Check Point CloudGuard Network Security Stability

Aaron Vivadelli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

In terms of stability, I've never encountered any issues where a gateway went down or experienced faults. My experience across various environments has been consistently positive, without any instances of gateway crashes or failures for any specific reasons.

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Amber Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Manager at DCIPHERS IT SOLUTIONS

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is a stable product.

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Vincent Rendon - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a training & coaching company with 11-50 employees

I thought it was extremely stable. I didn't see any downtime. Any of the maintenance windows were either on weekends or in time frames that didn't affect our organization. It was very good.

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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
April 2024
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Scott Chambers - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

It is very stable, but in any virtualized environment, you are still dependent on your cloud provider. If Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or any other cloud provider reboots the gateway because they are doing some maintenance and did not tell you about it, it is not Check Point's fault. It is something where you have to correlate whether you had an outage or lost a node. You still have to report that. It still looks like that your Check Point firewall went down, so guilty until proven innocent type of deal comes into play. That has been a little bit more challenging than when it is your hardware on-premises. Outside of a power issue or an upstream switch, if something goes wrong in the box, it is not on Check Point. At that point, you can hammer down to the cloud. Having shared resources makes it a little bit difficult to delineate. You have to go case by case.

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RK
Sr Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

It is very stable. I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.

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BR
Sr Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Its stability is amazing. We have never had any weird downtime issues with our CloudGuard firewalls.

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RT
Senior System Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability. It has been running since we put it up.

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Justin Mcclung - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT Operations at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It feels very stable to me.

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JS
IT Advisor at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Check Point overall is pretty stable. We can rely on them. This is one of the key reasons why we stuck with Check Point for more than 20 years.

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GB
Network and Security Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

It is tricky to distinguish because we have the software and we have the instance. There is the tricky part of AWS not sharing some information around the instances where the software runs and then saying that it is a software issue and not sharing deeper details. Check Point struggles with having that information directly from AWS. 

So, there is room for improvement if Check Point wants to be a native-use solution in AWS, for example, which is our main provider. It is tricky, and I understand. It is also about how Amazon or AWS manages their data centers. They do not disclose some information. In terms of throughput, performance, etcetera, they do have the numbers, but when it comes to some issues, nobody can explain or when an issue is from a network background, there is no explanation. Finger-pointing is not a solution. 

There should be more sharing of information between them directly, not involving the customer. In the end, we were able to sort things out. We had to read between the lines. They were not disclosing exactly what was the problem. Check Point did not see any issues with the software, and in the end, it was about how the instances in a shared environment inside the AWS run and how they control the resources on each virtual machine that the customer runs. That is their way of doing business. AWS wanted to run it on a bigger box. In the end, I was able to overcome all the issues with a different instance type that was never proposed to us. It was a matter of the CPU generation that was being used on the instance. It was not the fact that the machine was not able to cope with it.

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Rohit Ghorpade - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud network engineer at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten since it takes too much time for deployment. However, it is flexible since we used to push the policy normally. It takes hardly ten seconds to install the policy. It's much easier.

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Jonathan Gamlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at Thomson Reuters

From our experience in five years, it has been very stable.

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Alfonso Peterson - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at Edgewell Personal Care Company

We haven't had any stability issues so far.

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Matej Kacic - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at Security Avengers
Fabio Fukushima - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at L8 Security

It provides excellent stability capabilities.

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SHRINKHALA SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Advertising Standards Council of India

The product offers amazing stability and we had no discomfort or hassle in the setup.

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DR
Head of customer operations at Pentesec Limited

CloudGuard Network Security has improved its stability. It is a stable platform. 

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Ajdin Heric - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Security Analyst at BH Telecom

CloudGuard Network Security is stable. 

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Hans Moggert - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Datacenter at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

In terms of stability and reliability, the virtual machine running CloudGuard functions seamlessly and as anticipated, demonstrating no issues or disruptions.

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HS
Web Designer at Milestone Technologies, Inc.

It is stable with faster performance rates.

