Check Point Harmony Mobile Reviews

The goal is to implement Harmony Mobile in the entire fleet of devices of the Government of the Junta de Andalucia. We are talking about a total of about 60,000 terminals. A pilot of the solution has started and it will be implemented in all the terminals that are renewed in the corporate network. These devices correspond to different user profiles and include different browsing patterns and profiles and threat exposure from terminals for M2M communication to advanced user terminals with large traffic quotas.

In the first place, the Harmony Mobile solution (or also known as Sandblast Mobile) has allowed us to minimize and speed up the software deployment tasks, which is the plan for 60,000 potential terminals and it is already a very important first advantage. The main advantage of the solution is the implementation of complete security policies for the terminals that address how more apps are installed on corporate devices. It is essential to be absolutely certain that these apps and the navigation of these terminals do not cause any risk to the corporate network. Harmony Mobile guarantees this protection.

It has been very easy to implement and deploy. It's possible to scale the installation based on the policies defined for each profile. It's my understanding that maintaining these policies and updating them will be a fairly easy task through the options provided by the platform. I am convinced that it is an advantage that the network administrators and security officers of the companies will gladly accept. On the other hand, it is also very important to note that the end-user has not perceived any inconvenience in the application of this solution to their terminals: it is completely transparent and has not caused any rejection among users who already have it implemented.

It could expand the functionalities to, in addition to security functionality, incorporate Mobile Device Management (MDM) functionalities such as remote device management, administration of installed applications, etc. In a wide network like ours, it would be a very desirable feature, since, in the same product, we would have all the device management and security capabilities we need. Another capacity that I would add to the product would be greater performance optimization options for older terminals. Our fleet is very varied and some devices are up to 5 years old.

Our solution has been in place for 3 years.

The current version we are working with (Version 3.7) is very stable. It's a stable solution because it keeps corporate data safe by protecting mobile devices across all attack vectors— apps, network, and operating system —without impacting user experience or privacy.

The solution is easily scalable because integration with the MDM is allowed.

Access to technical support for users is always done through the vendor. However, we perceive that the technical and human team behind Check Point is exceptional.

No, previously we have not had any solution that implements security in the mobile terminals of the corporate network.

The initial start-up was fairly straightforward thanks to the specialist support of the vendor. No major incidents were detected.

The implementation was through a vendor. The team in charge had a high level of experience and their tasks were carried out with a high degree of professionalism.

Our business model does not focus on measuring these types of parameters. The adoption of this type of solution is motivated by other factors, especially in the reduction of security incidents and related incidents in mobile services and corporate networks.

In our case, the cost is indirect and is directly passed on by the mobile services operator to the mobile voice services/terminals of the corporate network. We do not have data on the detailed cost of the service.

No, previously we have not had any solution that implements security in the mobile terminals of the corporate network.

As it is deployed in a greater number of devices and the maintenance and management tasks associated with the solution escalate, we will be able to make a future updated review.

One of the main reasons why the implementation of Check Point Harmony Mobile was chosen was due to the fact that we needed a tool that had control and monitoring over mobile devices. Harmony Mobile provided us with that functionality. In this way, we were able to close a security gap that was affecting our organization. 

With this solution, users could connect to the organization and access the corporate data and thus comply with a more secure standard. 

Each mobile has applied policies through the Harmony Mobile panel and control the access

One of the great improvements that Harmony Mobile gave us is that it was possible to protect the mobile devices of each one of the users and thus not depend on the users to implement adequate security themselves. With a simple mistake or moment of carelessness, a user can accidentally cause great damage to sensitive company information.

With Harmony Mobile, users do not worry. It transmits all the security to this tool. Currently, with what has been happening in the world with Covid, many workers are working from home and with this solution, we can limit third-party access to devices.

