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CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL & COLLABORATION RATINGS OVERVIEW

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661 Ratings (All Time)


RATING DISTRIBUTION

5 Star
 
72%
4 Star
 
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2%
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Product Capabilities
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ABOUT CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

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    * Company Type: Public
    * Year Founded: 1993
    * Website: http://www.checkpoint.com 
   
    * Head Office Location: San Carlos, USA
    * No. of Employees: 5001-10000

 * Company Description:
   Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a company that offers cyber
   security solutions to governmental and business entities around the world.
   The company's solutions are designed to safeguard against a variety of cyber
   threats including malware and ransomware. With Check Point's multilevel
   security architecture, dubbed 'Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced
   threat prevention', cloud, network, and mobile devices of businesses are
   protected. Additionally, Check Point provides a comprehensive and
   easy-to-manage control security management system.



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 * WHAT IS CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL & COLLABORATION?
   
   Avanan, a Check Point Company, is a full-fledged email security provider
   designed to help companies of all sizes, in all industries, protect against
   phishing, malware, ransomware, business email compromise, supply chain
   attacks and more. Leveraging the power of Check Point's ThreatCloud, Avanan
   connects via API and prevents malicious email from reaching the inboxes. In
   addition, Avanan helps guard against attacks in all lines of business
   communication, including Slack or Teams. Companies use Avanan to keep their
   business, people and data safe from cyberattacks.

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OVERALL EXPERIENCE WITH CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL & COLLABORATION

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FAVORABLE REVIEW

5.0
May 1, 2024

A GLOWING REVIEW OF CHECKPOINT'S AVANAN API & PORTABILITY TO A CUSTOMIZABLE
SHELL CLIENT!

They are quick to respond to enterprise support requests and when I come at
their normal support techs with development related questions they quickly put
me in contact with those familiar with the API or that can answer my
pseudo-reverse engineered cli interface i wrote for ... ...
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CRITICAL REVIEW

3.0
March 28, 2024

A PROMISING EMAIL SECURITY TOOL WITH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

CP Harmony Email Security (Avanan) has all the necessary tools and capabilities
to be exceptional; unfortunately, it's held back by constant bugs, unexplained
settings with no documentation, and lack of QoL features. Despite all this,
Avanan still shines in its core functions and capabilities ... ...
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LIKES

It has a flexible api allowing you to fully utilize the mail explorer, the
events api is great for grabbing phishes or other malicious/spam emails while
theyre still in a detected/new/pending state, their are undocumented api
endpoints that you can hit to bulk download emails which ... ...

May 1, 2024

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DISLIKES

While Avanan does several things well, unfortunately, there are some areas of
improvement. One of the most noticeable drawbacks of HEC are bugs, in both the
UI and functionality; UI bugs (such as misrepresentation of phishing incidents)
and functionality bugs (inconsistent email encryption ... ...

March 28, 2024

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MOST HELPFUL CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL & COLLABORATION REVIEWS

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   CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL & COLLABORATION HAS EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS
   
   Reviewed on Jun 13, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT
    * Company Size: <50M USD
    * Industry: Miscellaneous Industry
   
   Installing Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was one of the best
   decisions made to enhance and harden our company's defenses against phishing,
   malware, and email based threats. Phishing used to be a daily threat to our
   company with one employee or another taking the bait and clicking on
   something they shouldn't have. Now, with Check Point Harmony & Email
   Collaboration, its AI algorithm does an incredible ... ...
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 * 5.0
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   AN INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR IT TEAM'S EMAIL SECURITY
   
   Reviewed on Apr 30, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Services
    * Company Size: <50M USD
    * Industry: IT Services Industry
   
   Overall a great experience with the product. Extremely simple setup, we are
   able to get clients onboarded in under 10 minutes and it goes to work right
   away! Incident Response as a Service takes a huge burden off of day to day
   support and offers a great second opinion when reviewing quarantined emails
   to release. Does a much better job at blocking phishing than other products
   we have reviewed,...
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 * 4.0
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   COMBATING CYBER THREATS: AN INSIGHT INTO THE INTUITIVE SOLUTION
   
   Reviewed on Jun 3, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: Data and Analytics
    * Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
    * Industry: IT Services Industry
   
   The solution is user friendly and intuitive and helps the organization to
   detect and respond appropriately to some of the most prevalent threats like
   phishing, scams and data leakage. Till date, several suspicious emails have
   been detected and quarantined in many of the user environments that the
   solution is deployed to. The solution works conveniently with the O365 and
   Google Suite applications, allowing seamless integration ... ...
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 * 5.0
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   KEEPING EMAILS AND CLOUD STORAGE SECURE WITH HEC
   
   Reviewed on Aug 15, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Security and Risk Management
    * Company Size: 250M - 500M USD
    * Industry: Telecommunication Industry
   
   As the admin for HEC at my company, my overall experience has been
   exceptional. I've actually used this solution at another company in the past,
   back when it was called Avanan, and I was impressed with it since then. This
   solution provides comprehensive protection across our email and cloud storage
   platforms, making it a critical component of our security strategy. ...
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 * 5.0
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   CHECK POINT HARMONY EMAIL AND COLLABORATION - A GREAT WAY TO PROTECT THE
   EMAIL SERVICES
   
