that addresses the cleanup of old files/logs. This is very much a manual process now. I have to get a putty or WinSCP session to the device and dig through the directory structure to find old files that are safe to delete. Luckily, I haven't accidentally deleted any critical files (so far).

I've used the solution for more than five years.

We have found the Check Point device to be very stable.  We rarely have to restart the device and have never experienced a hardware issue.  

The scalability is seamless.  

Customer service and support have always been very responsive.

Positive

We previously used a Netscreen firewall.   

The Netscreen firewall was limited and we had to rely on other appliances from other vendors to augment its capabilities.

It was a straightforward implementation. We did have a consultant help us in the initial setup of the systems.

The level of expertise of our vendor team was very high.

Our ROI is the peace of mind that our systems are well protected.

The Check Point solution is pricy, however, for what you get for your money, it is well worth it.  

The setup is pretty easy and licensing is straightforward.

We asked for a recommendation from a security consultant. They indicated that Check Point was the premier vendor of security appliances.

I'm glad we made the decision to use a Check Point appliance and am sure that we will stick with Check Point when we replace our current system.

We primarily use the solution for the management of thousands of rules. partially automated via the well-documented API.

Managing the rules is a day-to-day business that takes a lot of time. It is really good that we can do the management through the dashboard. It is so comfortable, and, in contrast to other manufacturers, is structured much better. The integration of the logs allows a quick jump by mouse click between rules and log entry.

The API reduces the administrative effort so that we can concentrate on the essential things. in addition, it is an enormous advantage for our customers that rules are created automatically and are available immediately.

The transparency of the rules and the integrated logs makes daily troubleshooting easy and saves a lot of time. 

Managing the rules is a day-to-day business that takes a lot of time. The dashboard is great and much better in contrast to other manufacturers. 

The integration of the logs allows for a quick click between rules and log entry. 

The immediately visible audit logs are also a great advantage. This allows changes to a rule to be tracked quickly and any errors to be corrected.

The management API is the best new feature for me. It allows us to further automate our customers' automated server ordering.

The API reduces the administrative effort so that we can concentrate on essential things. It is an enormous advantage for our customers that rules are created automatically and are available immediately. 

For our private cloud, we have to stay competitive with the public clouds and the speed on offer is what counts here. It's good.

The new web management tool allows the management in the browser, which is a great feature.

The management API can be further developed so that all functions offered by the dashboard are also available via the API (for example,  Network Topology).

The new web management tool which allows the management in the browser has to be developed further so that all functions from the dashboard are available. Many of our administrators work with a Mac OS. Until now, the management of rules is only possible on  Windows as the Smart Dashboard is only available for Windows. Now, with the first release of the web interface, it is possible in the browser. All functions from the dashboard must still be possible via the web interface.

I've used the R77.30 version since 2013.

We've upgraded to R80.10 in 2019. The update was a bit complicated, however, with the pre-check and some cleanup, it went without a problem

We upgraded the R80.10 to R 80.30 in 2020. The update management with the migration of export/import was a remote update and was easy.

We upgraded R80.30 to R80.81 in 2021. The management update was very easy and through the wizard, everything was very clear in terms of the individual steps. The update of the gateways took place at night.

We do not have any stability problems.

Check Point Maestro offers the industry a new way to leverage current hardware investments and maximizes appliance capacity. It's in an easy-to-manage hyper-scale network security solution in order to bring our networks and data centers into the world of hybrid clouds.

The case handling is good. If you have experience and know what information the support needs, then the processing time can be minimized.

Neutral

In the past, we have used a Cisco ASA. Our management of the rules was not so good there.  We also use FortiGate. This already offers a nice web interface, however, managing a large set of rules is almost impossible there.

The initial setup was very simple. However, the migration of rules from other vendors was challenging.

For large migrations, we always use a service provider or the manufacturer's team (Check Point Professional Services). Here we can fall back on well-trained SE's with a lot of experience.

No exact ROI has been calculated.

All of our administrators have previously been on CCSA/CCSE training which provides good insights into the products. After various tests, we were able to carry out most of the setup ourselves in a developer environment. We were able to keep the costs for the migration low by using a lot of our own initiative. However, I would recommend the support of a Check Point certified partner.

