Check Point Application Control Reviews

Check Point Application Control serves as my main solution to control application access within my organization. Recently, we blocked entertainment applications, which enabled us to control application access for users more effectively through Check Point Application Control.

Check Point Application Control offers excellent features, particularly its auto-update capability and deep application visibility and control. The auto-update feature and deep application visibility help me in my daily work because application updates are automated, eliminating the need for manual updates, and I can control applications at a granular level.

Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by providing strong control over application usage and visibility. It has improved compliance and saved time for our organization.

Check Point Application Control is functioning well for our needs, and I do not see anything requiring improvement at this time.

I have been using Check Point Application Control for more than three years.

Check Point Application Control demonstrates excellent stability.

Check Point Application Control has excellent scalability with no issues.

Although I have not personally interacted with the customer support team, my team has had multiple sessions with them, and they provided good support.

We have been using the same solution since the beginning and have not switched from a different solution.

Check Point Application Control has delivered excellent return on investment, as it has saved both money and time for our organization.

I had a great experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing from the Check Point sales team because they made it straightforward to understand the setup cost and licensing.

Before choosing Check Point Application Control, I did not evaluate other options.

I recommend that any organization wanting to control application usage in their environment consider Check Point Application Control as one of the best solutions available. I provided this review a rating of 10.

Our main use case for Check Point Application Control is to detect and prevent cyber attacks with the help of different application traffic that is restricted, so it identifies.

In our organization, we use Check Point Application Control to control user traffic accessing allowed application categories by the security policy configured in the solution.

The best feature about Check Point Application Control is that its database is very strong, and the categorization of the application is outstanding, so we are able to block applications based on the categories.

The categorization in Check Point Application Control helps our team because entertainment and weapons applications are not allowed in our organization, so we block those applications.

After implementing Check Point Application Control, we are getting proper security and user application access control.

We are seeing improvements in security with the controls from Check Point Application Control, and we are also saving our productivity.

I don't see any feature lacking in Check Point Application Control.

Every solution has space to improve, which is why I've chosen nine out of 10 for Check Point Application Control.

We have been using Check Point Application Control for more than three years.

Check Point Application Control is stable.

Scalability-wise, Check Point Application Control is excellent and can grow with our organization's needs.

I have a great experience with the support team for Check Point Application Control.

Neutral

We are using Check Point Application Control as the same solution without switching.

We have evaluated FortiGate application control before choosing Check Point Application Control.

I can say we have seen time saved as a return on investment.

Anyone looking for the best solution in the security domain for application control can consider Check Point Application Control. I rate Check Point Application Control nine out of ten.

My main use case for Check Point Application Control is visibility.

I use Check Point Application Control to monitor what users in my company are using and to control the specific use case.

I don't have anything else to add about how I use Check Point Application Control for visibility or control at this moment.

The best features Check Point Application Control offers include granular access level and good visibility, and it is also easy for deployment.

Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by being easy to deploy and manage.

The ease of deployment and management has benefited my organization because we already have a Check Point firewall, and we have a team to manage Check Point, so we decided to integrate more of the features for Check Point as well, recently adding a Check Point application.

I think Check Point Application Control is good and doesn't require any improvements at this time.

I don't have more to add about any needed improvements, even minor ones, right now.

I have been using Check Point Application Control for around six to seven months.

Check Point Application Control is stable; till date, it remains stable.

We haven't tried Check Point Application Control's scalability.

I haven't really needed to contact customer support.

Neutral

I didn't previously use a different solution for application control.

Check Point Application Control is deployed on-premises in my organization.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that the cost was high, and I think the cost should be improved for competitor pricing.

We are a reseller in addition to being a customer of this vendor.

I have seen a return on investment because it was time saved, as we already have expertise, making it a time-saving solution for me.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that the cost was high, and I think the cost should be improved for competitor pricing.

Check Point Application Control was my first choice without evaluating other options.

That's it for now regarding additional features.

I advise others looking into using Check Point Application Control that it is good to try, easy to manage, but the pricing part is on the higher scale; nothing else, overall, it's a good product.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate Check Point Application Control a seven.

I've been using Check Point Application Control since the last three years, where I've been an administrator for Check Point firewall. Within that span, I have encountered multiple clients where Application Control was being used.

My main use case for Check Point Application Control is mostly for granularization of what to access and what not to access, particularly for a client with more than 3,000 users. For such a large number of users, it's always a hectic task for the administrators to give granularization on what the client has access to and what they do not. So, with the help of Check Point Application Control, we can define the granularity that reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential breaches. Additionally, it has helped us improve efficiency and enhance real-time threat prevention capability.