   Reviewed on Jun 14, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: Finance
    * Company Size: 250M - 500M USD
    * Industry: Banking Industry
   
   Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration solution is a very useful
   solution as it protects the organizations by preventing the malicious mails
   from reaching the inboxes of employees. Thus eliminating the chances of
   threats likes malwares getting into the network. Protects from phishing
   attacks and more. Also helps in DLP i.e. Data loss prevention by protecting
   the sensitive and confidential data from breach. It has the capacity ... ...
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 * 4.0
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   NAVIGATING EMAIL SAFETY: EXPLORING ROBUST PHISHING PREVENTION FEATURES
   
   Reviewed on Apr 12, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT
    * Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
    * Industry: Healthcare and Biotech Industry
   
   Had a few minor issues with the initial payment and setup, otherwise it's
   been a great experience. All deliverables met 100% ...
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 * 4.0
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   ACHIEVING EMAIL SECURITY: HARMONY HEC'S EFFECTIVE AND COMPLETE EMAIL
   PROTECTION
   
   Reviewed on May 29, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Services
    * Company Size: 500M - 1B USD
    * Industry: Manufacturing Industry
   
   The Interaction with the CheckPoint Team was excellent and a great
   experience. The crew exhibited excellent technical understanding, a high
   level of patience, and was very approachable. They were more a technology
   partner than a sales squad....
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 * 5.0
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   CHECK POINT HARMONY: A COMPREHENSIVE EMAIL SECURITY SOLUTION
   
   Reviewed on Jul 10, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: General Management
    * Company Size: <50M USD
    * Industry: IT Services Industry
   
   This product has been the best and most effective email security platform
   that we have used/tested....
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 * 5.0
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   EFFECTIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE
   
   Reviewed on May 2, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Security and Risk Management
    * Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
    * Industry: Manufacturing Industry
   
   Responsive supplier who is always delivering innovative solutions. Avanan was
   a partner at two organizations and has shown to be a cost-effective email
   protection solution. Since being acquired by Check Point, much more
   investment has been made in building new features and refining its
   capabilities even further....
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 * 4.0
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   EXPLORING CHECK POINT HARMONY: USER-FRIENDLY AND CUSTOMIZABLE
   
   Reviewed on Jul 8, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT
    * Company Size: 250M - 500M USD
    * Industry: Retail Industry
   
   As an IT professional, I've had the pleasure of using Check Point Harmony
   Email & Collaboration for our organization, and I can't recommend it enough.
   Here are the key reasons: User Friendly Interface Seamless Deployment Robust
   Security Features Customization Options Responsive Support...
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 * 4.0
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   STRENGTHENING DIGITAL LINES WITH COMPREHENSIVE EMAIL SECURITY SOLUTIONS
   
   Reviewed on Sep 18, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: Engineering - Other
    * Company Size: 250M - 500M USD
    * Industry: IT Services Industry
   
   Highly reliable and comprehensive email security solutions for safeguarding
   against cyber threats like phishing, malware, account takeovers...etc which
   are AI powered. which integrate seamlessly across various platforms like
   Microsoft 365, google workspace and other tools....
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 * 3.0
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   A PROMISING EMAIL SECURITY TOOL WITH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
   
   Reviewed on Mar 28, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Security and Risk Management
    * Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
    * Industry: Healthcare and Biotech Industry
   
   CP Harmony Email Security (Avanan) has all the necessary tools and
   capabilities to be exceptional; unfortunately, it's held back by constant
   bugs, unexplained settings with no documentation, and lack of QoL features.
   Despite all this, Avanan still shines in its core functions and capabilities
   making it a reasonable choice despite its shortcomings....
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 * 5.0
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   HARMONY EMAIL: A DREAM TOOL FOR ADMINISTRATORS
   
   Reviewed on May 30, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT
    * Company Size: 10B - 30B USD
    * Industry: Banking Industry
   
   Overloaded security teams need these kind of next generation solutions where
   speed & security is of utmost importance. Harmony email with fast deployment
   and maximum security with little to minunum interference is every
   administrators dream...
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 * 5.0
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   NAVIGATING CHECKPOINT'S QUARANTINE SYSTEM: A USER'S EXPLORATION
   
   Reviewed on Sep 23, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT Services
    * Company Size: Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees
    * Industry: Government Industry
   
   I love their ability to detect dangerous attachments in emails and to
   quarantine the email before it is placed in the user's inbox....
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 * 4.0
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   HARMONY EMAIL AND COLLABORATION: A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT IN MALICIOUS EMAIL
   DETECTION
   
   Reviewed on May 21, 2024
    * Reviewer Function: IT
    * Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
    * Industry: Manufacturing Industry
   
   We are testing this technology in order to protect our Exchange 365
   environment. The false positive rate is still considerable but, compared to
   the antispam system we were using before, the detection of malicious email
   has drastically improved ....
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