Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] Valuable Features

Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS

Check Point UTM-1 has several valuable features that have given prestige to the tool in the field of security, some of which are:

Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access.

Intrusion prevention detects and blocks all vulnerabilities that occur in the company.

The VPN provides an excellent secure way to connect outside the company.

Finally, it offers reports and management, which allows Check Point UTM to manage the entire security environment safely.

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Jonathan Ramos G. - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at ITQS

The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device. Yet, the evolution and the changes that are taking place day by day have allowed us to do medium deep packet inspection - and a solution that obtains greater visibility is the new product that Harmony is offering us. 

The feature that was previously unique and exclusive to Check Point UTM has become part of the solution. They've been updating this feature and have been molding a product that was previously its own product into a single solution.

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it_user401781 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Assistant Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Check Point is the brand that invented customer centricity when it comes to network security. SmartDashboard was there before many competitors were pushing administrators to the CLI, even for the simplest tasks. The ability to create a central database for objects (sources, destinations, services, etc.), which can be used in several different policies, and the possibility of browsing all logs (FW, IPs, identity awareness, etc.) from all the gateways from a unique screen are big pluses.

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it_user275226 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director with 501-1,000 employees
  • Reliability
  • Performance
  • Security
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AS
Chief Technology Officer at Triana Business Solutions Lda

The policies that you can use with this equipment are valuable. This is very nice for us; it responded to our requirements for the application to go to the internet. So, we can create a VPN for all the companies that want our service. We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services. These are the features that we are currently using right now.

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EK
Data Center Operations at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The filtering was very good.

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GF
Security Engineer at SOCITECH S.A.

I found the batching part of Check Point very valuable. It is one part I really like about Check Point. I also like the way we connect to the monitoring. For example, in Cisco ASA we talk about FMC and we talk about like management center and the firewall. The way we get connected to the firewall is we can configure one firewall by using one management center. That approach is what I really like about Check Point because you can manage the Check Point firewall by using only one management center.

One more thing about the HTTPS, the SS encryption, and decryption - that is very secure. Those are the features that make me highly recommend that the client goes with Check Point, instead of another solution.

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it_user275226 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director with 501-1,000 employees
  • Firewalls
  • IPS
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it_user989349 - PeerSpot reviewer
CISO at Timestamp SGS

The UTM platform has been the most valuable. It's a great system. It has the possibility of having several plates implemented on the same appliance. Currently, several other companies have other solutions implemented, but the first time I got acquainted with this was with Check Point.

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PB
RSSI at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy.

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it_user161835 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

The most important features are performance and ease of management.

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MS
System Administrator at LNMIIT

The databases and its signatures are its most important features.

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it_user223014 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer Info & Security with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Firewall
  • Mobile Access
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it_user219483 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Services at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
  • Application Filtering
  • URL Filtering
  • IPS
  • Mobile access
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it_user292650 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network/Systems Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Proxy
  • Load balancing
  • VPN
  • Firewall
  • IPS
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it_user268170 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Techologies System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Threat prevention
  • IPS
  • Application Control and URL filtering
  • SSL VPN
  • Mobile Access
  • Anti Spam
  • Mail
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it_user215502 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
  • Firewall & VPN are the most valuable
  • Data Loss Prevention (in higher models like 12000 series)
  • Endpoint, IPS
  • Application and URL Filtering
  • Threat prevention & anti-Spam and mail
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it_user354330 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a tech services company

IPSec VPN is valuable for us. We have quite a few remote sites that need access to our core data network. It is easy to set up and use.

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it_user911283 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technology Specialist - Information Security at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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