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Security IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Good modern tool - Excellent Blade
Pros and Cons
  • "Due to its technology, monitoring, and manufacturer features, we have been able to reduce the intrusion of spam and other threats that can be uploaded via email."
  • "It is expensive but worth it."

What is our primary use case?

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.

How has it helped my organization?

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.

What is most valuable?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

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

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Hazel Zuñiga Rojas - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrative Assistant at Tecapro
Real User
Non-invasive, easy to deploy, and quick to configure
Pros and Cons
  • "The functionality is better."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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.

How has it helped my organization?

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.

What is most valuable?

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 needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for about two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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.

How are customer service and support?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Edwin Solano Salmeron - PeerSpot reviewer
Soporte técnico superior at Acobo
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Non-invasive, protects from spam, and detects problems fast
Pros and Cons
  • "It has provided us with an easy way to avoid invasive mail."
  • "While we often take advantage of Check Point's cloud part, including Infinity or Harmony, I would like to see products that directly deal with mobile or native environments or other operating systems that we have within the organization."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for perimeter safety and to protect emails. Initially, we activated Check Point to offer greater protection against spam and attacks so that our users are safe as our organization is attacked often.

How has it helped my organization?

We managed to give users a non-invasive tool so that they are protected. The solution protects us as long as we are not executing large workloads. It's simple to administer. It's helped our organization detect problems faster when analyzing events, and it is very efficient - even when implementing new functions or configurations within the established policies. 

What is most valuable?

It has provided us with an easy way to avoid invasive mail. When users are constantly receiving advertising attacks, it helps to offer verification of the domains from each of those alerts and to have filtering without the need to get directly to the user. It provides users with less noise when receiving emails. They do not get unnecessary emails and spam has largely stopped. 

What needs improvement?

Today, we have several solutions that give us added value in the catalog of services. While we often take advantage of Check Point's cloud part, including Infinity or Harmony, I would like to see products that directly deal with mobile or native environments or other operating systems that we have within the organization. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for three years.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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IT Professional
Vendor
Without this product, we would get 100,000 pieces of spam daily
Pros and Cons
  • "Mail sanitisation features are second to none."
  • "The UX/UI could be more friendly."

What is most valuable?

Mail sanitisation features are second to none.

How has it helped my organization?

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

What needs improvement?

The UX/UI could be more friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

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

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

How was the initial setup?

It was relatively straightforward.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

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

What other advice do I have?

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

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reviewer1572915 - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Network Administrator at Auriga - The banking e-volution
Real User
Would benefit from aggregate logging capabilities, and it does not scale to large email volume
Pros and Cons
  • "This product integrates well and is easy to manage."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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.

How has it helped my organization?

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. 

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

For small mail flows, this product is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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.

How are customer service and technical support?

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

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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

How was the initial setup?

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

What was our ROI?

Our ROI is in line with the investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

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

What other advice do I have?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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