Together with a Check Point partner (service provider), the requirements should be evaluated. Here, we were able to draw on the experience of our service provider and develop our environment according to our requirements.

We did not evaluate any other options.

I can recommend the Check Point solution.

Throughout my professional career I have operated, implemented, and designed solutions with Checkpoint's NGFW for clients of all kinds - public and private, small and large.

For all scenarios, there is a suitable solution with this manufacturer. Its decades of experience make it one of the undisputed leaders in the industry.

In recent times, the platform has evolved significantly to meet the latest threats. I would recommend at least valuing it as an option whenever an opportunity arises to cover cybersecurity needs.

Having a central point to manage all its capabilities makes it much easier to react quickly and accurately to a threat, which is essential in this day and age where attacks can be lethal to our network if not dealt with quickly.

I have actively participated in the defense of very important customers who were able to overcome the challenge thanks to the great visibility that the console offered them. The other additional capabilities that we can integrate into the platform are also a very important added value.

One of the features that attract me the most is being able to activate different functionalities through its blades, having centralized point access to all of them, and being able to activate and deactivate them as needed.

In addition, the fact that everything starts from the same unified management console makes it very easy to integrate new equipment or functionalities once the operator has become familiar with it, as everything will follow similar management or operation mechanisms.

This is one of the aspects I value the most.

In my experience, the place they can improve the most is in the technical support where I have had some serious problems that could not be solved in time due to a lack of knowledge of the assigned engineer.

It would be a good policy to try to assign senior engineers when it has been verified that an incident is critical and urgent for a client and not to resort to less-experienced technicians that can put at risk the recovery of the attacked assets.

Apart from that, at the architectural level, it is a very competent and versatile solution.

I've used the solution for more than 15 years.

Overall, it is a very mature and stable solution.

With the arrival of Quantum Maestro, the platform's expansion capabilities have increased tremendously. Its new architecture is promising.

In general, they work very well, however, it should be prioritized and they need to assign senior technicians when the issue has been verified that it is very critical for the customer.

Due to working in an international MSSP, I have worked and continue to work with all manufacturers.

We always try to do the implementation work with our own SOC of experts.

It depends a lot on each case and on the customer's needs and capabilities.

It's not the cheapest solution, but one of the most advanced and competent.

We always evaluate alternatives and try to see what fits the client best. Fortinet, PaloAlto, Checkpoint, Cisco, et cetera.

I work for one of the biggest Australian banks that rely on Check Point firewalls for security enforcement across several points in the infrastructure environment.

The Security Management platform is a key component for our operation, in that it enables efficient central management for configuration and security troubleshooting. This centralised component facilitates and adds value to our daily operations, creating a single place for configurations and a platform that can present security logs that are used for the troubleshooting of security issues.

Check Point Security Management improved the speed at which security access permissions are granted across our environment through its centralized and easy-to-use nature. The possibility of re-using objects across different policies and also having the drag and drop capabilities are great. 

Moreover, having one single platform managing multiple firewalls reduces the time (and cost) of the provisioning of infrastructure services. This boosts the productivity and efficiency of teams across the board.

The Check Point Security Management platform provides a central location for the management of domains and firewalls in the environment. The nature of the product brings valuable returns to the operation, increasing efficiency when configuring and troubleshooting.

The intuitive interface also allows new team members to adapt to the technology if they are not familiar with it initially. It doesn't take much for one to familiarize themselves with the product.

Another great feature is to have available logs in a central location, enabling the troubleshooting of security issues anywhere in the environment.

One possible improvement for the platform would be the import of security policies via CSV or CLI. Even though the platform is simple, and creating security policies is a fairly quick task, creating a bulk of policies at once (ie. for a migration) could be a useful tool. This is probably possible through scripting, however, having an easy-to-use "import CSV" button would be beneficial.

Another feature that could be improved is the export of configurations to CSV. This is often useful to map current firewall policies or NATs. I understand that this feature is available currently, but would CSV bring objects with names (but not IPs) and groups (but not the members). The improvement of this feature would surely be welcomed.

