Check Point Web Gateway Valuable Features

Fabian Miranda - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud computing at Tech Data Limited

We grant different levels of accessibility to users based on their role within the company, so we may limit, block, or allow their access to sites and download data or applications depending on what's been established by the organization. Its intuitive algorithm will pick up certain users' uncommon behavior and notify our IT administrators of irregular activity that could go against the company's best interest in terms of both security and productivity, giving ground to customize our security ruleset when needed.

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Ramesh Kumar Ponram - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Operations at Mashreq

First, the checkpoint is the base functionality because it is a perfect fit for the perimeter because of the two internal networks, making the solution more secure.

Secondly, it can be used for IPS. It can also be used as a reverse proxy through the checkpoint. Also, since I was using it based on a VM, it helped with autoscaling.

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AnkurSharma3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber SOC Lead at TOWER RESEARCH CAPITAL LLC

The most valuable feature is the granularity of the security policy. We can select one application, and in that application, we can control all the components of that application. It provides in-depth control of any application. For example, Facebook is one application. You can do it if you want to block the Facebook chat and use the Facebook application. Facebook will work, but you won't be able to open the Facebook chat window.

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

The product is very user-friendly. The solution does not allow users to use a proxy to access websites. If they try to do it, we get an alert.

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Edwin Solano Salmeron - PeerSpot reviewer
Soporte técnico superior at Acobo

One of its rather outstanding capabilities is its ability to add an extra layer of protection to our company's internal network. This allows us to filter and analyze all network traffic, including web traffic, and to effectively detect and block any web or malware threats that may be trying to infiltrate the network. 

In addition to providing us with threat protection, we can also make use of tools to control the bandwidth and limit of users to websites and online applications. This helps us prevent users from accessing malicious websites or any site that is not authorized. 

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Charity Kimotho - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Technician at Smoothtel & Data Solutions Ltd

The product's best feature is observing how the traffic flows from one gateway to another. It's convenient for checking specific details, and you can manage everything centrally.

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Adrian Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS

The Check Point Web Gateway tool presents several valuable features such as URL filtering, application, and antivirus control. These characteristics are very valuable since they are customer-oriented. 

It provides very efficient security and can also be implemented in the cloud, which is very good. In recent years the cloud has gained a lot of strength and is very valuable in terms of IPS capacity.

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Jonathan Ramos G. - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at ITQS

The most valuable feature that I see in the application is the filtering of the URLs. We can see the width of the transmission content and access the data. The filtering with a control solution allows us to manage each one of the layers of the policies and generate a granularity-based assessment of users. We can block or eliminate the use of the application or its characteristics. This allows us to share between private and secure applications within our organization and cover each of the user identities.

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SF
Software Engineer at Doddle

URL filtering has shielded employees from engaging with unsafe browsing sites that can spread viruses. It provides red alerts when there is an attempt from an unauthorized user who may be accessing confidential information. 

The product blocks unsafe content from the internet that can affect internal data. 

Application control gives IT teams an opportunity to set suitable policies that can be used by all teams when coding. 

Data Loss Prevention helps us to categorize and share data that is not harmful or can leak confidential data to the wrong personnel.

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Hugo Alexis Espinoza Naranjo - PeerSpot reviewer
Perimeter Security Administrator at a security firm with 51-200 employees

The Check Point Security Web Gateway service has the most beneficial features available for anyone. Among many of the things that we can highlight is the content filtering application control. Checking for antiviruses is enabled through the inspection solution. It offers good security, and we use it when we want to implement the best security in an organization due to the fact that it gives us broader visibility.

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Antonio Palhinhas - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director of Information and CommuniDeputy Director of Information and Communication Systems at TVI

One of the most valuable features of Check Point Web Gateway is the IPS capability. However, what matters most for users security is content and web filtering.

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Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant- Cyber Security at Ivalue Infosolution

The product covers all the security needs of roaming users.

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KP
Network Engineer at LTTS

With Check Point Web Gateway, we have found the following features the most valuable:

  1. URL Filtering
  2. Application Control
  3. Antivirus

URL filtering allows us to control websites based on URL contents and whether any inappropriate content or any malicious content is there.

It allows us to enforce bandwidth restrictions on a specific destination or URL, where some streaming service content is available.

URL filtering management is based on the URL, users, and groups, where access can be either granted or denied.

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Diana Alvarado - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Admin at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's easy to deploy this tool. This has helped us to be able to implement it correctly. Additionally, this product generates trust with all Check Point technologies.

Its administration dashboards make it easy to use. It's a simple environment but offers great power in order to secure the perimeter.

The registration of logs and monitoring helps us to make accurate decisions to improve perimeter security.

There are also access control rules by categories previously established by the manufacturer. This is a very good feature.

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LD
Cloud Support at a tech company with 1-10 employees

The features of Check Point Web Gateway that we liked the most are the following:

1- Monitoring. The monitoring provided by Check Point security technologies is very good, easy to understand, and helps in an excellent way to verify the behavior of the tool.

2- Granular Policies. Through granular policies, we were able to create different profiles that depended on the type of user. In some cases, it is more restrictive for normal users than for managerial users, that is, always mainly providing security. However, different restrictions helped us a lot. We could establish them without generating annoyance for the client depending on their role in the company.

3- Easy implementation. 

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Ikechukwu Okonkwo - PeerSpot reviewer
Head, Network Security at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The encryption detection feature and the revision systems are valuable. Additionally, it has an excellent threat prevention mechanism.

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EG
IT Security Analyst at Banco de Fomento Angola

The product is good in general. SmartConsole is intuitive.

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Eric Liao - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Manager at DYXnet Group

The Check Point Web Gateway features I find the most valuable are the customer-facing ones, like the malware and internet tech. I think this solution is very helpful to our customers because its cloud-based security can be deployed quickly and maintained easily. Check Point Web Gateway also comes with a particular sharing model, as it's deployed on the cloud on a monthly renting model. This is very different from the legacy price. 

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JH
Director at Progression Infonet Pvt Ltd

It is very stable.

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it_user938163 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engeneer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The interface is simply amazing. It is really user-friendly and it has improved our organization a lot.

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Buyer's Guide
Check Point Web Gateway
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Check Point Web Gateway. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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