Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP Reviews

Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management has helped us a lot with generating a more secure public cloud. It tries to verify and apply improvements in order to seek to avoid vulnerabilities in environments such as Azure.

The tool is really robust. It allows us, through evaluations, to verify our compliance, detecting and correcting it in a timely manner.

The integration with the intelligence tool helps us a lot to detect and prevent threats in a timely and effective manner.

At a business level, Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management helps us a lot with the management, security, control, and prevention of cyber threats in multi-cloud environments. In our case, our environments are both in Microsoft Azure and local environments.

Another great help is in identity. It helps us to manage your protection in a timely manner. Compliance evaluations are great for all security.

In addition, the Check Point Infinity Portal is quite good and centralized.

The key features of Check Point CloudGuard Posture are:

• The ability to provide automated compliance checks.
• Helps identify and correct misconfigurations in cloud environments, ensuring that infrastructure and applications are secure and optimized.
• Provides visibility into cloud infrastructure, applications, and security posture.
• Automates security policies and remediation actions to ensure cloud environments remain secure and compliant.               

Some CloudGuard Check Point positions are not required by the company, however, if we do not apply it, it affects our score.

The support SLA is not met. Sometimes they don't seem to like solving cloud issues or modern security applications.

The Check Point solution is somewhat expensive. It must be validated first before purchasing it. 

We used the solution for our public cloud environment with Azure, over the last year.

Check Point CloudGuard Intelligence provides security for the organization's cloud assets. 

It provides awareness to all the teams based on the security situations and precautions that can block future threats. 

It detects cloud anomalies to enhance workload safety and quarantine threats with a powerful threat intelligence feed. 

It secures data that is stored in the cloud servers. 

The security model provides alerts on policy violations and reports on cloud security. 

The intelligence information has helped us to plan and allocate resources efficiently.

It has established a network management system that enables each sector to monitor data flow in elastic cloud environments. 

We have been able to get reports on cloud performance and workload safety. 

The cloud networking infrastructure has been upgraded with modern data management tools that have advanced the communication system. 

It has steered the implementation of projects and tasks in a secure environment that is free from malware attacks. 

The cloud-based storage facilities are shielded from phishing attacks and cyber attacks.

The comprehensive security for IaaS and PaaS cloud assets provides efficient security awareness to all the teams. 

The data querying system gives team members an opportunity to select and give priority to the most crucial information. 

The intelligence system has powerful security management systems that have put measures in place to curb any hidden threats that can affect workflows. 

The cost and licensing terms are reliable, and many business enterprises can maintain them without facing financial challenges.

No improvements are needed. The current version has great and powerful features that take care of most sets of demands. The cloud-integrated network system can be upgraded to meet company requirements on intelligence information and for customization purposes. The set features have stable performance capability with the modern threat management network infrastructure. 

This system has a capable data orchestration system that can access data from various centers. The customer support channels are reliable, with great services when contacted.

I've used the solution for eight months.

This solution is stable.

I am impressed by the performance.

The customer service support staff is reliable.

Positive

I have not used a similar solution.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It was implemented by the vendor.

There is increased ROI from a great performance.

The setup cost and licensing terms are always good.

This is the best platform that I have worked with.

This is a great solution for any organization.

We wanted to protect, analyze, and detect issues within the infrastructure that we have taken to the cloud. We were looking for ways that we can analyze and introduce a more complete internal forensic analysis so that if an intrusion did not happen, we could have a visualization in which we could be constantly learning how to detect and ee anomalies and provide analysis for detection in real-time. 

We needed a solution that could handle analysis and offer automated detection with process intelligence. We were interested in threat prevention in real-time to help us detect anomalies, attempts, and atypical actions in any of the activities of the teams or users. The goal was to take advantage of that learning and detection. Machine learning supervises and analyzes in an advanced way everything that is happening in the cloud. It works within any type of cloud and can be integrated more so if we want to migrate or scale tomorrow, we can carry out this detection automatically.

The solution learns day by day. It learns from behavior, attacks, management, detections, captures packets, real-time analysis, et cetera. It's generating knowledge from a variety of sources for an excellent analysis. 

