We performed a comparison between Check Point Application Control and VMware Carbon Black App Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Control solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We love Check Point Application Control for its granular control and to be able to apply policies between groups, hosts, and networks depending on the need."
"It improved the performance outcome for all our verticals due to more automation in system security, which helped in the identification and blockage of malware-affected applications and widgets."
"The most outstanding feature is the Check Point APK wiki."
"Its initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"It also helps us implement changes very quickly and make people more focused on work."
"The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing the Check Point solutions, we relied on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewalls configured on the switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently appear to be not an efficient solution for protecting from the advanced threats."
"The best value we have is their actionable reports on user analytics, events, and activity that are extracted from their database."
"The automatic updates of new applications and signatures guarantee protection at all times without the need to apply a change manually."
"The effectiveness of application whitelisting is very good."
"If any malicious activity, like VAT viruses, anything RNE, ZOD malware, or something similar, comes in we know that unless we approve it, it's going to be blocked."
"The API integration is good."
"We use App Control to scan the network for virtual machines that have unauthorized applications. We can isolate the problem VMs and control application access."
"All the functions within VMware Carbon Black App Control are valuable."
"I use the console to check for threats and I find it to be very user-friendly."
"The visibility is valuable."
"The visibility, reporting, and the ability to stop or prevent malicious or undesired applications from being installed are the most valuable features."
"It's important that there is the option to validate the policies before applying them."
"Check Point licenses are somewhat expensive."
"The one feature that could be improved would be the ability to see implicit rules that are defaulted on the policy."
"Configuration and deployment are a little bit difficult."
"I would like this layer to be faster to install in the future."
"The whitelisting approach should only be on very specific applications. In which only a server should access a certain application and nothing else. If you miss something, you will have to always be investigating why it doesn't have access or why an application is not working."
"The blocking characteristics for filtering content currently are not so customizable."
"Seeing the capabilities and features that we are using today, we can say that we could expect an additional feature that could allow us to integrate this management and even security with APIs."
"The reporting is not good and needs to be improved."
"Carbon Black does not use the database for identifying the file, the fields, or malware."
"Its setup is very complex, and it requires guidance from the support team, but it is well worth the effort."
"I would like to see the addition of some more features that are in other, similar solutions."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex."
"Another issue is that even sometimes if you approve, for example, Adobe as a publisher, you say any product or anything that's from Adobe has to run. It generally runs, but especially in a large environment and with a lot of users, sometimes, due to some certification validation issues or some other issue, it might stop the process from running. Genuine processes like Adobe and Chrome can get blocked. so that needs to be improved."
"I rate App Control six out of 10 for scalability."
"The solution should have overhead in keeping lists of applications that you want don't want to run."
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Check Point Application Control is ranked 2nd in Application Control with 34 reviews while VMware Carbon Black App Control is ranked 1st in Application Control with 8 reviews. Check Point Application Control is rated 8.8, while VMware Carbon Black App Control is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Application Control writes "Reliable, reduces management requirements, and lessens manual interventions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Carbon Black App Control writes "We can isolate problem machines and limit their access". Check Point Application Control is most compared with Ivanti Application Control and WatchGuard Application Control, whereas VMware Carbon Black App Control is most compared with McAfee Application Control, ThreatLocker Elevation Control, Ivanti Application Control and Zscaler CASB. See our Check Point Application Control vs. VMware Carbon Black App Control report.
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