I have been using Check Point Security Management for around 4 years.

The most recent software versions are very stable and trouble-free.

We have a very good impression of it so far. The possibility of adding firewalls to the fleet and keep a central management point makes it simple to grow the operation.

The experience with the Check Point Professional Services team, and TAC, couldn't be better. The team that works with my organization is extremely knowledgeable and is always willing to go the extra mile in order to find the best possible solution for any kind of goal we need to achieve. The TAC team is also always helpful and provides us with many valuable inputs in hard times. 

I have used different solutions from other vendors, but not on the exact same places. The Check Point Security Management platform was mostly used alongside others.

Perhaps because I lack experience setting it up from scratch, the initial setup seemed quite complex.

We had a vendor team assist with the setup.

Overall, the ROI is great. It is a solid and easy-to-use platform that adds a huge value that justifies every penny.

I most definitely recommend this platform when it comes to cost. The available list of add-ons creates great flexibility to the technology and is also easy on the budget - since you only pay for the features you use.

This is not applicable to my role.

As part of the Bank's Network Security Infrastructure team, it is our responsibility to manage different security products and devices that lay the foundation of the Bank's Security Infrastructure Network. Part of that responsibility also includes the implementation and policy update requests arising from different business and support teams to make sure that application services comply with the security standards to protect all services of the bank and maintain the reliability of the services across an environment.

With a centralized Check Point Security Management solution, it makes it easier for our day-to-day operations to manage all Security Gateway Firewalls across the bank. 

The Check Point Security Management has improved the management of all our Security Check Point Gateway Firewalls across the bank. 

With Security Management we are able to simplify our response and support for all our security network devices, which, compared to other products that need to be managed individually, the Check Point solution is far better and less daunting. 

The Security Management also includes the management of logs far that are more efficient, as it provides all the needed information required to investigate and understand how the gateways are accepting or blocking traffic. 

The Main Domain Log Management Server is what I find to be the most valuable feature for the Security Management of our environment. With the Main Domain Log Management Server, support teams are able to check and verify the information required to determine if any traffic is getting blocked or denied due to specific policy rule implementation. It can even identify any traffic getting spoofed or any other related events on the gateways. It has a central management log server that helps us to easily identify faults and issues in the environment, especially during outages and incidents during the implementation of policy rules.

It would be great if the SmartView Monitor could become integrated into the SmartView Console Platform. As it stands, it will still open the old R77 SmartView monitor session, which is a bit flaky and slow. If the SmartView monitor could be integrated into the R80.40 and R81 versions, that would be great. It would help us in unpacking the trends and graphs and see how traffic is observed when hitting the different Check Point Firewall Gateways that the Security Management controls. It will help support teams to identify capacity limitations and have oversight into what's happening in the environment at any given point in time.

I've been using the solution for one year.

The solution is very stable and manageable as there's a centralized management server that takes care of the rest of the Check Point Gateways across our infrastructure.

The solution is very scalable since you can increase the number of gateways in your infrastructure and still manage them in just one centralized SmartView Console.

The technical support team is very knowledgeable and supportive of all our issues and incidents in the bank. Their expertise and reliability are what bring the products of Check Point under complete lifecycle support, which aims to maintain our infrastructure reliability and stability.

At the moment, we have a co-existing infrastructure with other security network devices, and we can definitely see the benefit of having the Check Point Security Management application in our infrastructure.

The setup and operational management of Security Management is very easy. This helps us to train people quickly in terms of managing our bank infrastructure in order to maintain reliability and stability in the network.

We have a professional service provider that implements the solution and he is very knowledgeable in terms of his expertise of the product. I would rate our professional service provider to be a 9 out of 10.

I would advise others that it's definitely a great investment to have. It's great to have Security Management across your infrastructure. 

We have other options with other vendors such as Juniper, with their Security Director, and JSpace, but nothing can compare with how Check Point Security Management performs.

If you have a manageable security infrastructure, the cost, pricing, or licensing will be far outweighed by the reliability and stability. It's great in terms of what a properly managed environment can bring.

