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85% willing to recommend
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Pros
"It is a scalable product.""We have full control over what our employees can do with the devices we provide them, to provide a secure and reliable network infrastructure.""It provides fantastic visibility of security incidents through deconstructing and dissecting the threat's infection protocol.""I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. Stability is always important. I haven't faced any issues with the Infinity Portal in the last six or seven years.""It provides threat detection, predictive analysis, advanced analytics, and advanced threat protection.""It is one of the best brands and products in terms of centralization.""The sandblast threat emulation is great.""Infinity is a technical console where we have to log in, and we can navigate to all the products very easily because it is written in a normal installation. People who know about the product can click and take care of their activity."

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"This type of tool does a great job of reaching into those other devices producing risk recommendations, compliance recommendations, and a single plane of glass to do your queries, so you can find where these rules might exist.""The most valuable features are the rule compliance and the OS vulnerability checks.""I think that compliance checks and policy compliance are the product's good features.""Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful.""Robust modules can be used for different parts of network security.""Correlates logs and threats and prioritizes; provides network maps;p provides change result context and resulting vulnerability.""I am impressed with the tool's change management, firewall and network assurance.""The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management."

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Cons
"Check Point Infinity price could improve.""Check Point Infinity is not compatible with Windows 8.""The solution's reports should be easy to understand and work with.""The tool should focus on improving artificial intelligence and customer support services.""In the future, I would like to see new developments that allow us to centralize the cloud.""Check Point Infinity's web application is sometimes a little slow.""The management console has given us some trouble, and the documentation is a little bit rigid in its solution paths.""They need to update the guides."

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"The most recent update was not tested with all of the vendors before it was released, so some of the features are misbehaving.""The cloud site could be better. They should provide some use cases to help users.""The setup documentation needs a lot of improvement.""The solution was quite technical. It would be easier to manage if the solution was more specific about aspects of the solution and provided more advisory around how to use it effectively. It would help users a lot if they were more clear about everything.""The solution needs improvement in firewall configuration checks. I would also like to see more configuration checks for Forcepoint and for other non-supported firewalls.""I've had issues with licensing where, when they were expiring and I asked for the updated licenses, I would the wrong ones. I think their process needs to be straightened out a little bit - I don't know if they fixed it already, it has been awhile. It wasn't as straightforward as it could have been.""During implementation, we realised approximately 30 devices were not supported by the Skybox platform​.""The primary room for improvement would be to enable a web interface, which is not something which is there in the product. This is supposed to have come a year, a year and a half ago, but still has failed to come out. It still needs a client application to be installed on a workstation to be able to access that server and then run these reports. So I cannot extend that access to anybody. It has to be one administrator all the time. So unlike a web interface, where you can give multiple users simultaneous access and generate the various reports, that isn't a possibility at the moment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
  • "Check Point should provide an enterprise-wide license where the organization should be provided free hand of using any license or services for an agreed period of time (EULA)."
  • "The pricing of Check Point Infinity could be better. There is a license needed to use the solution and we pay annually."
  • "The product has good pricing considering the features and a global approach."
  • "I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "The flexibility in pricing is advantageous, and being a special partner allows for negotiating special rates based on the project requirements."
  • "While the initial payment might be perceived as relatively higher, the absence of hidden supplementing charges contributes to a straightforward and clear pricing model. The pricing is cheap and moderate."
  • "When it comes to price, the paramount consideration is the strength of the security. If the security measures provided by the product, such as Check Point Infinity, are robust and meet our requirements, price becomes a secondary concern."
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  • "I think for the cost, what we got definitely is worth it. The only caution I would give is that whenever you license for Firewall Assurance at the same time, for some weird reason, you have to get one Network Assurance license, just to manage one firewall. That's a little bit of overkill. But otherwise, in general, the pricing is fairly okay."
  • "The pricing is high, and the licensing model needs more flexibility."
  • "The product's pricing is excellent value. In terms of licensing, make sure you understand your network components, all your hops through your network, thoroughly, before you decide on the total cost. If you want to do point-to-point flow analysis and such, you need to have the configuration of all the devices in between point A and point B. A lot of people don't realize all their network components until they start using this product."
  • "I've seen the pricing of every solution on the market. When you compare apples to apples, where Skybox becomes exceedingly expensive is if you look at it compared to something like FireMon that only does a fraction of what Skybox does. But if you include everything that Skybox does, it becomes way more expensive than the competition, but you're also not comparing apples to apples. If you look at FireMon, and you look at like just the firewall assurance piece, they are fairly comparable and, actually, Skybox comes in a little bit cheaper in some cases, depending on which product you're looking at."
  • "The pricing has increased exorbitantly in the last few years, so now it is questionable. Now, it makes me want to review other products."
  • "With licensing, the number of network nodes becomes very expensive to the point where you have to rationalize if the tools are warranted anymore."
  • "Fully understand the total cost of ownership. They have gone to a new model where you have to replace the hardware every X amount of years at a very substantial cost and fully understand your intended number of nodes. To operate a firewall, you have to pay two licenses, a firewall node and a network node. If you are a reasonable-sized organization, this gets expensive very quickly."
  • "Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It provides threat detection, predictive analysis, advanced analytics, and advanced threat protection.
    Top Answer:I would like to provide my feedback and confirm the reports. The report is the main thing because we have to prepare our representations for senior management on behalf of that report. The solution's… more »
    Top Answer:Check Point Infinity is one of Check Point's AI-powered solutions. It is one of the most comprehensive, highly advanced security and threat solutions, which gives us complete robustness, flexibility… more »
    Top Answer:Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integration… more »
    Top Answer:Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from… more »
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    Also Known As
    R80, Infinity
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    Overview

    Check Point Infinity is the only fully consolidated cyber security architecture that provides unprecedented protection against Gen V mega-cyber attacks as well as future cyber threats across all networks, endpoint, cloud and mobile. The architecture is designed to resolve the complexities of growing connectivity and inefficient security. Learn more about Check Point Infinity

    The Skybox Security Suite platform combines firewall and network device data with vulnerability and threat intelligence, prioritizing security issues in the context of your unique environment. Powerful attack vector analytics reduce response times and risks, bringing firewall, vulnerability and threat management processes for complex networks under control.

    Firewall Assurance brings all firewalls into one normalized view, continuously monitoring policy compliance, optimizing firewall rulesets and finding attack vectors that others miss. Skybox covers the most comprehensive list of firewall vendors, complex rulesets, even virtual and cloud-based firewalls. With proven scalability in 1,500+ firewall deployments, Firewall Assurance keeps rules optimized and ensures changes don’t introduce new risk. 

    Gain total visibility of the vulnerabilities in your attack surface without waiting for a scan. Leverage Skybox Research Lab's vulnerability and threat intelligence, and automatically correlate it to your unique environment. With network modeling and advanced simulations, pinpoint exposed vulnerabilities and other attack vectors. And use context to prioritize vulnerabilities in terms of actual risk and respond to threats with accuracy and efficiency.

    For more information or to view a demo, visit www.skyboxsecurity.com.

    Sample Customers
    Edel AG
    ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson
    Top Industries
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    Security Firm26%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Cloud Solution Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Security Firm22%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government10%
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    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Outsourcing Company16%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business64%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise21%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business49%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise41%
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Check Point Infinity is ranked 10th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 26 reviews while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 19th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews. Check Point Infinity is rated 8.8, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point Infinity writes "Provide unified threat prevention and response across our entire decentralized finance system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". Check Point Infinity is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Microsoft Defender for Office 365, whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and RedSeal.

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