Centralized management has unified branch security teams and saves time with consistent policies
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for
Check Point Security Management is to centrally manage all my security gateways that are deployed in different branches so that we can configure any policies and get full control of the security gateway from a central location.
In our day-to-day IT team requirements, they need to harden the security policy of the security gateways that are hosted across the branches in different locations. They access the security gateway through Check Point Security Management from a central location, and whatever they want to harden the policy, they can push the configuration from that single console.
What is most valuable?
Good control, good visibility, and a single console to manage all the security gateways in our organization are the best features of Check Point Security Management.
It will be helpful to meet the compliance of security, so we have full visibility on the configuration part of each and every security gateway, and we can compare the policies that are configured across different security gateways from a single console.
It has impacted positively and has really saved the team time and compliance.
Basically there were multiple teams, the team who handled the security gateways at each location, but now we have a central team where one to two engineers handle all the security gateways.
What needs improvement?
As of now, I don't see anything that needs to be improved in Check Point Security Management because it is working fine and providing a great console with good visibility and control.
For how long have I used the solution?
It has been more than three years since I started using Check Point Security Management.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management's scalability is excellent.
How are customer service and support?
They are helpful and good in the technical part.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Since starting, we have been using Check Point Security Management only.
How was the initial setup?
It was a great experience, and the sales team really helped us to get a good price and licensing.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a good rate of return on the investment, so it has really saved our money and time.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We had evaluated FortiGate security management as an alternative.
What other advice do I have?
I will advise anyone having multiple security gateways that they can deploy this solution on the cloud or on-premises to centrally manage from a single console. We are partners. I would rate this solution a 9 out of 10.
Centralized security management has improved visibility and reduced configuration errors
What is our primary use case?
I am using Check Point Security Management in our day-to-day operations to centrally manage all Check Point Security Gateways within my organization. All of these Check Point Security Gateways are integrated into security management, and from there, I push configuration, reporting, and logging. All firewall activity is managed from the central console of Check Point Security Management.
Our day-to-day activities involve updating firewall policies and security profiles, such as antivirus and anti-spyware. All of these configurations and firmware upgrades for the firewall are completed from Check Point Security Management.
What is most valuable?
Based on my experience with Check Point Security Management, it is an excellent solution for managing all security gateways from a central console where I can access all logs and security events triggering on different security gateways. I have a single console where I can monitor and configure everything, allowing me to manage everything from security management to all firewalls from a central console.
The best aspect about the centralized control of Check Point Security Management is that it streamlines all configurations across all location firewalls. I have all logs from all firewalls at a single pane of glass where I can filter and check all security events occurring over any number of days I select. I am gaining good visibility over the network, over the cyber threats triggering, and the compliance of the configuration.
Based on my experience, we now have configuration hardening across all branches, and there is no mismatched configuration between the branches. We do not need to communicate with other branches' engineers. We have a single centralized team for security managing all of the organization's Check Point Security Gateways.
It benefits everyone. My configuration errors have been reduced, compliance has improved, and it is saving my team time. We are achieving all three of these benefits.
What needs improvement?
Based on my experience with Check Point Security Management, I do not see anything lacking. It is currently managing all the gateways, and we are able to achieve what we want from our perspective. I am not seeing anything that needs to improve right now, but in the future, it might be upgraded with additional AI features and automation.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Check Point Security Management for more than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management is stable in my experience.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As of now, there is no issue with the scalability of Check Point Security Management regarding my organization's needs.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support team for Check Point Security Management is excellent. They provide technical support whenever I require it.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The selection of Check Point Security Management was not done by my team; it was completed by a different team. I do not have any information about previous solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I advise anyone having multiple security gateways that are managed stand-alone to deploy Check Point Security Management and manage all security gateways from a central console and central team. This will minimize configuration errors and reduce the requirement of engineers. I rate Check Point Security Management a nine on a scale of one to ten.
Clear visibility and smarter risk prioritization across cloud environments
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it gives real context around risks, not just alerts. The visibility into workloads without deploying agents is a big plus, and the way it prioritizes issues saves a lot of time for the team.
