Check Point Cloud Firewall with Threat Prevention and SandBlast
Beautiful UI, Fine Traffic Control, and Amazing SupportHead of cheese
Strong Threat Prevention, Needs Easier Setup
Strong Multi-Cloud Security with Centralized Management and Powerful Automation
Flexible SMS and MDS Models Make Check Point Cloud Firewall Stand Out
Centralized Cloud Security with a Learning Curve
Strong Cloud Security and Easy Policy Creation with Check Point Cloud Firewall
Top-Notch Cloud Firewall with Powerful Threat Prevention
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Cloud security has improved visibility and detection and supports confident migrations
What is our primary use case?
I am no longer working with Barracuda products and have shifted to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is used within my company.
The features I find most valuable include the reporting, detection rate of the firewall, and automatic blocking of content in inbound traffic.
I utilize only the Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) firewall and am not using any other Check Point products alongside it.
What is most valuable?
The features I find most valuable include the reporting, detection rate of the firewall, and automatic blocking of content in inbound traffic.
The benefits I have seen using it include reporting, the dashboard, and how it catches the logs. This is particularly valuable for a manager who has to deal with multiple things.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has impacted my organization positively so far.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) can be improved by bundling more products. As a consumer in the market, I would appreciate at least one or two extra features within the box.
Competitors in the market such as Palo Alto or Fortinet offer more features within their ecosystem. Palo Alto offers extra features within their offering, though it is expensive. If Check Point is not bidding competitively, people may let go of Check Point. The offerings and the price being paid sometimes make Check Point difficult to justify during the initial purchase.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is not very user-friendly. The UI is complex to understand initially, but once I became familiar with it, it became easier.
Exploring the full capabilities by just browsing the website is not possible. Visiting the website regularly is necessary if you are new to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) for almost a year.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The initial setup was somewhat challenging. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers versatility and elasticity for expansion. In case of major workloads, I can vertically stack and grow by adding new hardware. The old and new hardware work in harmony together.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is quite good so far, particularly the local support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before finally choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), I evaluated other options including Fortinet and Palo Alto.
I finally chose Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) because of everything it offers. In my country, the pricing falls in the middle range. Palo Alto is the most expensive option, and Fortinet is the cheapest. I do not prefer Fortinet because I feel they are not very strong with detection. Palo Alto was too expensive for my budget.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was somewhat challenging. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers versatility and elasticity for expansion. In case of major workloads, I can vertically stack and grow by adding new hardware. The old and new hardware work in harmony together.
What was our ROI?
It is very difficult to determine any return on investment with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) within a very short span of time. It has only been a year, so I may be able to assess this after another year or so.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before finally choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), I evaluated other options including Fortinet and Palo Alto.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has a nominal impact on my organization. Currently, the landscape is mainly relying on identity. Based on the identity side, Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) does not have much responsibility within my premise or within my system architecture.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has impacted my confidence in secure cloud deployments and migrations. The product is not very user-friendly, and the UI is complex to understand initially, but once I became familiar with it, it became easier. Exploring the full capabilities by just browsing the website is not possible. Visiting the website regularly is necessary if you are new to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
Network security has protected our cloud workloads and simplifies secure access for remote sites
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is to secure my Amazon Web Services, also known as AWS environment.
I use Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) to secure my AWS environment by configuring it to be the main entry point for any web request that comes into our EC2 servers. It is in the public subnet and has been configured to communicate with the private subnet.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has positively impacted my organization by mainly helping us secure our cloud environment at the network base. It was a bit cheaper than whatever AWS was offering. Being a network level of security, it was more aligned with what we were thinking as a use case.
What is most valuable?
The best features Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) offers for me are its Threat Protection and Check Point VPN facilities.
The Threat Protection feature helps me in my day-to-day work by actually protecting us from malicious requests getting in by itself. It has machine learning rules deployed on their end, which helps us identify and automatically block malicious requests coming in from the web.
Additionally, I was using RADIUS VPN and it is quite stable for providing site-to-site connectivity between my endpoints to my cloud environment.
What needs improvement?
