Seamless Integration and Security for Microsoft 365
What do you like best about the product?
It maintains seamless communication and integrates perfectly with platforms like Microsoft 365, adding an extra layer of security without impacting productivity. Real-time threat prevention and clear reporting provide confidence that sensitive information is safe.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, secure emails can be flagged as suspicious, requiring manual review and slowing down workflows.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's solving the problem of phishing, malicious attachments, and unsafe links that commonly affect business communications. By automatically detecting and blocking these threats, it prevents data breaches and protects sensitive information shared across email and collaboration platforms. This reduces the risk of human error and allows teams to work securely and without interruption.
Enhanced Security and Compliance with Checkpoint HEC
What do you like best about the product?
Checkpoint HEC is the API Inline protection, Improves security by reducing data leaks. helps with compliance. provides visibility into all SAAS applications employees
What do you dislike about the product?
Drawback is no full fledged Email DLP ( Data Classification)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its preventing from the BEC attack , account takeover and phishing attacks there three major engines are working
Threat protection
DLP engine
Click time protection
this three engine will protect our email from all kind of attack's
Email security has become proactive as it prevents phishing and automates user awareness training
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to secure all of our emails, both incoming and outgoing, and to prevent phishing emails from outside sources, as well as to run a phishing campaign in my department.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has a phishing campaign feature where you can run simulated phishing emails to a particular department that it recognizes in Microsoft Office, and if someone fails, the system will ask that user to enroll in a learning video tutorial.
I use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to protect my emails from outside phishing threats as well as to provide click URL protection.
What is most valuable?
The best feature for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is its inline feature, where it remediates any emails with a phishing link as well as threats before they come into the inbox. This is what I appreciate the most about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
The inline feature in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration reduces incidents and saves a significant amount of time.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has impacted my organization very well because you only require a small amount of human resources to look into email security since it is one of the first points of contact where any organization gets breached. You require fewer resources because it is automated, and you can even customize it so that if any email gets blocked, you can ask the user for permission to not quarantine it to the administrator.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved if it was offered on-premises, because most of our clients do not want to use cloud-based services; that is the only thing that I would appreciate Check Point to offer.
I would want the attachment feature in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to scan for images, as it is integrated with AI. Currently it does not scan for images with nudity, and I would really appreciate it if it scanned for nudity components as well.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a very stable product; we have not had any issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very open because it is on the cloud. We only pay for the number of users and the number of licenses for those users, and it does not depend on mailbox traffic.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is excellent, and they support us very frequently, calling us within 30 to 40 minutes.
How would you rate customer service and support?
What was our ROI?
The return on investment for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is significant since we only require one person to oversee it, and once it is set up, we do not need to do anything else.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing and setup cost for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is relatively competitive with its competitors.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We were trying to evaluate Fortinet and Barracuda, but Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration came out on top.
What other advice do I have?
Currently, only one member of our team is required to look at email security, but they do not have to keep monitoring it continuously.
If you are looking for a cloud-based email solution, then Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is the best solution you could choose because it only takes about seven clicks to onboard, studies all your email patterns, and analyzes all your past emails. It is very easy to use.
I gave this review a rating of 9 out of 10.
Exceptional Email Security and top-Level Spam and Phishing Prevention for Daily Use
What do you like best about the product?
It catches phishing attempts, fake links, and unwanted spam very accurately. The dashboard gives clear visibility, and managing policies is easy. It saves a lot of time for IT because users don’t complain about spam mails anymore, and overall email communication feels much safer.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as of now, everything is working well and good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Earlier we had to manually check many suspicious emails, but now most of them get filtered automatically. This reduces the risk of users clicking on harmful links and keeps our mail environment clean. It also saves time for the IT team and improves overall security by stopping threats before they reach the inbox.
User-Friendly Interface and Seamless AI Integration
What do you like best about the product?
The nest thing about Harmony Email & Collaboration is how user friendly it is. The interface is understandable. It uses AI to assist with the email management. It has a very good integration capabilities and can be easiably enforced.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing anything which I do dislike about Harmony Email & Collaboration. It takes a bit of time to get used to it and it requires a decent research to be performed, but other than that it is very good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We save time, by providing us with an advanced protection. This also bring us to compliance. The dashboards do provide us with a great overview of our infrastructure.
Seamless Email Security and Peace of Mind
What do you like best about the product?
