We performed a comparison between Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade and Cisco Secure Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable feature is its performance."
"It gives us visibility into threats and, for endpoints, it helps us to prioritize threats. We used to have a lack of visibility, but now our time to detect and respond has decreased."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward. You just add the license, click it, and then you can set up the rules. It is quite simple."
"Defender enables us to secure all 365-related activity from a single place. It gives us visibility into everything happening in Outlook, protecting us against phishing and other email-based threats. Defender helps us detect any suspicious behaviors."
"Defender is a SaaS platform, so it offers more flexibility. Managing the permissions is easier. The solution's automated detection and response features are scalable."
"The technical support is good and quick to resolve issues."
"The most valuable feature is protection against malicious links, fishing, and impersonation. You can train people to be aware of these threats, but they're not always careful. When they're using their phones between meetings, they click on a link, and it's game over."
"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."
"The policies and port blocking are the most valuable features. We have a significant amount of spam emails passing through our network."
"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."
"It's a fairly old solution, however, that has been updated over time to become one of the best manufacturers of security solutions."
"It refreshes the dynamic database regularly to ensure IP addresses that no longer misbehave are not blocked by mistake."
"This product integrates well and is easy to manage."
"It is a highly cost-effective solution for all kinds of small, marginal, and medium enterprises."
"When sharing files with my colleagues, it provides a comprehensive report on the security status of the document."
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"The system enables end users to manage their own whitelists/blacklists."
"It is doing its work. It is doing what it was actually designed to do. It has ensured we don't have business email compromises, and it has also ensured that our brand Galaxy is unique all year round."
"Anti-Spam and Advanced Malware Protection are the most valuable features... and we also have the option to block Zero-day attacks."
"Administration of the email domains and custom filters are easily done via the web interface."
"The tool has a DLP solution which we can implement. Its database is updated regularly."
"I can customize the configuration and policies."
"The filtering is definitely better at catching both spam and malicious messages, and there's a lot of extremely granular ability for setting up rules. You can do it the way you want to. The Microsoft solution tends to be pretty limited in how it allows some of that to be done."
"There were detailed logs available. That was a seriously good feature... It turns out these were actually spoof emails that came into our environment. I got to know about them from the log system."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added."
"There is room for improvement in terms of reporting."
"We noticed that from time to time, Microsoft's stability does have problems. Sometimes the service goes up and down. Sometimes they change without prior notice."
"Several simulation options are available within 365, and the phishing simulation could be better."
"The company should focus on adding threats that the solution is currently unable to detect."
"In one of the reports I can get the exact place where a vulnerable file resides. But for that, I need to explicitly go into the device and check. If they could include that file part in the report, without my having to go to the device itself, that would help."
"About eight months ago, we started to measure the quantity of phishing and spam that we have been receiving, and it has been increasing a lot. That means that protection for our email is not as good as we were expecting."
"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."
"There's definitely room for improvement when it comes to adapting to different languages in one environment."
"I would like this solution to be more integrated into other applications that Check Point has so that it could be managed quickly and safely from the Infinity Portal."
"It is expensive but worth it."
"Installation time could be improved as it takes too long to install."
"There could be an extension of the trial period to 60 days."
"They should upgrade support services and make a more user-friendly database."
"Mobile solutions should be added to Check Point because business email is also used by users on mobile devices."
"AI-based threat detection could be enhanced to improve security."
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"The pricing needs to be reconsidered or enhanced."
"I use the search all the time. Sometimes, it is hard to search for things and things are hard to find. People come to me all the time, saying, "This email didn't get through." Then, I go searching and don't find it on the first search. You have to think about alternative searches. I don't know if there is an easier way that they could help to find things. I don't know how they could simplify it, because now everybody else is using the cloud and everything is coming from Office 365, or whatever. It is just not the same environment from years ago where everybody had their own server and you could search easier."
"Scalability has certain shortcomings and needs to be improved because there are service providers who provide better scalability.v"
"It is not user-friendly, and it is quite complicated. So, it should be more user-friendly."
"The scalability must be improved."
"They could improve the filters. In my time at the company, there were several times we had to contact support to update the filters."
"The solution needs to improve its advanced phishing filters. It is very good at filtering things which have bad reputations. However, when phishing or malicious emails are new or coming from a legitimate source, we don't feel that the solution is working."
"I would like more functionality and how to use it for Level 2 type staff. The biggest issue is it needs to be easier to use and navigate."
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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is ranked 11th in Email Security with 32 reviews while Cisco Secure Email is ranked 2nd in Email Security with 55 reviews. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Email is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade writes "Effectively secures data centers against various threats, including spam emails and provides policy-based control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Email writes "Has effortless spam control, improves security posture, and frees up our IT department's time". Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is most compared with Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Abnormal Security, Fortinet FortiMail and Sophos Email, whereas Cisco Secure Email is most compared with Trellix Collaboration Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection and Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense. See our Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs. Cisco Secure Email report.
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