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PROS

Check Point Application Control improves security by allowing granular control over application access, enhancing productivity by ensuring only legitimate business applications are utilized.
With automatic updates for new applications and signatures, Check Point Application Control ensures continuous protection without manual intervention, benefiting organizations with streamlined security operations.
The robust support team at Check Point provides fast escalation and resolution of issues, enhancing user experience and system reliability.
Real-time monitoring and reporting improve visibility into application usage patterns, aiding in proactive threat responses and organizational security posture enhancement.
Check Point Application Control's superior granularity allows organizations to effectively manage bandwidth and prioritize business-critical applications, optimizing productivity and resource allocation.

CONS

Initial setup was difficult and many business applications stopped working without explanation.
Pricing is a concern, deemed expensive for licensing, purchasing, and maintaining.
There is a need for more customizable blocking characteristics and better policy validation.
Greater scalability and performance improvements are required, particularly for larger networks and increased traffic.
False positives impact efficiency, and there is a need for faster updates and better documentation.
 

Check Point Application Control Pros review quotes

it_user1277715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 5, 2020
This solution is stable and we have not had any issues.
KP
Network Engineer at LTTS
Jul 30, 2020
With Check Point Application Control we can say we improved our legacy and have made them more secure. Now we are able to allow specific applications on respective service and we are allowed those respective services only.
OP
Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group
Jan 31, 2022
The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing the Check Point solutions, we relied on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewalls configured on the switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently appear to be not an efficient solution for protecting from the advanced threats.
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reviewer1098015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer/Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2020
Check Point enables us to save internet bandwidth. The administration offers good guidance. We don't want the employees to access social networking on work computers because it will distract them from their jobs, so we can block that. It also helps us to implement changes very quickly and to get people to be more focused on the job.
ST
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 19, 2021
This product logs & monitors event traffic for each application, giving us better visibility.
reviewer1572915 - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Network Administrator at Auriga - The banking e-volution
May 8, 2021
The most important feature, in my opinion, regarding Check Point Application Control is the granularity and the great variety of applications and sub-applications recognized.
it_user1626546 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Head at SUKARNE
Jul 15, 2021
The automatic updates of new applications and signatures guarantee protection at all times without the need to apply a change manually.
PD
Associate Consult at Atos
Sep 25, 2021
The product offers easy-to-install policies and makes it simple to troubleshoot application-related traffic.
reviewer1670154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Firewall Engineer at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 30, 2021
Check Point Application Control offers a wide selection of applications, and even within those, you can configure uploads, downloads, et cetera, on a very granular level.
MB
Voice and data infrastructure specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 19, 2021
They have an excellent support team. They are fast and it is easy to escalate any situation.
 

Check Point Application Control Cons review quotes

it_user1277715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 5, 2020
The initial setup was a bit difficult.
KP
Network Engineer at LTTS
Jul 30, 2020
Most of the business applications stopped working, we don't know why and we have already escalated to the top level but we still haven't gotten any corrective action on this. They always take logs but after that, there is no resolution.
OP
Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group
Jan 31, 2022
I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered - we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain (the licenses and the support services need to be prolonged regularly), or 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.
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reviewer1098015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer/Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2020
The whitelisting approach should only be on very specific applications. In which only a server should access a certain application and nothing else. If you miss something, you will have to always be investigating why it doesn't have access or why an application is not working.
ST
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 19, 2021
We expect applications to be updated regularly.
reviewer1572915 - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Network Administrator at Auriga - The banking e-volution
May 8, 2021
I would like to have a periodic update of the applications, perhaps based on a predefined calendar.
it_user1626546 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Head at SUKARNE
Jul 15, 2021
It's important that there is the option to validate the policies before applying them.
PD
Associate Consult at Atos
Sep 25, 2021
SD-WAN functionality can be added.
reviewer1670154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Firewall Engineer at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 30, 2021
If you want to use Application Control over your whole environment you have to license it for all gateways. Otherwise, you can only work with a subset of it. Therefore, pricing can be quite an issue.
MB
Voice and data infrastructure specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 19, 2021
They are expensive products due to the fact that we have to buy blades for each solution that we want to integrate into our corporate.