Our primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is for securing our multi-cloud environment, AWS, Azure, by providing continuous posture management, threat detection, and compliance monitoring. We use it to identify misconfigurations, enforce security best practices, and monitor cloud workloads in real-time. It also helps us with vulnerability scanning and keeping our environment compliant to frameworks such as CIS, GDPR, etc.
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Boosts security and compliance in multi-cloud environments while real-time threat detection enhances risk management
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP flagged a misconfiguration in our AWS S3 bucket that had overly permissive access settings. That configuration could have exposed our sensitive data to the public internet. The platform not only identified the issue but also provided remediation that our team was able to apply immediately. This prevented a potential data exposure.
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP offers a unified, modular platform that combines CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, code security, and cloud detection and response. The agentless workload posture, real-time threat detection and response, multi-cloud coverage and visibility, compliance automation, and one-click remediations stand out as its best features.
I find myself relying on the risk management engine and prioritization the most day-to-day. In any cloud environment, you are flooded with findings, misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps. Without prioritization, it is overwhelming for our team to take care of the posture. CloudGuard's risk scoring helps us cut through incidents. This makes remediation faster and focused instead of wasting time checking every alert. We get to fix the issues that pose real business risks.
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has positively impacted our organization at a significant level. We get greater visibility and control across all our cloud environments. Some biggest benefits we have seen are faster detection and remediation of misconfigurations, improved compliance posture, reduced risk exposure, operational efficiency, and cost savings. Overall, it has made our cloud environment more secure, compliant, and easier to manage while freeing up our teams to focus on projects instead of chasing alerts.
What needs improvement?
Areas of improvement for Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP can be the UI navigation. The dashboard is feature-rich, but it can sometimes feel overwhelming. A more streamlined or customizable view would help teams focus on the highest priority risks more quickly. While it integrates with AWS and GCP, deeper integration with DevOps and third-party SIEM tools could make workflows even smoother. For first-time users, the documentation could be more intuitive or hands-on.
For how long have I used the solution?
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
How are customer service and support?
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used different solutions, specifically native cloud security tools such as AWS Security Hub and Azure Security Center with manual compliance checks. While they provided some visibility, they lacked a unified multi-cloud view and deep threat prevention capabilities. We switched to Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP because it consolidated compliance, posture management, and threat protection, reducing tool sprawl and giving us stronger coverage across AWS and GCP.
What was our ROI?
We have seen measurable outcomes since using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP, with time saving being a significant outcome. We reduced manual compliance checks by about 40 to 50%, saving our team 10 to 12 hours per week. The compliance has improved as our overall compliance score against CIS benchmark has improved from around 72 to 92% within the first three months of adoption. We also saw a drop in recurring misconfigurations after enabling continuous posture management and automated guardrails.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing model is flexible and consumption-based, which makes it easier to align with our cloud. The setup cost was moderate, not too heavy. In terms of ROI, we can see time savings for audit preparation of at least 30-40%.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP an eight out of ten, because it is powerful and reliable, but still has room for polish.
I provided this rating because it delivers strong visibility, compliance, and misconfiguration detection, but there are still areas that could be refined such as complex UI navigation, integration gaps, and alert fatigue.
If you are considering Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP, start by clearly mapping out your cloud environments and compliance needs. The platform is effective for leveraging single visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP. Ensure you integrate all accounts early on. Take time to configure policies to match your organization's compliance framework such as CIS, GDPR, PCI. This saves a lot of effort later.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Detection capability ensures compliance and evidence provision in cloud integration
What is our primary use case?
The solution is for used for protection of workloads.
What is most valuable?
It offers good detection. This capability allows us to effectively manage compliance.
It helps us find misconfiguration. We use it to try to find possible storage accounts that may be misused or other misconfigurations.
The effectiveness of its cloud security posture management is good. It's really helpful for us and allows us to comply with various standards.
It helps our company identify risks that are most critical to our business. It not only saves us time, it provides us with the visibility we need to manage the cloud.
What needs improvement?
I don't have any notes for improvements. I'd need some more time to work with it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't had issues with scalability.
How are customer service and support?
We have not had any issues with customer service so far.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
This was the first solution I tested. I have not used a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is decent.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We only really tested the capabilities of native tools before we implemented this solution.
