Email protection has stopped sophisticated phishing and now keeps our team focused on priorities
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is email security, specifically for phishing and malicious emails.
A quick specific example of how I use it for email security is that it has done an excellent job at stopping malicious emails and phishing emails; it has helped us stop some sophisticated attacks.
A specific incident where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration helped us prevent a sophisticated attack involved being targeted by a Russian ransomware gang that compromised a partner's email; they were sending emails to our staff, and not only did Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration stop it, it gave us visibility into the attack and let us know we were under attack.
What is most valuable?
The best features Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration offers include stopping phishing attacks, keeping marketing emails and junk emails, as well as malicious emails out of our users' inboxes, which frees up time for our security team to focus on other issues.
When I mention that Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration frees up time for our security team, it has significantly changed our workflow because we don't worry about phishing or malicious emails; previously, we would spend several hours a day or multiple hours a week dealing with phishing emails.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted our organization by keeping us safe, out of the news, and preventing us from having to be reactive to malicious phishing emails, allowing us to be proactive with the product instead.
Since using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we have seen an amazing reduction in malicious emails; it is rare that we get a true phishing email that gets through, and very few do.
What needs improvement?
I think Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is excellent for what it does; it keeps us safe, and we don't worry about phishing and malicious emails, so I'm not quite sure what they could do better, honestly.
I chose nine because I'm not quite sure anything is a ten; I don't really know how to answer that, but the ten leaves room for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about eight to nine years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration definitely scales; our organization has around 40,000 to 35,000 mailboxes.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has been excellent; they have been very proactive in adding new features and helping with any issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Microsoft G3, but it missed way too many phishing emails and malicious emails, so we had to add another layer to block what Microsoft was missing.
How was the initial setup?
The advice I would give to others looking into using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is that they need to look at it; the setup is super simple, and it works directly inline on O365; you can run it alongside any other platform you currently have, and it will tell you what you are missing, so I would say you absolutely must look at it.
What was our ROI?
I have definitely seen a return on investment since using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because it does an amazing job at catching malicious emails without us having to do anything and without any input from our team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it was smooth, easy, and affordable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did evaluate other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, but I don't remember what they were since it was a long time ago.
What other advice do I have?
I would add that it has been very effective in our team not having to spend time chasing reported phishing attacks; we hardly see users report receiving malicious emails, and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration does an amazing job at stopping the emails from reaching the users.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is deployed in our organization in the cloud; I would say it's in the public cloud, but I am not sure if it's public or private. We use a private cloud provider.
I would say that their built-in AI does a fantastic job at stopping new threats, which is another strong feature of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
I gave this review a rating of nine.
Seamless Integration and Security for Microsoft 365
What do you like best about the product?
It maintains seamless communication and integrates perfectly with platforms like Microsoft 365, adding an extra layer of security without impacting productivity. Real-time threat prevention and clear reporting provide confidence that sensitive information is safe.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, secure emails can be flagged as suspicious, requiring manual review and slowing down workflows.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's solving the problem of phishing, malicious attachments, and unsafe links that commonly affect business communications. By automatically detecting and blocking these threats, it prevents data breaches and protects sensitive information shared across email and collaboration platforms. This reduces the risk of human error and allows teams to work securely and without interruption.
Enhanced Security and Compliance with Checkpoint HEC
What do you like best about the product?
Checkpoint HEC is the API Inline protection, Improves security by reducing data leaks. helps with compliance. provides visibility into all SAAS applications employees
What do you dislike about the product?
Drawback is no full fledged Email DLP ( Data Classification)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its preventing from the BEC attack , account takeover and phishing attacks there three major engines are working
Threat protection
DLP engine
Click time protection
this three engine will protect our email from all kind of attack's
Email security has become proactive as it prevents phishing and automates user awareness training
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to secure all of our emails, both incoming and outgoing, and to prevent phishing emails from outside sources, as well as to run a phishing campaign in my department.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has a phishing campaign feature where you can run simulated phishing emails to a particular department that it recognizes in Microsoft Office, and if someone fails, the system will ask that user to enroll in a learning video tutorial.
I use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to protect my emails from outside phishing threats as well as to provide click URL protection.
What is most valuable?