It has truly given me peace of mind because it blocks suspicious emails and phishing attacks that previously went unnoticed. It also integrates well with the company email and doesn't interrupt daily work. I use Microsoft 365 and I love its integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initially, the setup can be a bit complex and requires time to adjust the security policies to the actual needs of the company.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving the problem of phishing and malware attempts that previously reached emails undetected, and it also helps prevent unauthorized access and loss of sensitive information, which directly benefits me because I now have more confidence that the messages I receive are safe and I can work without interruptions.
Robust Email Security with Minimal false Positives
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how Avanan Cloud Email Security effectively catches sophisticated phishing attempts without generating too many false positives, which enhances our protection and confidence in email communications. The inline protection feature is particularly valuable, ensuring security measures are applied in a streamlined manner. I find the dashboard very user-friendly, as it allows me to easily review and remediate messages, providing clear insights into why certain emails were flagged. This level of transparency in reporting helps us understand the security landscape better. The advanced phishing detection capabilities significantly reduce the number of risky emails reaching users, which in turn cuts down on help desk tickets and potential incidents, relieving pressure on our support staff. Moreover, the setup process was notably easy and quick, minimizing the time needed for deployment and allowing us to focus on leveraging the product's capabilities. Overall, the seamless integration with our existing systems like SIEM, SOAR, and our identity provider further enhances our security posture by enabling alert correlation, automated response, and tying user risk profiles effectively.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some alerts can feel repetitive during large phishing waves, and a few policy settings require more tweaking than expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Avanan Cloud Email Security to block phishing and malicious attachments, reducing risky emails and security incidents. It integrates with our cloud-based mail system, providing early threat detection and a dashboard for easy email review and remediation.
Email security has reduced phishing noise and now saves our team significant investigation time
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to search for different threats and vulnerabilities in our mail, such as Exchange 365, and other threats in our collaboration tools.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has made collaboration more efficient by reducing noise from phishing and spam. Our team interacts with it mostly through the alerts and quarantine features, which are easy to manage and do not interrupt daily communications. The fact that suspicious emails are filtered before they reach the inbox means people can focus on real work without worrying about hidden threats.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has had a positive impact by cutting down on phishing and spam, which means our team spends less time sorting through unwanted messages. A clear outcome we have noticed is fewer security incidents tied to email. What used to be a weekly issue is now rarer.
The time saved in our teams is the best advantage when the organization uses Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What is most valuable?
The best features of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration are its strong phishing and spam filtering, clear alerts, and easy-to-manage quarantine. What stands out the most to me is how seamlessly it blocks suspicious emails before they reach users, while still giving us visibility and control through the quarantine dashboard.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration integrates well with other security tools, which makes it easier to share threat intelligence across platforms. The combination of smooth integration and advanced detection has made it feel like a strong layer of protection in our overall security stack.
What needs improvement?
I think Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved with the documentation. Sometimes it is not intuitive, and I think it needs more images in the deployment steps.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for around two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is good.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very fast for me.
I would rate the customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a nine on a scale of one to ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution before Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, and I can share relevant metrics regarding the time saved.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is great. I have no problems with the pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is that it is a great tool and a complete and modern security solution. I would rate this review a nine on a scale of one to ten.
Seamless Security Integration That Keeps Productivity High
What do you like best about the product?
Its ability to stop phishing and account takeover attempts before they reach users, while keeping email and collaboration tools running smoothly, is key. The solution integrates seamlessly with platforms like Microsoft 365, providing clear threat visibility and robust protection without disrupting productivity.
What do you dislike about the product?
The reporting dashboard could be more intuitive, and integration with certain collaboration platforms requires additional effort. While the security is robust, these usability issues can slow down administration and increase the workload for IT teams.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves the problem of phishing, account takeovers, and malicious attachments by blocking threats before they reach users. It protects cloud platforms like Microsoft 365, ensuring the security and reliability of email and collaboration tools.
Provides automated email threat detection and allows us to train departments based on real attack patterns
What is our primary use case?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration serves as my main protection platform for Office 365 SaaS platforms, including email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and I utilize some training features. In my daily work, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has become our number one protection platform; it reviews all information that passes through our Office 365 and makes the final decision on whether something poses a risk to the organization. Every day, we review each of the alerts regarding user interactions at the spam, phishing, malware levels and analyze the threat behavior our organization is receiving, including which departments face the most attacks, what is the number one target, and what types of attacks we receive daily, such as phishing, graymail, spam, malware, etc.