What other advice do I have?
My overall product rating is ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Full visibility and control with advanced threat prevention capabilities
What is our primary use case?
As a manufacturing company, we always ensure our production and workloads are not being interrupted by anything. Therefore, we are making sure our automated processes are not hindered by any means.
As we have many cloud-based applications, CloudGuard gives us prime support in terms of the security of the system. This includes securing cloud workloads, applications, and data by integrating threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
It also ensures compliance and governance across multi-cloud environments.
How has it helped my organization?
It provides complete visibility and control over cloud-native applications and infrastructure, allowing our security teams to monitor and manage every part of their cloud environments.
CloudGuard CNAPP also assures compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements by automating governance and risk management procedures. This streamlines security management and lowers the operational strain on our IT teams, allowing them to focus on strategic goals. We are able to work freely by putting aside some additional stress.
What is most valuable?
The most useful element of Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is its advanced threat prevention capabilities. This functionality is vital because it proactively addresses security issues before they affect cloud applications and notifies a real-time incident, ensuring the integrity and availability of critical services.
Furthermore, the platform's full visibility and control across many cloud environments allows us to effectively monitor the security posture, uncover vulnerabilities, and consistently enforce security standards.
What needs improvement?
The management and monitoring of security regulations and incidents might be made easier by improving the user interface, which could be made more intuitive and user-friendly.
For businesses with varied IT ecosystems, increasing the integration capabilities with additional third-party products and services would also increase flexibility and user-friendliness.
To further reduce the amount of manual work required by security teams, the future release could benefit from more sophisticated automation capabilities, such as automated incident response and remediation workflows.
In order to facilitate better decision-making and strategic planning, improved analytics and reporting capabilities would also be beneficial. These would provide deeper insights into security occurrences and patterns.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I'd rate stability nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I'd rate scalability nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support has to be improved.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not used a different solution previously.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it through the vendor. I'd rate the services eight out of ten.
What was our ROI?
Our inhouse IT department's workload has reduced considerably since using the product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Setup cost and licensing are quite expensive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not evaluate other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
For two years the product has done its job perfectly.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Enables us to detect incidents and vulnerabilities in our code with one click
What is our primary use case?
We use CloudGuard to secure apps we develop in the cloud.
How has it helped my organization?
Before Check Point, we didn't have a cloud solution. Having a CNAPP solution gives us confidence that our cloud apps are secure. From day one, we saw that the product was working and detecting issues in real-time.
What is most valuable?
CloudGuard's best feature is real-time detection. We can detect incidents and vulnerabilities in our code with one click. I was amazed by CloudGuard's VM protection. It's easy to deploy, and I feel safe. I'm absolutely satisfied with it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used CloudGuard for about one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CloudGuard is stable. I haven't had any issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CloudGuard is scalable. We've had no problems implementing it for our cloud infrastructure.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Check Point support 10 out of 10. Check Point's technical support is excellent.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The implementation was fast and easy, and Check Point's professional services are highly effective and professional. We deployed it with an in-house team of two to three people.
What was our ROI?
The cost-effectiveness of this investment was high. The money was well spent because I solved my security problems.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would like CloudGuard's pricing to be cheaper, but I think that's impossible. The pricing is the only thing I think they can improve.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP nine out of 10. I recommend that complex corporations test CloudGuard before implementing it. When you see the solution in action, you can witness its security and power.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Provides centralized visibility and helps identify any misconfigurations or compliance issues
What is our primary use case?
When a customer has a multi-cloud environment with AWS, Azure, GCP, or any other cloud, maintaining posture across the cloud environment is very difficult. They need a CNAPP solution for governance and centralized compliance. It gives centralized visibility where they can track each and every cloud account, compliance check, misconfigurations, risks, and vulnerabilities. Accordingly, they can take remediation action as well. That is the main purpose of a CNAPP solution.
How has it helped my organization?
CloudGuard CNAPP helps to be compliant across a multi-tenant environment. We can be sure of the compliance status with respect to different cloud tenants. There is visibility into each and every cloud tenant. It is very easy to get visibility from a single console. Centralized management gives good granular control where we can check the risks and vulnerabilities and also do remediation centrally.
