#1 most frequent
United States of America
44.1%15 installations of 34
What is Check Point CloudGuard?
Check Point CloudGuard is a comprehensive cloud security platform used to prevent threats and prioritize risks in the cloud across applications, network, and workloads.
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Who Buys & Uses Check Point CloudGuard
#2 most frequent
France
11.8%4 installations of 34
#3 most frequent
Japan
8.8%3 installations of 34
Extremely well architecture, UI and feature set.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have eliminated all threat-related parameters from the implementation of Check Point Cloud Guard Cloud Native Security Platform. We have been deployed our infrastructure in Microsoft Azure Cloud and worried about the security after the deployment of Check Point Cloud Guard; we have achieved all our security concerns with a Native solution.
Pros
- Cloud Native integration.
- Excellent and Clean UI.
- Cloud Infra Security Management.
Cons
- Deployment method.
- Technical support.
- Cloud-based manageability.
Most Important Features
- Cloud Native integration.
- Threat management.
- Security and Protection.
Return on Investment
- Negative - ROI.
- Positive - Good product with UI.
- Negative - Technical Support.
Alternatives Considered
FortiSOAR (formerly Cybersponse), Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense (PCAD) and McAfee Cloud Workload Security
Other Software Used
McAfee Cloud Workload Security, Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense (PCAD), Symantec Cloud Workload Protection
Cyber Security Guru - One stop shop for all our Security Solutions
Pros
- Automate Alert Management
- Threat identification
- Compliance and Security Posture checks
- Detect misconfiguration
- Centralized event management
Cons
- Support Services - Support during implementation
- Proof-of-concept - Needs to more detailed
- Troubleshooting multi-cloud/ vendor issues
- Should contain all the compliance standards - NIST, HIPPA, FedRAMP
Most Important Features
- Threat intelligence feature and its capabilities
- Auto detection of alerts and even misconfigurations
- Multi-cloud integration capabilities
- Security posture management
- Custom Dashboards and Reporting
Return on Investment
- Significant $$$ cost savings as compared to other competitors in the market
- Long term contracting also helped in cost savings and good ROI - 750k USD approx
- Multi-vendor and Multi-cloud capabilities also helped us forecast the capex well
- No need of any other IAM solution - Some cost savings in that area as well for us,
Alternatives Considered
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR and Tufin Orchestration Suite
Other Software Used
Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
Dome9, a great option to have an inventory of your public cloud assets and more
Pros
- Integration with public cloud providers.
- Rich UI with great dashboards.
- Great assets inventory.
- Clarity module.
Cons
- Costs.
- Add more supported assets.
- SAML integration.
Return on Investment
- For production environments it is worth the investment.
- Getting to know how many assets you have helps with cost savings.
Alternatives Considered
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Public Cloud (formerly Evident.io) and Symantec Cloud Workload Protection
Other Software Used
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Public Cloud (formerly Evident.io), Jenkins, GitHub
Check Point CloudGuard delivers a robust set of features if you can handle the cost
Pros
- Advanced Threat protection via Check Point CloudGuard proven ThreatCloud intelligence feeds for malicious IP's is a nice feature.
- We have not set up the cloud bots auto-remediation functionality yet, but from initial testing, it looks to be something worth utilizing.
- Having reporting tie in's with our ServiceNow asset management platform is very handy.
Cons
- 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.
Return on Investment
- Having one single pane of glass dashboard helps cut downtime for one tech to assess the overall health of the cloud.
- The cost was a little high, and the setup time was longer than expected to leverage the functionality we paid for fully.
- Overall a good product so far
Alternatives Considered
Trend Micro Cloud App Security
Built for the cloud!
Pros
- Minimal false positives if configured properly.
- End to end visibility in real-time.
- Multi platform monitoring.
Cons
- Compared to another widely used competitor, this meets all our requirement as of today.
Return on Investment
- Helps with early detection which is key for any monitoring tool.
- Notification integration with most enterprise ticketing systems, thus prompt remediation.
Alternatives Considered
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Public Cloud (formerly Evident.io)
Other Software Used
Cb Defense, Sophos Intercept X for Server, Vectra Cognito Platform, Qualys Cloud Platform (formerly Qualysguard), Cisco Umbrella, Nessus