The only thing I think can be improved about Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is their syslog logging facility. Currently, the logs that come into our SIEM platform via syslog are creating a lot of noise. If something had to be improved, I would suggest it improves its logging facility and provides more contextualized logs so that it is easier for security analysts to understand and make queries around it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Cloud Firewall about three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is pretty good and automated.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is pretty good.
I would rate the customer support a 10 out of 10 because it provides a lot of information and it quickly helps in resolving the issue.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not use any different solution than Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
How was the initial setup?
I was not a part of pricing, setup cost, or licensing.
What about the implementation team?
I did not evaluate any other options before choosing Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have not compared Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) to any other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would suggest that if your budget allows it and you know how to configure it properly, do go for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as it is a very good product to be used. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10 overall.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Centralized security management has improved compliance visibility across multiple sectors
What is our primary use case?
We are the system integrator for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
We work with the BFSI, Bank and Finance domain, government segment, as well as corporate industry. In the BFSI and bank and finance sectors, we have deployed this solution to multiple customers including many corporate banks, financial institutes, and trading companies. Most trading companies are using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) from our side, and we have deployed it for multiple customers.
For application control, intrusion prevention, IPS, anti-bot, sandboxing, zero-day attacks, Zero Trust Network, ZTNA, and multiple features including remote access, encryption communication, and secure integration with Active Directory and LDAP, our customers typically use this solution.
What is most valuable?
Smart console and centralized policy management are the most valuable and useful features of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). This is the best feature in Check Point along with logging, monitoring, and event monitoring features.
Customers are using it for multiple users, multiple applications, multiple sites, URLs, and many other things. Therefore, they need complete visibility. When logs are collected centrally, a central administrator and central log manager can pull all the details and use them whenever an audit occurs or any kind of compliance is required; they can pull those details easily.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has multiple models available based on user base and user count, including 1530, 1570, and 1590. These are all Quantum Cloud Firewall models, and the Quantum series and 7000 series are also available.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has features that other products do not have, including a very good email security solution. Customers want to switch from those products to Check Point because it has comprehensive email security solutions, and Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) covers that as well. Check Point Harmony Collaboration is the best solution for email security.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is already good in the enterprise segment and corporate industries. However, they should have some smaller appliances for some small SMB customers.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this product specifically for the last 12 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is a really stable firewall from both hardware and application perspectives, so I do not anticipate finding any challenges with power fluctuations or anything else that might go wrong. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is rugged and does not crash.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has multiple models available based on user base and user count, including 1530, 1570, and 1590. These are all Quantum Cloud Firewall models, and the Quantum series and 7000 series are also available.
How are customer service and support?
I do not often communicate with the technical support of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) because we have our expert team that implements those solutions themselves.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Customers were using other solutions such as Sophos and Fortinet before they migrated to Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security). The transition was very easy for them as they received all the details in a single dashboard, in a single pane of situation, and all the details are available in log event management solutions.
Customers typically used Fortinet, Sophos, and SonicWall before using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
How was the initial setup?
I do participate in the initial setup of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
There is no complexity in the implementation for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security); it is easy to configure.
I have not faced many challenges during the initial setup; it has always been straightforward and simple.
What about the implementation team?
We are the system integrator for Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security).
What was our ROI?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is definitely a cost-effective solution. When customers buy it and when they expand on this technology, it definitely gives them ROI, return on investment.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is easy to implement, easy to use, easy to install, and easy to configure, especially compared to other competitors such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Sophos, and SonicWall. Therefore, Check Point is pretty comfortable and easy to use.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) can be integrated with other firewalls, other network switches, and other network devices with the same solutions. There is nothing hard to implement; it is easy to integrate with other technologies.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is a good solution for organizational prospects helping to reduce risk. Customers are using multiple features such as malware detection, ransomware, zero-day attacks with ZTNA. All the features are available as blade technologies, while others have UTM features; Check Point has blade security solutions, and that is the main use case.
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) comes under MPLS, SD-WAN, VLAN, and all those features. Moreover, all bundled solutions are available in Check Point, so I do not see that many additional features are needed.
Regarding the documentation I usually use, it is in a presentation type of document focused on customer presentation. I use different types of documents, and if anything is readily available for customer presentations, that is very helpful. Every detail I need is already in the documentation, and I can find it easily.
I give this solution a rating of 9 out of 10.