It's important for it to have the main functions of Mobile Device Management (MDM), such as task automation, automatic application updates, they should also improve compatibility with other mobile device management (MDM) products on the market, ensuring correct operation between SandBlast Mobile and MDM. It's important for Point Harmony Mobile to be included in a broader offering so that it is not just a standalone product.

Harmony Mobile introduces many innovative features. One of them is URL filtering, which is very valuable in this tool. It offers to filter apps, protect privacy, and reject malicious or unauthorized downloads. It allows us to get an idea of how it protects the application through certain security levels that are threats, network applications and devices. Its administration and configuration is very simple. It is easy to use with its friendly interface, the solutions helped a lot to the security of the company.

Harmony Mobile is one of the first tools that we implemented in the organization when we entered into the protection of mobile devices. For many years all our staff did not have any restrictions on mobile devices. 

An improvement would be the compatibility of linking local and cloud solutions to create a hybrid scenario. They should allow adding a SIEM for additional functions. That said, in relation to the characteristics that it currently presents, it satisfactorily complies with the security of mobile devices.

One of the improvements that can be made is that they become compatible with Google MDM. 

When it comes to scanning the network, sometimes my SSI ID does not appear; it would also be a great plus if they could make a unified console where you can manage several Check Point products and thus not be opening different consoles to manage different products.

I have been using about three years..

The stability of the product is very good and it generates an excellent amount of monitoring reports.

It is a very scalable tool.

With the support, we have had good and bad experiences. Sometimes they take time to respond. Sometimes they give an accurate solution to the error presented.

Positive

A mobile device solution had not previously been implemented.

One of the parts that worried us was its configuration and administration, however, it was extremely simple.

The installation was done with a seller who demonstrated his ability and handling of the tool.

The investment made with this tool is very good. The information will be guaranteed, therefore, every penny invested is a good investment.

The cost is affordable. It competes with other technologies and the installation is easy to implement.

We have not opted for other technologies since we have implemented the Check Point line into our company.

It is a good tool that can be implemented in the organization and be sure that it will protect your mobile devices.

The ease of use, along with comprehensive protection for all devices, is a key advantage. It provides visibility into malicious applications installed on the phone.

The product needs to improve its user awareness. 

I have been working with the product for 18 months. 

I rate Check Point Harmony Mobile a nine out of ten. 

I rate Check Point Harmony Mobile's deployment an eight out of ten. 

I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten. 

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

We mainly use this solution to detect unwanted traffic or any applications which is installed from a reliable/unreliable source. However, when we install the solution, it begins to behave differently. This software is intelligent enough to understand the user interface and interact with it, determining whether it is doing good or asking for sensitive personal information. This capability must be present in any mobile security app.

It gives enough confidence when we review the logs after appropriately tuning the 'tunable' parameters and then put the device on raw internet traffic and revisit its behavior/events on log files generated. It helps us in graduating our best practices to a 'Leading Practice'. It helped us in conducting critical tests in conducting our job works on Cybersecurity.

If we revisit all possible IT compliance whether it is PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and more, they all talk about protecting the 'data' and/or leading to privacy. And mobile devices are some of the most vulnerable devices which can be misused in many ways, so protecting the device from malicious traffic is the key when it would be supported with manual configurable controls then it would be the best fit!

Documentation may need a revisit, and on additional features: The problem comes when something goes haywire and customers have changed some elements of the mobile which affects the Android software environment. For the same, we looked for remote connectivity for revisiting the consumer's device safely and securely for which we tried a couple of openly available apps (in a controlled environment) which does not look very safe for consumers. Hence, would be interested to see an add-on or an extension software to be a part of 'Check Point Harmony' and can be used for remote monitoring and controlling (keeping all possible security and compliance aspects in mind!)

I have been using the solution for several months.

We experienced deploying this software on multiple Android devices (having varied firmware versions), however, when it comes to a few old hardware we faced challenges. Rest the product is very stable. (recommend reviewing the release notes, FAQs and recommendations, and more...)

