AI-driven email protection boosts threat detection and operational efficiency
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration involves protecting against email threats that are present in the current landscape, and it has been effective for our organization, stopping many different kinds of threats for us, including phishing attacks and ransomware attacks, and this effectiveness has made me particularly impressed by the AI capabilities because it helps stop AI-driven email attacks and provides insights about alerts.
Regarding a specific incident where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's AI features stopped a threat, we receive most alerts via email notifications to the admin, and whenever there is an alert, we check the dashboard to investigate. The dashboard presents various kinds of threats and AI indicators that confirm why threats were stopped, allowing us to easily determine whether to quarantine an email based on its classification as a true positive or false positive.
One specific example of a threat caught recently involved an email that was triggered safe by Microsoft, but Check Point triggered an alert because it contained a malicious attachment, which we confirmed through the report that showed the indicators of the threat.
How has it helped my organization?
Checkpoint Harmony email and collaboration has significantly improved our email security by effectively blocking phishing, malware and ransomware threats. With the implementation of checkpoint harmony email and collaboration we are not able to detect many kinds of threats which we were lacking in earlier email security solution. Its seamless integration with microsoft 365 environment and offers real-time threat intelligence, helping our IT teams to detect and respond to incidents faster. We are also benefitting from the centralized management console that has improved visibility and made it easier to enforce consistent policies.
What is most valuable?
The best features of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration that stand out to me include its API-based email security, which allowed us to deploy it quickly compared to Barracuda, and its ability to protect not just incoming and outgoing emails but also internal emails.
The positive impact of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration on our organization includes a noticeable reduction in threats, as we are now able to detect different kinds of threats that we could not before, alongside an impressive dashboard that provides analytics on phishing emails and malware threats, which helps us understand what alerts we could have missed without this solution.
What needs improvement?
While checkpoint Harmony Email and collaboration offers useful analytics, there is potential for improvement in providing deeper insights. More granular , detailed analytics on email traffics, threat patterns, and user behavior would help our team better understand risks and make informed decisions. Additionally, enhancing reporting capabilities with customizable and advanced analytics feature would greatly improve our ability to detect trends and proactivly address emerging threats. There improvements would offer a clearer, more comprehensive view of our email security landscape.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for almost a year now.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Barracuda, which could not detect several threats, prompting us to switch to Harmony Email & Collaboration for its improved capabilities.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration because the investigation process is streamlined with a clean dashboard that saves us time in alert investigations.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is to opt for this solution if you seek email security that is not hard to deploy, as it simplifies the process compared to other gateway-based products, allowing you to get started quickly with just the admin credentials of your email service while offering a robust set of features to detect various types of email threats. I rate this solution nine out of ten.
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What do you like best about the product?
The 3-step easy API integration which can onboard the security to O365 in minutes and to implement. Threat extaction, sandboxing some advanced features helps to get/view the data to decide whether its safe or not without affecting/compromising the user.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to mention as of now, since it is very easy to use and several classification in detection provided to sort out or pin point the issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Phishing & Spam mail attack are reduced near to zero with the accuracy of AI engines. Threat Extraction gives a clean copy of the data before scanning to reduce work impact. sandboxing to verify the links for malicious content.
User-friendly portal protects applications and emails efficiently
How has it helped my organization?
The solution is easy to customize and the options available on the portal are easily accessible to all technicians. It provides a user-friendly environment where we can protect SAS applications as well as incoming emails.
What is most valuable?
When compared to other email security solutions in terms of functionality and product usage, Check Point
Harmony Email & Collaboration is very straightforward and simple.
What needs improvement?
The main drawback I can see with Check Point
Harmony Email & Collaboration is that notifications which are blocked by Microsoft are not able to get notified to the users.
For how long have I used the solution?
We are using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for more than five years.
What other advice do I have?
When compared to other email security solutions in terms of functionality and product usage, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very straightforward and simple. These are the major points I can see from the product. On a scale of ten, I would rate this solution an eight.
Checkpoint Email Security
What do you like best about the product?
Avanan Cloud email Security is one of best tool in the market for anyone who is looking for email security to their email solution.
One of best part in avanan email security is the web interface and easy access to various settings .
its easy customization and we can able to protect all the SaaS product with in same solution.
Their Security engine keep on scanning all the incoming emails and even attachments and also even links inside the attachment is best of all.
Customer support also now improved and Implementation and integration with O365 is very ease
What do you dislike about the product?
I am worried about one thing in this product and also if they work with emails providers to send notification if they blocked emails before reaching to checkpoint.
checkpoint has capable to send notifications to end-user to request for release the emails but if it not reached checkpoint and blocked by emails domain provider itself those user not getting notified .
if they implement any solutions for this its great .
Hope their R&D team will do something in future
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When we more emails from unknown sources avanan help in filtering those emails based on legitimate of domain
Boosting email protection with checkpoint harmony email and collaboration.
What do you like best about the product?
What I like about Harmony email and collaboration is its use of AI and ML to proactively detect and block threats.The integration with checkpoints Threatcloud also strengths real-time threat intelligence, providing an added layer of security to our organization. In addition to that its inline API based deployment makes implementation quick and seamless without disrupting email workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
For me HEC lacks granular reporting and analytics. It offers basic reporting functionality, more detailed , customizable reports and advanced analytics would be great to get deep insights into email security. Also, I would love to see email continuity feature in HEC.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Harmony email and collaboration is solving several critical problems for our email security. It effectively blocks phishing attacks, malicious attachments, impersonation attemps using adcanced AI and ML models. This has significantly reduced the number of security breaches in our rmail communications.Addiitonaly we are greatly benefiting with its integration with ThreatCloud as it enhanced real time threat intellligence ensuring we are always protected against the latest threats.It provided peace of minds knowing our email communication is secure and upto date with latest threat intelligence.
