Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade Reviews

Our company works in the area of developing and delivering online gambling platforms. The Check Point Next-Generation Firewalls are the core security solution we use for the protection of our DataCenter environment, located in Asia (Taiwan).

The environment has about 50 physical servers as virtualization hosts, and we have two HA Clusters that consist of 2x5400 hardware appliances, managed by an OpenServer Security Management Server on a Virtual Machine (KVM), all running on R80.10 with the latest JumboHotfix.

The Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is one of the numerous blades activated on the NGFWs and serves for security improvement in the area of email filtration and anti-spam protection.

We rely on the Check Point HA Clusters to secure the DataCenter of our company that is located in Asia (Taiwan). This software blade - Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security - is enabled among the number of the others, and is responsible for scanning and blocking the potential malware email or the email that contain Spam messages. 

As the security administrator, I see that the Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security works quite well. The logs and reports show the daily number of messages blocked, and it's amazing. 

From time to time, I manually check the blocked emails and can confirm that 99% of them are trash. I am confident that the number of False Positives is minimal for this solution.

1. I like the flexible configuration set, e.g. both the content-based and the IP reputation anti-spam are supported, but you may choose to disable the mechanism you don't like.
2. The databases of IPs and text strings are updated as per schedule, which can be adjusted in the blade options.
3. It is possible to create and use the custom block list for the anti-spam blade in the policy, which we have configured.
   
4. When you have the IPS software blade purchased and activated, the emails are checked by the email IPS protections, thus increasing the security level even more.

I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain. Maintenance requires that the licenses and the support services be prolonged regularly.

Alternatively, they should create some additional bundles of the software blades with significant discounts in addition to the current Next Generation Threat Prevention & SandBlast (NGTX) and Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP) offers.

We have also had several support cases opened for software issues, but none of them were connected with the Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade.

We have been using this product for about three years, starting in late 2017.

The Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is stable.

The Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade scales well with the gateways we use, since it doesn't affect the overall performance much after activation.

We have had several support cases opened, but none of them were connected with the Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade. Some of the issues were resolved by installing the latest recommended JumoHotfix, whereas some required additional configuration at the OS kernel level.

The longest issue took about one month to be resolved, which we consider too long.

No, it's the first NGFW with email protection we onboarded.

The setup was straightforward. The configuration was easy and understandable, and we relied heavily on built-in objects and groups.

Our deployment was completed by our in-house team. We have a Check Point Certified engineer working in the engineering team.

Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall.

No, we decided to stick with Check Point after the demo.

We use the solution in our company with respect to the firewall and email security solutions.

Anti-spam and malware phishing are valuable features of the solution.

In Email Security Software Blade, if you talk about anti-spam, it is very useful for those customers who are using Microsoft 365's Office Suite or Exchange mail servers. Every customer suggests that you have to use an anti-spam solution or anti-phishing solution. It is used as an email security solution.

I don't have any kind of point to improve because that's working well from my understanding and from my experience.

I can say that the solution's price level is a problematic area that needs to be considered for improvement. Prices could be cheaper.

I have been using Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade for four to five years.

It's a stable product.

It's a scalable product.

There are multiple customers using the solution.

I haven't connected the tech support because the deployment team connected with the Check Point team for support.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

The deployment hardly takes half an hour.

For licensing, my company makes yearly payments, which is expensive.

My suggestion to those planning to use it, I would say that without an anti-spam solution, you are not safe.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is undoubtedly one of the highly stable and scalable platforms for email management - at a minimal cost.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is highly organized in terms of email synchronization and viewing, email sending/receiving, multiple file transfers on a single click, spam and phishing email blocking, and email restoration, and is much more compatible with various features.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides a safe passage for email management and data protection.

The Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade has proven to be highly productive and scalable in terms of what it provides, and at such a minimal cost.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides a complete solution against phishing email blocking and restoration, email synchronization and viewing, email sending/receiving, and multiple file transfers on a single click.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is a highly recommended tool for professionals.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides multiple support and services. Some of the most valuable ones are the complete solution against phishing emails and the ability to block emails.

It allows for restoration along with email synchronization and viewing, sending/receiving, and multi-file transfer with a single click.

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.

Usage and access to Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade are highly limited to professionals. However, there has been a bit more dependency in recent months, and one thing which annoys me with the Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is its customer support portal which still lags in service even after so many developments.

Dealing with unnecessary ads running in the background is an area that Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade need to work on for mass adoption.

I have been integrating with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade for less than one year. However, since the day I joined this platform it has totally changed my way of work and email management.

We previously used Protonmail. It was not as compatible according to my usability.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is budget-friendly and scalable.

I did not previously use a different solution.

I'd advise potential new users to go for Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade, as it's highly dependable and secure.

Our customers used this product for internet security, anti-virus, and remote browsing. We are system integrators and worked with Check Point as managed service providers up until a few months ago. I'm a senior security specialist.

This solution is very efficient. 

If you face any configuration problems, you have to involve the Check Point team so they can verify their software.

Until recently, we were integrators of this solution for five years. 

The stability is generally good if there are no power-related issues. 

The scalability is very good. 

The customer support is excellent - if you're facing any problems, you can write to the Check Point team and you'll receive an immediate reply. 

The setup of this solution is complex because it has the concept of software blade instead of appliance which is something that only CheckPoint can identify. Deployment generally takes about a week and requires an engineer.   

Palo Alto is very expensive compared to other solutions. 

If you're a software company, I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

It has helped us to avoid large amounts of spam, which consumed space in our online exchange. 

With this, we also avoid expenses and also protect our users.

Protection policies were easy to implement to protect us from existing threats.