Its benefits can be realized in four weeks. It is API integration, so it is very straightforward. You integrate with the client, and you start monitoring. You get the information in real-time. The overall implementation time frame is about four weeks. The first two weeks can be for the monitoring stage. In the third week, you can fine-tune your policies, and in the fourth week, you can start remediating.
Posture management is a part of CloudGuard CNAPP. CloudGuard CNAPP is a combination of three technologies: Cloud Security Posture Management, Cloud Workload Protection (CWP), and Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). It is a combination of technologies. When customers use CloudGuard CNAPP, they use all these three models.
Cloud Security Posture Management is very good for identifying misconfiguration. It is able to capture all misconfigurations.
They maintain different compliance standards. Apart from that, they are also very good with the alerts and notification part. Whenever they perform a scan and find a vulnerability, it is sent to different channels as an alert or notification. It is good. They only need to improve the impact analysis on CSPM.
Cloud Security Posture Management identifies the risks that are most critical to the business. In terms of time savings, it can identify a risk within 10 to 15 minutes instead of it being a day-long task. The scanning happens in almost real-time. It is a good feature they have given, and I appreciate their solution.
The scanning provided by CloudGuard Workload Protection helps to identify problems before they go live. It has good capability for that. It can perform a proactive analysis, and we can identify the risks or vulnerabilities before the exploit. This identification of problems is very important because knowing about a problematic scenario in advance and being able to address it can save us a huge business loss. A proactive analysis is very critical. In the cybersecurity domain, it is one of the critical features for every customer.
CloudGuard CNAPP gives us the severity score. When it identifies any risks or vulnerabilities, it assigns a severity score.
CloudGuard CNAPP gives good visibility across all the multi-cloud tenants. We have everything covered in one solution. It covers risks, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, compliance, data security, data loss, etc. It gives good visibility. This visibility is important for customers.
What is most valuable?
The identification of misconfigurations, maintenance of compliance in a centralized way, and visibility across all the multi-cloud tenants are the key functionalities.
What needs improvement?
The first improvement area is the impact analysis. The impact analysis that they perform can be improved. It is currently lacking. It should be more detailed.
The second improvement area is that they should adopt more remediation on various resources.
The third improvement area is that they should introduce Gen-AI capability on their platform so that remediation can be very easy. They have the threat hunting and detection part, but they need to adapt more on the Gen-AI side so that the remediation can happen automatically. People should be able to do remediation with a click. It would be a very good feature to have for remediation.
These are three main improvement areas for them. I have already provided Check Point feedback about these through another channel.
With respect to Cloud Workload Protection, they should introduce more granular security control in terms of policy. I feel they should work on it and develop it more. They need to provide more granular security control in terms of various attacks, such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework. They need to give a different policy for each technique and tactic such as ransomware, exploitation, etc. I also work with CrowdStrike, so I know about different types of granular controls. From the Cloud Workload Protection perspective, they need to improve the policy framework.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with CloudGuard CNAPP for 2 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not seen any issues. It works in the passive mode, so it does not impact performance or anything like that.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. Every SaaS solution is scalable, so CloudGuard CNAPP is also a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted them much, which is a good thing. CloudGuard CNAPP works in a passive mode. If anything needs to be done, it has to be done in your cloud tenant. There are very few times when you or an admin is required to communicate with the support team.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also work with CrowdStrike and Palo Alto. CrowdStrike does not have the CNAPP capability. CrowdStrike is an EDR solution.
Palo Alto has the Prisma solution. Its capabilities are similar to Check Point. They are similar to me. I do not see much difference. There might be some difference in the cost, but technology-wise, they are the same.
How was the initial setup?
CloudGuard CNAPP is a SaaS-based solution, and you need to integrate all your cloud accounts into that. That is it.
You need to integrate your cloud account or onboard your cloud account in the CloudGuard CNAPP solution by doing the API integration. After you onboard, you first put the cloud account in the monitoring mode. You monitor things for two weeks. After you validate your findings on CloudGuard CNAPP and you do not see any false positives, you can go for the block mode as well. That is the approach the industry should follow while onboarding any CNAPP solution.
What was our ROI?
You start to get an ROI from the day you deploy CloudGuard CNAPP or integrate it with your cloud account.
