Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) vs Portnox comparison

Check Point Harmony SASE, formerly known as Perimeter 81, offers advanced security through Zero Trust Network Access and centralized management that supports seamless remote operations and hybrid infrastructures.

Check Point Harmony SASE provides organizations with a robust platform for securing remote operations and hybrid infrastructure. It integrates cloud and on-premise networks, featuring centralized management for efficient policy control and real-time threat monitoring. With integration capabilities like Citrix SD-WAN, remote branch implementations become straightforward. Network access is secured by advanced anti-phishing and URL filtering. A user-friendly interface combined with strong customer support enhances management while promoting productivity.

• Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure internal resource access without relying on a fixed perimeter.
• Centralized Management Console: Facilitates efficient policy control and threat monitoring.
• Integration with Citrix SD-WAN: Simplifies remote branch network setups.
• Anti-phishing and URL Filtering: Protects network access from malicious threats.
• User-friendly Interface: Promotes ease of management and increased productivity.

• Enhanced Security: Offers strong VPN, zero-trust, and firewall capabilities.
• Improved Productivity: Supports seamless and secure connectivity across environments.
• Operational Efficiency: Centralizes network management for simplified control.
• Comprehensive Support: Backed by robust customer support and security guidance.

For industries managing remote operations, Check Point Harmony SASE is instrumental in securing connectivity across cloud and on-premise networks. By unifying access control, it allows employees worldwide to securely connect to corporate resources, be it from home, public locations, or through various Wi-Fi connections.

Portnox NAC is a cloud-native network access control solution built for today's hybrid, distributed enterprises. Get real-time visibility into every device on your network, enforce risk-based access policies automatically, and maintain continuous compliance — all without deploying a single on-premises appliance.

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About Portnox Security

Portnox is a cloud-native enterprise access control provider that helps organizations secure every identity - human and non-human - across networks, applications, and infrastructure. As identities, devices, and workloads multiply across modern environments, Portnox enables continuous access verification based on identity context, device posture, and risk signals. Its unified platform brings together passwordless authentication, access control, continuous policy enforcement, and automated response through a single policy engine.

Portnox gives security and IT teams real-time visibility into everything connecting and the ability to quickly restrict, quarantine, or revoke non-compliant access. Today, Portnox actively manages more than one million devices worldwide, secures 40 million authentication sessions, and blocks over one million unauthorized access attempts every day. Learn more at portnox.com.

CAPABILITIES:

• Discover and assess users, devices, and identities connecting to corporate resources

• Unify continuous zero trust access control on networks, applications, and infrastructure

• Enforce identity- and context-aware access policies

• Enable secure remote work without complexity 

• Deliver passwordless authentication, device posture checks, and continuous access enforcement

• Control administrative access to routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices

• Improve audit readiness with visibility, access logs, and policy-based compliance controls

BUILT FOR:

Portnox is designed for distributed organizations that need to manage access across employees, contractors, service accounts, managed devices, unmanaged devices, IoT, network infrastructure, SaaS applications, private applications, and AI agents. The platform helps reduce reliance on on-premises appliances, legacy VPNs, and fragmented access tools by centralizing access policy enforcement from a single cloud-native policy engine.

INTEGRATIONS:

Portnox integrates with the tools you already use (including Azure AD / Entra ID, Okta) and works with your existing network appliances, (such as Meraki, Fortinet, and more), and many other identity and network infrastructure tools.