Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration Reviews

This product has been protecting emails across the company communication system. 

It helps my colleagues to share files and send emails without fear of phishing attacks. 

It keeps all the employees safe all the time when sharing confidential information. 

It protects sensitive company data from leaving the organization in to an insecure environment. 

Cases of ransomware attacks are no longer reported since we have the best solution for handling networking security. 

Implementing API email security across the organization enables teams to access the right information at the right time.

There is improved security across the emailing system and the entire communication networking infrastructure. 

This product enhances faster and more secure sharing of information among colleagues from different departments. 

Blocking malicious emails before landing inbox has enabled each member to access files with viruses and spam. 

The entire communication channels have been fully secured with end-to-end encryption. 

Email security and prevention of data from cyber attacks have been the main goals and have been achieved positively with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.

Full suite protection of cloud email and collaboration applications has been a great achievement of this tool's performance. 

The security features provide a comprehensive report based on current performance and security situation. 

The platform API closely monitors the behavior of information traffic and prevents account takeover. 

It has reduced phishing attacks at a high rate and blocked many attempted attacks. 

The customer support team is online 24/7 and always offers solutions to any request when reached.

I am happy with the powerful performance of the set features. 

We have achieved the most set goals, and we are grateful for this robust solution. 

There are sometimes leakages of viruses when the system is experiencing network failures. The information may land in unsafe hands and lead to unpredictable attacks. 

Timely updates and system maintenance are encouraged to enhance continuous business operations. 

Efficient categorization of viruses will help filter out advanced phishing attacks before they affect the conversation infrastructure.

I've used the solution for two years.

I am impressed by the overall performance.

The solution is highly scalable and powerful.

This is the best support team I have come across. They always offer timely responses.

Positive

I have not worked with a similar tool before.

The setup was relatively complex.

The implementation took place through the vendor team.

Our ROI has increased from 30% to 60% this year.

The pricing and setup are suitable for any level of user.

I evaluated other tools, however, this was the best solution based on our demands.

This is an excellent product for email security.

We have the entire email infrastructure based on Office 365, as well as the file-sharing environment using OneDrive, and Teams as a communication tool. We did not have a specific technology to protect this environment, except that which was provided by Microsoft.

After analyzing the market, we opted for the CheckPoint SaaS solution to cover all of these needs, which has led to a considerable leap in the company's security.

In this way, we now have a secure environment throughout the Office 365 platform, integrated into our SIEM and monitored by our SOC.

In the same way, we have detected malicious files in both OneDrive and SharePoint that have been blocked, which means the elimination of risks in the corporate network.

One of the important characteristics is the visibility that it gives us about suspicious access to accounts, such as several almost simultaneous accesses from impossible geographical locations. This allows us to detect non-legitimate access due to password filtering or brute force attacks.

All this makes the data of our users safer and therefore the integrity of the company is greater.

The first most remarkable thing is the integration with the Office 365 solution, which is easy, fast, and totally transparent for the user. This facilitates its implementation.

Another very noteworthy feature is that the number of false positives tends to zero, which generates great confidence in both administrators and users.

The system can be easily parameterized and as it is integrated into the Infinity ecosystem, it simplifies the administration and centralization of logs.

All this makes the solution simple, reliable, and above all stable.

Check Point has to continue refining the intelligence engine to minimize the number of false positives.

We have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Office for two years.

For two years, we have not had any problems, so we consider the application very stable.

Scalability-wise, it is easy to expand licenses and therefore coverage.

Check Point's technical service is one of the great values ​​of this manufacturer, with prompt attention and they are very professional.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The initial configuration was completely simple, without any problem.

The integration was carried out by Check Point's professional services, and it was a complete success, both in terms of time and results.

Reasonable cost, quick and easy implementation, and transparent.

We evaluated Palo Alto before selecting Check Point.

All these types of tools are gradually refining the intelligence engines that minimize the number of false positives. It is a constant and evolving work that Check Point knows very well and keeps very active.

One of the functionalities that are in the process of coming out is the protection of Teams, a tool that in the current telework situation is essential. This will represent a new leap in communications security.

In any case, Check Point is working on its entire new Harmony environment and surely new ones will appear in the coming months.

We use two solutions: Check Point Gateway and Harmony Email & Collaboration.

We primarily use it for IDS and threat protection, as well as VPN.

It's very easy to deploy with Microsoft Office 365.

The option to set a copy is beneficial. Additionally, the solution scans OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint content and provides a full report. 

If I store any malicious file in my cloud storage, it will give me detailed information in the Check Point console, including which DLL is infected. That's a very useful feature.

I'm satisfied with the product as it is, especially regarding security.

The reporting could be improved. Also, the predefined workflows cannot be changed. It would be great to add custom workflows to better suit customer requirements.

I've been working with Check Point for the last four years. I perform day-to-day operational tasks with it.

It is stable.

