We use Check Point Antivirus to secure our enterprise network. It protects our data servers from malware attacks.
Senior Manager ICT & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Comes with AI features and secures enterprise networks
Pros and Cons
- "The tool comes with an in-built AI feature, which makes file management easier. It also secures the network from viruses, malware, and phishing attacks."
- "Check Point Antivirus' performance could be faster. It needs to include app-based support to upload screenshots of issues. It needs to add timely and regular updates. The dashboards and reporting features need to offer more efficiency."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The tool comes with an in-built AI feature, which makes file management easier. It also secures the network from viruses, malware, and phishing attacks.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Antivirus' performance could be faster. It needs to include app-based support to upload screenshots of issues. It needs to add timely and regular updates. The dashboards and reporting features need to offer more efficiency.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for two years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable. I rate it a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Antivirus is scalable. You can add the 'n' number of servers at any time. My company has 1000 users.
How are customer service and support?
The tool's tech support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment is easy and takes two to three hours to complete. A single person can do deployment. The tool has a SmartConsole feature, which helps to deploy it efficiently without much processing. It is easy to maintain, and one person can handle the maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Check Point Antivirus is the most economical solution.
What other advice do I have?
The product is an AI-based solution with the latest capabilities. It offers the most secure protection. I rate it an eight out of ten.
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Ease of installation with fair pricing and good product documentation
Pros and Cons
- "It offers a really simple and minimally invasive installation for users."
- "The SLA is slow."
What is our primary use case?
We required a product recognized for its brand visibility and achievements in cybersecurity at a global level.
Check Point was perfectly suited and we decided to use it effectively for our endpoint devices that are corporate property. In this way, we have avoided daily threats on devices with a great degree of acceptance seen by users.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Antivirus has helped us a lot with the personal protection of users' computers and protection against current threats and ransomware, among others. It is an excellent product that generates much business confidence when dealing with any cyber threat that can compromise computers.
It offers a really simple and minimally invasive installation for users. In this way, it does not generate performance problems.
What is most valuable?
It is a good tool. The price is accessible. It protects against modern threats in a great way; there is a lot of confidence in Check Point.
There is quite a lot of product documentation to assist with a correct implementation.
The ease of installation is great.
What needs improvement?
The Check Point language for opening and solving cases is English. They could expand languages for Latin America, and it would be easier to solve problems in these areas.
Costs are only available through a Check Point partner.
The SLA is slow. The solutions provided to address problems and breakdowns are slow.
For how long have I used the solution?
As a product from the Check Point security family, we have been using it for one year or more.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, we used ESET, however, we were inclined to switch to Check Point.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Our company always evaluates the tools before buying them and before putting them into production.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Consultant at SOCIEDAD AXIOBASE S.A.
It has a threat prevention policy that can stop different types of threats from entering the environment, but it lacks an EDL feature and is a little costly
Pros and Cons
- "What I like best about Check Point Antivirus is that it's a strong tool for preventing malicious traffic and threats from entering the environment."
- "What's missing in Check Point Antivirus is the EDL feature."
What is our primary use case?
I'm using Check Point Antivirus for my customer, mainly to check threat activity and generate a report on threats in the customer environment. I then compare different reports and check for possible IP threats by reviewing the IP address database on Check Point Antivirus. I also use the tool to check malicious activity on applications and use it as an EPS solution.
What is most valuable?
What I like best about Check Point Antivirus is that it's a strong tool for preventing malicious traffic and threats from entering the environment. It has a threat prevention policy so that I can stop different types of threats from entering a workspace or environment.
What needs improvement?
What's missing in Check Point Antivirus is the EDL feature, which I want Check Point to add in the future.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Antivirus is very stable, and I'd rate its stability as nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Antivirus has excellent scalability, but you need a license because there's a limit depending on your license. The tool works fine if you have the correct number of licenses.
The scalability of the tool is a nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Check Point Antivirus provides excellent technical support, but if the customer doesn't pay for the correct number of licenses, there will be issues, and support may not be as good.
I'd rate Check Point Antivirus support as eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for Check Point Antivirus wasn't difficult for me. If you know your network, then it's not complicated. Configuring and setting the tool up could be difficult if you don't have networking knowledge.
Installing the architecture with different appliances takes two to three days, and learning the tool and the rules would take one week for the customer.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Check Point Antivirus is a good solution, but it's a little costly and is similar to Fortinet, pricing-wise.
