My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to control security, specifically in securing email for my organization.

I need to control when malware, phishing, or ransomware is sent over email in my organization.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has become a key part of how we collaborate securely; it's not just about blocking spam or phishing but actively protecting us from more advanced threats.

The best part of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is how quietly powerful it is, working in the background to keep threats out without disrupting how we work; that balance really stands out.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has definitely helped our team feel more secure and confident; before we had it, phishing emails and impersonation attempts were a regular headache.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration helps build trust across the team, as people feel more confident opening emails, clicking links, and collaborating knowing there's a strong layer of protection behind the scenes; that's huge for productivity.

Before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, phishing and impersonation emails were regular issues, and since rolling it out, we have seen a big drop in those threats reaching users.

Our incident response time has improved by roughly 40%.

One aspect I wish were a bit smoother about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is the user interface, especially when managing quarantined emails or reviewing threat reports.

Navigating between quarantine, threat logs, and policy settings sometimes feels clunky, requiring too many clicks to get to commonly used features.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for two years.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is good.

The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is great; it is faster and easier.

Positive

Before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, I used Microsoft Security Portal.

I have seen a return on investment by saving time for the user support.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is great; the pricing is just great.

I did not evaluate any other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is deployed in my organization as a hybrid cloud solution.

We use Azure as our cloud provider with the hybrid cloud setup.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a great opportunity for securing your organization.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine out of ten because I prefer support in some different languages, as currently, it's only in English.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about a year and a half and I don't have plans to switch it out for something else. I'm not as enthused about Check Point as Unitrends. There are a couple of things that haven't gone exactly the way I expected them to, but overall the product is pretty good. I don't expect to move away from them.

Check Point has made my threat prevention better. It has helped me avoid having to redo machines and has helped protect our data by not letting unauthorized items through. The items it does let through that people are worried about are usually real things that appear unusual. It blocks and notifies me about other concerning items, then I can investigate and determine if it's legitimate mail from someone we want. It has significantly fewer false positives than my old solution did. I remember constantly releasing mails with my old solution, being in there four or five times a week releasing emails that got blocked even after I had whitelisted some portion of them. Once I whitelist something with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, I haven't had to think about it again.

I appreciate having one login to deal with multiple different security products. My favorite feature is the ease of finding a piece of mail that got lost somewhere or was blocked for any reason. Their Mail Explorer is simple to use while also offering complex capabilities. I've always been able to find the problematic email and resolve whatever issue exists, whether it requires quarantine or appropriate release.

The AI-powered threat intelligence is built into this system. I haven't had any users accidentally click on something problematic since implementing the product, which speaks to its efficacy.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has enhanced our threat prevention. It has prevented machine redos and protected our data by blocking unauthorized items. When items are flagged as concerning, they're typically legitimate but appear unusual. The system blocks and notifies about suspicious items, allowing me to verify if they're legitimate communications we want to receive. It produces significantly fewer false positives than my previous solution.

One aspect of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration that differs from my old solution, Proofpoint, involves mail delivery. With Proofpoint at the MX level, mail would be processed first before being sent to our Microsoft tenant, preventing users from seeing problematic emails. The current setup with Check Point routes mail into the mailbox and then removes it if an issue is detected. During the East Coast server outage with Amazon service this week, mail was delivered and then pulled back because Harmony wasn't working properly and needed to scan it. I prefer the approach where mail gets blocked before reaching the mailbox. However, there haven't been any issues with the current method.

One advantage of the current system is the user creation process. With Proofpoint, I had to wait up to 45 minutes for new email accounts to start working due to sync requirements. The current system, being tied directly to the mailbox instead of requiring MX record verification, allows new mailboxes to function immediately after Microsoft activation.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about a year and a half.

I haven't had any users encounter issues with accidentally clicked emails since implementing the product.

My experience with Check Point's customer service and tech support has been positive. I maintain a relationship with them despite my sales representative changing once. I have access to a dedicated sales engineer for technical guidance and best practice recommendations. Their technical support is proficient at resolving issues within their scope, providing excellent problem-solving assistance and guidance.

Positive

The initial setup with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is super simple. Check Point provides comprehensive technical documentation for all their products if you're willing to read it. Though I had a sales engineer on the phone during setup, their assistance wasn't necessary. The Harmony implementation was straightforward - requiring only a few clicks to add the tenant and activate the system. After the initial configuration, no additional setup was required.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration handles mail delivery differently than my previous solution, Proofpoint. At the MX level, Proofpoint would process all mail before sending it to our Microsoft tenant.