This tool is very good. It can be included through the anti-spam blade in our Check Point Gateway and is an easy implementation. The product helped us avoid threats from non-permitted domains and control domains with IPs reported as fraudulent or as threats.       

Check Point solutions are very good. It's a fairly old solution. However, that has been updated over time to become one of the best manufacturers of security solutions.

Check Point Anti Spam is a very interesting and good tool. It has helped us a lot against modern threats, spam, and domains that are marked as threats. In this way, we have improved business security,

The solution has also been modernized in Harmony. However, this solution is included in our Gateway and makes it easier to use.

It's improved against email attacks greatly.

This tool provides several quite interesting features:

1- Ease of Implementation through Check Point Security Management makes it so that it can be implemented through your blade.

2- The blocking policies are very effective. You can provide denial policies by IPs or even by reputation.

3- Monitoring what happens in the perimeter helps verify the tool's behavior in the face of threats, in addition to improving some current vulnerabilities to debug better as we spend time with the tool.

It is an easy-to-use, very good tool.

The tool is modernized by Check Point Harmony anti-spam. They can also modernize the tool through their blade.

At the Check Point support level, it has a great slope since the support language is only in English. Service hours are sometimes difficult to find an agent in Latin American hours, so a support case may take longer to resolve than expected.

The cost is high when putting through Check Point Blade in your Gateway.

The documentation is not so easy to validate. Some new users in the Check Point environment have a hard time. Therefore, the guides should be more intuitive.

We currently have a Check Point Gateway administrator through the Check Point Infinity Portal, with the Smart Cloud, where we were able to easily add the anti-spam blade, used for a while with excellent results.

We used email security and anti-spam tools from Microsoft. However, we prefer to have all security solutions centralized.

The cost depends on the license that is acquired. Sometimes adding the license later is somewhat high.

I recommend getting a good  Check Point vendor so they can help you with the requirements and costs as they are not that easy to find.

We have tested and validated other solutions such as those of Microsoft. However, it is more suited to what is sought in these solutions with  Check Point.

The tool is very good. However, they must validate if it meets expectations. There are already more modern tools that do the same at the Check Point level.

The primary use case is to protect the organization from any attacks generated via email. As most of the attacks in recent days are via email, the organization has to be equipped and ready to mitigate this type of attack at the perimeter level, before it has been delivered to the user's mailbox or an endpoint.

Basic anti-spam filters are not capable of protecting against the latest generation of attacks. Therefore, for protecting the organization against this sophisticated or targeted attack, we concluded that the next generation of email security solutions is a must. Ultimately, it should be able to protect against any attack that is sent via email. 

At first, it seemed like a good solution but it wasn't; we have the mail server on site.

After six months, the mail was in fits and starts and the Check Point infrastructure was not responding properly. We realized that we were under a strong spam attack and had to install another antispam product. We were lucky enough to be supported by the Check Point team of specialists, who helped us to identify and solve the problem.

In fact, even with analyzing the logs, it was not something that was evident at first sight

This product integrates well and is easy to manage.

It is certainly very beneficial for a small business and works best in combination with other Check Point blades, such as the Data Protection Blade that protects against data loss via email.

It is useful for having alerts on the e-mail traffic trends. 

This solution is ideal for a small business or if you have a mail server in the cloud and most of the spam is blocked by the provider. It is not good for large email flows. If you require or move to large mail flows, the solution needs to be changed. 

Determining areas for improvement is not a question that can be answered simply. 

We should separate the antispam engine into two parts; the first that breaks down mass spam, and the second for refinement.

It would be good to dedicate a separate core, at least for the first phase, so that it does not take away resources from the system. The ideal approach would be to enrich the product with more functions, however, this would likely also lead to an increase in cost.

It would be useful to have more logs and in aggregate mode, perhaps through a specific report, that can be more easily used for troubleshooting. 

I've used the solution for three months.

It is improving our company's security posture.

We now have better security and fewer false positives.

The antivirus is easy to use and fast with a good signature database that is updated in real-time.

Installation time could be improved as it takes too long to install. With the software footprint, it should be taking less than the time it took to install. In the future, I hope to see faster installation and easier installation on our platform as time is equal to money.

I've used the solution for three months.

I did not use a different solution previously.

The initial setup was good.

The product offers a good price.

I did not evaluate a different solution. 

What we use in our company from Check Point is not software. We use a box from Check Point, and in that box, we have Check Point Firewall with all those features, like antivirus, web security, etc. It has all the software, so it's not a single software on our systems.

We use Check Point products, which have been good so far. I think the solution has reached the end-of-life stage because we are facing CPU usage issues. There is a need to change something in the solution to make it stronger.

We are a financial institution that requires a certain level of security, so we use Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is quite reliable. The solution had stayed reliable up until recently when we applied new updates while having a high memory usage which ultimately affected our network traffic. So far, the solution has been good.

The solution's technical support is an area with shortcomings that need to be improved for the better.

I have four years of experience with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade. I need to confirm the version of the solution I use.

It is a very stable solution.

It's expensive right now if someone plans to scale up. One needs to pay a lot to get bigger scalability. The scalability of the solution can be very difficult.

We currently have 40 users in our company using the solution.

I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

Positive

I joined my current company after the setup phase.

The solution is deployed on-premises.

The worth of the solution depends on one's needs.

The solution is expensive.

I rate the pricing as an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

We have to make yearly payments towards the licensing cost. The additional cost in excess of the licensing cost is done for the support.

We evaluated solutions like Sophos and Juniper in our company.

I recommend those planning to use the solution to check their number of users, the solutions you need, along with the products or services you specifically need to run some other solutions.

The solution is difficult to scale up.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.