The main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is addressing numerous issues my customer faced with phishing emails and malware that was pushed into their system. They were using Microsoft Defender as a standard security for their email services, so they wanted to implement a more focused solution for Email Security.
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Improved email security and user awareness reduce data breaches significantly
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
When Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was chosen, the specific features that stood out to my customer were the integration of solutions with Office 365 as email service wherein Check Point excelled. They have a very tight integration with Microsoft Office 365.
The customer ended up purchasing just the email component initially. The comprehensive and unified protection across users, devices and applications under various parameters is entirely a USP for Check Point Solution. Apart from the standard security such as email security, endpoint security, browser security, mobility security and the enhanced visibility of the solution in a single pane of glass through a unified portal, these are the basic features. What stood out was where the solution excels in providing customer reports of users sending mails to non-domain email addresses, which was showcased during POC.
Reporting on users sending emails to non-domain email addresses helped the customer because they were unable to stop emails going to non-domain due to their business requirements. They had many vendors using non-domain specific Email IDs such as gmail.com or hotmail.com, which they couldn't block. Instead of blocking, they wanted to monitor people sending emails to non-domain email aliases. There had been cases of data breaches where customer users were sending IP data to users outside the organization. The customer wanted intervention, and if they couldn't block this practice, they wanted something that could be monitored by the IT team.
They formed a group of three people wherein all emails sent to non-domain specific email addresses were reported weekly, later changing to daily reports. This allowed them to clearly pinpoint how many users were sending out emails and identify clear offenders of sending print emails, even after being advised not to.
The measurable reduction in risky email behavior improved once users realized there was a system in place. During POC, they discovered some malware that was pushed to their system to check the solution's efficacy. These files passed through Defender but were caught by Check Point Solution, demonstrating the efficiency of Check Point Harmony Email Security.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted my customer's organization overall because once the system was implemented, there was a proper reduction in the number of data breaches and phishing emails.
What needs improvement?
I don't see any incoming pain points regarding Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. It has been a leader in Magic Quadrant already for 24 and comes from Check Point, a well-known vendor loved among tech people. For tech people who want to dive deep into self-servicing capabilities, Check Point could improve in this area. In terms of user experience, it has limited self-servicing capabilities for end users. A bit more customization would be great as.
For how long have I used the solution?
My customer has been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for one year now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable in my customer's environment with no downtime or reliability issues. When the demo POC was set up, most of the solution took place. Once the order was approved and the licenses were delivered, we only needed to upload those licenses into the customer's admin account, as all the policies and other configurations were already in the system.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is fully scalable. This is the first year, so there haven't been many additional users. We are looking forward to the next year when the renewal comes up. The product grows with the company and the organization structure.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has been excellent. We were able to fine-tune most of the queries the customer had without requiring Check Point vendor support. There have been no bugs or formal issues needing vendor support. Check Point has everything in place according to standard policy, including email, phone support, text support, and community support from fellow users. The product has been running smoothly and reliably, so the customer hasn't required any support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, my customer was only using Microsoft Defender.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was straightforward since the customer was well aware of the use cases. We simply needed to fulfill those use cases, which was done easily with documents available in communities and community pages, along with clearly defined documentation on how to address common problems in the system.
What was our ROI?
There has been a 70% decrease in phishing emails and data breaches since implementing Check Point Harmony Email Security.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing, setup costs, and licensing were competitive and clear for my customer. Everything was well defined with proper SKUs, starting with all the modules they were looking for, including Check Point Email and a web solution.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
My customer evaluated Barracuda and Cisco IronPort before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration integrates seamlessly with other cloud services my customer uses, especially with Microsoft O365.
The metering and billing experience was transparent and easy to manage with an annual contract structure.
The procurement process was straightforward. After the joint meeting with IT and procurement teams, a consensus was reached among the Check Point call manager, myself, and the customer stakeholder. Price negotiation was completed in a single day, and the PO was released within a week.
My advice to others considering Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to have a clear understanding of their requirements. The solution offers numerous services, so potential users should have their use cases prepared. They should conduct a pilot project, demo, or POC aligned with those use cases to determine which services they require. While the tools are managed through a single console, they are priced separately, and advanced features could be costly.
I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 10 out of 10 due to its ease of installation, solution capabilities, integration with other solutions, and Check Point's leading support in Cyber Security. The tool provides an extra layer of security to endpoints and offers proactive protection from cyber threats.
cloud based email security and collaboration protection solution
What do you like best about the product?
easily protect phishing attacks by detecting and blocks malicious email attacks and also scans the content of attachments
What do you dislike about the product?
The licensing cost is a bit expensive and the process is a bit complex to add some features.
and also the learning curve for the beginner is not straight forward
and also the learning curve for the beginner is not straight forward
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
helps to protect the sensitive data which can be leaked through email. and also protects the data loss by scanning the contents of the file and applies automated policies to block or encrypt sensitive data.
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What do you like best about the product?
The 3-step easy API integration which can onboard the security to O365 in minutes and to implement. Threat extaction, sandboxing some advanced features helps to get/view the data to decide whether its safe or not without affecting/compromising the user.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to mention as of now, since it is very easy to use and several classification in detection provided to sort out or pin point the issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Phishing & Spam mail attack are reduced near to zero with the accuracy of AI engines. Threat Extraction gives a clean copy of the data before scanning to reduce work impact. sandboxing to verify the links for malicious content.
Boosting email protection with checkpoint harmony email and collaboration.
What do you like best about the product?