This allows us to move faster and have more efficient responses to incidents. It provides alerts for all these types of activities, achieving more objective management for packet capture and a combination of activities within the cloud environment.

I'd like to see more advanced encryption for local features, which is not present right now. We'd like to have more defined control when implementing intelligent analysis on the cloud. We'd like to extend analysis not just to crowds but to local teams for more granular analysis and advanced searchability.

I've used the solution for about a year and a bit.

We needed to establish a security posture under certain requirements. We needed to protect infrastructure as a service and our software as a service platform in each of our environments for the development and implementation of the cloud. 

We needed to provision instantaneous computing infrastructure and administration through the Internet. Management and security was the initial requirement, with more requirements being established. We were seeking a baseline that was provided to us by a security expert that would allow us to identify and remediate security risks and evaluate monitoring automation. We needed a solution that could prevent the company from being violated when implementing and managing a new configuration.

The solution give us compliance and offered continuous evaluation of the policies that were established. We managed to automatically generate tools for the detection and resolution of compliance and managed to establish supervision of the operations, including the management of each incident which involves identifying risks and qualifying in order to be able to share any news or updates. This allowed us to be more proactive, complete, and precise. 

The product allows us to enhance the security of the implementations we have. It has helped resolve several security incidents that we previously had, and we could not see since previously we did not have a solution that allowed us to quickly and safely manage each one of the activities. With Check Point, we can now map incidents and see how the security teams work to verify the integrity of the systems.  

When it comes to validating the power, security, implementation, and management, I would like to also have the capacity more easily on-premise as well as the cloud. Some problems have been found in analysis at the time of execution, and local install revision agents have generated management incompatibility. It is important to evaluate the applications that are on-site since they are needed in the organization. We're looking for a solution that can incorporate legacy infrastructure for some of our business needs.

I've used the solution for approximately nine months.

Check Point CloudGuard Intelligence surveys the company's multi-cloud servers to ensure they are free from threats. 

The software provides real-time data analytics on the performance and security situation around the applications. Data visualization enables the company IT team to easily monitor the networking system and notice any abnormality. 

The intelligence provision on workflow infrastructure enables my team to prepare for risks and put measures for curbing malware attacks. The system has provided CloudBots that detect any threats and misconfigurations automatically from our cloud servers.

The platform has enabled the company to avoid unnecessary data threats affecting the workflow chain and slowing down performance. 

Intelligence information with real-time data has enabled all the teams to plan effectively and make informed decisions. 

It is highly flexible since it can operate on both mobile and desktop devices. It allows each department to access and control operations and deploy security measures based on the demands. 

Cloud security monitoring has enhanced the safety of workloads and created a clean infrastructure for transferring data to our cloud stores and on-premises.

Typically, the threat-hunting mission scales down the performance of the entire network traffic flow to establish any drawback. Cloud threat intelligence detects any form of violation that goes beyond our policies for immediate rectification. The system has deployed security tools to enhance effective investigations in the entire company networking system. The out-of-the-box integrations enable us to integrate security technologies and create robust security management systems. The set features have a great impact on the overall performance of the company programs, and we are grateful for this great solution. 

The software configurations theory is complicated, and without proper planning and a well-skilled technical team, it cannot perform its tasks properly. Without effective mapping of critical areas, the platform cannot provide very good results. 

The maintenance cost is high after deployment, and it requires close monitoring for effective results. 

This version performs effectively when it is channeled to the right network infrastructure. It has created a centralized operation system that can comprehensively monitor and manage security for all connecting systems.

I've used the solution for one year.

It is stable and has created a better work environment.

Providing security for a multi-cloud networking system has been awesome.

The customer service team has been providing reliable support at all times, and I thank them for such contribution.

Positive

I have no experience from similar solution in my career experience.

The setup was complex, however, the vendor's technical team provided effective guidance.

We deployed it through a vendor team, and they were knowledgeable in all aspects.

The recorded ROI has been growing on a daily basis based on an excellent performance.

The setup cost is high.

I did not check other products.