Before using Check Point, some issues would get through and people would inquire about them, demonstrating appropriate caution. However, we had instances where users clicked on suspicious items, requiring computer removal from the network and complete system wipes for security purposes.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has been very competitive with their pricing. Compared to previous security products, I was able to add a physical firewall and software licensing for the same price as the endpoint and email security. While my overall bill increased after adding more products, they offered significantly better pricing than competitors.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine out of ten.

For my company case, I need to protect from phishing and malware using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.

In the past, a coworker opened an email and clicked a hyperlink or URL site, and this was a vulnerability in his email, which Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration helped protect against.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration offers zero-day protection as one of its best features.

The Zero-Day Protection feature of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has made a noticeable difference for us. It uses AI and threat emulation to detect and block unknown attacks before they reach users.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has had a strong positive impact on my company as it has significantly reduced phishing and malware. The case from the past when a coworker opened an email with phishing demonstrates this real benefit, making it a great feature for the company.

Pricing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be more flexible, especially for smaller teams or organizations with limited budgets. In my case, I need to use the feature for other characteristics that are flexible and scalable.

The reason I give an eight instead of a higher or lower score is that the pricing could be more competitive, and additional documentation would help make setup and troubleshooting easier.

It's a solid solution, and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration just needs better pricing and clearer documentation to be even more user-friendly.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for two or three years.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very scalable. In my case, I deployed the Infinity Portal, and it is the best option to use.

The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is great.

Positive

I didn't use different solutions previously. I have seen a clear return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration as it has reduced the number of phishing incidents and manual investigations.

In the past, I didn't know about the pricing, setup cost, and licensing, but when I deployed it in the company, I was able to gain more experience with these characteristics.

I have seen a clear return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration as it has reduced the number of phishing incidents and manual investigations. I don't need more people in IT to investigate different phishing incidents.

I didn't evaluate other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration as I prefer the Check Point company.

My advice for others looking into using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to make sure to take full advantage of its AI-driven threat prevention and account takeover protections. I rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We were previously customers of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. We currently are not using it but are looking to bring them back in the future if an opportunity arises.

The main use cases with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration involved monitoring user behavior in the Microsoft environment, including login patterns and correspondence. The primary scenario where it was leveraged extensively was during investigations. It has proven particularly valuable whenever incidents or potential incidents have occurred.

The best features of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration involve understanding user behavior and monitoring interactions. It allows applications to send, receive, and process emails, which is particularly useful from an investigative standpoint.

The threat prevention in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration provides scoring and rating that helps determine threat levels. Based on configured thresholds, it can automatically block or discard threats as needed. 

The automated incident response feature is generally helpful for investigative purposes, though we prefer human intervention for thorough analysis. There are situations where a human analyst needs to evaluate the circumstances, understand the data, and determine whether it is relevant and useful. For instance, they need to assess if it could be an indicator of compromise. In the setups I’ve been involved with, there has always been a blend of automation and human analysis to ensure effective outcomes.

Robust inspection technologies have proven valuable in safeguarding shared files in collaborative environments by analyzing patterns and identifying potential threats.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration can continue to improve by curating intelligence from other sources if it doesn't have enough in-house. It needs to be powered with strong threat research and threat intel capabilities. When there are limitations in-house, it should allow collaboration with other entities, whether commercial entities, open-source resources, or researchers in that space. This collaborative setup enriches the threat intel and data, which in turn helps the product determine whether something is a true positive versus a false positive.

I worked with this solution for a couple of years.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's support a seven out of ten. The package offered 24/7 coverage, and they would generally respond with acknowledgment when contacted. Sometimes junior staff members would ask scripted questions without having enough knowledge to address the core issue immediately. In some cases, issues needed escalation to the customer support manager to find a resource that could resolve the problem quickly.

Positive

The initial setup of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was moderate in difficulty. While there were some minor hiccups and it took time to understand, it was ultimately more simple than difficult.

The comparable solutions to Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration are Proofpoint and Mimecast. The main difference is that Check Point traditionally has been a firewall software company, recognized as the first vendor for inspection and firewall concepts. Proofpoint, on the other hand, started as an email filtering and security solution. Proofpoint has maintained its focus on email security, making significant investments in this area. While Check Point has broadened its portfolio to include cloud security and other areas, this expansion can sometimes pose challenges as it may limit the time available for improving individual products.