What other advice do I have?
I'm a consultant working with Check Point technologies, including Check Point Antivirus.
Deploying and maintaining Check Point Antivirus requires two to three engineers.
My advice to anyone planning to use Check Point Antivirus is that it's a good tool, especially if you're using an endpoint solution from Check Point.
My rating for Check Point Antivirus is seven out of ten because you need to be certified to manage the tool and for it to work well for your company. It could be a very complex tool, depending on the customer.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner/Consultant
Assistant Manager at CIANS ANALYTICS PVT. LTD
A good antivirus with excellent email alerts but needs better technical support
Pros and Cons
- "We like the sandbox feature."
- "Technical support could be better."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution as an antivirus. We want to protect our systems from malware and viruses.
We are still doing work from home and we are not sure how long this will last. Before Check Point Harmony software, we depended on Windows Defender Antivirus, but we realized that it was not so good. We wanted some good AV so that users who are working on a VPN would have an antivirus installed on their system.
Also, we wanted a sandbox feature so that, if any machine got infected, we can automatically isolate it from the network.
How has it helped my organization?
When starting, we faced many issues. It was due to a partner mistake, however. The partner gave us the wrong setup which caused laptops to crash and it lowered the efficiency. We escalated to our Check Point sales account manager. He immediately set us up with some other partner and tried to resolve the issue. He found the root cause, but still, we needed to format the system. It has been more than 3 months, and now the user's system is working fine.
We always receive alert emails from Check Point regarding malware or virus status, which is helpful.
What is most valuable?
We like the sandbox feature. If any machine got infected, it would get automatically isolated from the network. As such, we haven't faced any issues. We like that we have an option to isolate.
The alert email from Check Point is also very valuable. If any machine didn't get a scan or has a virus due to visiting various websites on a browser, it automatically sends us an email to warn us. Accordingly, we can take action on that particular machine.
Overall, the antivirus is good.
What needs improvement?
Technical support could be better. When we register a complaint, we need to register it via the portal only, which is atime consuming.
When we register the complaint, it says there's a minimum of four hours of turnaround time which is high. It should be a minimum of 60 minutes.
The GUI of Harmony is very slow to upload. I'm not sure if it is due to the internet, but still, at times, we found that when we click on any tab, it takes a minimum of five seconds to get it open.
All other things are okay from our end.
One feature we want to add is an EDR/XDR into this antivirus module.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for 4 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I found the solution to be okay. I'm not sure how others are providing the support as we haven't checked that.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No, we haven't used any other antivirus. It was by default in Windows.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was okay.
What about the implementation team?
We implement it through a vendor.
I would rate their level of service at a 2 out of 5 where 1 is lowest and 5 is best.
What was our ROI?
If we talk about ROI, then the solution is good, as we are getting a sandbox feature in it plus the VPN licenses if we have the Check Point firewall.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The setup is okay depending on the partner and what the relationship is with you and your partner. The pricing is okay.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Yes, we have evaluated other options. For example, we've evaluated Sophos.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Network, Systems and Security Engineer at SOLTEL Group
Easy to scale, heuristic scanning protects against previously unknown threats, and the support is good
Pros and Cons
- "Heuristic detection scans for suspicious characteristics that can be found in unknown, new viruses and modified versions of known viruses."
- "It is very difficult to get ahead of what's coming in terms of new threats, however, I think that Check Point Antivirus must improve against zero-day attacks."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to protect our computers and remove all malicious software or code designed to damage our computers or data that belongs to our clients. We are notified of these actions.
It is very important to protect all endpoints in our networks because these devices are entry points and every time, it is more difficult for our users to detect what object is malware and what object is legitimate software.
Malware is evolving so rapidly that some estimate a new malware instance is created nearly every second.
How has it helped my organization?
We decided to implement Check Point Antivirus because they are an avant-garde company and they design the latest technology. In this case, their solution implements:
- Signature-based detection identifies malware by comparing code in a program to the code of known virus types that have already been encountered, analyzed, and recorded in a database.
- Heuristic detection scans for suspicious characteristics that can be found in unknown, new viruses and modified versions of known viruses.
- Rootkit detection scans and blocks malicious code designed to gain administrative access to a machine.
- Real-time detection scans and monitors files as they are accessed.
What is most valuable?
For us, the most valuable feature of Check Point Antivirus is the real-time detection scan that monitors files as they are accessed. It is important because we can react quickly.
