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AHEAD vs. Check Point Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AHEAD

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together cloud infrastructure, intelligent operations, and modern applications, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. AHEAD was founded in 2007 and in 2019 merged with Sovereign Systems, and Data Blue. The services formerly available under those brands is now available from AHEAD, LLC.N/A

    Check Point Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AWith Infinity MDR, the Check Point MDR team will monitor, detect, investigate, hunt, respond, and remediate attacks on the user's environment, covering the entire infrastructure: network, endpoint, email, and more, using information from the ThreatCloud threat intelligence service, also from Cheeck Point, and AI-based analytics tools.N/A
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    AHEADCheck Point Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    AHEADCheck Point Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.6
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    User Testimonials
    AHEADCheck Point Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    They are easily our go to company for anything revolving around VMware suite, whether that is infrastructure related, automation related, or monitoring related. It's a no brainier to get their assistance with a lot of tasks as they can competently implement complex designs. Also on the storage architecture side they are great. I'm sure there is much more but for my team we mainly leverage them in these areas.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    I believe for anyone running Check Point Firewalls, there is a big benefit. Their MDR team and pro service folks are extremely knowledgeable on their products, and very quick to implement fixed if needed. If you are also running endpoint, or harmony email (Avanan) it's a no brainer. If don't run any Check Point Products, it might make more sense to find the best bang for your buck based on reviews and feedback from current clients.
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    Pros
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • The provided pre-req documentation was thorough and well thought out, making it easy to jump into the project.
    • The design session to gather our requirements was very helpful, Sovereign's familiarity with the vRealize product line along with diagramming our desired layout confirmed our decision to bring in assistance with the project.
    • When we ran into some issues with Sovereign's custom code their development team was on top of it and solved the issue in a matter of a few days.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Responsiveness for sure.
    • Transparency. You have the ability to go back through the tickets and see the work they are doing.
    • Competency. We have had a few events, and their staff is always on top of corrective action and communication.
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    Cons
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • Coordination of product orders with the vendor although I think the vendor is the bigger issue. Insuring delivery time frames are met is of great importance with these kinds of projects.
    • Communication between scheduled project meetings. There could be more contact between meetings.
    • Provide a customer portal for project tracking.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • They could improve the active directory integration to support windows server version that are technically out of support.
    • Maybe have a proactive feature that detects things they can integrate into MDR and track them.
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    Usability
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    Only because there is not a good mobile app for it. Other than that it's great. If there was a mobile app for this product, it would be a perfect 10/10 for sure.
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    In-Person Training
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    I would not call it training, rather would call it knowledge transfer.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Implementation Rating
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    Having extensive pre-implementaton dialogue really made the process much smoother. We had most of our bases covered and were ready for the equipment installation/implementation, except for the previously mentioned network configuration issues that arose.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    We selected the Check Point MDR service largely because we are a Check Point Infinity client. I have to say, I thought that we would be trading a bit of cost, and ease of integration for slower response or less attention to detail, but that could not be further from the truth. I have been extremely satisfied with what they have been able to alert, detect and prevent in our environment.
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    Return on Investment
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • They have literally saved us from fraud and reputation damaging issues by the speed at which they detect someone's email has been compromised. I would say the last one was within 15 minutes. The fraudsters only got 2 emails out before we intervened.
    • I don't know that you can put a price on them quarantining an infected workstation at 2am when you are sleeping, and it's about 1/1000 the cost of hiring a 3rd shift network admin.
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