I haven't encountered many integrations. The only one I have seen is with the ticketing system. It works with certain common ticketing platforms. Those are the only integrations I have utilized.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration an eight out of ten.

We are currently using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for our primary email security gateway to scan all the vulnerabilities that come in the mail and to safeguard us from spam mails.

We are using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for our PII DLP as well, ensuring that any PII information does not get leaked into the company, especially in the banking sector where a lot of PII information is shared, so it blocks all those PII information.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is deployed in our organization on a public cloud. We are using it specifically for SASE-based with integration into Office 365.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration not only blocks all the email but also provides separate threat graphs, and you can even create different flows to integrate with different Shadow IT.

The best features that Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration provides are its unique inline implementation method, its detection of Shadow IT software that most rest of the email security gateways don't consider, and its easy deployment in our environment which only takes a couple of clicks to integrate with MS 365, taking around two days to analyze all the emails sent and received from Microsoft 365.

The Shadow IT detection in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is beneficial because many people in our organization use GitHub and different kinds of software with their office email ID, which integrates directly with our email, allowing us to know what software is linked and if it is necessary for the company or the particular users; thus, we can eliminate certain risks associated with it.

The implementation of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has made identifying vulnerabilities very easy, as we can assign certain members to it, allowing the end-user client to decide if they want the files sent by just having the option to receive files while sending an alert to the administrator, which simplifies the admin's tasks.

The time saved with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is substantial because if a mail or file gets blocked, the administrator had to look into the account, but now the notification is sent to the end user, who can view the files themselves, saving time for both the administrators and end users, leading to enhanced efficiency.

Currently, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration only supports Google Suites and Office 365, and I wish it would support other email vendors as well. I hope it could also provide on-prem solutions for those who prefer not to use cloud services for email security.

Since Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has AI integrated into it, it needs to be able to scan JPG files for pornography images, which it currently does not, as we receive many such emails that are bypassed by the system.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about a year.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable, and we have not received any complaints to date.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is good because you just purchase licenses according to the number of users, and I don't think we need to add any resources regarding the scale.

The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has been awesome, providing prompt responses from the support team.

Positive

Previously, we used FortiGate email solutions, and we switched to Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because we were purchasing Check Point Maestro solution with Quantum Security Gateways, and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is listed in the leader quadrant in Gartner, which was a crucial reason for our choice.

We have not seen a return on investment yet because it has only been a year and we need to assess it over five years, but I can add that the troubleshooting needed for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very minimal, requiring few resources as the policy has been fine-tuned.

The setup cost for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was minimal since the vendor set it up for us.

We evaluated Barracuda before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.

The pricing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was decent because we purchased it in a bundle with our gateways and Maestro solution, and the licensing process was also easier.

If you want to ensure strong security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is the best solution because it integrates with Threat AI, which gathers telemetry from different platforms like Quantum Security Gateways, CloudGuard, WAF, and endpoints, ensuring everything is synced in less than five seconds; whenever a threat arises in any firewall or endpoint, it is communicated to the ThreatCloud and reflects across all devices.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine.

My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration involves using a Check Point 1800 Quantum Spark, which is not available in the options. I have used this Check Point as a firewall that is attached to my on-premises office, saving all my functions from malware attacks and various threat attacks.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has saved me from many threats and malware, and since I attached this Check Point in my office premises, I haven't faced any glitches or issues.

I do not have anything else to add about my main use case or any other ways it has helped my organization.

In my experience, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration offers great features, including a comprehensive dashboard where I can see everything easily in the admin interface. The dashboard shows details about mobile devices, phone devices, smart watches, each in different categories, which allows for easy identification. I have used different firewalls before that don't have options such as this, and Check Point includes this very good function.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted my organization significantly. Earlier, when I used a different kind of firewall without multi-layer functions, my users faced issues often. However, since Check Point came into my office premises, it helps me substantially by detecting malware threats and ransomware threats, stopping them at the firewall itself before they reach the end user.

I have noticed many positive changes since using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. Previously, we received many support calls from users regarding malware threats and issues indicated by exclamation symbols. Now, whenever any user attempts to access unwanted sites, the firewall automatically blocks access and provides a pop-up to me as the admin, allowing me to log into the admin console immediately and block the device.

I do not feel there is anything to improve in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. What is currently available is sufficient and very good.

