Our main use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is protecting our cloud infrastructure from advanced threats while maintaining consistent security policies across hybrid environments; we rely on it most for perimeter defense, traffic inspection, and automated threat prevention.
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Has improved threat response and reduced cloud-related alerts through automated security policies
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The advanced threat prevention feature of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security stands out the most to me. The threat prevention feature in Check Point CloudGuard is highly effective because it blocks attacks before they reach cloud workloads, using real-time intelligence and automated controls; one standout scenario for us was stopping a zero-day exploit targeting a misconfigured API, which CloudGuard detected and blocked instantly, preventing lateral movement.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security integrates natively in Azure, allowing security policies to follow workloads as they scale or move, and it also supports infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for security.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has had a strong positive impact on our organization across several dimensions, especially in security posture, operational efficiency, and cloud agility. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has significantly reduced our organizational risk, particularly in cloud environments, with a measurable drop in misconfiguration, threat exposure, and incident response time, contributing to an estimated 30 or 40% reduction in overall cloud-related risk.
What needs improvement?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could be improved by enhancing its user interface, simplifying policy management, and expanding third-party integrations. The documentation has a learning curve, which can be dense and sometimes outdated. At first, I needed to learn different documentations, but now it is easier. More interactive guides, real-world examples, and clearer walkthroughs would help new users get up to speed faster.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for around two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's customer support is very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What was our ROI?
I have saved time due to Check Point CloudGuard Network Security.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is very good in Azure for me.
What other advice do I have?
Since implementing Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, my confidence in moving workloads to the cloud has remained the same. I recommend Check Point CloudGuard Network Security because it is better for its security. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Check Point CloudGuard Network Security an eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
CloudGuard: My First Line of Defense
What do you like best about the product?
The way CloudGuard handles cloud traffic feels effortless. I don’t have to constantly tweak settings or chase down alerts it just works in the background, keeping everything secure.
The integration with different cloud platforms is smooth, and I get the visibility I need without digging through endless dashboards.
The integration with different cloud platforms is smooth, and I get the visibility I need without digging through endless dashboards.
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing that could be improved is the initial setup it’s not exactly plug and play.
If you’re not familiar with cloud architectures or Check Point’s ecosystem, getting everything configured can take some time.
Once it’s running, it’s solid, but that onboarding curve might be steep for smaller teams or those new to cloud security.
If you’re not familiar with cloud architectures or Check Point’s ecosystem, getting everything configured can take some time.
Once it’s running, it’s solid, but that onboarding curve might be steep for smaller teams or those new to cloud security.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CloudGuard helps me stay ahead of cloud threats without having to be a cloud security expert.
Before, I was constantly worried about misconfigurations or missing something critical.
Now, it handles the heavy lifting monitoring traffic, spotting risks, and keeping things locked down.
It’s like having a quiet guardian that watches over my cloud setup while I focus on everything else.
Before, I was constantly worried about misconfigurations or missing something critical.
Now, it handles the heavy lifting monitoring traffic, spotting risks, and keeping things locked down.
It’s like having a quiet guardian that watches over my cloud setup while I focus on everything else.
Reliable network protection across cloud environments
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about CloudGuard Network Security is that it gives really strong protection for my cloud traffic. It’s reliable, integrates well with AWS and Azure, and I like how easy it is to manage security policies in one place. The threat prevention feels solid and up to date.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the setup and configuration can be a bit tricky, especially for more complex environments. The interface could be a little more intuitive, and updates or policy changes can take some time to apply. It’s also not the cheapest option out there.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CloudGuard Network Security helps us protect cloud workloads and traffic from external threats and misconfigurations. It makes it easier to manage security across multiple cloud platforms and keeps our policies consistent. The biggest benefit is better visibility and control, which gives us more confidence that our environment is secure.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security Product is a reliable cloud-based security solution
What do you like best about the product?
This product provides a reliable and secure network for your businesses. It gives a massive amount of upside features for a cloud-based environment such as data loss prevention, IPS, application control, IPSec VPN, URL filtering, antivirus, threat emulation and threat extraction. Customer support provided by Check Point vendor is one of the best options to choose this product.
What do you dislike about the product?
First time implementation for an unexperienced engineer with this product is not good easy. Learning resources are not easy to understand for a junior. Its cost is a drawback feature for a developing country although its product's capabilities is absolutely good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For AWS Cloud, It protects cloud assets with a full suite of advanced security capabilities, including firewall, data protection, IPS, IPSec VPN for network traffic security, URL filtering, antivirus, threat emulation and threat extraction.
A scalable, unified solution with strong threat prevention and consistent security across cloud.
What do you like best about the product?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides unified, cloud-native protection with advanced threat prevention, centralized policy management, and seamless scalability-making it an ideal solution for securing hybrid and multi-cloud environments with operational efficiency and deep visibility.
What do you dislike about the product?
While check point CloudGuard Network Security offers powerful, consistent threat prevention across multi-cloud environments, its value is often diminished by step licensing costs, difficult integrations, and limited visibility into detailed log data.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is a robust, cloud-native solution that delivers consistent, advanced threat prevention and unified policy enforcement across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. It empowers organization to secure dynamic workloads, automate security operations, and reduce breach and compliance risks-all from a single, scalable management platform.
Enables secure access and traffic control with reliable security features
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is that we're using it to filter inbound and outbound Azure traffic from on-premises to Azure and from Azure to the internet.
I use it for filtering traffic between on-premises and Azure to secure an SAP application accessed from on-premises while the SAP is in Azure.
What is most valuable?
The best features Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers are security features, VPN capabilities, filtering, and IPS.
I rely on IPS and access control the most because it controls access to on-premises and from Azure.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has positively impacted my organization by making the network more secure and controlling the access to the applications.