The best feature for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is its inline feature, where it remediates any emails with a phishing link as well as threats before they come into the inbox. This is what I appreciate the most about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
The inline feature in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration reduces incidents and saves a significant amount of time.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has impacted my organization very well because you only require a small amount of human resources to look into email security since it is one of the first points of contact where any organization gets breached. You require fewer resources because it is automated, and you can even customize it so that if any email gets blocked, you can ask the user for permission to not quarantine it to the administrator.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved if it was offered on-premises, because most of our clients do not want to use cloud-based services; that is the only thing that I would appreciate Check Point to offer.
I would want the attachment feature in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to scan for images, as it is integrated with AI. Currently it does not scan for images with nudity, and I would really appreciate it if it scanned for nudity components as well.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a very stable product; we have not had any issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very open because it is on the cloud. We only pay for the number of users and the number of licenses for those users, and it does not depend on mailbox traffic.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is excellent, and they support us very frequently, calling us within 30 to 40 minutes.
How would you rate customer service and support?
What was our ROI?
The return on investment for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is significant since we only require one person to oversee it, and once it is set up, we do not need to do anything else.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing and setup cost for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is relatively competitive with its competitors.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We were trying to evaluate Fortinet and Barracuda, but Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration came out on top.
What other advice do I have?
Currently, only one member of our team is required to look at email security, but they do not have to keep monitoring it continuously.
If you are looking for a cloud-based email solution, then Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is the best solution you could choose because it only takes about seven clicks to onboard, studies all your email patterns, and analyzes all your past emails. It is very easy to use.
I gave this review a rating of 9 out of 10.
Exceptional Email Security and top-Level Spam and Phishing Prevention for Daily Use
What do you like best about the product?
It catches phishing attempts, fake links, and unwanted spam very accurately. The dashboard gives clear visibility, and managing policies is easy. It saves a lot of time for IT because users don’t complain about spam mails anymore, and overall email communication feels much safer.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as of now, everything is working well and good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Earlier we had to manually check many suspicious emails, but now most of them get filtered automatically. This reduces the risk of users clicking on harmful links and keeps our mail environment clean. It also saves time for the IT team and improves overall security by stopping threats before they reach the inbox.
User-Friendly Interface and Seamless AI Integration
What do you like best about the product?
The nest thing about Harmony Email & Collaboration is how user friendly it is. The interface is understandable. It uses AI to assist with the email management. It has a very good integration capabilities and can be easiably enforced.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing anything which I do dislike about Harmony Email & Collaboration. It takes a bit of time to get used to it and it requires a decent research to be performed, but other than that it is very good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We save time, by providing us with an advanced protection. This also bring us to compliance. The dashboards do provide us with a great overview of our infrastructure.
Seamless Email Security and Peace of Mind
What do you like best about the product?
It has truly given me peace of mind because it blocks suspicious emails and phishing attacks that previously went unnoticed. It also integrates well with the company email and doesn't interrupt daily work. I use Microsoft 365 and I love its integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initially, the setup can be a bit complex and requires time to adjust the security policies to the actual needs of the company.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving the problem of phishing and malware attempts that previously reached emails undetected, and it also helps prevent unauthorized access and loss of sensitive information, which directly benefits me because I now have more confidence that the messages I receive are safe and I can work without interruptions.
Robust Email Security with Minimal false Positives
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how Avanan Cloud Email Security effectively catches sophisticated phishing attempts without generating too many false positives, which enhances our protection and confidence in email communications. The inline protection feature is particularly valuable, ensuring security measures are applied in a streamlined manner. I find the dashboard very user-friendly, as it allows me to easily review and remediate messages, providing clear insights into why certain emails were flagged. This level of transparency in reporting helps us understand the security landscape better. The advanced phishing detection capabilities significantly reduce the number of risky emails reaching users, which in turn cuts down on help desk tickets and potential incidents, relieving pressure on our support staff. Moreover, the setup process was notably easy and quick, minimizing the time needed for deployment and allowing us to focus on leveraging the product's capabilities. Overall, the seamless integration with our existing systems like SIEM, SOAR, and our identity provider further enhances our security posture by enabling alert correlation, automated response, and tying user risk profiles effectively.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some alerts can feel repetitive during large phishing waves, and a few policy settings require more tweaking than expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Avanan Cloud Email Security to block phishing and malicious attachments, reducing risky emails and security incidents. It integrates with our cloud-based mail system, providing early threat detection and a dashboard for easy email review and remediation.