It is like insurance. When something happens, only then you realize its value. CloudGuard CNAPP works in the same way. Without such a solution, it is very difficult to find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and data breaches on each and every cloud tenant. When you integrate CloudGuard CNAPP with your cloud account, you get a single view. It is very easy for your cloud administrator to take quick action. The ROI starts once you integrate or onboard a cloud account with CloudGuard CNAPP.
What other advice do I have?
After you have subscribed to CloudGuard CNAPP, I would advise onboarding your cloud account and then monitoring your cloud account and the CloudGuard CNAPP findings for two weeks. After that, you can fine-tune the policies and then run the solution in block mode. That is the process.
A CNAPP product is mandatory for any organization that works in a multi-cloud environment.
Overall, I would rate CloudGuard CNAPP a nine out of ten.
The benefits were immediate, effectively providing compliance rule sets and security best practices
What is our primary use case?
We use Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for the application protection of our assets on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
We implemented CloudGuard CNAPP to address data exposure, prevent exfiltration attempts, ensure compliance with frameworks like SOC 2 and PCI DSS, and gain improved oversight of our cloud environment.
How has it helped my organization?
We haven't had any cloud security incidents since implementing CloudGuard CNAPP in 2017. It's been a critical tool as we've grown our cloud usage, transitioning applications from data centers to the cloud. CloudGuard's scalability has kept pace with our growth. As the third-largest enterprise user of Azure, our cloud footprint is significant.
The benefits of CloudGuard CNAPP were immediately apparent upon deployment. Back in 2017, we found ourselves needing to catch up on securing our existing AWS assets. We required a solution that offered quick implementation and usability. CloudGuard was the first platform we considered, and we've continued to expand its use alongside Check Point's ongoing development of new capabilities.
We create custom rules to address our organization's unique security policies, in addition to leveraging the built-in rules within CloudGuard CNAPP's CSPM module. This flexibility is crucial for us.
While CloudGuard CNAPP's CSPM capabilities effectively provide compliance rule sets and security best practices, it's important to understand that this is just one aspect of achieving full alignment with security frameworks. To be fully compliant, additional measures outside of CloudGuard need to be addressed and implemented. However, CloudGuard CNAPP remains a valuable piece of the puzzle.
CSPM helps us identify the most critical business risks. It's a time-saver that translates into cost savings. CSPM provides insights from multiple perspectives. We can analyze what a breach would mean for the business, including brand reputation and the significant cost and time required for recovery. Even in terms of day-to-day operations, CSPM saves us employee hours by streamlining security tasks.
The security provided by the CWP for containers is good. We are extremely satisfied.
Our CI/CD environment utilizes some scanning capabilities offered by workload protection, but it's not fully integrated. This creates limitations in proactively identifying issues before deployment. When we do use the workload protection capabilities they are critical for us.
What is most valuable?
Cloud security posture management is the feature we've been using the longest. What we particularly like about it is the rule-based capability. This allows us to develop our own custom rules using the GSL language provided by the CloudGuard platform.
What needs improvement?
The platform would be significantly enhanced by incorporating data security management capabilities.
I'd like to see CloudGuard offer more agentless functionality beyond what's currently available.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for over seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is extremely stable and if there is an issue, Check Point is on top of it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is scalable. We haven't run into any scale issues and we have scaled significantly over the last six years.
We plan on expanding it into some of the newer capabilities that Check Point is coming out with.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment was straightforward. As a SaaS platform, it is extremely easy to deploy it into environments.
We can deploy CloudGuard CNAPP and use it out of the box within hours.
Our initial strategy was to implement a basic solution and then expand its capabilities over time. Check Point, frankly, has done an excellent job of keeping its platform up-to-date by continuously adding and improving features. This is why we're still using it even after six years.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP nine out of ten.
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is predominantly owned by and controlled by the central security organization within our company.
Details matter. When comparing features to other security solutions on the market, the ability to develop custom rules is important to us, along with security posture capabilities. The ability to scale flawlessly is also important to us. The direct and overwhelming support that we received from the Check Point account team, the support team, and the leadership team has been fantastic.