What needs improvement?
I think Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is an ideal product, so I see no improvements needed.
If I had to think of one area where it could be improved or made easier, I would say that support isn't very good and documentation sometimes is lacking.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is stable in my experience.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's scalability is good because we can put the firewalls in VM scale sets and scale.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support is not good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point CloudGuard Network Security.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is that pricing was good, the initial setup is easy, and licensing is a bring your own license, so it's good to bring licenses already from on-premises.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, I evaluated other options, including Fortinet.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is to deploy with scale set.
I would rate Check Point CloudGuard Network Security an eight out of ten because it's mostly complete and the support is a minor downside.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security – Enterprise‑Grade Defense Without Compromise
What do you like best about the product?
Its ability to deliver advanced, automated threat prevention with unified security management across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments, all from a single pane of glass, is what stands out most.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost, a steep learning curve, and occasional deployment complexities—especially with integrations and console management—can make implementation and ongoing administration more challenging than expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It addresses the challenge of securing hybrid and multi‑cloud environments by providing unified, automated threat visibility, enabling faster response to threats, simplified prevention and centralized management, and consistent security policies across all network assets.
Improved security posture and streamlined compliance while user interface could be more intuitive
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is for perimeter security and analyzing traffic in the network environment.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers deep visibility into traffic, detailed logs, and real-time monitoring to see what applications, users, and devices are communicating on the network. Apart from that, it prevents lateral movement, stops phishing attacks, and mitigates DDoS. The main use case is to provide protection for a hybrid environment such as on-prem and multi-cloud by having consistent security. It enforces zero trust access to critical applications.
What is most valuable?
The best features that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers include deep visibility into traffic, detailed logs, and real-time monitoring to see what applications, users, and devices are communicating on the network. Apart from that, it prevents lateral movement, stops phishing attacks, and mitigates DDoS. The solution provides protection for hybrid environments such as on-prem and multi-cloud by having consistent security and enforces zero trust access to critical applications.
The best feature is unified threat prevention, including IPS, antivirus, anti-bot, URL filtering, and Sandboxing in one platform. It provides seamless integration with AWS, Azure, and GCP. Furthermore, it offers centralized management from which we can manage security policies across cloud and on-prem solutions in a single console, known as Smart Console. From this, we can implement automation and DevOps support, as well as infrastructure as code security templates for faster deployment.
Cloud-native integration automatically adapts to changes in our AWS, Azure, or GCP environments; for instance, if a new workload is spun up, policies are applied instantly. Centralized management offers one console for both on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Additionally, automation and DevOps support allow security policies to be deployed as code and integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has positively impacted our organization by improving our security posture. We have seen a sharp reduction in successful intrusion attacks because of its unified threat prevention, along with greater visibility and control. CloudGuard gave us full visibility into east-west traffic inside our local or cloud environment. Previously, we monitored north-south traffic, which helped detect unauthorized lateral movement early. It has enabled faster incident response and stronger compliance with standards such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR, which made audits smoother and helped us maintain continuous compliance in the cloud.
What needs improvement?
Areas for improvement for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security include user interface and usability, pricing and licensing, integration with third-party tools, reporting and analytics, depth of automation, and support.
In terms of user interface and usability, the Smart Console UI is feature-rich; however, for new admins, navigation is not always intuitive, and log search feels clunky compared to SIM tools. Policy editing could be faster with bulk or drag-and-drop options, and dashboards need more customization. Streamlining these would make day-to-day use much better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security for the past one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is stable.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is average. I would rate the customer support as six on a scale of 1 to 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment from using Check Point CloudGuard Network Security in both money and time saved.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is that it was good.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Comprehensive CloudGuard Security for Dynamic Environments
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is its ability to deliver consistent and powerful attack protection across many cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. The extensive integration with native cloud services allows for flexible deployment while maintaining high levels of security. Advanced threat intelligence, unified security management, and automatic posture correction provide robust protection for dynamic cloud workloads. Scalability and visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud setups are also significant benefits, making compliance simpler to manage and operational risk lower.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I detest about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is how hard the initial setup and configuration can be, particularly in multi-cloud situations where rules must be fine-tuned for each platform. The user interface, although powerful, might be less intuitive than comparable cloud-native systems, resulting in a lengthier learning curve for novice admins. Licensing and cost control may also be difficult for firms that are fast expanding, since they need careful planning to minimize unforeseen charges. Furthermore, interaction with third-party monitoring and automation systems might be improved to streamline operations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is assisting us with the difficulty of safeguarding workloads and applications in hybrid and multi-cloud settings. It offers consistent visibility, enhanced threat protection, and unified security policies, reducing complexity while ensuring regulatory compliance. Data breaches are considerably reduced by defending against zero-day attacks, misconfigurations, and unauthorized access. The ability to incorporate security into cloud-native operations boosts agility, enabling teams to innovate without sacrificing security. Finally, it has helped us improve our overall security posture by simplifying cloud operations and lowering human overhead.
Great NGFW for the cloud
What do you like best about the product?
Our overall experience with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has been very positive, as the solution was easy to implement and integrates seamlessly with our cloud environment while maintaining the same reliability we are used to from on-prem clusters.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the upgrade process is not as streamlined as it could be, since it requires changes on both the firewalls and the cloud load balancers, which adds extra steps compared to on-prem upgrades.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is solving the challenge of extending the same level of protection we have on-prem into our cloud environments. It was easy to implement, and the clusters work just like the on-prem appliances we’re already familiar with, which makes operations smooth for the team. The solution gives us superb logging to the SMS, so we have great visibility into traffic, and it integrates well with our existing workflows. The main benefit is that we can run our cloud workloads with the same level of security and confidence as on-prem, without adding unnecessary complexity.
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