In recent years, in search of a new strategy, we have tried to strengthen our security and infrastructure posture, being one of the fundamental pillars of a large organization. 

As a result of this situation, we have begun to adapt using solutions that support us at the cloud and on-premise. Posture Management is the solution that supports us in this search for a healthy, strong infrastructure and, above all, is aligned with the legal and regulatory frameworks at an international level.

This tool is very integrated for emerging infrastructures such as the cloud. It comes to support us with this new legal framework. Ideas, opinions, and regulations serve as a baseline to protect us from new methods or attacks. Without this legal framework, it would become more difficult, as many organizations are new to the use of the cloud. This solution gives us support from the experts who have been first in this model of infrastructure and services. We can ensure that by following and adapting our needs based on these guidelines we will be a great organization with a strong vision and a great security framework established to protect us. 

We like the ability to investigate, analyze, and generate reports.

Its most notable feature is to extend the analytics it performs to teams in any available cloud. 

We can collect analysis and be able to transform in such a way that the data provided allows us to find great value in institutional security. We can support each other to be better and more efficient daily. 

Currently, I would like this solution extended to cellular devices or tablets. This will be able to allow us to be more efficient.

I've used the solution for one year.

CloudGuard is a SaaS security solution that handles compliance and security for cloud.

There are two major functions, and the first is to operate as a central firewall monitoring and management system in the cloud. We have more than 100 firewalls in the cloud, and CloudGuard allows us to manage them.

The second function is its role as a compliance suite that helps you in keeping your cloud platforms compliant with PCI or ISO 27001.

For the most part, this is what I used it for. In the beginning, CloudGuard did not have many features. There were only these two.

Using CloudGuard, I was able to manage a multi-cloud platform based on AWS, Azure, and Google for a multinational company in Europe with only three engineers.

CloudGuard enables customizable governance using simple, readable language. The biggest advantage is that when there are things to be changed because of compliance problems, the engineers receive a plain-language text that instructs them on what to do. This also means that you don't have to have as many cloud specialists available.

The two most valuable features for us are the central firewall administrator and the real-time cloud compliance monitoring. The vendor has been building on these features, but they are the two that are most important for us.

With respect to how the compliance frameworks affect our security and compliance operations, it is important to consider that first of all, in the cloud, anybody can change a firewall. We wanted to have a central firewall administrator, with our more than 100 firewalls, so that we could make sure that our platform would stay secure. CloudGuard alerts if somebody replaces something and puts it back, which is the biggest feature that we wanted.

Then, as an added feature, they have a real-time audit platform where you constantly have audits of your clouds to see that engineers don't forget to put all of the compliance in place.

CloudGuard's accuracy when it comes to compliance checking is very good, and it is done in real-time. I would rate it a nine out of ten. It is not perfect because sometimes you have false positives, although I don't think that you can get rid of them entirely. Overall, for compliance and diverse compliance methodologies, I would rate it a nine.

On the topic of accuracy, I would rate remediation a nine out of ten as well. It is easy to do because it is written in plain language, and also because there is a manual on how to remediate.

The false positives can be annoying at times.

We have been using CloudGuardfor five years.

My experience with CloudGuard began about five and a half years ago when I was working with a company that was building a multi-cloud platform. I was one of the first customers for CloudGuard, before the Check Point acquisition, and I was using it to manage my multi-cloud platform.

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. It has always worked and I've never had a bad thing happen with it. In the beginning, when they introduced new features during beta testing, there were issues. However, it was always stable.

CloudGuard is a SaaS solution, so it scales with your cloud. When you get hundreds of firewalls, perhaps 200 or 300 of one, then the complexity becomes the same in CloudGuard as the thing that you want to solve in the cloud, so I don't think that they can extend to that.

I have a deployment that is European-wide, multi-cloud, with approximately 480 virtual machines. There were a lot of other components as well, so it was a really huge use case.

The technical support from CloudGuard is really good. In fact, for me at the time, it was really good because I had direct access to the American team, so I just had to call if there was an issue. I also had monthly meetings with them to discuss things to improve and see if their service was okay for us.

