What is our primary use case?
We pull all of our cloud platforms into Microsoft Azure. We needed a tool that would provide us with provides policy compliance to be able to monitor our environment. In the case something is in violation of one of those rules, it will let us know and we can correct it.
It is also very flexible to configure users, and authentication methods and thus be able to control the activities of each of the system administrators and users, another one of the functionalities it presents is that it allows us to monitor the records of our environment in the Azure Cloud and be able to take the necessary measures if there is a problem.
How has it helped my organization?
One of the reasons we were able to implement this solution is that it gives us complete visibility into the workload that we have hosted on our Microsoft Azure platform. This tool came to help improve our security environment in the cloud and provide more detail through reports such as compliance and security, as it shows us complete visibility of the traffic that is flowing to our Azure platform.
Another reason we implemented it and it caught our attention was the access control to our Azure cloud. Every time a policy is created for each purpose, it immediately blocks the access for which it was designed. Dome9 provides excellent visibility.
What is most valuable?
Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management presents great values, such as the IAM role control, since if it does not meet the established parameters, these controls will not allow the creation of users, and policies that are not allowed.
It presents great visibility of the traffic flow of our cloud, providing information on what data and users are circulating and in the event of a threat, it immediately identifies them by providing detailed and granular information from our entire environment.
It also has and provides the ability to provide recommendations of the errors that exist and thus be able to correct them as soon as possible
What needs improvement?
The service is very complete for the functionality that it was created for, however, they can make a couple of improvements such as the validation of policies that must be available before they are implemented in the production environment. It should have some options to activate API calls to the platform in the cloud, another improvement would be that when the rules are colonized and they want to be published. They do not update as they should and the new rules are not applied. They can also try to reduce the false positives generated by the tool.
For how long have I used the solution?
This solution has been used for approximately five years in the company.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
One of the reasons why we chose to do the implementation with Check Point was its stability. Its performance is very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My impression was that the scalability was very good. It is a super scalable product.
How are customer service and support?
On some occasions, we have had problems as they do not send the meetings on time or it takes a long time to resolve a case. However, on other occasions, they resolve very quickly.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Check Point was always our first option as many security teams are from Check Point.
How was the initial setup?
The configuration was very simple. The application is a very user-friendly tool - apart from training and courses for implementation.
What about the implementation team?
A Check Point engineer who had a lot of experience helped us with the implementation.
What was our ROI?
When making an investment with these tools you are taking care of an important patrimony that will double your profits.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Check Point always manages good prices and costs in the tools they sell.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We do not evaluate other options. We wanted to continue implementing the same brand since the other products have helped us a lot in the security of our company.
What other advice do I have?
Users can fully rely on Check Point products as they are robustly designed for security.
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?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.