Today, malicious coders and hackers are experts at evasive tactics that shield their activities. Therefore, in today’s cybersecurity landscape, antivirus is just one of the many tools in an organization’s cybersecurity arsenal to keep the business safe.
The antivirus solution should be implemented as part of the organization’s endpoint security solution that combines global threat intelligence and advanced threat prevention engines that address zero-day and other next-generation threats.
What needs improvement?
It is very difficult to get ahead of what's coming in terms of new threats, however, I think that Check Point Antivirus must improve against zero-day attacks.
Today, next-gen approaches extend signature-based detection with behavioral detection, machine learning, sandboxing, and other techniques that are optimized to address threats such as malicious URLs, browser hijackers, advanced persistent threats, and phishing exploits. However, zero-day attacks keep happening quite frequently.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Check Point Antivirus for 11 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In 11 months, we haven't had any problems. Our system is very stable and works fine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is easily scalable.
We deployed this solution once, and we have only needed to add new devices/servers/endpoints to our infrastructure to expand it.
How are customer service and technical support?
Check Point Service Support is very good. Normally, they contact you shortly after you open the ticket, and in all cases, they have given us a good solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use only this solution as a centralized solution. At other times, we used free software products.
How was the initial setup?
Before the initial setup, we used a training pack. For this, we can set up the entire system in a short time and we only use a small number of support hours.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it through the best vendor team in Spain. They are 100% recommendable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
My team and I evaluated other products and vendors based on price, experience, technology, ease of configuration, integration time, licensing, etc. Finally, we opted for this Check Point solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Systems Engineer at HarborTech Mobility
Good file scanning, stops malicious files, and detects/blocks malware
Pros and Cons
- "Check Point Antivirus is capable of scanning files uploaded from the internet or running through the network via Check Point gateways/clusters."
- "I would prefer it if this solution was cheaper for everybody to buy it and enjoy these wonderful and distinguished characteristics."
What is our primary use case?
The Check Point Antivirus offers our company a high level of security. It helps us to filter outgoing URLs with possible malevolent threats. Also, this great solution secures endpoints efficiently so that connections, applications, websites, and software.
The Check Point Antivirus uses real-time anti-virus protection and protection based on Threat Cloud anomalies. It's very useful.
I like that the antivirus hardly affects the performance of our security gateways, thus offering additional security almost without penalty.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Antivirus really is a great solution. It helps us to improve our company. First, it offers a high-security level. It helps me filter out outgoing URLs with potential malicious threats. Second, Check Point Antivirus is very easy to configure and enables me to take measurements under any threat quickly. Thanks to its constant updates in real-time, it is always up to date with possible new threats, so it is very effective at detecting all kinds of instructions, malware, or viruses.
Also, Check Point Antivirus allows me to keep all my computers protected against any potential cyber threat. It gives me the capability to detect and block malware threats by using virus signatures in real-time.
What is most valuable?
If you need a good antivirus, Check Point Antivirus is more than great.
Check Point Anti-Virus has many positive characteristics. First, Check Point Antivirus is capable of scanning files uploaded from the internet or running through the network via Check Point gateways/clusters. Second, Like the other Check Point blades, the visibility and logging of events are remarkable.
One of the features that I love the most about this large software is that It allows me to stop incoming malicious files, and stop users from accessing malicious software-infested sites. Also, it gives me the opportunity to get very comprehensive reports where we can collect summaries of infections and trends to provide greater visibility of threats, which is absolutely fantastic.
What needs improvement?
Until now, I've found no negative features sufficiently important to complain about. In general terms, the software works perfectly. One time, I had a little issue, however, the technical support staff resolved it almost immediately.
I would prefer it if this solution was cheaper for everybody to buy it and enjoy these wonderful and distinguished characteristics.
I like that activating Check Point antivirus hardly affects the performance of our security gateways, thus providing additional security almost without penalty.
For how long have I used the solution?
We are started using Check Point Antivirus in 2016. This great solution allows us to avoid malware traffic before reaching end users.
Check Point Antivirus is also really easy to set up. In just one click in the Smart Console, you can set up the policy and you're ready to go. Check Point Antivirus has a number of positive features that make it stand out through other means such as software.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use just Check Point Antivirus. We found everything we want in this great solution. It helps us to improve and secure our network. Also, Checkpoint Antivirus does excellent environmental protection work in many ways.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I have just one piece of advice: if you can lower the price for this solution so that more companies can use this great solution and protect their environment, that would be ideal.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We just work with Check Point Antivirus until now and we found that this solution is the best.