I use it for managing ten clusters in our on-premise environment. With this kind of management, it's possible to question its policy and change many configurations in the files. With its management, we got all the logs from the environment. With Check Point Security Management, we get the benefits of deploying the configuration.

Owing to the availability of many kinds of incidents, I can say that the solution has served to improve my organization.

Regarding the tool's valuable features, I would say that Check Point is a very accessible and fast tool, especially when dealing with logs for the first time. It is a perfect solution for me.

From the Check Point Security Management solution, it's possible to get the situation of my clusters. I guess it lacks in providing visibility of the many incidents. Hence, the visibility of incidents is an area where I want the solution to improve.

I have been using Check Point Security Management since 2005, so I have used it for maybe twenty years. Also, I am using Check Point Security Management E84.20.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

The solution's technical support is very good. Hence, I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.

Positive

The solution's initial setup was easy.

It took a year to see a return on investment. I did experience a return on investment using the solution.

Price-wise, it is an expensive solution.

I recommend the solution to those planning to use it.

I rate the overall product between nine to ten out of ten.

I am using Check Point to secure my home office because I'm doing all my work from home. 

The company uses software called Harmony. Check Point integrates nicely, whether on an endpoint or mobile device. It integrates well with the firewall and can give me reports that I can check without going to an online portal.

You need some technical expertise to use the solution. I don't think it's accessible to the typical end-user. You need to access the box and use some command lines or the web interface. It would be nice to have a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive reporting. 

I started using Check Point last year.

I contacted Check Point because the device wasn't logging into the portal to download the license I purchased. It took them about three days to answer.

I was using Untangled and switched to Sophos. I decided after a year that Sophos wasn't for me, so I tried Check Point. 

It took me about two hours to do the initial installation, but the total deployment took a day. I did it myself and found it somewhat complicated. You need to know what you're doing. Check Point doesn't provide enough guidance and assumes you know everything. 

I pay for a yearly license, but you have the option of a three-year or a five-year license. 

I rate Check Point Security Management seven out of 10. I recommend it if you're a technical person experienced in WFM security devices. 

The security management platform monitors the performance of applications and the security demands that can secure our data. 

Check Point Security Management has helped us to set secure points across all sectors to filter out harmful content that can destroy confidential information. 

The software has given the IT team access control in setting firewalls and securing cloud-based servers efficiently. 

This product provides comprehensive security coverage services that reduce operational costs. 

This tool has educated our teams and advanced our knowledge of setting effective security.

This software has improved the security situation in the organization and guarded the most confidential information against landing in unsafe areas. 

Check Point Security Management is the leading threat prevention system that ensures the networking system is protected from external attacks. 

All the departments can easily access security situations on set programs and come up with a suitable strategic plan. 

The reporting system provides real-time insights into the security situation and measures that can be taken to protect our data.

The set threat prevention tools have advanced the security monitoring systems and set up reliable data management platforms. 

Security analysis has helped teams in the organization plan and deploy the best security systems for protecting data. 

The malware detection feature has enabled the organization to block unauthorized attacks that can destroy data and leak confidential information.

Check Point Security Management has reduced operational costs and improved overall data security performance. 

Most set features have contributed to security stability in the organization, and I highly recommend this platform to other organizations.

This security control system has efficient features that have transformed the company to help it achieve set international standards. 

Most of the features provide excellent services that cannot be extracted from other platforms. 

It can be scaled down to provide services based on the company's demands and lowers operational costs. 

Sometimes the security system slows down when it is overloaded. Poor configurations have led to data leakages and weakened security signals. 

The overall performance has impressed all the team members and provided a secure environment for better workflows.

I've been using the solution for 12 months.

This platform is highly stable and I recommend it to others.

Check Point Security Management is excellent for setting security plans.

The customer service team has performed well since we started engaging with them.

Positive

I have no experience with other similar solutions.

The setup was straightforward.

Implementation was done through the vendor.

Our ROI has increased from 45% to 65% since we deployed this application.

The setup cost is efficient.

I have not examined other related applications.

I have observed great performance since we deployed this platform.