Avanan Reviews

Avanan has been an everlasting security solution for our email and messaging applications. 

We have been able to set up reliable security standards that can secure our email from external attacks. This software automatically detects any email anomalies that can be a threat to our data. 

When browsing and doing my research, it quickly detects any unsafe sites. Avanan Cloud Email Security keeps our networking infrastructure clean always to ensure we share information and other useful content in a safe environment.

The enhancement of clean emailing and messaging infrastructure has been a great achievement promoted by this platform. 

It can detect corrupted files and filters out documents with viruses. It is easy to deploy and run this software across various related networking infrastructure to safeguard privacy. 

It has blocked most phishing attacks that used to appear with emails and saved our employees time. Sending documents and sharing confidential information through this platform is ever secure due to end-to-end encryption.

The capability of blocking suspicious emails has helped us to build trust with our clients. The multi-layer security features provide comprehensive protection of cloud collaboration suites such as Office 365. 

Advanced anti-phishing tools blocks emails that are not safe from landing in the inbox of the email receiver. All the set functionalities have brought a positive impact on the communication chain across the enterprise. 

The software has kept data from the cloud and on-premise safe since the day we deployed it. The organization of emails and the transfer of crucial information has improved.

I faced a few challenges from the user dashboard, like data visualization. 

It is complicated for new users unfamiliar with the modern cloud networking infrastructure. 

The email filtration system is not well set since it sometimes blocks useful emails that are safe. 

New users find it more cumbersome to work with this application due to its complications in nature and many set rules. 

I request automatic updates to avoid time wastage during working hours. 

I've used the solution for 12 months.

It is stable, and the performance is excellent.

Integration with other applications took place in an efficient manner.

The customer support service team has set great goals to help our teams, and they are ever ready to help.

Positive

This solution works perfectly.

The setup was straightforward.

The implementation took place through the vendor.

The recorded ROI has increased from 25% to 40% since we deployed it.

The cost and setup procedures are good.

I evaluated other email security products, however, Avanan was the best.

For cloud email security, this is the best platform to consider.

We use the solution for email security. We were getting phishing and impersonation attacks. We noticed that we (IT) were getting emails asking if random emails were legit, which were obviously not. This scared us and we began to worry about ransomware since we deal with sensitive customer/client info. We needed a solution fast. Being a small company, we needed the biggest bang for our buck so we looked at pricing, including if implementation was extra, which is more common than you think. Once implemented, it handles itself and all we have to do is review threats.

The product is so easy to implement; it wasn't a burden. Now, we aren't worried about any email threats as Avanan catches everything. 

It has improved our organization by allowing our small IT team to keep their eyes on our whole company. We now don't have to worry about our employees clicking links that are not safe. Avanan even replaces the links to ensure they are safe. 

It also catches all the impersonation emails we get that are quite sneaky - even those trying to change bank accounts and whatnot, which is definitely scary.

The customizable rules allow you to change aspects. 

It's so easy to implement using AD. 

When looking for a solution, we wanted an easy implementation that didn't cost more and was fast, that is used an active directory, and was cost-effective (since we are a smaller company). 

With our small IT team of 2 people, we can just set rules initially and be done with it. 

You can create rules with good sensitivity and can create rules along the way, like allowing whitelist and blacklist rules, which is nice.

I would say no improvements are necessary. They are constantly making upgrades and improvements. 

The only thing that used to bug me, which they fixed, was when I cleared alerts or any activity, it wouldn't clear very quickly so I didn't know if they were cleared or not. 

Another issue, which is not that bad, is it can be a little over-sensitive. Sometimes it seemed like the allow list wasn't working. I've created many allow list rules however, they still seem to be blocked; the same is true with the blocked list rules.

I've used the solution for a little over a year.

We have no doubt in terms of the stability of this product.

This product can be used for any scale of business.

They have the best customer service.

Positive

We have the built-in Microsoft "protection". We use Avanan on top of it, as MS doesn't catch anything.

The initial setup was very easy.

We handled the setup in-house; I implemented it.

The product has paid for itself within a few months.

This product is the best choice for pricing. For implementation, you don't even need the end-users to do anything. 

Yes, we looked at many options, especially McAfee and the other big-name brands. 

We never looked back, no regrets on picking Avanan.

We required a security tool for our email environments. We used Microsoft Office 365, a security solution for both email and collaborative tools, all in a centralized environment to facilitate the administration of the company's security tools.

We needed to protect ourselves against threats such as phishing and malware, among others.

We also needed a tool that provides DLP protection to avoid problems of theft of sensitive company information.

Our environment uses SharePoint and OneDrive, and we had plans to provide security in them.

Check Point Avanan provided us with all the required protection in a single tool for our Microsoft office 365 environment and the tools that we use (SharePoint and OneDrive). It helped us to improve automated protection and prevented the loss of sensitive information in a simple way. In addition, it's providing anti-malware and anti-phishing protection.

This technology is one of Check Point's acquisitions, and it is currently a powerful tool that provides all the protection that is not found in other tools.

Check Point Avanan is available through a centralized portal which provides us with security from known and unknown threats, being a very good feature.

The protection against phishing in your web and desktop applications has been great.

There's quick deployment of the solution. It's done in a simple way, which is a great feature.

The protection of collaborative tools is an incredible plus since not many solutions provide this protection, and none are as advanced.

They need to provide more documentation to be able to implement custom features or validate more advanced functions. It is very difficult to find the required documentation.

As for technical support, we have doubts if Check Point provides it or if it should be a separate solution since its portal is separate from Check Point solutions. We would also like it to be included in the security solutions found in the Infinity Portal so we can centralize environments successfully.

Check Point's Avanan security solution is a great tool to complement the security of our mail and collaborative tools. We have tested it over this current year.

It's a very good solution, and quite stable.

Check Point manages the cloud solution, its scalability is very good.

Previously we used Microsoft security tools. However, we required a solution with more security muscle, and we opted for Check Point Avanan.

The costs are only available with a Check Point partner. I'd recommend finding someone that is quite specialized.

We evaluated some options such as Microsoft. However, we like the features provided by Check Point Avanan better.

We use Avanan for the standard use cases, such as screening, monitoring, sandboxing, quarantining, and incoming email.

The most valuable feature of Avanan is its effectiveness. When scanning incoming emails for threats it can in an automated fashion, quarantine suspicious attachments.

They're always refinement the solution against false positives and are improving AI and machine learning.

There are times when we have false positives.

I have been using Avanan for approximately two and a half years.

The solution is very stable. We are satisfied.

Avanan is a great tool, it can scalable.

Everyone who has an email account in our organization benefits from Avanan. We have a security operations team that deals with it from an administrative and reporting perspective.

The installation of Avanan was straightforward. However, based on your use case, there's canned filtering and then you have to go through the exercise of writing filters that are more appropriate that are aligned with our cyber threats and concerns.

We have a team that maintains, updates, checks logs, and manages email that gets quarantined.

Before someone implements Avanan they should have very detailed documentation on their use cases. This will allow them to be ready to write the necessary filters in conjunction with their implementation team, rather than doing it after the fact with professional services.

I rate Avanan a ten out of ten.

The most valuable feature of Avanan is its Anti-Malware solution for Office 365, and box.com.

As stated earlier, Avanan was not implemented in Telstra corporate environment, due to a business case budget limitation.

Integration with various SaaS offerings, who are leading in the SaaS market.

Examples include: SNOW (ServiceNow), Salesforce.com

Not really (through the PoC exercise).

Not applicable.

Straightforward.

Good pricing arrangement as an SaaS offering.

Not really, as there are limited options re: CASB products.

Use its full features before switching to other products.