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BW
Digital Coordinator at Modis

The product's stable performance has stimulated business growth.

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GC
ICT Officer at Kenyatta National Hospital

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is very stable.

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TM
Network and Security Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is always running. Its availability is high because it is located in two different data centers. This is the purpose of the cloud. It is located in two data centers in two different countries. We have placed one in Frankfurt, and the other one is in Amsterdam or London. That is the advantage. Because it is not the same country or city, the availability is great.

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Allan Vasquez - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development and Information Security Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

It is stable. I cannot remember a time when we had any issues with it. Our operations are 24/7.

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LT
IT Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We haven't had any stability issues with the product so far.

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MP
Cloud Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The product is stable. 

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Sunil M Naik - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Regional Head- Southern at ASCI

The solution is stable.

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AT
Cyber Security Manager at H2O Power Limited Partnership

I've had no problems with its stability or reliability. It's been up and running since then. We've done some patching of the system. And we've built it to be highly available so that we could shut certain ones down and bring other ones up. As we've done that, we've had no outages, nothing even close; nothing that would be of impact, since the implementation.

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DD
Senior Enterpirse Security Architect at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

The overall stability is there. Our firewalls monitor our most crucial systems. If those firewalls went down, it would take out almost our entire cloud network.

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Paulo Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at Pamafe Informatica LDA

CloudGuard Network security is stable. 

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RL
ICT Security Coordinator at Menarini

The solution is stable. 

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OY
Communication Department Manager at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is getting better. We faced issues a few years back. Its stability depends on Azure. 

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Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security maintains very good stability, and, best of all, maintains excellent compatibility with Azure.

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JH
Database Administrator at Ordina

I am impressed by the overall output. It has been stable.

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AG
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

CloudGuard Network Security's stability is high. 

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NB
Sr Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

CloudGuard Network Security is very stable. 

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it_user1033941 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

This is a stable solution.

Six months ago, we updated our version to the most recent one.

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AS
Security lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of stability, it's rock solid. I haven't encountered much trouble over the past three and a half years.

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MA
Software Engineer at Mercado Libre

The CloudGuard security system is ever-stable.

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AG
Planning Analyst at Ovato

This platform is stable and has improved the network security in the organization.

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MG
IT Security Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

In terms of the stability, so far everything is good. We have had no problems. 

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Darren Fine - PeerSpot reviewer
It manager at ReportStar Technologies

The product's stability is good. 

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LV
Platform Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Stability is generally good, and I don't have many complaints due to its scalability. When there are hardware issues, it automatically sets up a new, healthy instance. Overall, it contributes to a stable environment for us.

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AS
Director comercial at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It is a stable product. I haven't heard any problems or complaints from my customers. 

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AM
Principal Solutions Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

As for scalability, it could be even better with VRF support, as it would allow for more efficient scaling without the need to deploy separate firewalls for different workloads.

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Fabio Carvalho - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems engineer at Pamafe Informatica LDA

The solution's stability is good. 

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Nagendra Nekkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited

The product's stability is good. 

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KW
Advisory Information Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is great. There are no real issues with it. Even when half of AWS went down last week at some point, our stuff stayed up. Check Point is actually fine, it's more of just whether or not AWS is going to stay alive.

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MP
CISO and Senior Director Technical Operations at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

The stability has been great. There has been no concern at all. We have not had any known downtime or issues to speak of.

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Derron McLarty - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Ministry of Finanace and the Public Service

The stability of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is very good.

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OP
Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group

The solution is stable and we haven't had any support cases opened that are connected with it.

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GF
Senior System Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Its stability was really good.

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it_user583365 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Cyber Security Department at NGT Group

The stability is good. It's really good compared with Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Cisco, most of all. But it definitely can be better.

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LS
Delivery Executive at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

CloudGuard is stable. 

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RS
Network and Security Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

There were no major stability issues, although switching gateways could cause some downtime, approximately a minute until the new gateway is fully deployed.

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BS
Cloud engineer at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

CloudGuard Network Security's stability is good. 

