Check Point Harmony Mobile Reviews

We use SandBlast Mobile to secure our BYOD devices for employees that want to have access to corporate information, as we require them to have SandBlast in order to do that. It is always monitoring their text messages for malicious stuff or their apps, to see if there's anything malicious, and then we receive the logging and alerts so we are able to react and take care of our users' security.

I don't know if it improved any functions for us besides just securing devices. Previously, we had nothing securing our mobile devices and we just trusted the users to be smart on their phones, and now we have that solution so it's able to help protect those phones and let us know if their software's really out of date and information like that.

It has stopped about five phishing attacks on mobiles in the last month.

I would say the most valuable aspect is just the offering itself. We don't have a lot of offerings out there in the mobile world right now to put on cell phones and they filled that gap. Having a really good security control on a mobile device is its greatest asset.

The protection provided by this solution for all three threat vectors, application, network, and device is really good. It's in-depth on all accounts.

It monitors all the URLs that a user goes to on their phone so we can see what they're looking at and we can limit it. Certain topics are not allowed to be accessed. They're monitoring their apps and they rate them based upon how big of a security risk that individual app is based on their ratings. And so we're able to limit apps as well and allow people to have some that may be a low risk, but still a risk, but we may allow that for our users whereas we block medium and high risk.

The device itself checks to see if the device is jailbroken yet and so that's a good security control they have. It also watches your SMS text messages for phishing so that's another way it's securing the device.

The detection and prevention mechanisms seem very accurate. I remember about a year and a half ago, there was an app that had been found to be malicious, it instantly switched its rating, and was reacting to that change in the vulnerability of that app rather swiftly so it seems to be very accurate and in-depth.

It's super comprehensive. The networking part watches all of its networking and it does a man in the middle attack to be able to see that, but it is extremely comprehensive in being able to see everything that the phone is doing network-wise.

It has a pretty good dashboard. You can maneuver around it quickly and be able to see what you want to see and get to the information you need.

The ease of use is good. It does allow you to send email alerts and I get email alerts when something's going on so I don't have to be watching it all the time and then I'm able to go and work with that user to resolve it. It seems to be a pretty well-built tool.

I haven't seen many false positives, they've all seemed to be pretty accurate.

Integration needs improvement. We use Check Point for email. We use Check Point Capsule Workspace and I wish that it tied into that better and was integrated with their email application so that when it's secure, then they're able to access their email and it could be deployed as one group instead of two separate applications. It's a little bit more work for us to deploy both of those so it'd be nice if they could be integrated.

With that, I think that having the functionality of being able to test the URL would be an improvement. For example, if you had an email with a URL address in it, you can copy and paste it in there and it can test it and tell you if it's a safe site or something like that. 

I've been using Check Point SandBlast Mobile for three years. 

We are using the cloud for its management. It's hosted by Check Point.

It seems to be very stable, I haven't seen any outages in it.

Being hosted by Check Point, scalability hasn't really been a big concern. It seems to be handling all the devices we've added. We have a very small company so I don't know as far as how it would fit a huge company, but for us, it's been great.

There are fifty users in my company. 

I have not used their technical support for this solution.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. Setting up individual networking is a little bit more complex besides depending on how granular your organization uses it, but for us, it was pretty straightforward.

The installation of the solution on end-user mobile devices was not complex. It's straightforward. It's very simple. Our end-users are able to install it themselves, we don't have to really be involved in that process so they're able to do it without help from IT for the most part. That is super helpful to not have to handhold as an IT team all of our users, they can just do it and it works. 

There is no enforcement mechanism that depends on the user if they installed it or not. We don't enforce it in that way, but we do enforce it based upon if they want to have email access. We require them to have it so we validate that it's installed before we install email, but we don't enforce it.

There was definitely concern from end-users about their privacy. Especially with the networking part, the way that it's able to see everywhere they go is a big security and privacy issue. We addressed it by not requiring all our users to have it, but if they want to email, they have to have it and so that's how we ended up getting around it. We had people that ended up using a company phone and a personal phone separately because of it.

The deployment is still in process actually, but that's mostly on our end, not really Check Point's end. We don't have all the policies in place to have that process set forth of how we're doing it so we're still kind of working on that. 

In terms of our implementation strategy, as of right now, we have emails set up on people's devices using a different application. That application is no longer working and so as users want email, we implement it, but we aren't pushing users to have email on their phone. And I think in the future that's going to be the case, but right now it's not because we don't have company policies in place for that.

I'm responsible for the deployment and maintenance and I'm a system administrator.

Our ROI has been great. It really didn't come at a cost for us because we already had the Infinity in place so, at no cost, we had extra security benefits added and visibility into our users' devices that we didn't have before.

As we didn't really compare it with competitors, we bought it as part of our Infinity and so it was included with our other network security. It was basically no cost to us because we were already planning on using the other features of it. It was just an added part of that contract, but I don't have much input beyond that. We didn't compare to anyone else or anything like that.

Having Check Point, at least for us, they implemented two different hosted platforms so that we could have different policies for different users, and that was really helpful to us because we did have privacy concerns from a lot of users. We were able to lock down the network on some devices and other devices we didn't monitor the network.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. It's really in-depth for what it does.

We use it for protecting mobile devices and have a few cases for integrating HEM mobile as it is the gate to some payment applications.

The project point needs improvement. 

I have been using Check Point Harmony Mobile for five years. 

The solution is stable. I rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution. Up to three hundred users are using the solution.  I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. 

The technical support team is good. 

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The price is not so high. I would rate the pricing a three or four out of ten. 

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

Our primary use case for using Check Point SandBlast Mobile solution was for securing (Bring your own device) BYOD mobile devices of users. With Check Point SandBlast Mobile we get full visibility of users' mobile activity, like installed apps. Users are only allowed to use permitted applications. We also have blacklisted some malicious URLs. Check Point SandBlast Mobile provides flexibility to BYOD users to access the restricted website as per the time specified by the company policy.

We have deployed for the first time a mobile protection solution in the environment & Check Point SandBlast Mobile worked well. All mobile devices that are connected to the network are monitored and restricted for web surfing as per company policy. With that, users also have the flexibility to use their favorite websites for some time. Device compliance, phishing protection, and all other next-gen features in action were previously not there with the environment. Also, adding a new user is very easy, there is no extra load on the team. 

First, the granular visibility of apps & traffic which we get through Check Point SandBlast Mobile is good. We can see each & every installed app & information for each app about severity & risk.

URL filtering has a wide variety of URL categories to choose from. We can also add whitelist & blacklist domains as per our requirements.

Another great thing about Check Point SandBlast Mobile is the ease of deployment. We can deploy a solution in an hour or two. 

Check Point SandBlast Mobile android application is very easy and simple. The interface & all processes are automated.

When adding users sometimes we were not able to send SMS to users also even after the application user was not visible in the dashboard. Upon troubleshooting, we found that the same user has previously integrated with our old Check Point SandBlast Mobile.

Also, we found configuring device groups & mapping policies is quite confusing. There should be a simpler interface.

Other than this, we did not have any problem as of now. In case of any problem, Check Point tech is always available to help.

I have been using Check Point SandBlast Mobile for one year.

The product is pretty stable, we have not had any problems with stability.

Our experience with Check Point tech is very good as of now. Every time we get a solution to our problem. They have been one of our best tech experiences.

The initial setup is very simple & less time-consuming.

The in-house team implemented the solution.

I was one who implemented the solution & we were not involved with commercials.

We primarily use the solution for mobile threat defense. We protect our mobile devices with it, due to the fact that SandBlast Mobile detects phishing, malware, et cetera, and all mobile devices.

What I like is that the user experience of your mobile device is not compromised by SandBlast Mobile. The end-user doesn't see anything like an extra app on your device. The app is working in the background, scanning for all kinds of cyberattacks, and seeking out phishing, malware, bots, et cetera. 

Once something is detected, the end-user gets an alert, and can immediately command an action. When they go to open, let's say, a phishing e-mail, they get an alert that says something to the effect of "Beware, this is a phishing mail. Don't open it." The user has the possibility then to open it, however, it would be quite foolish to do so when they are told not to do it. The app gives you very good warnings in terms of malicious attacks.

There is good integration with mobile device management systems.

There is a potential for reporting if you need it.

The solution scales very well.

We've found that the product is quite stable.

Technical support is helpful.

From my perspective, it's a very good product. I can't recall a moment where I thought a feature was missing.

It would be ideal if, one day, this product was bundled into a larger offering so that it's not just a standalone product.

I've been using the solution for three years at this point. It's not so long.

The stability is okay. We haven't had any issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

In terms of scalability, you can use it very well within an organization. YOu can use it with five devices or a hundred thousand devices. Worldwide, it's used by millions of devices. The scalability potential, therefore, is huge. It's no problem at all if an organization needs to scale it.

Technical support is very good. They are very quick as well. It's fairly easy to talk with them when needed, however, truthfully, you don't need regularly. It works very well as a product. You rarely need to deal with technical support.

From a user's perspective, of course, it is always better when it is cheaper in price. That said, it is a fair price. it's not overly expensive. We find it very reasonable. After all, when you get hit with ransomware or some other malicious program, it can be extremely expensive and comes at a great cost to the company.

We're both a reseller as well as an end-user of the solution. We're partners with Check Point.

The product is in the SaaS environment.

I'd recommend the solution. With cybersecurity on the rise due to COVID, and people working on devices from home, off secure networks, it's important to protect your devices, now more than ever. I'd advise that organizations look at this solution and consider implementing it.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

However, if this solution is right for a company depends on the environment. The capability of the standalone product is very good. 

When there's a supplier who buys Check Point SandBlast Mobile and incorporates it into their larger solution, I will give it a ten out of ten. Then you have a solution that really fits not only your mobile devices but also the security part of your organization. While, right now, it's a great standalone product, there's a lot of possibilities for it when it integrates with a larger security offering.

We use the private cloud deployment model. We use AWS as our cloud provider. Our primary use case is for my users who are mobile. If I want them to connect from wherever they are and build connections to the emails. It's for my management that are usually very mobile.

The usability is the most valuable feature. It's really easy to use. It's a durable solution. I don't have any breaches. It is a good solution from that angle. 

The interface could be more user-friendly. They should improve the look and feel.

I would like to see more meaningful logs in the next release. The way the system is now, it's pretty expensive. 

I've not had an issue with this solution. There were issues when we did it first, there were a few problems with instability. People were not able to log in. But I think it's fine now because now, from a products point of view, it was the best solution.

I'm okay with the scalability. It's flexible enough. I currently have around 400 users. The users are primarily branch managers and top management of the bank.

We don't have any plans to increase the usage as of now. 

Their technical support is good. We don't have any issues with them. Anytime we have a problem, they help us. 

The deployment took around three months. 

We used an integrator for the deployment. We used our partners for the integration and customization. 

We had initial problems because our requirements were not well defined. You should define your use case. You should also look into other options to see what else there is out there and what they offer. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten. 

We primarily use the solution for mobile security, which is important in our part of the world. Using SandBlast Mobile, we're able to prove if a traditional antivirus has become embedded in some devices. It helps us to combat cybercrime. We're able to control things like SMS phishing and check for malicious links and malicious application downloads.

For example, if my son downloads Angry Birds, and we don't know if the version he downloaded was malicious, we can trigger SandBlast to check it.

The anti-phishing and scanning of SMS are the most valuable aspects of the solution. Sometimes we will get some SMS and they will try to redirect you to malicious links. If you have SandBlast Mobile, it helps you prevent clicking on those malicious links.

For SandBlast Mobile, the only thing that is lacking is that it wasn't available for all types of users. However, Check Point has since fixed this, with ZoneAlarm. With ZoneAlarm for mobile, it will also direct from the Google Apps, or the Play Store. And then they get to pay for it too. I think it's a very nice solution. 

In terms of features, I believe they really have everything covered. I can't say if anything needs to be added. In this part of the world, we're still trying to bring ourselves up to speed in terms of what works best.

I've been using the solution for three years now.

The stability is very good. I'd rate it four out of five. I'm not sure if there are any shortfalls. I haven't seen any that would make me worry about the stability.

The scalability of the solution is good. I'd rate the solution four out of five.

We've contacted technical support They've been very good. So far, we've been pleased with their level of service.

We didn't previously use a different solution. In terms of mobile technology, it's completely new to me.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's easy to deploy.

I haven't evaluated other options of compared this solution to other available platforms.

We're a distributor of Check Point and Check Point partners. 

We have a good understanding of what kind of security our clients need to stay safe in our country.

We both use it ourselves, so we can demonstrate the solution, and offer it as a solution to our clients. It's easy because it's on mobile so we can show clients on our phone.

I'd advise others to use the solution. It's a modern technology that really combats today's cyber threats on mobile devices.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. In terms of usage, it's given me everything I need. In Nigeria, we don't have many solutions that do what Check Point does.

The most valuable features of this solution are the: 

• Filtering 
• Interface configuration
• Threat management. 

In terms of what needs improvement, the web interface should be simplified. It should be more user-friendly. It's too technical. 

I have been using Check Point SandBlast Mobile for five years. 

The stability is good. 

Scalability is good. 

Their technical support is okay. We haven't had any issues with them.

I would say that the setup was fairly good enough. 

Check Point has a very high price for certain mid-size installations and some of their competitors have much lower prices. I would say that for big installations Check Point is okay for pricing but for a small-medium installation it's too expensive. Pricing is something else that they could improve. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. Not a perfect ten because of the pricing and web interface. 

In the next release, I would like for there to be better integration with other products. 

My primary use case for this solution is to integrate with mobile device management.

It doesn't allow you to activate some of the applications until your mobile is malware free. That way we come to know that the device is secure and only then do we deploy the business application. 

The antimalware feature has been valuable. 

It does the process in the background and it does a wonderful job but the methodologies don't pop up. They should make it more interactive. 

Scalability is at quite a good level. We'll scale along with the product if we wish to grow.

The initial setup was quite simple.

We implemented through a system integrator. 

Pricing is a little high.

This is a must-go solution if you want mobile device security. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.