Integrating with the cloud through APIs offered by a SaaS platform has significantly reduced the burden on our organization by eliminating the need for all the complex backend work we previously had to handle. This experience highlights the importance of embracing new ways of doing things.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Fair price, great dashboards, and fantastic for identifying misconfigurations
What is our primary use case?
We are a VAR. We use posture management in various client environments for different assessments.
We do not use it internally. We use it in multiple client environments. We have different types of client environments with different sizes.
How has it helped my organization?
It is great for identifying misconfigurations. That is the part that I love about it. It is very good at finding that needle in the haystack. It gives you an overall posture for every little thing, and if you dive into it and look at some of the findings, you start seeing that you have one or two servers that are misconfigured, and you have an open BLOB, open storage instance, unsecured web portal, or something else that you did not know about.
The effectiveness of its Cloud Security Posture Management for providing compliance rulesets and security best practices is great.
Its Cloud Security Posture Management helps identify the risks that are most critical to our clients relatively quickly. I cannot put a number on that, but not having to go through every little configuration on every asset would probably save a week's worth of effort for the smallest client.
Its traffic monitoring capabilities are good. Helps visualize traffic flows and possibly exposed assets.
The actual setup is pretty manual. It takes about an hour or two, depending on the client you are working with.
What is most valuable?
The rulesets and the findings are valuable. The actual core functionality of it and the efficacy of events are great. There is some triaging, but in terms of findings, it does seem to find the needle in the haystack.
The dashboards specifically are great. By just logging in and going into the portal, we can see the high-level dashboard views. We are able to dive into whatever we want to see there, and that is fantastic.
The network mapping and the traffic flow map, where it shows you which VMs might be possibly exposed, are also very valuable. It shows which systems might have direct access to the Internet and which systems do not. It shows you overall how the network flow is set up based on your security groups, routing, and everything. I have got a good use out of that.
What needs improvement?
The setup can be better. With every other Check Point SaaS product, the setup is scripted. You just approve deployment scripts, and then you are off. The setup for this solution is still very much manual. I would like to see that transition to more of a scripted setup. That has been an issue when I set up a client because every client has different skill sets.
The general reporting also needs improvement. It is very cumbersome to pull the reports for big environments. I had a client environment with 50 tenants, and I had to manually run a CIS report for each tenant and download it. There were 50 different reports. I wish there was a way to get the reports for all 50 tenants in one report and not 50 different reports.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with posture management for 3 to 4 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I never had stability-related issues. That has always been fine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. You can do it, but you need to redo the setup for each and every additional account and visibility. It is scalable. It is just not quickly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their support for CloudGuard CNAPP a eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used a posture management solution before.
How was the initial setup?
Its setup is very manual. I would like to see that transition to more of a scripted setup. It is a very manual process. For the most part it is fine however I have definitely had issues with it. Sometimes, it just does not work, and I have had to open tickets.
What about the implementation team?
I am an integrator and consultant.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is very fair.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
N/A
What other advice do I have?
To the new users of this solution, I would advise not following the built-in guide while setting it up. Always open the admin guide for the most up-to-date information.
Overall, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. Even with all the issues, what you do get out of it is very valuable. The reporting and the setup are holding it back from a ten. That is where it can be improved greatly.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Offers comprehensive reporting capabilities and delivers efficient cloud security management
What is our primary use case?
I use CloudGuard CNAPP to protect and gain visibility into vulnerabilities across our cloud workloads in a multi-cloud environment spanning AWS, GCP, and Azure. By implementing CNAPP, we have successfully reduced vulnerabilities in our cloud infrastructure by 70-80% over the past two years.
How has it helped my organization?
CloudGuard has significantly improved our organization's security posture over the past few years by reducing critical vulnerabilities by up to 80-90% across various workloads. This enhancement has led to lower security costs and enabled us to effectively communicate our improved security stance to stakeholders, putting us in a much stronger position than before.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of CloudGuard CNAPP are its reporting capabilities for aggregating vulnerability information and scoring, as well as its CloudBot feature, which automates remediation deployment across our diverse workloads in various accounts and regions.
What needs improvement?
