Check Point Harmony Browse vs Cisco CWS

Likelihood to Recommend

Check Point Harmony Browse is particularly well suited for protecting against the various zero-day attack vectors, which is what it is designed to do. It offers very good protection against users visiting phishing sites, malware sites, downloading or opening ransomware, and just generally providing the safety net required in a corporate environment against users visiting potentially harmful websites.

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Remote and telework but not for onsite filtering.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pros

Protection from phishing.
protection from malware.
protection from ransomware.
General protection against zero-day attack vectors.

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Flexibility
Scalable
Ease of administration

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

When inspecting traffic there can be a some performance degradation.
We have had a few instances of protections interfering with legitimate traffic. Worth the trade-off though.

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Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Intuitiveness of the UI
Real time reporting
Report detail

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Alternatives Considered

We were already in the Check Point ecosystem and therefore did not look into alternatives like CrowdStrike or Kaspersky. Looking back, Check Point stacks up very nicely with the competitors on the market in terms of features, but I can't speak to actual real work performance having not used the others.

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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CWS is on par with Forcepoint cloud web security. It offers flexibility and scalability.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Improved security posture overall with reduced risk.
Relatively low cost and easy implementation easily recouped by allowing us to shift resources to other priorities and away from manual monitoring tasks.
Peace of mind for our users knowing they have a safety net in place.

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Increased security
Decrease in number of infections

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Check Point Harmony Browse vs Cisco CWS