I have unique scenarios where Check Point Application Control made a difference in a client environment that wasn't categorized, resulting in bandwidth issues. When we implemented Check Point there, we granularized the teams by categorizing what all access each team needed, which helped us improve bandwidth efficiency overall.

The best features of Check Point Application Control are advanced threat detection, SSL inspection policies, application categorization, and custom application detection, all of which stand out due to the zero trust security model Check Point follows along with several other enhancements.

The custom application detection feature in Check Point Application Control has been helpful in my environment where we define access for different teams. For instance, the HR team needs access to Facebook and other social media platforms, while the marketing team requires access to promote new features and products we are implementing. By regulating application-centric access, we increase the overall productivity for users while restricting them from browsing non-essential sites.

Application categorization and SSL inspection are crucial because to achieve full effectiveness of application control, it is necessary to have HTTPS inspection enabled.

Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by increasing productivity and optimizing bandwidth. By filtering out the level of access that users have, we limit potential threats from malicious links, ultimately increasing both security and user productivity.

I can share metrics reflecting the impact of Check Point Application Control, where we have seen a reduction in the number of tickets created, indicating fewer incidents. Also, bandwidth has been optimized, especially after categorization where we previously faced overutilization issues.

Check Point Application Control could be improved, particularly regarding the application categorization accuracy as we often face miscategorization issues. The database should be updated properly to avoid misclassification and ensure 100% accuracy.

I see a needed improvement in the categorization where a gaming site might be categorized under sports or gambling. For instance, I blocked it under gambling but also allowed it in games, causing issues where the site sometimes gets opened incorrectly. This is an area where Check Point can enhance their service.

I've been using Check Point Application Control since the last three years.

In my experience, Check Point Application Control is stable.

The scalability of Check Point Application Control is commendable as it can handle organizational growth effectively.

I've reached out to customer support for Check Point Application Control, and the experience was good. The tech engineers are knowledgeable and supportive, with prompt responses, although I believe the response time could be improved.

I would rate the customer support for Check Point Application Control at nine out of ten.

Positive

I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point Application Control.

The initial setup with Check Point Application Control is straightforward and very simple.

I have seen a return on investment with Check Point Application Control, with increased productivity as users no longer spend time on unnecessary applications. By restricting access to only what is required, the productivity has increased, which results in greater value for the organization.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Application Control is that the pricing is a bit high, but the features provided justify the cost. The features that Check Point offers are extensive and worth the investment.

Before choosing Check Point Application Control, we evaluated Palo Alto as well, but I find Check Point's level of categorization and database readiness for application control to be more user-friendly and comprehensive.

Check Point Application Control is deployed on-prem in my organization.

My advice for others looking into using Check Point Application Control is to definitely consider it if you already have security needs.

Overall, Check Point Application Control is an awesome product that can definitely be used to secure environments.

I rate Check Point Application Control nine out of ten.

Check Point Application Control is configured on our firewall and controls access to applications. I have an admin login for the firewall application, and I create policies for users that grant different application access levels. This allows me to control employee access through Check Point Application Control.

Since we use Check Point Application Control, we can control user accessibility to applications, and employees are only allowed to use particular compliant applications that we permit in our security policy.

The best features Check Point Application Control offers in my experience are its usability and straightforward, easy configuration.

The interface and user interface make Check Point Application Control easy to use, and the policy creation and security profiles that I configure for departments are regularly updated.

Time has been saved because previously some employees were wasting time accessing useless or entertainment applications. Now we effectively block them, and they are not wasting time on unproductive work that our organization does not use. I can say productivity has increased since using Check Point Application Control.

Check Point Application Control is working fine currently, so I do not see any challenges with it.

I have been using Check Point Application Control for less than one year in terms of hands-on technical experience, but in terms of usability, I have been using this solution for more than two to three years.

Check Point Application Control is pretty stable, and I am not facing any kind of challenge.

Check Point Application Control is handling the traffic growth of my organization, so I do not see any challenge.

I have interacted with the customer support team for Check Point Application Control a couple of times, and it was a pretty good experience.

Positive

Since I have joined my organization recently, it has only been one year, so I do not know what the previous solution was before Check Point Application Control.

I was not part of the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Application Control, so I cannot comment on that.