It is scalable. There are around 300 end users.

It's a cloud-based SaaS application, so it doesn't need to be deployed in multiple locations. We integrated it with our existing email solution, and all our email traffic is routed through it.

The customer service and support are very good.

Positive

I've worked with Microsoft Defender, Proofpoint, and Barracuda Email Security.

The pros include quick implementation time and easy policy deployment. Security is also good, as Check Point provides multiple security engines and inline data security. As for cons, having the option for custom workflows would be a great improvement.

I completed the initial setup in about 15 minutes, by myself. It was very easy. There's no need for improvement. 

We share product white papers with our customers, understand customers' needs and current email infrastructure, and design a solution before pitching to them. We also create a project timeline for the POC and implementation.

It's easy to integrate, as it supports both cloud-based platforms, O365 and Google Workspace. If you have basic knowledge of your email platform, you can easily integrate the product.

Check Point takes care of the maintenance. It doesn't require any maintenance. 

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is beneficial for customers. It brings in the value.

It provides enhanced email content security to prevent external attacks.

I run the proof of concept and submit a report to management. They handle discussions with customers and coordinate with the Check Point sales team.

I would recommend it. 

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for multi-scanning, threat cloud, and DLP.

The solution's most valuable features are threat prevention, DLP, and some search engines.

The solution should include DMARC or DKIM-related features.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for two years.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a stable solution.

I rate the solution ten out of ten for stability.

I rate the solution’s scalability ten out of ten.

There's no need to add DMARC. You just need the API with the data, and the agent will be deployed in five minutes.

We have seen a return on investment with the solution in terms of time-saving and cost-saving.

The solution does not need any maintenance. Many customers use this product because it is very simple to use and manage. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is AI and ML enabled. The solution provides AI features like software decrypted password use, multi scanning, DLP, and threat engines.

Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

If we talk about use cases, one of our customers is using o365, and one of the customers is using G Suite. On top of that, they require email security along with an anti-APT solution, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and business email compromise with next-generation antivirus included. One of the major use cases is internal communication using an encrypted solution or encrypted mail, especially if internal users send some mail to a particular customer and they require encrypted mail. They also require an encrypted mail solution.

With the kind of features we are looking for, be it with Barracuda or Check Point, we are looking at how we can showcase them to the customer and claim that this one is the best solution for your infrastructure and use cases.

I would like Check Point's technical support to be improved.

I have been using the solution for five to six years. My company is a distributor of multiple OEM solutions.

Most of the customers are using another vendor's solution, so most are looking for a particular email security solution. Whoever has used the solution was facing some challenges till some time ago, but gradually Check Point is improving the solution. So now they are still happy with the solution.

There are multiple customers using the solution. Sometimes they have 100 or 200 users, and they are expanding their team and they are purchasing licenses because if they are increasing users, automatically, mailboxes are increased. We are providing the per-mailbox solution. They are ready to purchase the new licenses for those new mailboxes.

I rate the solution's scalability an eight out of ten.

Check Point's technical support is very much of a low level, especially with respect to other vendors and OEMs. Check Point tries to ensure that they are providing good technical support with respect to the solutions and services it provides.

The setup is very easy. I haven't faced any complexity with the setup of the solution.

The deployment took almost four to five years.

I am from the presale side, the solution architecture side. The implementation and deployment teams are different. We have a different team for the deployments and implementations of any particular solution.

Usually, we pay for the licensing part on a yearly basis and not on a monthly basis.

If Check Point's team is providing a good amount of discount, then it is very easy for us to select it since its competitors are also giving the best prices or best discounts.

It is easy to deploy. With every customer, we just share our thoughts and the experience. It's a very easy-to-implement solution. Check Point is a good cloud-based solution with respect to email security, and Check Point is a very powerful tool with respect to other OEMs.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.

Our goal has always been to strengthen our infrastructure. We currently have Microsoft 365. In order to provide a centralized security solution, we use Checkpoint Harmony Email, which provides us with security against phishing attacks, malware, and advanced data protection, among others. Some other features that successfully help provide a robust security infrastructure for all collaborative applications.

It is also important to mention that it is managed under the Check Point Infinity Portal, which is the most modern of the Check Point approaches.

We have managed to implement this as a totally cloud tool, from the Check Point Infinity Portal. It's super easy. In addition, we have managed to generate DLP policies for the protection of data that is shared to avoid sensitive losses and compliance with regulations.

Also, through the monitoring panel we have been able to see the behavior of our environment and how it is attacked by new threats. We can make decisions to improve our infrastructure thanks to Harmony Email.

This Check Point Harmony Email tool is very modern. Its characteristics are adapted to the most modern threats. One of its main virtues is its monitoring system, which is very important for decision-making, however, it is also very intuitive, easy to understand, and simple to use.

Its DLP policies are quite easy to implement, which help a lot with compliance with the regulations required by our company in addition to shielding sensitive data.

