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Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management vs. Cisco Multicloud Defense

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    Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ACloudGuard Posture Management provides cloud security and compliance posture management for cloud-native environments, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes. CloudGuard automates security, governance and compliance, with customized policies, delivering high-fidelity visibility and control. It is based on technology acquired with Dome9 by Check Point Software Technologies in late 2018. Their product CloudGuard Dome9 was a cloud security and cloud security operations visualization…N/A

    Cisco Multicloud Defense

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to simplify security and gain multidirectional protection across any public or private cloud to block inbound attacks, lateral movement, and data exfiltration using a single solution. Cisco Multicloud Defense protects all cloud environments using a single software-as-a-service (SaaS) control plane, eliminating inefficient, complex, and costly point solutions.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Cloud Computing Security Features
    Comparison of Cloud Computing Security Features features of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management and Cisco Multicloud Defense
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    Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management
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    Ratings
    Cisco Multicloud Defense
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Automated Data Backup and Recovery00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Intrusion Detection and Prevention:00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Regular Vulnerability Management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Identity and Access Management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Secure Data Transfer00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Security Incident Response00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Compliance and Auditing00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Check Point CloudGuard Posture ManagementCisco Multicloud Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Scenarios most suited - 1) All the Cyber Security focused development environments 2) Definitely a must for Financial Clients since it deals with live money transactions - Hence it is imperative to keep the Network and tech asset environment secure, and compliant to standards 3) IAM is another area where it plays an IMP part - For eg one of our healthcare clients where they wanted to restrict access 4) Dashboards are also great, we can share the results to GISO/CISO level folks - Custom dashboard feature
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    Cisco
    For WAF functionality and delivery of websites, It's very well suited for traditional firewalling, if you're doing that already, it can be quite difficult to rearchitect everything around this product. So an example of that would be if, like us, you came from a datacenter style architecture within your cloud environment and you are trying to move to a more cloud-fronted architecture. Probably the best way to put it is that can be quite difficult, but once you've deployed, it gets easier operationally. So to kind of reverse engineer everything and then do everything again can be quite tedious in some ways. But that will be specific to people depending on where they're coming from with it.
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    Pros
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Integration with public cloud providers.
    • Rich UI with great dashboards.
    • Great assets inventory.
    • Clarity module.
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    Cisco
    • DLP monitoring - key item for us which helps to view if anything which should leave our environment our or even between each part of network between/inside specific clouds
    • Segmentation of subnet, basic but helpful to isolate each host into their own part of single subnet and connect them, including all visibility features which are offered by Cisco defense systems
    • Allow/deny rules helps us to block, monitor and logs traffic passing in each direction of our environment
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    Cons
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • There is not a comprehensive amount of documentation on how to set up best practices.
    • Our initial set up assistance from Proofpoint approved vendor did not go smoothly.
    • The ability to add more customized widgets in the main overview screen would be helpful.
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    Cisco
    • The ability to see traffic flowing and identify malicious traffic is amazing.
    • The ease of setting up the connections of the cloud platforms is perfect.
    • Dynamic based security policies allow for better protection.
    • I don't have any detailed examples of improvement so instead I highlighted a couple of aspects that make the solution amazing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Cisco
    If it maintains its current direction it will be very disruptive in the cloud security space
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    Usability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Is easy to use, and the standad configuration is well prepared.
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    Cisco
    Ease of Use
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    Support Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    I haven't dealt so much with support but we are enjoying the tool!
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    Cisco
    As of yet I havent logged a TAC case - It will be interesting to see how it is supported as a new product in the medium term
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    Alternatives Considered
    Check Point Software Technologies
    First and foremost reason of our client selecting CheckPoint CloudGuard Posture Management / Dome9 was because they already had CheckPoint Firewalls which are in active use e.g. R75.40 and R82.x products. Customization Vs these other Vendors is another great asset Reporting is one more standout feature, + Multi-cloud capabilities Centralized dashboarding is smooth to navigate as compared to other Vendors Syslog handling is much better as compared to some other vendors , Memory and space issues if planned well are less
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    Cisco
    Cisco Multicloud Defense, Crowd Strike Falcon, and Arctic Wolf Cloud Posture Security Management System as a service SAAS platforms are very comparable platforms. Unfortunately for Croud Strike, they had a mishap recently that caused major downtime for many companies worldwide. I do not think that you would have to worry about this happening with Cisco Multicloud Defense.
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    Return on Investment
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • For production environments it is worth the investment.
    • Getting to know how many assets you have helps with cost savings.
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    Cisco
    • The insight that it provides allows us to move away from other tools and just utilize the Cisco Multicloud Defense.
    • Insights into data usage provides tangible analytics.
    • Ease of management and use allows for less in-depth and specialized training.
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