The primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is auto-scaling, which is required for us and serves as one of our primary cases for use.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
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All-in-One Security Platform with Advanced Threat Detection
What do you like best about the product?
it's comes with multiple security technologies that automatically detect and block attacks and detects new attacks through machine learning. Network workloads identity app all secured from a single platform. my organization runs heavy workloads in the cloud guard is a great choice especially because of its advanced threat prevention auto scaling and centralized management.
What do you dislike about the product?
it's not exactly beginner friendly. configuration is much as per the cloud environment. it's very expensive . the device slows down when logging is heavy. support is slow and unresponsive and priority tickets are also closed late.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
prevents any unauthorized user from entering the cloud. cloud guard also catches unknown threats with AI based threat prevention . it's access control keeps data accessible only to authorized user.
Cloud Security with Seamless Integration
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate most about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the comprehensive protection it offers, along with its smooth integration into cloud environments. The platform delivers advanced threat prevention, centralized management, and scalability, all of which contribute to making the security of multi-cloud deployments both efficient and dependable.
What do you dislike about the product?
One aspect where Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could see improvement is in the complexity of its initial configuration and policy management. Although the platform offers robust capabilities, new users may find the learning curve quite steep at first. Nevertheless, after the system is properly configured, it provides outstanding security and control.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This solution addresses the challenge of securing multi-cloud environments by offering unified threat prevention and enhanced visibility. As a result, it helps us lower risk and makes management more straightforward.
My review: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
What do you like best about the product?
its very accurate and obviously the threat prevention. The IT team can manage cloud and premises protections set up to protect sensitive documents and information.
What do you dislike about the product?
Set up takes ages and as usual with this type of apps, the learning curve is very pronounced. User interface is not my favorite and and although there is guidance documentation, i would wish it were a bit more detailed
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's protecting the sensitive information thats managed from the product developement and manufacturing details to the customer's and supplier sensitive information.
Auto-scaling has been streamlined and email threats have been significantly reduced
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Features like Threat Extraction and Threat Emulation in Check Point CloudGuard Network Security are the most useful features for us.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has reduced our threat landscape to a great extent and is performing excellently when it comes to finding risks in external email attachments, which is the major benefit for us.
What needs improvement?
There is nothing where I have come to a roadblock where I think that a particular feature is missing. There is no feature that I think is missing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for the last six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Integrating Check Point CloudGuard Network Security with a different solution works fine. Scalability is wonderful, and there are no concerns.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Integrating Check Point CloudGuard Network Security with a different solution works fine. Scalability is wonderful, and there are no concerns.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support by Check Point is good. I can rate it nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security was my first solution of this kind.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was straightforward. The documentation was pretty clear, and as I followed it, the process was simple.
Implementation of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security did not take much time. Implementation was planned for several weeks, but the planning took a bit of time. The actual technical work did not take much time.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented Check Point CloudGuard Network Security myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing does not fall under my responsibilities as I am a technical person and do not focus on pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I am not looking for any new solution.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point, being the global leader in providing network security, also provides Check Point appliances. The operating system itself is time-tested, and this time-tested software platform gives us confidence. The firmware, Gaia OS, has given us the confidence to go with Check Point.
We are four people using the product in our organization at the moment.
The product is quite quick, but when it comes to communication, there is some lack of communication regarding escalation and related matters.
I have given this product a review rating of ten out of ten.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security Product is a reliable cloud-based security solution
What do you like best about the product?
This product provides a reliable and secure network for your businesses. It gives a massive amount of upside features for a cloud-based environment such as data loss prevention, IPS, application control, IPSec VPN, URL filtering, antivirus, threat emulation and threat extraction. Customer support provided by Check Point vendor is one of the best options to choose this product.
What do you dislike about the product?
First time implementation for an unexperienced engineer with this product is not good easy. Learning resources are not easy to understand for a junior. Its cost is a drawback feature for a developing country although its product's capabilities is absolutely good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For AWS Cloud, It protects cloud assets with a full suite of advanced security capabilities, including firewall, data protection, IPS, IPSec VPN for network traffic security, URL filtering, antivirus, threat emulation and threat extraction.