This tool integrates and protects all collaborative tools, in our case, Microsoft 365.

The key improvement for this tool is the inclusion of more collaborative applications. We know that Microsoft has many tools, however, not all of them are covered.

It is also important to validate the documentation. Not all of it is precise. It is very difficult to find the correct ones. In this area, Check Point could generate a more up-to-date library to be able to help customers or companies use their products more.

Finally, the Check Point Infinity Portal sometimes feels a bit slow, and there are performance issues that should be easy to fix.

A very modern tool, centralized through Check Point Infinity, this is used by our company on a trial basis during the last semester.

Previously, we used Microsoft security tools. However, we needed to centralize the security environments, and it was perfect with Infinity.

It is important to evaluate the tools before going into production to verify that everything works correctly.

We carried out a previous validation of the functions and current tools of the market. It convinced us to move towards Check Point.

Security applications are validated and I would recommend the solution.

About one year ago, we decided to switch from the on-premises located email server, based on Zimbra software, to the cloud-based Office 365 provided by Microsoft. We did this because of the increased load that followed after the company's growth.

To provide the security coverage to the new email service, we chose the Check Point CloudGuard SaaS solution. Now it serves as the main protection mechanism, with about 500 users and up to 10,000 emails per day, and there are no problems with the scalability for future growth.

The Check Point CloudGuard SaaS solution is used mostly to prevent malware and zero-day threats. It protects the Microsoft Office 365 cloud email service users of our company against attacks. It is also capable of stopping the sophisticated phishing attacks on the Office 365 accounts and block the possible account hijacks.

It would be really hard to achieve such a level of protection with the on-premises email server without using some email-server specific software, but with CloudGuard SaaS it was easy to integrate the security into the Microsoft email services.

As with most of the other Check Point products, the CloudGuard SaaS has the advanced visibility of the events and alerts. In general, the monitoring and alerting is just great, and the default dashboards provided are used by our support team as part of the SoC solution.

In addition, the CloudGuard SaaS is capable of preventing data leakage, thus may serve as the basic DLP system for the cloud email system. We rely on this functionality and block the emails that contain the card numbers patterns as part of the compliance regulations.

From time to time, the system's administrators notice the increase in the false-positive alerts being reported by CloudGuard SaaS. The increase usually lasts for several days, with the longest we observed being about a week. During these periods, some number of the "clean" emails are blocked and not delivered to the end-users. I hope the Check Point team would work on improving the detection algorithm and the amount of the false-positive alerts would be more predictable, stable on the minimal level. 

We onboarded the Check Point CloudGuard SaaS about a year ago, after switching from our on-prem email system to the cloud-based Office 365.

The solution is mature and stable.

The solution is scalable. We now have about 500 active users and see no issues with the performance. 

We haven't had any support cases opened for Check Point CloudGuard SaaS so far.

We didn't have previous experience with any SaaS security solution before switching.

The setup was straightforward, but quite long due to the need for API integration configuration. In total, it took us about a month to deploy.

The solution was implemented by the in-house team of security engineers and email system administrators, without the prior experience of the CloudGuard SaaS.

We didn't evaluate the other products, since we have a strong expertise among the team with the other Check Point solution, and were satisfied with them.

We use the solution for the protection of email from phishing attacks, spam, and malicious email-related activities. 

It detects and blocks the most advanced phishing attacks across inbound, outbound, and internal communications, in real-time, before the attack succeeds.  

The solution is used for email protection, providing IT administrators with a great amount of information about possible attacks faced by the organization, and logins by users. 

It also has a high level of detail in its reports, facilitating the management and detection of possible threats to the security of the organization.

The number of phishing and spam emails has decreased and email security has improved by 80%. The IT team has noticed a great improvement in the number of emails received and a decrease in attacks. The helpful alerts generated by HEC facilitate the management and response. 

Thanks to its dashboard, it displays detailed information about detected activities, suspicious logins, span deletions, or phishing detected and blocked with a high level of detail. The level of reporting detail facilitates threat management; now the organization has an additional layer of protection for end users.

The ease of management and intuitive administration are excellent. Thanks to its dashboard, the most valuable thing is the detection capability provided by this solution. The level of detail offered by Harmony is unique, to the point of showing the differences between what is detected by Office 365 and what is detected by HEC. The organization relies on this email security solution and facilitates the protection of all end users, decreasing security breaches by malicious actors.

The integration with Gsuite could be improved, especially when reporting the amount of emails it manages to filter. It could be improved to obtain a greater level of detail, unlike Office 365, which offers an extreme level of detail and facilitates the management and comparison of what is happening with respect to the mail. Its integration with Gsuite is simpler and has that point against it, however high levels of detail can be obtained in the reports of the solution. On the other hand, the ease of administration and threat detection capabilities are its strong points, and it stands out from other solutions that I have had the opportunity to test before.

Currently, this solution has been used for the last two years.