Check Point Harmony Endpoint Reviews

Previously, one of our clients was using Symantec and we provided POV to them with Check Point SandBlast agent after that customer found that it's very easy and stable to use after E83 version released.

There were many bugs or cosmetic issues that Check Point rectified and provided the stable version.

It helps us to detect running malicious activity in our network and after the COVID situation, most users are working from home where it becomes very difficult for IT admin to maintain security so such type of solution definitely helps us to prevent cyber attacks.

Compliance check, anti-malware, Media Encryption Full disc encryption, Forensic behavioral ransomware protection are some type of feature that Check Point provides with a single dashboard console. It gives overall host information about when any malicious activity has found and what action by which security blade has taken. So starting from firewall bladed to forensic / ransomware blade it gives us finite detail information on the host. So most of the security load has been transferring to the endpoint which is perfectly doing their work.

Most of EDR solutions which detect malware based on AI or ML. Check Point provides the most sophisticated attack vector information by combining these two. The forensic analysis gives detail information about host compromised how exact payload was executed and bots were communicating and how it prevents them.

Anti-ransomware createS a copy of your entire disk in case any suspicious activity founded then it automatically restored all files to its last backup file date so even after the system gets compromised by ransomware still we get hope to get all data safely.

Stability.

We know that Check Point has a very good database about threats even Check Point tries to make this EDR stable still there are some issues we were facing after upgrading or taking TAC to help its got resolved but Check Point really needs to work on metadata.

Check Point agent to Server communication many times got interrupted or cloud-managed infinity portal dashboard gives many issues while creating policy or installing uninstalling agent or packages.

Heavy load on the system gives issue which can be in a different manner.

2 years.

Needs to work better.

can be scaled upto high value

TAC team is helpful.

Symantec to Check Point.

Not too easy. Need to have basic understanding and require to take local Check Point engineers to help sometimes.

We are a vendor.

Cisco  AMP.

The solution is primarily used to protect us. It's a tool that we have installed on all the users from sales.

Overall, it's a good tool. It's doing a good job for what it is designed for.

It is easy to set up.

The solution is stable.

It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering.

You can layer in this solution with others. I like layering myself with various technologies, depending on the environment we're working in.

The product offers good pricing.

Everything can always be improved. Specifically, there are gaps when it comes to security.

I've been using the solution for a couple of years now.

If you go by the recommended version, yes, it's stable.

The cloud offering is scalable. 

We have about two hundred or more users on the solution. 

We're also using Sophos.

The solution is very straightforward to set up. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

To set it up from the server-side, the deployment takes a couple of hours. To set it up from the user side, it's a couple of minutes.

The product is reasonably priced. It's not overly expensive. 

Currently, we're looking at CrowdStrike. We have not yet bought it. We're currently talking about options. I'm already set with a good partner on it and just discussing right now, discussing what is best suited as a product, rather than pricing.

I am a customer and an end-user.

I'm not sure which version we are using currently, however, it is visible in the portal. The solution is a software as a service. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

We wanted to consolidate a several-point solution to one endpoint. With so many new cyber threats and having a growing environment, what we had in place had too many gaps or grey areas between solutions and vendors. 

Also, with a rapid transition to hybrid working, we needed to reconsider our end point protection. Having used Check Point NGFW for five years, it seemed like a good fit. Also, the experience and long term position of Check Point in the security market gave us good confidence. This mature position in the market also helped with finding several resellers and experience.

There is one pane of glass to all end points, events, and incidents which is providing our team with a clear picture of the environment. We have already experienced several items that previously just got lost in the greyness of a multi-solution environment.

The rollout and management of devices were very simple. It allowed for a rollout of 200+ devices - all remote - in just a couple of weeks. Having cloud-based management also really helped get started, as, within the day, we had a POC running and just started to grow from there.

Cloud management and reporting are great. The management interface is very simple and easy to navigate. Just getting a logon to start is very helpful. The Check Point support at this stage was great. While it was very simple and intuitive, having someone talk over the defaults provided recommendations that helped us jump forward very easily.

Again, the cloud management service has a several inbuilt default reports which are easy to customize and provide more visibility than we have had previously with several solutions. 

The web filter service could be improved. It would be great to have a self-service user request for sites. An administrator would still need to approve, however. 

The block screen could have a nicer screen or allow it to be customized.

The list of exceptions for URLs could be improved with a separate screen for a large list of exceptions. Having the same exception list for mobile and endpoints would be great. 

We are hoping to transition to the SOC based service. Think this is still new; we're looking forward to get more information and test.

We just transitioned to Check Point Harmony, and have been running it now for six weeks.

Stability seems very strong, however, it's early days.

Scalability seems very strong, however, it is early days.

We don't know yet.

Positive

The move to hybrids has been working well during Covid.