A scalable, unified solution with strong threat prevention and consistent security across cloud.
What do you like best about the product?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides unified, cloud-native protection with advanced threat prevention, centralized policy management, and seamless scalability-making it an ideal solution for securing hybrid and multi-cloud environments with operational efficiency and deep visibility.
What do you dislike about the product?
While check point CloudGuard Network Security offers powerful, consistent threat prevention across multi-cloud environments, its value is often diminished by step licensing costs, difficult integrations, and limited visibility into detailed log data.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is a robust, cloud-native solution that delivers consistent, advanced threat prevention and unified policy enforcement across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. It empowers organization to secure dynamic workloads, automate security operations, and reduce breach and compliance risks-all from a single, scalable management platform.
Great NGFW for the cloud
What do you like best about the product?
Our overall experience with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has been very positive, as the solution was easy to implement and integrates seamlessly with our cloud environment while maintaining the same reliability we are used to from on-prem clusters.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the upgrade process is not as streamlined as it could be, since it requires changes on both the firewalls and the cloud load balancers, which adds extra steps compared to on-prem upgrades.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is solving the challenge of extending the same level of protection we have on-prem into our cloud environments. It was easy to implement, and the clusters work just like the on-prem appliances we’re already familiar with, which makes operations smooth for the team. The solution gives us superb logging to the SMS, so we have great visibility into traffic, and it integrates well with our existing workflows. The main benefit is that we can run our cloud workloads with the same level of security and confidence as on-prem, without adding unnecessary complexity.
Robust Cloud Security with Excellent Unified Management
What do you like best about the product?
The advanced threat prevention is truly best-in-class. We have deep visibility into our cloud traffic, and the ability to apply consistent, granular security policies across our hybrid and multi-cloud environments from a single console (Smart-1 Cloud) is a massive operational advantage.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial learning curve can be steep for engineers not already familiar with the Check Point autoscaling ecosystem. Furthermore, the pricing structure can be complex to navigate, requiring careful planning to ensure cost-effectiveness, especially with dynamic workloads.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CloudGuard solves our main security challenges by providing a single, unified management platform for our on-prem and multi-cloud (AWS, Azure) environments. This creates a consistent security posture, which reduces management overhead and simplifies compliance audits. Its advanced threat prevention, including IPS and sandboxing, protects our critical workloads from threats that native cloud tools cannot block. Finally, it gives us deep, granular visibility into all traffic flows, which is crucial for faster incident response and effective reporting.
Checkpoint CloudGuard Network Security: Powerful Protection for Cloud Environments
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is its ability to provide consistent, advanced threat protection across multi-cloud environment. It offers seamless integration with major cloud providers, ensuring comprehensive visibility and control. Additionally its automated security policies help reduce manual efforts while enhancing overall security posture.
What do you dislike about the product?
Setting up and configuration of Checkpoint CloudGuard security can be complex particularly if you have limited cloud security expertise.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Checkpoint CloudGuard Network Security solves the problem of securing cloud infrastructure by providing advanced threat prevention and traffic inspection across hybrid cloud environments. It benefits us by ensuring that cloud workloads are protected from cyberattacks maintaining compliance and simplifying security management with automated policy enforcement and centralized visibility.
Best autoscaling solution for multiple CSP
What do you like best about the product?
Autoscaling is super efficient and easy to configure.
Deploys actually take less than 2 days, even less with terraform deployments.
Support is actually really fast, even on the lowest severity.
I manage cloudguards in aws, azure, gcp, oci every day, and i am completely satisfied.
Deploys actually take less than 2 days, even less with terraform deployments.
Support is actually really fast, even on the lowest severity.
I manage cloudguards in aws, azure, gcp, oci every day, and i am completely satisfied.
What do you dislike about the product?
We need c2s and s2s vpns on A/A scalesets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard is a lifesaver for our dynamic cloud environment. The auto-scaling feature automatically adjusts security coverage as traffic volumes change, eliminating those throughput bottlenecks we used to face. When traffic spikes, it scales up instantly, and scales down when things quiet down. This means we're never overpaying for unused capacity or scrambling when traffic surges.
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