AI-driven email protection secures data and prevents threats with seamless integration
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for Check Point
Harmony Email & Collaboration is to protect incoming and outgoing emails. We use
Microsoft Office 365 as the platform, integrating it with Check Point
Harmony Email & Collaboration. Our client environment uses Outlook, and we wanted to set up email security directly after Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office performs the first layer of inspection, and then Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration inspects anything
Office 365 missed. If an email contains anything malicious, it is not delivered to the end user, providing
DLP capabilities for sensitive data as well.
What is most valuable?
The best feature is that it is completely AI-powered, enabling behavior analysis of email traffic. When integrating Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration with an email provider like Microsoft Office 365, the system learns the patterns of past communications. This AI behavior analysis helps identify legitimate emails and potential threats. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration can also scan password-protected and zip folders, a limitation in other solutions. The
DLP feature allows organizations to track, inspect, and prevent sensitive data leaks from outgoing emails. Additionally, the system is easy to deploy, often within one or two days. Features for administrators and users allow control over spam mails, and the sandboxing feature scans new attachments and links for zero-day attacks. These unique features make Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration stand out.
What needs improvement?
A noted limitation is that integration is currently limited to Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite. Additional support for other vendors would allow access to multiple clients. Updates based on AI and reduced administrative overhead by adding or bulk adding new users, along with graphical enhancements to the GUI, would also be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than one year. Initially, I attended Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's OEM training session and later delivered the POC for one of the clients while testing all the use cases related to email security and completing several projects.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The deployment of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was straightforward. It is easy to deploy and integrate with the environment, typically taking one or two days to set up email security.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is limited, being only integrated with Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite at present.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Initially, the organization was using only the Microsoft 365 default email security, which is limited. We wanted a dedicated email security solution, and Check Point had features like DLP, sandboxing, and easy integrations that competitors lacked, leading us to choose it.
How was the initial setup?
The setup process is straightforward and easy to deploy within one or two days.
What was our ROI?
Implementing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has helped to reduce false positive phishing mails and prevent threats from emails, saving the organization time and maintaining business continuity by preventing downtime and enabling employees to focus on their tasks.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is a bit expensive, but it is worth it considering the features that Check Point provides.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend learning the product thoroughly to maximize its use, such as analyzing links in a virtual environment before clicking them. These small measures make a big difference. Administrators should explore the product deeply to use all its features effectively. I rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration a 10 because of its unique features, high catch rate, and ease of deployment and integration.
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What do you like best about the product?
Avanan for advanced email filtering to protect against malware and malicious emails. Customers appreciate its effectiveness, particularly for email attachments. Improvement areas include expanding DLP integrations. Previously, our customers used a Microsoft tool but faced phishing issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
Noting to dislike as we are using this production
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In Avanan, the email channel is one of the channels where data leakage happens, and they need to consider it from a DLP perspective.
Intuitive user interface and streamlined malware management enhance efficiency
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is email malware protection.
How has it helped my organization?
HEC has improved efficiency many times as its integration with M365 now puts all of these emails in one spot instead of having to create rules twice.
What is most valuable?
The user interface of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very intuitive and straightforward. The search functionality is very simple, and pretty much anyone can use it. The quarantine and release functionality for malware and junk mail is much more simplified than with previous products. It has reduced effort in tickets and manpower not needing to do this for people who would have to normally put in a ticket.
What needs improvement?
The portal site is a bit slow at times. Plus, all new functions seem to be 'add-ons' instead of just being part of the platform. This is not how I view a subscription.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very scalable as it integrates with O365 cloud.
How are customer service and support?
Customer service is very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Proofpoint. We switched because Proofpoint was not catching nearly as many items, and it was very burdensome to administer.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive. The product is just as expensive as the previous product, but it saves time and effort all around.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we evaluated Microsoft Defender.
What other advice do I have?
It is a good product, very worth the money. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration an eight because of all the previous comments I made.
Seamless integration with email services enhances inbox protection
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is filtering email traffic.
How has it helped my organization?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has improved our organization by significantly reducing phishing and malware incidents, enhancing overall email security. Its AI-driven threat detection has helped prevent advanced attacks before reaching users. Integration with Microsoft 365 streamlined protection without disrupting workflows. The centralized dashboard also improved visibility and control over email and collaboration threats, saving time for IT teams.
What is most valuable?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is highly integrable with Microsoft services, delivering comprehensive protection to our inboxes. This integration allows for enhanced security, identifying more phishing and other types of malicious emails than Microsoft Defender alone. Together, they provide a robust protection solution.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could improve in UI intuitiveness, false positive reduction, and integration with third-party apps like Slack. Users report complex configuration, limited API flexibility, and occasional overblocking of legitimate emails. Enhanced mobile admin support, clearer documentation, and more transparent pricing would also improve the user experience and adoption.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for about a year.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very good, excellent.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
It was okay. No big issues during setup, only some challenges during first deployment but that is neglectable.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration by saving time and needing fewer employees to manage email security.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was okay.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, we evaluated Proofpoint.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Harmony is not an email gateway, which Proofpoint is. Therefore, it integrates more easily with Microsoft email and services. I rate the overall solution as 10 out of 10.
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What do you like best about the product?
The best thing is how Harmony provides real-time threat prevention across email and collaboration apps without much performance impact. Its reporting and visibility into email threats are also really strong compared to other solutions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Though the security features are excellent, the platform could benefit from more intuitive configuration options and enhanced reporting flexibility.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us catch phishing and malware attacks before they hit our users, keeps our email and collaboration tools secure, and saves us from spending tons of time cleaning up after incidents.
