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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Checkpoint Harmony: Protecting Emails beyond the Providers
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.
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.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Strong Protection for Email and Collaboration Tools — Harmony Review
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.
Harmaony Email and Collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
its effective notification feature for immediate threat response and also ease of management.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are something that I found diffcult to understand in the admin dashboard and diffculties in differentating genuine emails from the phishing ones.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It gave us visibility and protection for our email. And above all it will notify or warn the user about phishing emails other than the adminstrator.
Phishing attacks are effectively blocked with prompt notifications and email protection
What is our primary use case?
We are using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to protect our organization from phishing attacks. For example, our CEO received phishing emails with a subject line 'Fund Relief,' and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration helped block it.
What is most valuable?
The features I appreciate about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration include notifications about email reputation and phishing protection. As the admin, I am notified immediately when phishing attacks occur, allowing me to block harmful emails quickly. This notification feature ensures that I have control over email activity and helps maintain data security.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could improve by providing configuration recommendations and use case specific solutions.
For how long have I used the solution?
Our company has licensed Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for twenty users, and I have just started configuring it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I think Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration's scalability is excellent. It allows us to scale protection for more users as needed, potentially up to hundreds or thousands.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate customer support eight out of ten. Though it's my first product from Check Point, I find the service good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use any specific email solution before this, except for Microsoft's built-in Defender with Office 365.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was easy because it is cloud-based, and there is a helpful guide on the dashboard.
What was our ROI?
Investing in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has protected our company data from theft, providing clear ROI. This solution manages threats, reducing my concern about daily email monitoring.
What other advice do I have?
I advise organizations to use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to protect against phishing attacks and data thefts. I would rate the overall solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Secures email communication with advanced sanitization features
What is our primary use case?
I use Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration to protect email security. It is used as an email secure gateway to protect and scan emails.
What is most valuable?
The sanitization feature of Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is valuable. The protection and scanning of emails are also appreciated, as they secure everything in the email spectrum.
What needs improvement?
The sanitization on the file needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration for two months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration as nine out of ten, indicating high scalability.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support is of high quality, as the local team from Check Point is very helpful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used a couple of solutions before but cannot specify which ones. I switched to Check Point primarily due to good integration with Microsoft 365.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment was done through an integrator.
What was our ROI?
I see a return on investment from the beginning because I removed two items.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is lower compared to what I used before.
What other advice do I have?
Knowing what you need from the solution is important because Check Point Harmony Email provides comprehensive protection for email security.
Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Integration with Microsoft, good productivity and good online support
What is our primary use case?
We utilize Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration for email security.
What is most valuable?
Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration offers online support and has tight integration with Microsoft. These are features we often use. Additionally, the deployment is feasible if you have completed some training and acquired hands-on experience. In general, it has good support.
What needs improvement?
There is a need for improvement in handling business email compromise. Additionally, technical support and the licensing model require enhancement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration for almost eight years.
How are customer service and support?
Support issues exist with the Check Point company itself, not necessarily the product.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Earlier, we used Avanade, IronPort, and Proofpoint before moving to Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not easy. It is manageable with the proper training and hands-on experience. If the customer wants only the normal features, it usually takes one to two days; otherwise, five days.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I consider the pricing to be a bit expensive, similar to other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration to all types of companies, from small businesses to enterprises. I would rate the overall solution as eight out of ten.
