Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management vs. Symantec Cloud Workload Protection

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

Incentivized

The high level of IT expertise was recognized when using Symantec Cloud Workload Protection as security software when forming a business partnership with a major IT company. In addition, since it is possible to centrally manage the control of USB devices to each employee's PC, it is of great help to the head of the company's security department to be able to handle it with one hand.

Incentivized

• Integration with public cloud providers.
• Rich UI with great dashboards.
• Great assets inventory.
• Clarity module.

Incentivized

• Ultimate Protection
• Ransomware resiliency
• Better Policy management
• Cloud model with Offline Agent deployment

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• Occasionally, the security system would detect the introduction of a dedicated tool or system from another company that is generally not available.
• With a 16GB laptop, the PC will be slow when scanning.
• While developing, I feel a little inconvenience that the PC freezes when scanning runs behind the scenes.

Incentivized

Is easy to use, and the standad configuration is well prepared.

Incentivized

I haven't dealt so much with support but we are enjoying the tool!

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

• For production environments it is worth the investment.
• Getting to know how many assets you have helps with cost savings.

Incentivized

• Positive - ROI for long term deployment
• Negative - Support
• Negative - Offline infra protection
• Positive - Product Features

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