What other advice do I have?
If you are looking for a good antivirus, Check Point Antivirus is more than good, you will be surprised how excellent it is in all its aspects.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Cyber Security Engineer at AFRICAN CYBERSECURITY MARKET
Easy to set up, allows you to manage all the endpoints, works against every attack, and has helpful technical support
Pros and Cons
- "What I like best about Check Point Antivirus is that it's a good solution against phishing, malware, etc. It can do a lot in terms of security. You can also manage all the endpoints or users from the Check Point Antivirus platform, which is another feature I found valuable in the solution."
- "An area for improvement in Check Point Antivirus is its price because it's expensive. It would depend on the clients, but sometimes, you'll have clients who don't have many endpoints, so in that case, clients would find the price for Check Point Antivirus to be higher."
What is our primary use case?
We use Check Point Antivirus for cyber security purposes.
What is most valuable?
What I like best about Check Point Antivirus is that it's a good solution against phishing, malware, etc. It can do a lot in terms of security.
You can also manage all the endpoints or users from the Check Point Antivirus platform, which is another feature I found valuable in the solution.
What needs improvement?
An area for improvement in Check Point Antivirus is its price because it's expensive. It would depend on the clients, but sometimes, you'll have clients who don't have many endpoints, so in that case, clients would find the price for Check Point Antivirus to be higher.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Check Point Antivirus for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Antivirus is a stable solution. It's a very good solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Antivirus is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support for Check Point Antivirus is helpful, but sometimes, it isn't easy to reach the support team.
On a scale of one to five, my rating for Check Point Antivirus support is four.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Check Point Antivirus wasn't difficult because it just required downloading the software, then installing it where you want to install it. There wasn't any issue with the initial setup of Check Point Antivirus.
How long the deployment of Check Point Antivirus takes would depend on the number of client endpoints, but the process could take just five or six minutes maximum. If your internet connection is slow, then deploying Check Point Antivirus would take longer.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented Check Point Antivirus myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Check Point Antivirus is an expensive solution, especially for clients that don't have as many endpoints.
Check Point Antivirus has a free trial for one month, and within the trial period, there's no limit to the number of endpoints it can support, but when the trial expires, you'll have to buy the license, which covers one year.
You can't buy a license for the solution without being a Check Point partner first.
What other advice do I have?
I'm using the latest version of Check Point Antivirus.
I deploy Check Point Antivirus for the customer. I'm a network and cyber security engineer, so I provide Check Point Antivirus to clients. I'm an integrator, and currently, my clients have a total of one hundred fifty endpoints on Check Point Antivirus. I also manage the solution for clients, which includes reporting, looking into the traffic and attacks, then I explain whatever's going on to the clients.
Maintenance can be done on Check Point Antivirus, and you just have to select the user that's very vulnerable to attacks, then that would trigger maintenance, and Check Point Antivirus would update automatically. It isn't difficult as long as your internet is good.
I would recommend Check Point Antivirus to others because it's very good software, and it works against every attack. Check Point Antivirus is an important solution.
On a scale of one to ten, my rating for the solution is eight because there's still room for improvement.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Director at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
A good endpoint antivirus solution, with an excellent zero-day protection feature
Pros and Cons
- "We find the zero-day protection to be an extremely valuable feature of this solution."
- "We would like to see the URL filtering functionality improved in this solution, so that we can exclude domains, rather than just single site URL's."
What is our primary use case?
We use this product as an endpoint antivirus solution.
What is most valuable?
We find the zero-day protection to be an extremely valuable feature of this solution.
What needs improvement?
We would like to see the URL filtering functionality improved in this solution, so that we can exclude domains, rather than just single site URL's.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with this solution for nearly four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have found this to be a very stable solution during our time using it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not had any issues with the scalability of this solution due to the fact that it is cloud-based, and can be deployed to more users automatically as needed.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of this solution is very simple, and the cloud-based deployment is very quick.
What about the implementation team?
We used a team of integrators for our implementation.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We also evaluated Palo Alto Endpoint, but it was too complicated to configure, and presented too many technical challenges.
What other advice do I have?
We recommend the cloud-based variant of this solution to organizations of all sizes as there is no upper limit to the number of users it can cover, and the price is affordable for SMB's.
We would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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