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AlexOgbalu - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at LiveFromSpace Limited

The solution is stable.

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Cassio Maciel - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at Cielo

I cannot remember the last time I had an issue. It is stable, but every product has a few bugs. If you maintain the configuration and the versions, everything is fine.

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Achim Buettner - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at BNC Business Network Communications AG

CloudGuard Network Security is stable. I haven't encountered any issues with its stability. 

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SG
Network security architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The product is stable. 

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MH
Consultant at a consultancy

The solution is good. I'd rate the stability a nine out of ten. 

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OP
Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group

The Check Point CloudGuard IaaS is stable product, and in fact it runs the same code as the hardware Check Point NGFWs, so no issues were encountered there.

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JM
Network Security Engineer/Architect at Euronext Technologies SAS

It is a stable solution. It has been pretty stable for us. We haven't faced any problems since it rolled out. 

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.

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JT
Network security at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We had issues with stability. We have an open ticket at the support regarding this. 

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CD
Enterprise Security Lead

The solution is stable. 

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Do Anh - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Consultant at M.Tech

We have had many performance issues with Check Point CloudGuard on the cloud. The issue is with the OS version at this point.

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Bernard Otieno - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Engineer at Harnssen Group Limited

We find the stability to be good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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it_user1042488 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is generally stable although it crashed one time while I was implementing. 

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US
Network Security Engineer at a government

The solution is very stable.

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it_user919560 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a government with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the solution is fantastic.

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JT
Architect, Network - Service Lead - Design Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We definitely have to watch new versions and deploy them in a smart way, but that is the way with any type of software.

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OP
Electronic Engineer at eBTel Cia. Ltda.

While the stability is okay, the servers could use more RAM memory.

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Alberto Vallesa - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Manager at Wizlynx

It is pretty stable.

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RM
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The product is very stable so far. We haven't had any issues. It doesn't crash or freeze. There aren't bugs or glitches. The performance is reliable.

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Aditya Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead at Softcell Technologies Limited

I find this product stable. It's a good product.

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FN
IT Professional at a government with 10,001+ employees

I would rate stability as average, too. It's not the best, but it's also not the worst. 

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JM
Network Security Engineer/Architect at Euronext Technologies SAS

It was always very stable, so we deployed it and now we only manage the policy, the application control, and the IPS. In terms of stability, it's very stable.

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SS
Assistant Manager IT Projects at Mustafa Sultan Office Technology Co. LLC

Check Point is very stable. I would say that initially there were a couple of issues we had during deployments. But now we have climbed the learning curve of the product and all installations are very stable. We have most clients running on version 7.3 and didn't upgrade most further from there because we know that 7.3 is stable and it is what we are running most of the customers now.

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CM
Sysadmin at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

CloudGuard Network Security's stability is good. 

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IK
Network and Security Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a high-performance device. The network performance is also really good. We check how much time it takes for the servers. Our network performance has increased since using this solution. 

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VS
Senior Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

No, because we keep on top of our installations. We maintain them by performing routine maintenance, and hot-fix applications. Stability wise the product is stable but we had issues when we had really old hardware that had a less than stable OS.

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PD
Associate Consult at Atos

Need to focus on stability.

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it_user715161 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at InfoGuardian

I've got Check Point systems that have not been rebooted in two years, so it is quite stable.

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it_user631224 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

No stability issues, not even once. The firewall is set up and and the various parts are interconnected. It works just fine. R80.1 is also a major improvement.

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MK
Dy General Manager at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees

We found the solution to be stable when we were using it. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's not buggy and it doesn't have glitches.

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JC
Senior Network Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is fast. It provides what we need at the moment, and it's still growing.

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VK
Cybersecurity Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is stable.

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it_user106689 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Infrastructure with 51-200 employees
No issues with stability but it completely depends on how you/ at what stage you implement. Additionally, what features you enable. View full review »
AS
Co-founder & CTO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have not encountered any problems with stability.

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OM
Business Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It's very stable. 

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it_user819654 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Consultant Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The program is very stable.

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Buyer's Guide
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.