Positive

Initially, we used another solution but that was not for firewall security. Rather, it was for compliance.

The initial setup is really easy. Just submit the cloud key. It takes between an hour and two hours to deploy. When I installed it, the process did not take longer than an hour.

My implementation strategy fits into the way I design secure private clouds or multi-clouds, based on public cloud providers. It's almost a necessity. You can do it in other ways by using the local ACLs, etc, but then it becomes cumbersome. CloudGuard takes a lot of the work out of it and gives you a single point to manage all of your security firewalls.

I deployed CloudGuard myself. In my previous role, I was the head of cloud development and I directed two out of the three engineers in the team.

In the beginning, the price of CloudGuard was cheap, whereas now it is not.

I haven't gotten the latest pricing, but my advice is that you need to balance it out with your cloud business cases. It all depends on how many machines, servers, and the size of the cloud that you have. It's probably not useful if you have only a few machines and some network security groups to manage them. In this case, it's not something that you need.

I did evaluate another tool initially. I cannot recall the name but it had ".io" after it. Ultimately, we decided not to use it because it only had the compliance component and it was more expensive.

The native cloud security controls provided by the cloud vendors, when it comes to features like transparency and customization, are very weak. That's why you need CloudGuard. On their own, I would rate the native cloud security controls a four out of ten. They are complex, and the biggest issue is that it's difficult to secure if you want to centralize your security operation.

When maintaining and scaling security services and configurations across multiple public clouds using CloudGuard, versus using native cloud security controls, I find that it is much better. It's the same interface in CloudGuard, regardless of the cloud. Of course, your firewall administrator still needs to have knowledge of what he's doing. That doesn't change. The important point is that the interface is much better and it doesn't change between cloud environments.

I would rate the accuracy of the security visibility slightly lower than nine out of ten because it's still complex to do, even with CloudGuard. The biggest feature of CloudGuard is that it rolls back the changes when somebody has changed it in the cloud without authorization, yet the complexity of managing a lot of firewalls is still there. I would rate the accuracy of security visibility a seven and a half or eight out of ten.

I would rate the solution's comprehensiveness for cloud compliance and governance an eight out of ten. The false positives are a little bit annoying at times.

CloudGuard helps to minimize the attack surface and manage dynamic access, although I didn't use the dynamic access in my setup. For my use case, it was primarily minimizing the internal attack surface because I didn't use it for external connections. I had a different role there. When you only have three engineers, you need to trust them. The reason that we used CloudGuard was to be able to do it with a few engineers.

CloudGuard provides a unified security solution across AWS, Azure, and Google, but not for anything else. To that end, I don't think that any other cloud provider would be a market contender at this point, and Google will probably even disappear after a while.

My advice for anybody who is considering CloudGuard is to try it. If you're looking to manage a large security defense platform, in-depth, with a lot of firewalls, try it and you'll be surprised.

One of the things that I learned from using CloudGuard was that it offered support for compliance. I was originally just looking for a way to manage all of these firewalls, and that came as a pleasant surprise. It helped us a lot with our ISO 27000 and PCI certification.

Overall, in terms of functionality, CloudGuard is fairly well made.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Primarily, we use this solution to detect security configurations in AWS environments.

The reporting is quite good. It is the most powerful aspect of this solution.

It's user-friendly.

In general, we abandoned this solution this year.

Each component of this solution, in my opinion, could be improved.

Integration with ticketing systems, as well as the most important noise and completeness over findings, are definitely in need of improvement. They didn't take into account some additional context.

The UI is very slow.

There is room for improvement. Consider the entire context of the findings and try to avoid making a comparison between the rule and the entity's state. In general, for the product to be successful, they need to improve security, and configuration detection.

I have been working with Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management for two years.

It generates a large number of false positives.

We haven't attempted to scale the product because there are no additional plug-ins or add-ons.

We have contacted technical support but were not satisfied. Technical support needs improvement.

The initial setup was straightforward.

Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.

From a pricing perspective, they are pretty expensive. You can find better offerings on the market.

I would not recommend this solution to other users.

I would rate Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management a seven out of ten.