Likelihood to Recommend Check Point Software Technologies
Scenarios most suited - 1) All the Cyber Security focused development environments 2) Definitely a must for Financial Clients since it deals with live money transactions - Hence it is imperative to keep the Network and tech asset environment secure, and compliant to standards 3) IAM is another area where it plays an IMP part - For eg one of our healthcare clients where they wanted to restrict access 4) Dashboards are also great, we can share the results to GISO/CISO level folks - Custom dashboard feature
Read full review FireMon is best used in a large environment (for example, I have >100 firewalls in my environment). It's best used when trying to improve security posture and showing changes in firewall security over time. It might not be the best choice for smaller environments or those that aren't concerned about security management.
Read full review Pros Check Point Software Technologies
Integration with public cloud providers. Rich UI with great dashboards. Great assets inventory. Clarity module. Read full review Give good real time reporting for anyone making a change to any of our firewalls Provides good reporting tools that are out of box Provide good customization tools that is specific to our needs Upgrades are a simple process and support does relatively well with assisting us. Read full review Cons Check Point Software Technologies
There is not a comprehensive amount of documentation on how to set up best practices. Our initial set up assistance from Proofpoint approved vendor did not go smoothly. The ability to add more customized widgets in the main overview screen would be helpful. Read full review Some features could be added to the existing functionality which include NAT rules usage Rule expiration normalization from firewalls rather than entering them in rule documentation .csv exports of the files from the firewall pane only gives usage for 30 days by default and that should be increased Read full review Likelihood to Renew Check Point Software Technologies
The shell is locked out and we can't run any general centos commands. The implementation and maintainence of the arch is very complex. Even with the right identifiers on log messages the log collection keeps failing. The warning messages on the device are ambiguous. The log messages on firemon are a bit confusing and don't show the exact issue.
Read full review Usability Check Point Software Technologies
Is easy to use, and the standad configuration is well prepared.
Read full review It save me time and I'm able to have the review - review the rule independently with using my time.
Read full review Reliability and Availability Check Point Software Technologies
FireMon has been relatively stable overall. However, there have been a handful of times where we had issues with the console. For example, we couldn't update which devices to include in a security assessment. The initial suggestion from support was to just reboot it. It seems like there weren't many other options available such as to restart services before going to the extreme of a complete reboot.
Read full review Performance Check Point Software Technologies
I'm not sure we have the largest implementation of FireMon out there but we do have a few 1000 devices being probed by FireMon. Overall, the system's performance has been rock solid. The console refreshes quickly and reports are generated within an expected timeframe.
Read full review Support Rating Check Point Software Technologies
I haven't dealt so much with support but we are enjoying the tool!
Read full review FireMon technical support is awesome! They respond quickly to our requests and they are well trained and very knowledgeable about the tool. Some issues have to be referred to the development team, but technical support largely provides solutions for any issues that we may have.
Read full review Implementation Rating Check Point Software Technologies
Implementation is fairly simple. Most issues can be resolved by referencing manuals.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Check Point Software Technologies
First and foremost reason of our client selecting CheckPoint CloudGuard Posture Management / Dome9 was because they already had CheckPoint Firewalls which are in active use e.g. R75.40 and R82.x products. Customization Vs these other Vendors is another great asset Reporting is one more standout feature, + Multi-cloud capabilities Centralized dashboarding is smooth to navigate as compared to other Vendors Syslog handling is much better as compared to some other vendors , Memory and space issues if planned well are less
Read full review I has worked with
AlgoSec and while they are very similar product, I find the FireMon is easier to understand and get rolling with. While both require some learning, FireMon is by far the easier one. Once you have an understanding of how things are arranged and labeled you can easily import firewalls and begin to work on them to improve them
Read full review Scalability Check Point Software Technologies
Firemon Is easily scalable and maintainable with any size team. Although it requires some tech debt, it is well worth the time to invest to ensure compliance is visible and reports are accurate. Although our environment is very large we do not fully utilize the scalability of the Firemon product.
Read full review Return on Investment Check Point Software Technologies
For production environments it is worth the investment. Getting to know how many assets you have helps with cost savings. Read full review FireMon's Compliance Reporting provided an immediate and tangible benefit FireMon helps identify egregious or erroneous rules quickly across multiple platforms FireMon took our audit process from an Excel spreadsheet into a far more advanced process with readily available context for reviewers Read full review ScreenShots