Email security has reduced phishing noise and now saves our team significant investigation time
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to search for different threats and vulnerabilities in our mail, such as Exchange 365, and other threats in our collaboration tools.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has made collaboration more efficient by reducing noise from phishing and spam. Our team interacts with it mostly through the alerts and quarantine features, which are easy to manage and do not interrupt daily communications. The fact that suspicious emails are filtered before they reach the inbox means people can focus on real work without worrying about hidden threats.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has had a positive impact by cutting down on phishing and spam, which means our team spends less time sorting through unwanted messages. A clear outcome we have noticed is fewer security incidents tied to email. What used to be a weekly issue is now rarer.
The time saved in our teams is the best advantage when the organization uses Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What is most valuable?
The best features of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration are its strong phishing and spam filtering, clear alerts, and easy-to-manage quarantine. What stands out the most to me is how seamlessly it blocks suspicious emails before they reach users, while still giving us visibility and control through the quarantine dashboard.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration integrates well with other security tools, which makes it easier to share threat intelligence across platforms. The combination of smooth integration and advanced detection has made it feel like a strong layer of protection in our overall security stack.
What needs improvement?
I think Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved with the documentation. Sometimes it is not intuitive, and I think it needs more images in the deployment steps.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for around two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is good.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very fast for me.
I would rate the customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine on a scale of one to ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, and I can share relevant metrics regarding the time saved.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is great. I have no problems with the pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is that it is a great tool and a complete and modern security solution. I would rate this review a nine on a scale of one to ten.
Email security has protected us from phishing and now keeps our cloud data and files safe
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to protect my email and collaborations wherein I use Outlook, and it helps me to prevent my email from phishing or any kind of account takeover attacks.
One day I received a mail that looked exactly like an alert from Microsoft, but when I clicked it, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration flagged it as phishing and removed it from my inbox, which I really appreciated.
What is most valuable?
The best features Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration offers include great cloud collaboration and file sharing tools, especially as I work on a hybrid model, sometimes in the office or at home. Additionally, it protects me on the cloud, has data loss prevention, and gives me real-time protection from all the unethical activities happening.
The data loss prevention feature works for me by detecting when I had kept all my documents on Drive, but somehow my sheet got lost. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration detected it and immediately looked into it and got it back in my inbox.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted my organization by helping us stop a lot of targeted phishing and fake invoice attacks. Earlier, we used to fall for such tricks, but now, with the help of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we do not get those kinds of emails. Our employees and the company's system are pretty much safe, and it has overall improved our email hygiene with very little spam and no malicious attachments reaching us, which get filtered out very quickly.
Since using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we have seen a reduction in phishing incidents, as it helped me when I sent a spreadsheet that had my client's phone numbers and card details, and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration instantly flagged it and alerted me. Additionally, I had a very convincing email that looked like it came from my HR asking me to update my bank details, which Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration detected within seconds and blocked from all our servers as soon as I responded to it.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved because I feel the advanced settings are a bit difficult to understand and get your hands on; it could have been easier to navigate in the dashboard. I also feel that working on cloud could be faster and simplified as it is on the on-premises mode.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for almost about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has huge and large scalability.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is good and active.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration an eight.
I give it an eight because overall I am pretty much satisfied with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, as it works positively with my company, and I am very habitual of using it, which gives me a stress-free mindset to work properly.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment since using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because it helped reduce the time of the IT team management and our company's time to stop and detect all the malware and ransomware. One phishing-related financial fraud is pretty much able to shake the system, and now I feel it is a return on investment because our money is not getting out of the company because of any phishing activities.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration indicates that the pricing feels a bit on the higher side, but the deployment was quite comfortable. It took us some time to deploy it and understand the learning curves, but we manage it now.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others looking into using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to evaluate and compare it to other companies providing similar solutions in terms of pricing. It is also important to make your IT team ready and understand each feature thoroughly, including the advanced features, so they can use it fully. I gave this product a rating of eight out of ten.