As stated discussed, this is stable software. Given the required storage, recommended memory, and live internet, it would suffice most of the business needs.

When interacting with technical support, we have to be very clear about the issue we (including customers as well) are encountering then the support will provide assistance quickly.

Positive

We had a better experience using Zone Alarm (Antivirus and Firewall - desktop release) for a long time, and when we started getting requests on cybersecurity-related issues on mobile devices, we quickly checked Check Point 'Harmony' app. and found a perfect fit as of now.

The initial setup is straightforward (though version to version - device to device it may vary) and the deployment takes no more than ten minutes, but when it comes to 'fine-tuning or customizations' (some specific need/business requirements) it takes time and a series of testing for its fitment.

We did the implementation ourselves and are happy that we are able to protect our own devices (used in business) and for customers. The good part is there are lots of techno-functional documents available on their site which gives enough pragmatic exposers for technologies to understand its near-to-perfect deployment plus your past experience should kick in.

Our Revenue is organic and growing. Though unfortunately when we requested for registering our organization, we received our certificate a few days before the COVID lockdown and things have changed fundamentally, then we quickly transformed our operational machinery for remote work and successfully worked for a couple of clients in and around UAE/Saudi reign, which helped us survive and now we have enough requests coming-up for India/locally.

We pay between 300 and 600 Rupees (around seven dollars per month) per year per license, which depends on where you are procuring it, plus a small quantum of our service charges. 

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

The reason we use this solution is primarily due to its availability in the Indian market. This plays a very important role. We then started reviewing many products based on Gartner's magic quadrants, IDC, and other big analytical companies that provide the reports and enough rationale and justification for our decision-making. We prefer to have a look at Moody's ratings for companies' performance.

We must first look at the different mobile applications consumer use. We check the type of issue/problem explained is covered by comprehensive writeups/reports/bug reports/FAQs/or on some relabel blogs or reviews matching our problem area, then we take sustainable solutions.

I recommend the product, but it has to be fine-tuned and tested by each organization.

This solution is required for one of the internal needs of our organization. We need the product based on our need for the control of access to corporate resources. We were looking for a solution that allows us to generate the management of mobile network devices and something that could secure all systems in the best way possible, thus giving us a solution that allows for general device management. With this product, our organization will be able to monitor and control the devices used by each of our employees in the organization, which gives us an level of adequate security configuration and allows us to comply with internal policies.

As a security solution for devices, it can benefit us in many ways, including providing us with data security, access control, network security, and more. The kinds of features on offer provide us with confidential access to information, ensuring each of the different devices is protected while improving the productivity of employees. In summary, this solution can help us protect business resources in the best way possible, which can be translated into efficient and profitable security.

A very important feature that is outstanding and helps our organization is the ability to protect the business data stored on each device. This is especially important since these devices are used to create information, catalogs, products, customer information, and inventory. Every time they are outside the company, the solution provides us with a secure connection from the devices to the database, thereby keeping data safe. In addition, we can improve the productivity of each of the employees remotely. This benefits to the company in terms of sales or productivity even from different locations. 

One thing that should be improved in the future of the ability to ensure that mobile devices are protected from connections in environments with unlimited connectivity. 

In some cases, devices may be found in areas with little or no signal, which can make it difficult to connect to the network. That makes it difficult to use the solution. We ned to ensue we have something that allows users to work effectively even without a strong network connection. This would allow us to have a solution that adapts to the challenged presented by limited connection environments.

I've used the solution for one year.

We were busy protecting many of the devices used today by managers, sales teams, and those departments that have to be moving very frequently due to all these uncertainties. 

We were busy protecting the content, data, and information that was downloaded and all those objects or information that is shared with different departments to be secured in a simple way on the mobile devices to which access was given. 

For this reason, we have searched for solutions that could allow us to secure the departments' devices that have permissions outside the institution (based on the role or position they have).