What do you dislike about the product?
There’s a learning curve at the beginning, some features need time to configure properly, and the platform can feel overwhelming until you get used to it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me to see and manage cloud risks across the full application lifecycle instead of dealing with separate tools. The benefit is better visibility, clearer priorities, and less time spent chasing low-risk issues.
Centralized controls have unified my gateways and now streamline daily threat monitoring
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for
Check Point Security Management is for controlling different gateways in my infrastructure, for example, in
Azure or on-premise. I need to centralize my control, my monitors, and other things in one site.
One unique angle about my main use case for Check Point Security Management is how they tailor the platform to their own operation writing. When I need to control different roles based on the dashboard, other things include automated policies staging and specific rules.
What is most valuable?
The best features include centralized management, policy creation, and dashboard visibility, which stand out as positives for me.
The reporting feature of Check Point Security Management is one of the most practical tools for my daily and weekly routine. I perform daily checks, quick traffic, and threat summaries to spot anomalies or spikes in attacks, and weekly reports that a security team might schedule list the top ten blocked threats per branch office.
One last point worth adding about the features of Check Point Security Management is how scalability and flexibility play into its strengths. As environments grow, you do not need to reinvent your setup, and the same centralized console can handle new gateways, cloud connectors, or remote offices without losing consistency. Features like policies layering and dynamic objects make it easy to adapt rules to changing business needs.
Check Point Security Management has had a very positive impact on my organization by making security operations more efficient and reliable. Simplified management means policies are consistent across all sites, reducing errors and saving time.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Security Management could be improved by adding more specific or easier documentation.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Security Management for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management is very scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Check Point Security Management is excellent for me.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution.
What was our ROI?
I think about the saved time when considering the return on investment.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing Check Point Security Management.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Check Point Security Management is to take your time. I would rate this review nine out of ten.
Consolidated Cloud Security Solution with Great Visibility
What do you like best about the product?
I really like Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for its unified platform that handles our security concerns across different cloud environments. It's great to have one platform for AWS, Azure, and GCP, and I especially appreciate the visual map it creates of our network, as it instantly shows where risks might be hiding. The unified visibility across all three major clouds is fantastic, and the interactive visual network topology mapping stands out. I also find the 'shift-left' security integration very valuable. It embeds security checks directly into our DevOps pipelines, allowing developers to fix issues in code before deployment, thus keeping problems from reaching production.
What do you dislike about the product?
While Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP addresses our core needs, improvements could be made regarding its complexity. The platform requires significant manual effort to tune the initial setup and reduce false positives across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Finally, enhancing the flexibility of the custom policy creation engine and simplifying the licensing model.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP to handle all our security concerns in the cloud, providing unified visibility and control across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It solves security blind spots with continuous scanning, streamlines compliance, and centralizes management, reducing the need for multiple tools.
Unified Risk Management with Easy Insights
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for providing a unified view of risks across all cloud accounts, which makes it stand out significantly. The platform's ability to highlight misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps in one place is immensely valuable. I find the automated recommendations particularly helpful, as they clearly indicate what needs to be changed and why, streamlining the process of addressing these issues effectively. The end-to-end security features, including posture management, workload protection, vulnerability detection, and compliance across multiple cloud accounts, offer me comprehensive protection and peace of mind. Using CloudGuard CNAPP alongside our SIEM for alert correlation and our CI/CD pipelines for shift left checks has been quite seamless. Switching from native cloud security tools and a lighter CSPM solution to CloudGuard CNAPP has been a rewarding decision, further emphasized by the score of 9/10 that I would give it when recommending it to others.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some dashboards feel a bit crowded, with too many widgets and risk categories packed into a single view, making navigation more cumbersome. Digging into deeper technical details requires a few extra clicks, which could be streamlined. Noise can build up if the rules are not tuned early, presenting an overwhelming amount of information that needs to be filtered out. A few integrations, especially the cloud account and workload connectors, require more manual setup than expected, which adds complexity and time to the process.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP to secure our cloud environments with posture management and vulnerability detection. It helps us find misconfigurations quickly and maintain compliance across multiple cloud platforms, providing a unified view of risks and automated recommendations.