As of now, I do not have anything to add regarding needed improvements as everything is functioning properly.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for the past 1.8 years.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable, and I have not experienced any downtime or reliability issues.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is excellent. It is already growing with my organization, and the support provided by Check Point Harmony meets my expectations and even exceeds them.

For customer support, I would give a rating of nine out of ten.

I rate customer support nine out of ten because sometimes they do not provide immediate assistance, and it can take time for them to respond. That is the only problem; everything else is satisfactory.

Positive

I previously used Sophos 122 H, which is a much lower version.

I decided to switch from Sophos 122 H to Check Point Harmony because it offers a much better user login experience.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine out of ten.

I choose to give it nine out of ten because sometimes support has issues; they take some time when I raise a ticket. If they provided immediate support, I could give a ten out of ten.

I have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, as it has saved a lot of money.

Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, I find that the functionality they provide for what we paid is worthy.

Before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, I did not evaluate any other options; I chose only this one option.

I offer one suggestion to all users considering Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration: before purchasing any product from Check Point, please consult with Check Point support and account managers, and take a demo for two to three times.

In terms of business relationships, I am not with Check Point as a partner or reseller; I am just a customer.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine.

We use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration mainly for phishing protection. All we do is check and verify if there is any quarantine and refine our policies.

Every single day is a use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, because being a company makes you vulnerable to phishing. There are many phishing campaigns going to every single domain, and our domain is included. We avoid our employees receiving those emails and making mistakes that they shouldn't make.

I'm not too versed on specific features of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, but everything, including the context and the understanding that the product has to declare if something is trustworthy, works effectively.

The quarantine side of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very helpful. I appreciate the easy way to search for emails and do filters, and the overview where you can see possibilities of some email accounts being compromised.

With Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we improve our security by omitting many phishing emails from being received. Our workers are more aware because they can see a recap of emails that are quarantined and they can contest. When they contest the decision, we get an email and then we check.

Nothing comes to my mind for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. Everything works effectively.

Everything is fine with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration in terms of small changes or extra features.

I've been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration on and off for a year, barely logging in because the main activity I do is just check emails.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.

I'm not sure about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability.

We only reached out to customer support of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration once, but it was informational.

Neutral

I did not previously use a different solution.

Before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we used Microsoft 365, but it's integrated together and helps the product to shine even more.

I would suggest always to do a Proof of Concept with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and see for yourself if it works. It works best with Microsoft Defender, such as the 365 Defender for emails. I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine out of ten.

My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is email protection against spam, phishing, and malware, and I can give a quick, specific example of how I'm using it day-to-day.

In practice, I'm blocking threats before they reach our users, quarantining malware.

The best features Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration offers are great inline email protection, ease of setup with Microsoft 365, nice tools for searching for emails, reviewing fish alerts, and its ability to play nicely with KnowBe4 simulated phishing and other vendors of simulated phishing out of the box, along with very informative diagnostics about how Check Point categorizes any individual email I pull up.

Out of all those features, the most valuable to my team is the email protection because it effectively secures our email communication.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted my organization with fewer impersonation attempts getting through and fewer invoice scams.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration can be improved because the console is very slow to navigate, pages are not responsive, and it can be a little confusing to set up initially when you're coming from a different vendor such as Mimecast, plus it seems to let through quite a bit more unsolicited spam than we used to see with Mimecast.

The console issues mainly involve a general performance problem.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for less than a year.

In my experience, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is fine; we have not needed to scale up or down, though I have mentioned that the performance is not the best.

I have found the customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to be excellent for the setup we did, although we haven't had much experience beyond that.

Negative

I previously used Mimecast before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, and we switched because we had many sister company peer reviews of Check Point Harmony that were glowing and also because it was less expensive.

The deployment of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration in my environment was easy while working with their customer success team.

Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration integrates with Microsoft 365 really well; it is easy to set up, manages transport rules and groups for you automatically, and you don't have to do anything manually in there.

The integration also really nicely shows me what Microsoft 365 decides about each individual email that comes in and what Check Point does afterward.

I have seen a return on investment since switching as we're probably spending close to half as much as we were on Mimecast; however, it doesn't really have an ROI because it's a security product.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration shows it was less expensive than our Mimecast licensing by quite a bit, so I found it pretty straightforward.

I evaluated other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, specifically Proofpoint and Mimecast.

I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine out of ten.

I choose nine because the performance has some downsides and negatives that keep it from being a perfect ten.

A quick tip I would suggest is to see if you can get a demo because Check Point Harmony will do a full demo without even switching away from your old email protection.