One of the features that have given us additional value is being able to encrypt and block how data is shared within cell phones or mobile devices. This means that the data that belongs to the corporation will be encrypted and protected in a portion of the phone, with access to interactions against the data further protected within the device. It's a safe way to encapsulate, within a device, security to protect an organization's information.

The most valuable feature is being able to encrypt corporate data on devices that are not company devices (like personal cell phones), and being able to manage it remotely. This way, fired users can be removed and eliminated corporate data without affecting the personal data of its other users, thus being an efficient way to safely manage and administer the information that belongs to the corporation. 

We can easily secure the information of the company and the user's device so that if we find a vulnerability or some insecurity breach in these cell phones, the solution will indicate that the device is compromised and it will remove the corporate data to ensure the integrity of the data.

I would like to see management and remote administration functions in the same portal. I would like us to see it from the same centralized portal and be able to share its rules, its characteristics, and the advantages of cloud computing power. That way, we would have a more central way to manage the computers that belong to or are managed by us. Check Point Harmony Mobile is one of the features that we can see that is easy to install. We would like to have that same flexibility when it comes to managing it on the same platform where we share it with other features of Harmony Endpoint, Harmony Browser, or the NGFWs.

I've used the solution for one year.

We are mainly using it to manage mobile connections. It is a cloud solution, and it is deployed on the Check Point cloud.

We can manage different mobiles in the Harmony portal. For example, we can fix the version of the OS system that can connect to our network. Some applications are not authorized to be installed by the user. So, we can block those applications or versions.

Network protection, OS protection, application protection, and file protection are valuable. It is also easy to implement and manage.

If possible, it would be better if they can include vulnerability management for applications. When a user installs many applications, if there is a way to manage a pack of applications, it would be helpful.

I have been using this solution for two years.

There is no problem with stability. We have had no issues since we started using this product.

It is very easy to scale. We have 10 users, and it is for our internal use. We are also a Check Point partner, and we use it on our mobile phones to show it to our customers during seminars or presentations.

I'm a support engineer, and I have contacted their technical support. I was with a customer who needed some information about the mobile UEM integration of Harmony Endpoint, and I had to contact their technical support to find out how we can do this easily. 

Their support is very easy to contact. We are a partner, and when we contact their support, they always respond on time. Their support is very good.

We were providing Kaspersky and Bitdefender to our customers before becoming a partner of Check Point. I don't know if Bitdefender has protection for mobile, but I know that Kaspersky has recently started developing for mobile. Check Point Harmony Mobile is better and more secure for mobile protection because of its stability and all the functionality. It is easy to deploy and manage.

Its initial setup is very simple. If any additional configuration needs to be done, I just receive an email. When a user is added to the portal, you receive an email with information about the server and the password. You can just click and start the application. It is very easy.

It is pretty fast. It just takes one minute for the installation and the first scan.

I do it myself from the office. I don't need an assistant from Check Point or anyone else. I just need to read the documentation. I can download the documentation from their website, which contains the information for installation and troubleshooting.

The maintenance can be done from the tenants in the cloud. You can do the updates and patching of the product in the portal.

At the moment, the price is good, but there is always scope for amelioration when it comes to pricing. When pricing is lower, it can make a customer buy the product. Customers ask us about the price of the product before allowing us to explain the functionality to them.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is easy to implement, and it is easy to manage. It covers OS protection, network protection, file protection, and application protection. It provides the best protection.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for security purposes. It helps us scan mobile apps for malware prevention.

The solution's most valuable features are scanning for malware prevention and threat identification. 

There could be more automation features for the solution.

I have been using the solution for more than a year.

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten.

It is a scalable solution. We have 5000 users in our organization.

I rate the solution's initial setup process a nine out of ten. We take help from its documentation and execute the implementation manually. Although, the documentation needs to include a few crucial steps for onboarding users.

The solution's cost depends upon the number of users. Its price reduces in case of a larger number of users.

I advise others to deploy the solution for advanced automation features. I rate it a nine out of ten.