I do not know what options my team evaluated before choosing Check Point Application Control, but Check Point is an outstanding product, and that was a great decision by the organization's IT team.

I would advise anyone looking for a good security solution regarding applications to consider Check Point Application Control as one of the best solutions currently present in the market. I have rated this product a nine out of ten.

My main use case for Check Point Application Control is to use it as a security gateway on our next-generation firewall base, allowing us to control the application usage within our organization.

In my organization, we have multiple departments, and based on their requirements for applications, we can allow separate application categories using Check Point Application Control.

Different departments use Check Point Application Control to manage access to certain applications for security or compliance reasons, and it helps with automation in our organization as any new application that is introduced will be automatically added into categories.

The best features Check Point Application Control offers include tracking application usage, and the suggestion feature is great, with excellent security and visibility.

The suggestion users feature works based on its own database, which detects and gives me access to applications, helping with security and visibility in my organization.

Check Point Application Control has positively impacted my organization by giving us good control over application usage, allowing us to control user access and providing proper security.

Productivity has increased because no user is able to access those applications, so they are not able to get distracted during work.

Check Point Application Control is working properly, so I do not see any improvements that can be made in this security feature.

I have been using Check Point Application Control for three years.

Check Point Application Control is pretty much stable.

It has handled growth or changes in my organization well over the past three years, so Check Point Application Control is scalable.

The customer support for Check Point Application Control includes very good integration, security, and technical support, and they will help.

Neutral

We were using the same solution before Check Point Application Control.

I can see a return on investment from using Check Point Application Control through time saved.

Check Point Application Control has helped save time for applications.

Before choosing Check Point Application Control, we evaluated one additional option with the application.

My advice for others looking into using Check Point Application Control is that it is one of the best solutions for application security.

Everything is perfect, and I do not think there is anything I should change for the future.

I would rate this review a nine out of ten.

The solution's primary use cases include application visibility and control, enforcement of security policies, risk mitigation, and bandwidth management. 

It has enhanced security posture, increased visibility and control, policy enforcement, and improved compliance, etc.                     

The best features of this application include visibility, granular policy enforcement, application risk assessment, and compliance reporting. 

These features collectively contribute to enhancing network security, improving operational efficiency, ensuring regulatory compliance, and mitigating risks associated with unauthorized or malicious application usage within an organization using Check Point Application Control.

The following aspects need to be improved:

• Application detection and classification
• The user interface 
• Usability
• Threat detection and prevention
• Reporting and analytics

I have been Check Point Application Control for the past two years.

The stability is good.

The scalability is good.

Technical support is good.

Positive

No, I didn't previously use any other solution. 

The initial setup is clean.

We had a vendor, and they were good.

The ROI is nice.

The pricing should be reduced, and the licensing needs to be improved.

We did evaluate Forcepoint Application Control.

The primary use case of Check Point Application Control is to enhance network security by providing granular control over applications and web traffic. It prevents unauthorized access by allowing or blocking applications based on predefined policies, ensuring that only authorized applications are used within the network. 

Additionally, it improves productivity by restricting access to non-business-related applications and websites, helps maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies by monitoring and controlling application usage, and mitigates risks by detecting and preventing the use of high-risk applications, thereby reducing the likelihood of malware and data breaches. 

This comprehensive control over application usage makes us more secure and efficient. 

The solution allows us to enforce policies that ensure only authorized applications are used, reducing the attack surface for potential threats such as malware. Restricting access to non-business-related applications and websites helps boost employee productivity and focus. 

Moreover, the solution aids in maintaining regulatory compliance by monitoring and controlling application usage, ensuring sensitive data is protected according to our standards. 

Overall, Check Point Application Control contributes to a more secure IT environment, enhances operational efficiency, and supports compliance efforts, ultimately safeguarding our organization's assets and reputation.

The application control capabilities allow for precise management of which applications can access the network, helping to prevent unauthorized or risky applications from compromising security. This feature enhances network protection and supports regulatory compliance efforts by ensuring that only approved applications are used. 

Additionally, the solution's ability to categorize and prioritize applications based on their risk levels enables us to allocate resources more effectively, focusing on mitigating the most significant threats first. 

Furthermore, the real-time monitoring and reporting functionalities provide visibility into application usage patterns and potential security incidents, enabling proactive responses to emerging threats.

Firstly, enhancing the user interface and overall user experience could simplify configuration and management tasks, making it more intuitive for administrators to navigate and utilize the solution effectively. 