What is most valuable?
The process of reviewing alerts in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is automatic; the tool executes the entire process we have configured, checking and taking actions to block anything suspicious automatically, without any action from us. Essentially, we connect to check if the actions taken are correct and whether there are any false positives; otherwise, the tool operates 100% automatically based on the parameters we have configured in each rule.
When Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration detects something suspicious, it runs a certain number of intelligence engines that analyze the data source, the domain's reputation, and the current interaction of that domain with our platform. If it is the first time an email arrives from that domain, it alerts the user; if the email contains content that could be malicious, the user is also alerted, and a score is assigned to the email. If the score exceeds the thresholds we have set, it is classified as a low, medium, or high threat, resulting in automatic blocking and alerting the user about the action taken, allowing the user to interact with the platform and report false positives if they believe the email is valid.
Additionally, I utilize Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration as a training tool; its new Security Training module allows us to conduct department-specific training on phishing, controlled tests, and provides a score for our organization, along with further training to raise awareness within the security department. Other very specific use cases involve user engagement, as we strive to provide as many actionable reports to users as possible to help them be aware of the risks they face daily and how these risks could affect the organization as a whole.
In my opinion, the best feature of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is its ease of integration with platforms like Office and Google Cloud, allowing for automatic integration that results in a robust platform that makes decisions based on your organization with just a couple of steps. The most used features include email tracking, which allows us to easily follow up on emails and conversations, helping us understand what is happening within the organization when an alert is detected, providing more context rather than simply blocking an email due to detecting something malicious. Its intelligence engines also review how interactions occur within the platform, and the integration with inspection engines and our infrastructure knowledge at the email level makes it one of its best features.
Those integrations definitely help me save time and improve security, as we no longer need to manually review each alert and are less concerned about false positive reviews. The tool operates automatically, making our workload easier, while also significantly enhancing our overall security.
Since acquiring Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we have seen an increase in the blocking of Business Email Compromise, phishing, and spam emails, drastically reducing our exposure to email security risks. We have noticed a reduction in accepted phishing attempts since we started using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration compared to the protection of Microsoft 365. We have graphs showing that Microsoft 365 detects approximately 65% of threats, while Check Point processes the rest of that 65%, thus providing better protection than traditional solutions.
What needs improvement?
To improve Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, one notable enhancement would be to fully integrate the DMARC and SPF protections they have; once this is correctly implemented, I believe it will further improve internal email protection outcomes.
We have only encountered some false positives that required us to whitelist certain third-party domains, mostly due to their poor email configuration preventing DMARC or SPF alerts. Frankly, the platform performs very well, and we have not experienced any other issues since we began using it.
Currently, I believe that no further improvements are needed for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for seven or eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The platform is very stable; we have not encountered any downtime or stability-related issues, so I would say we have had 100% uptime.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very straightforward; we experience an annual growth rate of about 10 to 15%, and scaling up is simple, as we only increase licensing, and the rest happens automatically. User synchronization and administration detect user license activation, and protection begins from day one.
How are customer service and support?
I have not needed to open any support cases with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, which indicates that my experience with support has been very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we were utilizing Microsoft 365 with Defender for email protection.
We switched from Microsoft Defender to Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because we had an event where Defender failed to detect a threat, allowing phishing and spam emails to reach our directors. We chose Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because we felt it has better security engines and a more detailed administration of internal security and event management. It also provides graphs and statistics to illuminate how these events occur within the organization, allowing us to identify which departments require closer monitoring or which ones are the main targets for threats, such as directors, purchasing, and HR. We evaluated various tools before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, including Proofpoint, but ultimately, we decided to go with Check Point.
How was the initial setup?
I would advise others considering using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to conduct a proof of concept directly with Check Point to set up the initial configuration and see the platform working at full capacity before making a decision, and that they can compare the detection parameters provided by Check Point with any other email tools they are evaluating.
What about the implementation team?
We are customers and do not have any relationship with the vendor or partner.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration; specifically, we have drastically reduced the time it takes to detect and stop a threat, which has been cut by over 2 hours from detection to the automatic blocking of the threat.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is quite good; the pricing is based on the number of users. There are three types of licenses that range from basic to advanced, with a Complete version offering DLP characteristics, but if you do not plan to create detection or data protection policies, I believe that the Advanced license is sufficient. It is a very straightforward licensing approach, done per user and for periods of 1 to 5 years.
What other advice do I have?
I have given this review a rating of 10.