One area where CloudGuard CNAPP could be improved is in its reporting capabilities. Customization options for building tailored reports would be beneficial, as it would allow for different views on vulnerabilities based on specific criteria such as tags or dimensions. Currently, the reporting features have some limitations in providing the level of customization we require.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for about three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven't had any stability issues with the solution so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability, particularly in workload protection, is an area that needs improvement. It is challenging to roll out workload protection to different teams, and there is room for enhancement in this aspect.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate Check Point's service and technical support as an eight out of ten. The pre-sales team was excellent, providing expert assistance, and our experience with the technical team has been good so far.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment of CloudGuard CNAPP was extremely straightforward since it is agentless and seamlessly integrates with public cloud tools. We began with a POC, then gradually rolled out the solution across all our cloud accounts, starting with AWS and expanding to GCP and Azure.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment in terms of reduced vulnerabilities.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I find CloudGuard CNAPP's pricing and licensing to be flexible, allowing us to explore new features without hard limits. Currently, we operate under an enterprise agreement with the flexibility to utilize the tools we need effectively.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We initially evaluated Palo Alto's cloud security posture management solution but ultimately chose CloudGuard CNAPP due to its faster implementation process and cohesive reporting capabilities. CloudGuard CNAPP's simplicity and comprehensive reporting aligned better with our need for efficient deployment and intuitive data analysis, making it the preferred solution for our cloud security requirements.
What other advice do I have?
The benefits of using CloudGuard CNAPP were realized very quickly, almost immediately after deployment. The implementation process was straightforward and seamless, leveraging agentless integration with existing cloud security tools. The positive results were clear from the start.
We use CloudGuard CNAPP's CSPM capabilities extensively. We assess CSPM for identifying misconfigurations by running automated processes to scan all our cloud accounts. We prioritize risks, work with technical teams to explain vulnerabilities, and initiate fixing processes, deploying available solutions or performing manual/automated remediations. We then report progress to our teams and iterate on the process as needed.
The effectiveness of CloudGuard CNAPP's CSPM for providing compliance rules and security best practices is high. Its policies align well with common standards like NIST or CIS frameworks, enabling effective assessment against known vulnerabilities. This alignment facilitates communication and understanding between teams, streamlining the resolution process for identified vulnerabilities.
CloudGuard CNAPP's CSPM effectively identifies risks critical to our business, particularly focusing on exposure and availability ratings. It saves us significant time, likely reducing the resolution process for critical risks by around 30-40%, as it provides pre-configured assessments and clearer insights compared to starting from scratch.
The CloudGuard CNAPP team provides excellent visibility into incident investigations by simplifying access to cloud workload configuration logs and integrating with tools like SIEM platforms. This enables the incident response team to ingest data from CloudGuard CNAPP and correlate it with internal indicators, streamlining the investigation process.
We use CloudGuard CNAPP across eight countries in South America and North America, with around 130,000 employees and approximately 5,000 engineers. We manage over 100 AWS accounts and support various applications, including e-commerce tools, generating over 10,000 notifications.
My advice for someone evaluating CloudGuard CNAPP would be to start with a hands-on exploration of the dashboards and data provided by the solution, then focus on internal selling and localized deployments. The biggest lesson I have learned from using CNAPP is that while it is easy to start with, achieving full adoption and maximizing its potential requires thorough preparation and dedicated effort from the team.
Overall, I would rate CloudGuard CNAPP as an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Brings visibility, security control, and standardization
What is our primary use case?
We have our CSPM and CNAPP services powered by CloudGuard. Those are the two that we are doing direct services for today, but as a reseller, we offer all the pillars.
We are a value-added reseller. We are not necessarily using it as our own. We are not a dev shop, but those are the use cases. If one of our customers has a dev shop and is working out of the cloud, this is where they look to get some better understanding and control over what their development team or their DevOps team is doing and building. This is where CloudGuard CNAPP comes into play.
How has it helped my organization?
CloudGuard CNAPP definitely helps with bringing the controls, which can then play to compliance. We have a few key customers in the utility space, so compliance is a major driver. Being able to apply required controls through CNAPP helps and benefits them.
Security is not a No, where you have to say, "No. You cannot do it." By having the CNAPP toolset for the DevOps team, you enable them to do their work, and it is securely done.
We use CloudGuard CNAPP's Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) capabilities. We have been using CSPM for just over a year. We use it internally for our own IT security. We are a company with about 75 people, and our IT security uses CSPM actively not just to respond in time but also to help manage and keep an eye on all the controls and things.
