Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade Reviews

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.

Our need was to be able to provide greater security to business e-mail, avoid possible threats and completely reduce vulnerabilities within our perimeter, realizing that we could use our checkpoint gateway and security management to, through the anti-spam and email security blade, provide business users an additional layer of security do not hesitate to purchase this modern security tool, part of the family of checkpoint tools.

In this way, checkpoint has improved perimeter security by avoiding spam emails within our infrastructure.

Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade has helped us considerably to improve the company's email experience because due to its technology, monitoring and manufacturer features we have been able to reduce if not completely almost completely the intrusion of spam and spam. other threats that can be uploaded via email.

Thanks also to its anti-spam policies where we can block from a domain, an email subject or any header any type of spam in the company, also thanks to its alerts we can be completely updated about what is happening around our infrastructure.

It also has a large database that is continuously validated to find IPs cataloged with a spam reputation to avoid being able to accept this type of email or domain.

With checkpoint blade anti-spam and email security software we have found great features that helped us protect our infrastructure and email, such as:

-Anti spam policies controlled by reputation, domain, ips, which generated greater control and complete reduction of spam in the company.

-Blade integration with our gateway system.

-Complete administration from checkpoint security management server.

- Easy handling and intuitive administration.

It really is easy, powerful and safe for our company, we liked what it gave us.

We have been using Blade for at least two years. We have managed to improve the security experience of our business email.

We have had no problems with the performance of the firewalls.

It performs quite well in cluster solutions or VSS provisioned in Azure.

Previously we used security functions of Microsoft 365, however we wanted to modernize ourselves with a robust tool, which had prestige in addition to centralizing our security environments, for which we preferred to use checkpoint.

The solutions are excellent, expensive but worth it, you could verify some POC to be able to verify it in a test environment, and verify if it adjusts to the needs of your company.

If correct, every serious company should always be able to verify the existing options in the market, cisco, fortinet, microsoft among others.

Our organization had the need for an efficient way to solve problems surrounding mail, as there are constant places or niches for attackers to strike. We were looking for a solution that could collaborate and integrate in a stealthy and minimally invasive way to protect each of our collaborators and work groups. We had the opportunity to use this solution to assist us with security.

Check Point Anti Spam and Email Security has given some of the most value to each one of the collaborators of our organization. Once it is installed, it is not invasive. It has not unnecessarily blocked or prevented the normal operation of the users. The product is easy to deploy, quick to configure, and gives added value to each of our users, our accounts, and our organization. It ensures we are protected at all times. It is one of the best solutions we can have in our organization.

One of the most outstanding characteristics it has given to our organization and each of our collaborators is that it is not very invasive. The installation has been easy for us and has given us better service than the last generation. It is no longer like the old applications where we had to install user-by-user. The functionality is better. You can place it on your computers, and it is faster when deploying and protecting each one of our accounts. It's helped us avoid a great number of attacks.

What I would like to see in the future are new features that can be implemented in this solution. Many would love to have this solution and be able to manage it from any device, including native applications or applications that can be installed on devices such as Android or iOS. We'd like to gradually adopt portability and teleworking capabilities so users can really be anywhere with administrators able to help and give value to our users inside or outside the organization.

I've used the solution for about two years.

It is one of the most stable solutions. It is worth emphasizing that one of my common uses is to have it established in one of the solutions that are in a cluster, and this gives double stability. 

The solution is quite scalable. It will depend a lot on the capabilities of the SOAP where I have that function enabled. It's fast and simple to scale if I need more computing power.

I had the need for specialized support in Spanish. However, there are only specialists in the English-speaking language, and that has, in some cases, limited support. It's an issue when it is carried out by a third party or a different technician who does not have the capacity or the fluency to speak fluently in English. It is worth emphasizing that the best experts have always given us the most concern in Spanish.

Mail sanitisation features are second to none.

• Without this product, we would get 100,000 pieces of spam daily.
• With it, we have greater system performance.

The UX/UI could be more friendly.

10 years.

No.

No.

Outside of official channels, we could not find a lot of sources of technical material. However, the tech support and documentation provided were adequate.

Yes, I previously used a GFI solution. I switched because the GFI solution worked with the Microsoft ISA firewalls and I moved to a different platform.

It was relatively straightforward.

Yes, I looked at a few others. This had a higher spam removal percentage.

Spam percentage of more than 98%. It is one of the best products that I have used.

Like any company, we needed an antispam product so we implemented this solution.

Buying this blade was convenient from an economic point of view and we took advantage of it to have a product that is both well-integrated and easy to manage.

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, analyzing the logs 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 trend.

Determining areas for improvement is not a question that can be answered simply. I think 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 but this I imagine would 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.

We have been using the Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade for six months.

For small mail flows, this product is stable.

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.

Third-party customer service was excellent and the technical team is highly skilled.

Previously, there was no specific solution and we relied on the local antispam engine installed on the clients.

The initial setup is simple and it takes just a few steps.

Our ROI is in line with the investment.

This is a simple system with a very low cost and basic functions, which surely is ideal for a small company. 

We tried Apache SpamAssassin but it was difficult to integrate it into our environment.

Unfortunately, the product has not proved up to par. Every component has to do its job; it is an excellent advanced firewall solution and we cannot expect it to do everything but the Spam and Email Blade must do its job well as Check Point does.