Check Point Application Control Reviews

I am using Check Point Application Control for controlling streaming, social media, and video sites.  Additionally, we control VPNs and peer-to-peer sites. We use it to control sites that use a lot of bandwidth.

Check Point Application Control has resulted in fewer outside attacks, increased bandwidth for communication to the outside, more control for the CPA and users, and improved remote access management. We have numerous external collaborators working with our organization, and we have strict protocols for them to follow, which Check Point Application Control has helped us enforce. The VPN feature is also very helpful for remote users. Overall, Check Point has provided our organization with increased security, better performance, improved network response, and fewer issues.

The solution's primary use cases include application visibility and control, enforcement of security policies, risk mitigation, and bandwidth management. 

It has enhanced security posture, increased visibility and control, policy enforcement, and improved compliance, etc.                     

Our K-12 school district is currently leveraging the Check Point 6800 Gateway hardware appliance, which is running version R80.30.   

The management station runs as a virtual machine in our VMWare environment with Cisco UCS & EMC (storage) hardware and Cisco networking architecture. In addition to the exceptional performance of the hardware and extensive Firewall abilities, we manage end-user traffic related to the applications. We use the solution primarily in the social media and entertainment arenas. This feature allows us to reduce unnecessary use of our already limited bandwidth.

Prior to the newer Application Control tools, from Check Point, we didn't have nearly as much in-depth access to manage traffic in the port 80 and 443 pathways.  

As a result, we were regularly pushing the high end of our already limited bandwidth. Though we did have web/URL filtering technologies deployed, our users still had quite a bit more access to media resources that presented a distraction in our environment. The Application Control, allows us to better manage bandwidth at a more granular level.

The primary use case of Check Point Application Control is to enhance network security by providing granular control over applications and web traffic. It prevents unauthorized access by allowing or blocking applications based on predefined policies, ensuring that only authorized applications are used within the network. 

Additionally, it improves productivity by restricting access to non-business-related applications and websites, helps maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies by monitoring and controlling application usage, and mitigates risks by detecting and preventing the use of high-risk applications, thereby reducing the likelihood of malware and data breaches. 

This comprehensive control over application usage makes us more secure and efficient. 

The solution allows us to enforce policies that ensure only authorized applications are used, reducing the attack surface for potential threats such as malware. Restricting access to non-business-related applications and websites helps boost employee productivity and focus. 

Moreover, the solution aids in maintaining regulatory compliance by monitoring and controlling application usage, ensuring sensitive data is protected according to our standards. 

Overall, Check Point Application Control contributes to a more secure IT environment, enhances operational efficiency, and supports compliance efforts, ultimately safeguarding our organization's assets and reputation.

We use Check Point Application Control to block and protect our website which are not required for user access.

Check Point provide excellent support. It is easy to operate and handle with the recent GUI.

It helps us to discover applications that run across the organization network and admin accounts that are generated within the ecosystem. 

Monitoring the performance of applications has been easy since we deployed this platform. 

Check Point Application Control gives the IT team permission to deploy and assign tasks to various apps. 

It gives us the authority to eliminate unnecessary admin accounts and blacklist applications that are not required anymore. It protects apps from malware attacks with powerful security tools.

Setting up new applications and testing the suitability of deployed tools has been efficient since we deployed this platform. 

It blocks ransomware attacks that can affect performance-enhancing secure work environments with zero-day attacks. 

We are able to manage workstations and servers across remote offices with a unified control system. Setting up a default system for allowing applications that are useful and blocking untrusted platforms has saved time and cost. 

This product has enabled my web development team to set reliable control policies for managing applications.

The companies have implemented this security tool, due to several factors. The companies develop or buy applications for different functions or needs and this is where Check Point Application Control comes in. 

The tool has allowed us to be able to identify and classify all those applications that are being used within the network, which simplifies the work of managing bandwidth, and also helps us to have better control over security since it allows us to allows you to block or allow access to our network.

It has helped us a lot in being able to have more unified and managed control over the entire infrastructure of the companies since with this we have better control in the applications of how we can limit each access or exit to the Internet. Without this tool, it would be a little more complicated since we would be very limited in defining policies based on characteristics such as IP addresses and port numbers. In addition, it has helped improve productivity in the IT area since we have reduced the time dedicated to each of the applications.

Check Point Application Control is a one-stop shop for providing the strongest security to an organization's business verticals in the most efficient and effective manner. 

It eases the business working as it enables smooth flow of information and helps businesses to create micro-managed accurate, granular policies, and helps in strengthening the organization's security by blocking and restricting the unknown and unsecured phishing widgets and applications across multiple integrations. 

It limits the usage and utilization of any unknown malware attempts from any application

Check Point Application Control improved the productivity of our workforce by reducing the coordination time and efforts involved in strengthening the system's security through a traditional manual way or path. 

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.

It helps in categorizing the basis of the application, its types, security level, the usability of resources, and its implications on productivity as a whole.