Cloud Security Posture Management identifies the risks that are most critical to our business. It helps us to prioritize those.
We do not use CloudGuard CNAPP's CloudGuard Workload Protection capabilities. We do not have a development shop. That is where the workloads come into play, but absolutely, that is where our customers could get some of the value to be able to keep their automations and speed going by having those workload protections in place.
What is most valuable?
It is able to bring visibility into that cloudy space where the security departments do not really see what is happening on the DevOps side. It brings visibility, security control, and standardization. These are some key features.
What needs improvement?
I am not a technical person, but generically, the user interface can be a little more intuitive. Our staff has trained network security and cloud security professionals, and they get it, but when you are trying to get to the customers to be able to pick it up and maintain it, it can be a bit difficult, so the user interface can be a little better.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CloudGuard CNAPP for just about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a Check Point product. It is not going anywhere. We have known CSPM for years, and it has only got improved every step of the way. Our impression is that CNAPP and the other pillars will do the same. They will continue to be steady and sturdy.
How are customer service and support?
Their top-end technical support is excellent. Like anything else, it is hard to get to TAC, but we are an elite partner, so we have great channel support and strategic support. We have good experience with tech support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not used any other solution. We have been a Check Point customer for a long time. When it started to come out, we started to take it on.
How was the initial setup?
We are primarily on Azure, but our customers are in AWS and Azure. We do not have a lot of work with Google Cloud. We have a little bit of Oracle cloud, but AWS and Azure are the two big players we see our customers using.
I am not involved in its deployment, but I know that for CSPM, which is probably related, you discover as you go. You deploy it, and you are able to get the overall insights into what the environment is. I presume you would lead with that and then work on the workload and CNAPP, but I have not had to do it myself.
What was our ROI?
We have seen an ROI, but I do not have statistics to back it. Even for our small internal IT, it helps with efficiency and reduces the time in having to go through and try to find all the misconfigurations and other things. That time is money, and that is the return on the investment, for sure. I presume our customers feel the same way when they are using and deploying, especially things related to CNAPP. Once deployed and in action, they save a lot of time because one hour of prework saves ten hours as a rework, and that is what we get with CloudGuard CNAPP.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Orca and Wiz. We are a value-added reseller, so we do sell them. Wiz has a lot of good and competitive aspects to CloudGuard features, but CloudGuard is very competitive with them, and we are deep partners, so we lean towards that.
What other advice do I have?
To those considering this solution, I would say that it is pretty easy to get it started and get the evaluation going. Check Point has a whole cloud team that is there not to sell you anything but to help find where you are in the cloud journey and bring evaluation and other things forward.
CloudGuard CNAPP is definitely in the upper echelon. I would rate it a nine out of ten. It competes very well with other solutions such as Wiz. If you break it down, it competes very well with them. That puts it right up there at the top.
Has amazing coverage and a very sophisticated way of building new queries
What is our primary use case?
I use it for cloud visibility detection and remediation. I also use it for reporting and dashboarding.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of CloudGuard CNAPP are its compliance engine and auto-remediation features.
What needs improvement?
CloudGuard CNAPP is a great tool that justifies its investment. Like any other tool, there are opportunities for improvement that can be addressed through a roadmap.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP for six years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of the solution as a ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the technical support as seven out of ten. It is good when we get attention, but sometimes it is a bit difficult to get the attention we need.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We opted for CloudGuard CNAPP over other solutions mostly due to its flexibility.
How was the initial setup?
The implementation of the solution was easy.
What was our ROI?
There has been a significant ROI for me because now I can reduce risks effectively, and every risk I mitigate is a return on investment for the platform.
What other advice do I have?
CloudGuard CNAPP has been crucial in giving us visibility into our cloud setup and has significantly lowered our risks by enabling better control over our cloud security.
I find that CloudGuard CNAPP 's cloud security posture management is exceptional for addressing both physical and digital security concerns. It offers extensive coverage and provides a straightforward yet sophisticated method for creating and implementing new security queries.
My advice would be to define your use cases very well when considering this solution.
Overall, I would rate CloudGuard CNAPP as an eight out of ten.