Centralized security management has saved time and enables unified policy control across gateways
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Security Management is controlling and viewing different events in gateways.
When I need to control or publish different policies in my different gateways in Azure or on-premise, I publish in one site when I am controlling it.
When I need to create different or new policies or rules, I find it is more controlling and faster when I use Check Point Security Management because I can publish in one site for all gateways.
What is most valuable?
The best features Check Point Security Management offers include the opportunity to add different gateways and add different blades in my gateways, and the monitoring is excellent and it is easier to work in different instances.
Managing different gateways and blades in Check Point Security Management saves our time.
Check Point Security Management has positively impacted my organization because the department can publish different policies or search different events or try to know different threats in one security management center for different gateways.
I reduce the time when I need to publish different policies in different gateways, but I need to publish at the same time.
What needs improvement?
For the first deployment, Check Point Security Management is not so easy and can be difficult for the first implementation.
The challenging part about the first deployment was to understand the documentation because it is very difficult or not intuitive, and there are no images in the documentation.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Security Management for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my experience, Check Point Security Management is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Security Management is very scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Security Management is excellent.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is great, with no problem.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I purchased Check Point Security Management through the Azure Marketplace.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Security Management is a great complement to security gateways; I can publish different rules or policies, and it is excellent for monitoring. I would rate Check Point Security Management an eight on a scale of one to ten. I chose that rating of eight because the documentation needs images for the deployment.
Consistent Cloud Security, Easy Setup
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers me consistent and automated security, which is essential for managing threats in hybrid and multicloud environments. The product's ease of setup makes it accessible for any user, allowing me to quickly implement and start protecting my cloud network without hassle. This ease of use combined with its robust security features gives me confidence in managing advanced threats and maintaining a secure multi-cloud infrastructure.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think there is room for improvement in Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, particularly concerning hybrid cloud security and ensuring consistency in management across public and private clouds.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to protect my cloud network from advanced threats and ensure consistent security policies across hybrid and multicloud environments with automated security.
Strong Threat Prevention, Seamless Integration
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for its strong threat prevention, which is crucial in protecting our cloud workloads. It effectively blocks cloud-based attacks, which adds an extra layer of security beyond what native cloud controls offer. I also value how seamlessly it integrates into our existing Check Point management stack. This smooth integration not only saves us a lot of time but also helps in maintaining consistent security policies across our operations. The ease of setup, especially for users with experience, is another aspect that I find commendable. Overall, these features significantly contribute to the product’s effectiveness and enhance our cybersecurity framework.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security can increase significantly as your environment grows. Because traffic inspection—particularly for encrypted data or east-west traffic within cloud networks, as well as inter-region traffic—requires both compute resources and bandwidth, an increase in traffic volume will naturally lead to higher expenses.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to secure our cloud workloads effectively, blocking cloud-based attacks. Its strong threat prevention enhances security beyond native cloud controls, and seamless integration with Check Point management saves time and ensures consistent policies.
CloudGuard CNAPP: Simplifying Cloud Security with Automation and Visibility
What do you like best about the product?
One of the upsides of Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is that it offers security across multi-cloud environments and real-time compliance monitoring. It also has built-in automation, including auto-remediation, which helps IT teams by fixing common issues automatically, improving efficiency, and minimizing human error. Proactive threat prevention and the ability to enhance oversight across cloud environments make it an easy-to-use and reliable solution for organizations. Customer support is good, there are active community resources, and responsive helpdesks.
What do you dislike about the product?
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has extensive features, but they aren’t always well explained, leading to underutilization. It is not very easy to implement due to its steep learning curve and lack of strong onboarding support. Another downside is its scalability, which can be limited in very large, complex environments.
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What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP reduces the risk by catching misconfigurations early and enforcing best practices, thus avoiding expensive breaches. Automated remediation can free up our IT teams to focus on strategic and more important work.