The initial setup was not complex. 

We did both - we implemented through a vendor and in-house.

The product offers a great lower cost than previous solutions.

I'd advise users to talk to your Check Point partners or find a good one.

We spent a long time reviewing the marketplace and comparison sites however, we did not test anything.

I am very positive in terms of the solution and Check Point in general.

We primarily use this solution as the main firewall for the perimeter of the hospital. We use the firewall itself for URL filtering, application filtering, and identity awareness.

Before we used this solution, our mail used to have a lot of spam and most of the time our main email account was blacklisted. Now it works well; we are whitelisted by all organizations, including Google. Also, the security of our institution has really improved.

They should provide bandwidth regulation so we can monitor and regulate bandwidth.

It's 100% stable. It has never failed me in all the years I've used it.

I do not think I have had any higher scale than now. Initially, we used the R77.3, but I have just upgraded to the Gaia R80 operating system. For the amount of user we need, it usually works well. We have 5,000 users on it and it is still running okay.

Actually, we have already ordered two more boxes. We are waiting for them to arrive in the hospital. They are both from the 15400 series.

The technical support is fine. We've got a good relationship with the company. If there is any problem, they respond very well and fast.

For maintenance, we have a service agreement with the vendor who brought it to our institution.

We had SonicWall, but it was not stable. With the number of users we needed, SonicWall became a bit overwhelmed.

When we started it the initial setup was very complex. I have never been given any training on Check Point. I had to learn on the job.

The deployment did not take long, the guys who came to the place from Check Point did it very fast, it was a fast thing, within a day or two.

Return on investment was the first thing we checked. We are okay in that regard. We are not complaining.

We pay on an annual basis. There are no additional fees, they mostly tell us what we have to pay. We have budgeted for it.

We looked at firewalls from Fortinet and Barracuda. We even brought guys here to test their solutions, but they were no match for Check Point. We are comfortable now with Check Point.

My advice is to get Check Point, even without trying it first. Use it, and you will be very, very secure. Check Point guarantees the security and stability of your network.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.

Within the company, some departments, including the IT department, require their users to be connected from anywhere. In order to provide security to their teams, whether they were inside or outside the company, it was necessary to be able to implement a robust solution that would help us with access, equipment security, and reliability both for the protection of equipment information and to avoid vulnerabilities through applications to which users have access with credentials and administrator permissions.

This "Harmony Endpoint" tool is a modern solution from the Check Point Harmony family and has helped us improve the company's security with anti-malware protection, ransomware, among others, real-time protection, monitoring, and review of logs from the Check Point Infinity Portal. 

Thanks to these characteristics, we have gained control over the equipment to avoid data loss. For example, with the encryption of the device units, we can avoid loss of the equipment, as well as access protection and application control policies, among other options that were enabled. It's leveraged to improve security.

The most important characteristic of our requirements was the implementation of disk encryption. It's necessary to avoid loss or theft of the equipment and, therefore, loss of data from the equipment. It can be applied to all the equipment from the portal or segments.

Another advantage is the control of applications and access policies that can be carried out in a granular manner for different company profiles. It works very well.

It offers secure administration from Check Point Infinity Portal. It is a security center where many of the Check Point solutions are located.

The improvements that can be mentioned are few. The solution and its architecture are very well done.    

The Check Point Infinity Portal sometimes has some latency or performance issues that are slightly worse, affecting user management. It cannot be improved by the customer.

We would also like to make the documentation for more modern solutions like the Harmony family easier to find. That way, we can implement these solutions with the best practices recommended by the manufacturer.

The solution has been used for more than two years for our portable devices with high mobility.

Previously we used ESET at endpoints, however a site once had a ransomware attack and the solution was not able to solve the problem, so it was decided to change.

The costs are per user. It is a good option for covering company equipment.

I recommend finding a partner that can help you with the costs for this and any other Check Point solution.

This solution is very good and complete. I recommend it. You should try it and decide.

We have used Check Point Sandblast Agent as an anti-malware solution. We were already working in a Check Point environment, which made the decision to purchase an endpoint security product from Check Point easy.

We first tested it in a Lab environment, where we sampled various malware, some less complicated than others. We were impressed with the results.

Check Point Endpoint Security really helped the business stop various malware attacks throughout the time we used it, including a ransomware attack, which was stopped in minutes.

The Sandblast Agent really made a difference for the organization. It integrated well with the existing Check Point environment we had in place. It was used both for threat protection and remote access VPN.

I think some work needs to be done to improve the integration with other third-party products, namely SIEM solutions. We found it quite challenging.

We found out the hard way that the configuration was lost when we version upgraded the management console.

We have used Check Point Endpoint Security for the past two years.

We did not use another similar solution prior to this one.

We did not evaluate other options.

