Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response vs. Check Point Harmony Email & Office

I have had a suitation where the company domain was being blasted by tons of spam emails and the Symantec Email Threat Detection stood to the test and block all these harmful email from entering our users mailbox, for a less appropriate scenario would be the frequency of the false positives that are reported that I have to train the tool how to allow these traffic to pass.

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Well-suited for small or medium businesses running on Microsoft 365 or Google Business Suite to provide an additional layer of security and filtering for email.

• Scans computers for viruses
• Notifies admins of infections
• Good licensing process

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• It scan the emails and attachments based on policy so no any email goes without scan
• QR code based attack will also block by Check Point Harmony Email & Office
• As per architecture of email security email scanned by the solution is twice.

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• Adding malicious sources taking time
• Reporting function is very basic
• Symantec ATP has no integration with Symantec ETDAD.

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• Many active content or macros detection in pdfs, MS office file should need to improve
• DLP of checkpoint harmony Emails should add more advance regex system
• Folder option needed to add in quarantine options.
• Password protected file detection also need improvement

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Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response is a treadsetter, it has great features and works well overall

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Check Point Harmony Email & Office has had a positive impact on our business by significantly reducing phishing and email-based security incidents. It also has helped prevent data breaches, saved time for IT teams, reduced user risk and improved overall security posture & resulting in better productivity and strong return on investment.

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We are making a migration from Symantec to SentinelOne in the near future for easier deployment, better EDR and management functionality.

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Checkpoint had the best mix of capabilities for the price and didn't require MX record changes. Abnormal Security wouldn't even return my inquiries. Greathorn is a good product but requires a lot of up keep that I don't have the bandwidth for.

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• Integration with ETDAD will make Symantec ATP more powerful for future AD threats
• Implemeting Symantec ATP was easy and took little time

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• Difficult to know or measure how many scams our users would have fallen for without it.
• Has saved our users time not having to wade through promotional emails and obvious spam/scam emails.