Additionally, improving the scalability and performance to handle larger networks and increasing traffic volumes would ensure consistent reliability under heavy usage conditions.

Looking forward, additional features that could enhance Check Point Application Control in future releases might include more advanced machine learning and AI capabilities for threat detection and anomaly detection within application traffic. 

Integration with cloud services and applications, as well as enhanced reporting and analytics functionalities, could provide deeper insights into application usage patterns and security posture.

I've used the solution for three years.

Its ability to effectively enforce application policies without causing disruptions to network operations. 

It maintains stability even during periods of high network traffic or when handling a wide variety of applications. 

The scalability of Check Point Application Control can be influenced by factors such as hardware resources, network complexity, and the number of concurrent users and applications. 

Organizations with very large networks or high traffic volumes may need to ensure adequate hardware resources and optimization of configurations to maintain optimal performance and scalability.

Technical support was not as expected.

Neutral

We did not previously use a different solution. 

The initial setup was complex.

We implemented the solution via the vendor.

By effectively managing and controlling application usage, we are reducing the risk of security breaches and data loss. This can lead to potential savings associated with avoiding financial penalties, reputational damage, and remediation costs related to security incidents. 

The setup cost is reasonable. That said, pricing should be reduced further. 

We did evaluate Fortigate.

This solution is meeting all our expectations; support and subscriptions should be taken into account. 

We use Check Point Application Control to block and protect our website which are not required for user access.

Check Point provide excellent support. It is easy to operate and handle with the recent GUI.

If someone wants to review the configuration for the proxy, they would need to look elsewhere, as this tool is not designed to assess the performance of security policies.

I have been using Check Point Application Control for three years.

The product is stable.

The solution’s scalability is good.

When we open a ticket for a critical issue, we are immediately connected with a Level 3 support engineer via phone call within two minutes. There is no waiting list. The support is very swift and efficient, and they assign the best available engineer for critical issues, bypassing the L1, L2 and then L3.

Positive

We have moved the Check Point Application Control from AppSense, the epoxy solution, because of several issues. Users experienced latency while accessing the internet through the AppSense. Additionally, the AppSense client software installed on user machines frequently crashed, and it was not compatible with MacBooks.

The initial setup is straightforward and takes around three months to complete.

The product is expensive but it is worth the money.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

The companies have implemented this security tool, due to several factors. The companies develop or buy applications for different functions or needs and this is where Check Point Application Control comes in. 

The tool has allowed us to be able to identify and classify all those applications that are being used within the network, which simplifies the work of managing bandwidth, and also helps us to have better control over security since it allows us to allows you to block or allow access to our network.

It has helped us a lot in being able to have more unified and managed control over the entire infrastructure of the companies since with this we have better control in the applications of how we can limit each access or exit to the Internet. Without this tool, it would be a little more complicated since we would be very limited in defining policies based on characteristics such as IP addresses and port numbers. In addition, it has helped improve productivity in the IT area since we have reduced the time dedicated to each of the applications.

The tool fulfills the function for which it was designed. It has many important features that have greatly helped the company and the IT department. For example, it presents visibility of all traffic on the network, which helps us have better management to take measures necessary to optimize performance and security.

It also presents a strong point which is the use of policies. Compliance helps the company a lot and it is something that the tool does very well.

They need to improve the graphical interface.

They should also improve the latency when entering the GUI. 

The application should not be so closed when it comes to integrations with third-party tools.

They have become a bit expensive to be able to purchase them for smaller companies. 

I have been using this application for one year in this company, however, I had previously used it for two years in a previous company.

The tool to the extent that I have used it these years has been very stable and safe.

The tool is my scalable and adapts to our security infrastructure very well.

Support should improve service times and be faster in providing solutions.

Positive

There was no type of tool that fulfilled this function previously.

The installation of the tool at first is somewhat complicated since it has a fairly high learning curve. After getting to know it and how to configure it, that curve becomes easy.

At first, the installation and configuration were done with the supplier. They provided us with training and we proceeded to make the necessary configurations.

Making an investment is always complicated. Doubts that can arise. However, it is never bad to invest in a security tool. It brings peace of mind to the company and the financial side.

You must evaluate the needs that the company requires, then request quotes according to the needs of different suppliers.

Several options were analyzed, such as Palo Alto Networks App-ID, Fortinet FortiGate Application Control, and SonicWall Application Firewall, among others.

You must have a culture of updating the tool every time you can, always choosing a tool with stability that is scalable since companies change day by day.