The first use case is to detect malware as well as advanced threat protection for known, unknown, and zero-day malware, sandbox emulation and extraction, and enhanced by automated endpoint forensics analysis. 

Zero-day attacks are a risk for the company which seemed very important to us, plus the sandbox in the cloud. We have a cloud console that is easy to use and easy to monitor.

The details of our environment are Harmony Endpoint Advanced for 100 on-premise users with cloud managment console, and support for one year.

It has improved the detection of malware. We are very satisfied with the friendly and easy-to-monitor console. We chose the advanced version as it seemed very important to have advanced threat protection for known, unknown, and zero-day malware plus sandbox emulation and extraction, enhanced by automated endpoint forensics analysis.

At the moment we are very satisfied and confident with Check Point.

All of these features quoted below are valuable for us, as the set of solutions is what makes the solution really valuable. 

• Endpoint Threat Prevention features
• Web Protection (malicious sites/URL Filtering)
• Anti-Ransomware
• Anti-Bot
• Anti-Exploit
• NGAV
• Anti-Virus
• Forensic collection and automated reports
• Threat Hunting
• Sandbox Emulation and Extraction (CDR)
• Endpoint Access Control Features
• Endpoint Firewall
• Application Control
• Port Protection
• Endpoint Compliance
• Remote Access VPN

If we had to choose one, we really like the EDR included.

The Check Point Harmony Endpoint is a very complete solution. Even in the most basic version, it already includes EDR, which today is very important and something that all endpoint solutions should consider having from the most basic versions. We would like to have one more step and that's to give and have full-disk encryption.

Compared to other brands, we would like a dedicated anti-spam to be included in order to close the full circle. We could have it with Check Point Endpoint, mobile, cloud, or firewall. An all-in-one console would be great.

I've been using the solution for six months.

The stability has been positive.

The scalability has been positive.

We did not have any problems. We got good solution training

Positive

We did not previously use the solution.

We had a positive experience with the implementation via a vendor. 

Our ROI has been positive.

If you need the on-premise management console, you have to pay an additional cost. It's not much, however, it's good to ask for a quote.

We also looked into Sophos.

We use the solution for many things. We don't only use it as an Endpoint client for antivirus. It is used for our next-generation antivirus. We are also using Harmony on other things, for example, our email. There's a Harmony email and office solution, which we also are using in order to protect our email.

The fact that everything is centralized is great. For example, the management is centralized on one portal in the cloud. 

We like the fact that we have a lot of visibility with this solution and the protection is very good. I have seen cases where customers, get attacked by ransomware and it is very easy for Check Point to restore a file that has been compromised with ransomware. It's 100% effective. 

They are developing new technologies. For example, they added SASE to their portfolio with Harmony. They also have Infinity SOC. If one of the Harmony Endpoints gets compromised, Check Point Infinity SOC is going to see it, and it's going to highlight that.

They're on the very edge of technology and are very fast with implementing new technologies. 

The solution is very stable.

They have a great knowledge base that you can leverage as a user.

The product scales well. 

Technical support is knowledgeable and responsive.

Every now and then, every vendor does have a vulnerability that is discovered. For example, when many vendors were using open SSL, they had to do some fixes on their software in order to fix that particular vulnerability. Check Point was the first one to fix that. It's clear that, unlike the competition, it is always keeping up with the patching of its own software.

We'd like it if the solution continued to add new features. For example, what would be specifically useful to us is a feature that allows threat hunting. They may be already working on that or have something available, however, we need something robust and effective.

I'm not sure if they need to improve anything right now. They are already developing new aspects that are quite innovative. 

The only thing that our customers want, is lower prices. 

I've been using Check Point for 18 years.

The product is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

We have found the solution to be very easy to scale. If you need to expand it you can do so.

They have good technical support. They have very knowledgeable people, depending on the solution. Some specialize in Harmony Endpoint. It's very good.

The initial setup is very easy. The management is on the cloud, and therefore, you practically don't have to do any installation. You only log in and then you begin to use it and you begin to deploy on your network, the endpoints. The time it takes to deploy depends on the size of endpoints you have. With a small network, such as 100 endpoints, you can do it in one day or a couple of hours. 

But they are a leader in detecting threat, therefore, it's reasonable that they are a little more expensive than some other competitors. However, customers always want to pay a bit less.

We are a reseller.

My advice to new users would be to reconsider installing administration servers on-premise. The cloud solution can do it. It's going to lower the maintenance costs. Also, if you are on-premises, you often need some sort of expert on-side, whether it's a vendor or someone else - especially if you are upgrading. That requires knowledge. In contrast, on the cloud, everything is done for you. They have a high availability network so that when you upgrade the servers can keep up. You can upgrade without downtime if you choose the cloud. 

I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten.