Check Point IPS Reviews

My main use case for Check Point IPS is as an Intrusion Prevention System.

Check Point IPS has positively impacted our organization by helping us secure our environment, leading to fewer complaints about security issues. It's efficient.

Since implementing Check Point IPS, we have noticed about 15% fewer security issues.

Check Point IPS could be improved as the deployment is complex.

I have been using Check Point IPS for almost one year.

The complexity of Check Point IPS deployment is due to integration with other tools.

Check Point IPS is stable in my environment, and I have not experienced any downtime or issues with reliability.

The scalability of Check Point IPS is pretty good.

Customer support for Check Point IPS is satisfactory, and I have had a positive experience when reaching out for help.

Positive

I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point IPS.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point IPS has been satisfactory.

I have seen a return on investment with money saved and time saved.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point IPS has been satisfactory.

Before choosing Check Point IPS, I evaluated other options such as Palo Alto.

My advice to others looking into using Check Point IPS is that it's important for your network security. I rate Check Point IPS ten out of ten.

We are using Check Point IPS for the security of our private resources and the overall organization network.

With the help of Check Point IPS, our organization network is protected in real time through the threat intelligence database that automatically gets updated from the threat cloud AI of Check Point IPS.

The best feature is that Check Point IPS not only prevents threats but also gets automatic signature updates from the Check Point threat cloud. It also has fewer false positives.

Whenever new vulnerabilities or CVEs come in the cybersecurity network, they are fed from the Check Point threat cloud. From their cloud threat center, the signature gets automatically updated into the Check Point Security Gateway where Check Point IPS is present. The signatures are accurate, which helps reduce false positives compared to many other IPS solutions.

Through its fewer false positives and automatic threat updates, Check Point IPS has impacted our organization positively. It has reduced threat events and requires less time to configure and manage.

The IPS inspection throughput goes high in older security gateways that have limited hardware resources, so that can be improved.

We have been using Check Point IPS for almost two years.

The solution is stable.

Scalability is good.

The support team is supportive, but sometimes in complex troubleshooting, they take time to resolve issues.

We were using Sophos IPS before moving to Check Point IPS.

The solution has reduced threat events and takes less time to configure and manage.

We implemented this as a customer.

Time has been saved because the manageability is very easy.

We evaluated Fortinet IPS.

I would advise anyone looking for an IPS solution to consider Check Point IPS as a solution. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution an eight.

Our primary use case is to protect the on-prem infrastructure. The IPS blade is integrated into our Check Point environment. The product is the core of our security infrastructure that we use to filter and block attempts for connection into resources.

Due to the pandemic, the company needed to improve its compliance with traffic risk management since all employees went full WFH.

This has turned into more efficient operational control of internal traffic, where numerous threats have been identified while working in the office as most malware is somehow admitted by someone with access to the company network, either unintentionally or not. This drove revenue growth as fewer resources had to be spent by the IT department to fight cyber threats.

We've seen how this firewall has operated on real-time threats to infrastructure by detecting, neutralizing, eliminating, and then patching against malware.

We can test these patches post-deployment in less than one day. We generate reports that include the activity for the time we desire and gauge the performance of the software.

The IPS module offers protection against malicious inbound Internet traffic to our DMZ network and inspects and blocks outbound Internet traffic to sites that could be a danger to our internal users.

IPS definitions are quick & simple. It is a robust system to fortify the digital perimeter. It can prevent DDOS attacks by analyzing traffic patterns. 

Another valuable feature of the solution is that the product's stability has been very good. The product's uptime has been massive, and there has not been any downtime, making it a very good product.

The product has allowed us to proactively mitigate any network access misconfiguration resulting from delegation. It enables us to define our own rules for detection.

It has false positives.

There is no option to have automatic exceptions from a rule.

The initial deployment can be a challenge.

The upgrade process or the maintenance of the devices for each firmware upgrade requires one to break the cluster and run a specific moment at a time, a single node concept. 

The firmware upgrade process is quite cumbersome.

There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It can be more competitive.

Moreover, another area of improvement is in the maintenance of the solution because it requires a lot of people to maintain the solution. Some tasks can be automated, and I would like to see a feature where we can automate the tasks.

I have been using Check Point IPS for more than 15 years.

My main use case for Check Point IPS is to prevent outside threats, malicious activities, and attacks, and for security purposes. With the help of Check Point IPS, our private network is secure.

A specific example of how I use Check Point IPS in my day-to-day work is that for any traffic coming through the LAN to WAN, all traffic is inspected and checked to ensure there is no malicious traffic flowing through. Whenever the end-user is downloading any file, it will also check for any threats inside the signature. All these security features are provided by Check Point IPS.

The best feature of Check Point IPS is its automated threat database update.

This feature helps my day-to-day work and overall security because we don't have to manually add or improve the security; whenever any threat signature comes worldwide, it is synced in real-time.

Check Point IPS has positively impacted my organization because after deploying it, we are seeing a lower number of security events happening and our users are very secure. Until now, no user has had a PC compromised from any threats or malicious activities.

Check Point IPS can be more reasonably priced for small organizations; apart from this, everything looks perfect.

I have been using Check Point IPS for more than three years.

In my experience, Check Point IPS is stable.

Check Point IPS's scalability is outstanding, so we don't have to worry about it.

The customer support for Check Point IPS is supportive.

Neutral

I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point IPS; we are using the same solution.

I was not part of the pricing, setup cost, or licensing experience.

We have seen a return on investment with Check Point IPS because we have not seen any security events, malicious activities, or any device compromised, so we are secure now, and money has been saved.

Before choosing Check Point IPS, we have evaluated other options.

Regarding the decrease in security events, previously there were some incidents that happened, but after implementing the solution, we have not reported any single compromised device, so we are very secure now.

My advice for others looking into using Check Point IPS is that anyone looking for a solution that can prevent security events effectively can consider Check Point IPS as the best solution.

My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer, as we are partners.

I rate Check Point IPS nine out of ten because apart from the pricing, everything looks perfect.

We are using Check Point IPS for threat prevention. With Check Point IPS, our organization is protected. We are using this IPS solution to protect our private network with the help of IPS signatures that are continuously updated from ThreatCloud.

Check Point IPS works based on zero-day protection. It is integrated with SandBlast. Whenever any suspicious file is detected, the IPS creates a threat signature, and with the help of the creation of the signature, it blocks the threat across the entire network if any malicious file is found.

After implementing Check Point IPS, users are secured from malicious files, malicious activities, or any threat from the outside. Whenever they are downloading anything from the internet, that file first goes to SandBlast, and it checks whether there are any malicious signatures or malicious activities detected. If it is detected, then it is blocked by Check Point IPS.

The best feature is its management. The configuration part is easy. As this feature is built into the Check Point Quantum firewall, with a single console we can configure it, create a firewall policy, and apply this security feature. The manageability and visibility are outstanding. It also provides a threat prevention feature.

As the configuration steps are very easy, any L1 engineer can easily configure it and manage those policies and configurations. Check Point IPS is a good feature that provides excellent signature-based threat prevention. It helps us protect our private network from outside threats.

The security incidents have been reduced. Manageability is the main concern for engineers, so after implementing it, time is really saved.

For a smaller organization or smaller environment, the cost for Check Point IPS is a little bit high, so that can be made more budgetary for small organizations.

We are using Check Point IPS for more than three years.

Check Point IPS is very stable.

We are using Check Point IPS from the beginning.

They are very supportive.

Positive

We have evaluated Fortinet IPS.

It is easy to set up.

The implementation has resulted in time saved.

I can advise other organizations, anyone looking for Check Point IPS or threat prevention capabilities, that they can consider Check Point IPS. It's an outstanding product that really helps them keep their private network resources secure from malicious activities or any malicious signatures. That can be prevented with the help of Check Point IPS. I rate Check Point IPS a nine out of ten.

My main use case for Check Point IPS is to monitor and update various rules and prevent any possible attack.

In a situation where Check Point IPS helped me prevent a specific attack, prevention is key; we monitor and update the rules once a week for our client, and keeping everything monitored and updated prevents any problem.

I do not have anything else to add about my use case or how I rely on Check Point IPS.

The best features Check Point IPS offers are how easy and how reliable it is; it can prevent a lot of signatures, which is very nice, and it's actually essential in this year.

The real-time protection for our client is what makes my day-to-day work easier.

Check Point IPS has positively impacted my organization by making the infrastructure actually more protected now.

I measure that increased protection by seeing fewer incidents because we update every week, so there is no time to wait and create a breach.

For the product itself, there is nothing that I wish worked better or was easier, but it can become complex to manage all the rules if the infrastructure is very big.

I do not want to add more about the needed improvements.

I have been using Check Point IPS for two years.

Check Point IPS is very much stable.

The scalability of Check Point IPS is on point, while the customer support is sometimes a bit slow.

I would rate the customer support an eight.

Positive

I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point IPS.

I have seen a return on investment since using Check Point IPS, as evidenced by fewer incidents.

I am not in charge of pricing, setup cost, and licensing.

Before choosing Check Point IPS, I did not evaluate other options.

The advice I would give to others looking into using Check Point IPS is that it's not for not-advanced users; a new administrator can be overwhelmed.

My company has a business relationship with this vendor as a partner.

I was offered a gift card or incentive for this review.

I do not have any additional thoughts about Check Point IPS before we wrap up.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate Check Point IPS a nine.

Check Point IPS is a signature-based protection tool. As such, it is better than a cloud database. Check Point IPS is useful for anomaly detection and user behavior monitoring. In our company, we check our daily logs in Check Point IPS. My company has customized the settings of Check Point IPS as per our requirements.

To overcome the tool's shortcomings, the signature-based protection that the product offers needs to be more effective and regularly updated. Some of the configurations and management should be easy in the product. Signature tuning should be more user-friendly in the tool because, as per my experience, signature tuning is tough in Check Point IPS.

I have been using Check Point IPS for seven to eight years. I am a user of the solution.

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Around 6,000 people in my company use the tool.

The solution's technical support is very effective. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.

Positive

I rate the product's initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where ten means it was a very easy process.

The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud model.

If any of the products from Check Point, like any of the firewall or any other components are already deployed in our company, then we can basically integrate Check Point IPS with such existing components, a process which may take upto a week to be completed. If a new deployment process has to be carried out for Check Point IPS, then it will take a longer time period to be completed.

Rack mounting will be used during the deployment process. The deployment phase will consist of two scenarios, one of which consists of software deployment and the other one is hardware deployment. During hardware deployment, one needs to find the rack and mount the devices, as well as perform many other physical activities. Once the product is up and running, one needs to go for the software deployment part, which will definitely take some time because of the configurations needed.

The security offered by Check Point IPS is a very crucial and important part of any organization. Whatever investment is needed, has to be made to secure the assets.

My company is willing to invest in the product for returns, especially so that we can reap the benefits from its cost-saving and time-saving capabilities.

It is a reasonably priced product.

Check Point IPS is useful for our company's cybersecurity framework since the product acts as a threat prevention system. My company uses the product's prevention mode over its detection mode.

There is a different IT security team in my company, which is basically like an information security team, who actually analyze reports on a day-to-day basis while checking for any middleware attacks or DDoS attacks. The tool is very useful, and the IT security team can prevent attacks with the help of Check Point IPS. Check Point IPS can also be used to detect malware.

I don't have any idea whether the product has improved the security part. The internal response time to any attacks is something that depends on how critical the situation is in our company. If any attacks are at the beginning stage, then it acts very quickly, and otherwise, it takes time depending on the severity of the incident or task. If there are any urgent requirements, then my company can make a call and reach out to Check Point IPS.

In terms of the product's integration capabilities with our company's existing infrastructure, I would say that my company has been using the tool since 2017 and has not faced any challenges. My company needs to upgrade our devices.

I definitely recommend that others use the product because it is easy to configure, offers proven IT security services, and is very effective against zero-day attacks or middleware attacks.

I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

I use it on a perimeter with the internet-facing services, so the traffic will pass through Check Point IPS, which will secure connectivity and communication.

The most valuable feature of the solution is called tunneling. Tunneling is one of the major security features that hackers cannot penetrate through. The hashing and SSL are also some of the valuable features of the solution.

The area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required consist of support availability. The tool's complete operating system architecture is being designed in such a way that it looks a little complicated compared to the tool offered by its competitors. The tool's complete operating system architecture needs to be simplified for the users, especially from an administrative and troubleshooting perspective, so that it can be used quickly or with speed whenever there is a crisis. If the aforementioned areas are considered, the product will be much stronger. The tool's support is a major issue because it has not been quick in certain areas compared to the ones offered by Check Point's competitors.

The product's scalability has certain shortcomings where improvements are required. The product should be able to handle and compete with competitors and their services as well as updates, which are much faster than Check Point.

Check Point IPS has been used in my organization for two decades. My company has a partnership with Check Point. My company also has customers at Check Point. My company can be described as a direct consumer, and we even deal with Check Point directly.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

I rate the technical support a six out of ten.

Neutral

Mainly, in my company's branches, I have Check Point. For my core data center, I use Cisco and some other solutions. Palo Alto is also a product I use in my company. The aforementioned area consists of the IPS tools I use internally in my organization.

The product's initial setup phase was okay.

In terms of ROI, I would say that Check Point IPS is able to meet the purpose for which my company purchased it. I rate the product's ROI a nine out of ten.

I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is very cheap and ten means it is very expensive. The product is expensive.

A few integrations with Check Point IPS are a bit complicated, especially the cloud-based ones. The product's integration part is complicated because its users need a lot of support and HA so that it can work in a high-level architecture while also being integrated mainly with cloud platforms and considered a reliable source.

If I speak about objects in Check Point IPS, specifically in terms of the screening, sometimes it will go into the deepest screening which one may not be able to see the logs and for that we need to enable search specific logs, and it needs to be validated. For the aforementioned process, it should be simplified, and similar to other products. There should not be areas that are invisible and it should be transparent.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.