What I like about Harmony email and collaboration is its use of AI and ML to proactively detect and block threats.The integration with checkpoints Threatcloud also strengths real-time threat intelligence, providing an added layer of security to our organization. In addition to that its inline API based deployment makes implementation quick and seamless without disrupting email workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
For me HEC lacks granular reporting and analytics. It offers basic reporting functionality, more detailed , customizable reports and advanced analytics would be great to get deep insights into email security. Also, I would love to see email continuity feature in HEC.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Harmony email and collaboration is solving several critical problems for our email security. It effectively blocks phishing attacks, malicious attachments, impersonation attemps using adcanced AI and ML models. This has significantly reduced the number of security breaches in our rmail communications.Addiitonaly we are greatly benefiting with its integration with ThreatCloud as it enhanced real time threat intellligence ensuring we are always protected against the latest threats.It provided peace of minds knowing our email communication is secure and upto date with latest threat intelligence.
AI-driven email protection secures data and prevents threats with seamless integration
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to protect incoming and outgoing emails. We use Microsoft Office 365 as the platform, integrating it with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. Our client environment uses Outlook, and we wanted to set up email security directly after Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office performs the first layer of inspection, and then Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration inspects anything Office 365 missed. If an email contains anything malicious, it is not delivered to the end user, providing DLP capabilities for sensitive data as well.
What is most valuable?
The best feature is that it is completely AI-powered, enabling behavior analysis of email traffic. When integrating Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration with an email provider like Microsoft Office 365, the system learns the patterns of past communications. This AI behavior analysis helps identify legitimate emails and potential threats. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration can also scan password-protected and zip folders, a limitation in other solutions. The DLP feature allows organizations to track, inspect, and prevent sensitive data leaks from outgoing emails. Additionally, the system is easy to deploy, often within one or two days. Features for administrators and users allow control over spam mails, and the sandboxing feature scans new attachments and links for zero-day attacks. These unique features make Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration stand out.
What needs improvement?
A noted limitation is that integration is currently limited to Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite. Additional support for other vendors would allow access to multiple clients. Updates based on AI and reduced administrative overhead by adding or bulk adding new users, along with graphical enhancements to the GUI, would also be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than one year. Initially, I attended Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's OEM training session and later delivered the POC for one of the clients while testing all the use cases related to email security and completing several projects.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The deployment of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was straightforward. It is easy to deploy and integrate with the environment, typically taking one or two days to set up email security.
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?
Scalability is limited, being only integrated with Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite at present.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Initially, the organization was using only the Microsoft 365 default email security, which is limited. We wanted a dedicated email security solution, and Check Point had features like DLP, sandboxing, and easy integrations that competitors lacked, leading us to choose it.
How was the initial setup?
The setup process is straightforward and easy to deploy within one or two days.
What was our ROI?
Implementing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has helped to reduce false positive phishing mails and prevent threats from emails, saving the organization time and maintaining business continuity by preventing downtime and enabling employees to focus on their tasks.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is a bit expensive, but it is worth it considering the features that Check Point provides.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend learning the product thoroughly to maximize its use, such as analyzing links in a virtual environment before clicking them. These small measures make a big difference. Administrators should explore the product deeply to use all its features effectively. I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a 10 because of its unique features, high catch rate, and ease of deployment and integration.
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What do you like best about the product?
Avanan for advanced email filtering to protect against malware and malicious emails. Customers appreciate its effectiveness, particularly for email attachments. Improvement areas include expanding DLP integrations. Previously, our customers used a Microsoft tool but faced phishing issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
Noting to dislike as we are using this production
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In Avanan, the email channel is one of the channels where data leakage happens, and they need to consider it from a DLP perspective.
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What do you like best about the product?
The best thing is how Harmony provides real-time threat prevention across email and collaboration apps without much performance impact. Its reporting and visibility into email threats are also really strong compared to other solutions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Though the security features are excellent, the platform could benefit from more intuitive configuration options and enhanced reporting flexibility.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us catch phishing and malware attacks before they hit our users, keeps our email and collaboration tools secure, and saves us from spending tons of time cleaning up after incidents.
Secures email communication with advanced sanitization features
What is our primary use case?
I use Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration to protect email security. It is used as an email secure gateway to protect and scan emails.
What is most valuable?
The sanitization feature of Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is valuable. The protection and scanning of emails are also appreciated, as they secure everything in the email spectrum.
What needs improvement?
The sanitization on the file needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration for two months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration as nine out of ten, indicating high scalability.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support is of high quality, as the local team from Check Point is very helpful.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used a couple of solutions before but cannot specify which ones. I switched to Check Point primarily due to good integration with Microsoft 365.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment was done through an integrator.
What was our ROI?
I see a return on investment from the beginning because I removed two items.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is lower compared to what I used before.
What other advice do I have?
Knowing what you need from the solution is important because Check Point Harmony Email provides comprehensive protection for email security.
Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.
Substantial spam filtering software
What do you like best about the product?
This is the suitable security suite that has cleaned the email sharing system in the organization. It blocks unwanted emails and files with malware attachments enhancing legitimate communication among peers. It has sustained healthy document sharing and stopped several phishing attacks.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is not hard to set and integrate this platform with enterprise communication infrastructure. The cost and user policies complies with company regulations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security has enhanced secure employee collaboration. It detects malicious links and content from internet that can compromise network.
Top-notch email protection software
What do you like best about the product?
It detects spams and compromised messages and quickly blocks them before reaching email inbox. Cases of phishing attacks have vanished since I started using Check Point Anti-Spam & Email Security. It has filtered out spams enhancing improved database transactions.
What do you dislike about the product?
The stable performance has enhanced email security and optimized database network operations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Powerful security suite in email collaboration have minimized malware attacks. It has assisted the organization to comply with global data protection regulations.
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