Check Point ThreatCloud vs. VirusTotal

If you have the Check Point environment and want to utilize the Checkpoint environment, you should use the [Check Point] ThreatCloud. Without [Check Point] ThreatCloud, there’s no way to stop the 0days or APTs. However, [Check Point] ThreatCloud relies on the Checkpoint infrastructure to be used and integrated. If you have other firewall and/or endpoint vendors, [Check Point] ThreatCloud is not the best service to be used. Checkpoint also offers 24x7 threat cloud-managed security services to [...] organizations. Threat cloud-managed security services leverage the threat cloud decreasing the detection time and false-positive rates via increasing protection rates.

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VirusTotal is perfectly suited as a tool to help security professionals analyze files and URLs that require further analysis to determine security risks in the environment. It truly is a must-have in this world we live in!

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• anti virus
• anti bot

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• Fast file scanning
• No agent required
• Available from anywhere

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• SOAR integration, Checkpoint does not have built in SOAR
• Automation throughout the findings of [Check Point] ThreatCloud
• Special team for threat intelligence
• K8s threat cloud integration and K8S forensics
• Native SIEM integration

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• I'm not sure VirusTotal can improve this themselves but just keeping up with the evolving "known" threat landscape is tough so even though VirusTotal is very good, nothing is 100% effective in this space.

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As Checkpoint next generation firewalls were already implemented in the network, ThreatCloud was easy to implement and had better features and reputation than competitors

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Honestly, we have always used VirusTotal, its a leader in the industry and meets our needs perfectly so we have never had the need to look elsewhere

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• High score rates [are] seen on breach systems after deploying systems integrated with [Check Point] ThreatCloud
• Catch rates are very high compared to other vendors
• One missing thing is the detection for localized URLs and IPs
• Purchasing within the 3-year perspective is cheap compared to other solutions; ROI is generally six months
• [Check Point] ThreatCloud eliminates the need [for] other additional services that may need to be deployed like dedicated IPS, Dedicated Sandbox, DNS solution, etc.

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• Extremely useful to confirm if a file is suspicious or not

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