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Manuel B.

Infrastructure Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/20/2021

"Best blade to control content"

5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

The easy way to configure the rules and the control to access specific services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

nothing to dislike, fast, easy blade to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/7/2021

"Checkpoint URL filtering"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

Provide control access to the Internet for allowed URL or Category

It's default module provides on NGFW firewall, and it does not require any additional Hardware to protect access to the Internet for On-Prem User

SSL/TLS scanning can be a bypass for category or URL based on organization requirement or to avoid capturing User personal information or data

Integration with identity module access can be provided based on User ID or Group Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

Required certificate to be installed on each user machine which needs to be provided access via CheckPoint NGFW for URL filtering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Abraham M.

Network Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/16/2021

"Check Point URL Filtering is Very Useful Blade with more categories"

5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

Check Point URL Filtering allow us to manage the access and identify the URL based on the categories. We have found all the URL with proper category and allow in our policies to seamless user experiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

We ae using R80.40 currently and we have not found any abnormalities with this Blade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Check Point URL Filtering:

This is basic blade which need to allow if you have NGFW and with help of URL filtering we can manage our security policies so please enable it if it is not as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Check Point URL Filtering solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have 7+ Security Gateways and all are in cluster and we have filter or secure access with URL filtering and manage our security policies as well. Also we have proper reports about what categories is allowed or blocked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/22/2021

"A strong competitor against proxies"

4/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

You do not need to do any configuration(proxy definition, wpad, etc.) on the client-side to implement URL filtering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

URL database is not comprehensive comparing to proxy vendors' databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kirtikumar P.

Senior Executive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/9/2021

"Key Feature blade of Check Point"

5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

Check POint URL Filtering is most important and valuable blade for proper categeories and manage security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

There is extreamly advance feature and no dislike for this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Oleg P.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/18/2020

"Great URL categorization database"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

I like that how easy it is to implement the new protecting mechanisms on Check Point in general - you just enable the new software blade and it's done. The Check Point URL Filtering blade is not an exception. After enabling, it's up and ready to serve - you may start using the "URL categories" in the security policies used by your Check Point Gateways and Clusters. I have found all the categories needed and even didn't have to create any new groups or domain lists manually - the Check Point team has a long experience in this field and have preconfigured everything in advance - the amount of the built-in categories is amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

The Check Point Check Point URL Filtering software blade for version R80.10 we use in our company is efficient and mature product, so I didn't face any issues I could complaint about during configuration or maintaining this solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Check Point URL Filtering solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use the Check Point solutions to secure the environment of our company's DataCenter located in Asia. The Check Point URL Filtering software blade is one of the activated blades that increase the overall security besides the basic firewalling. It is integrated in the easy way - you enable the blades and after that may use the object that it provides - domain groups and URL categories - in the security policies consumed by Gateways and Clusters. I also like that the database of the categories is updated automatically, and on the regular basis, without additional actions from the administrator. I am also satisfied with the number and the quality of the pre-configured domain groups and URL categories - for example, I have blocked access from Pornography, Gambling and Cryptocurrencies sites from within the datacenter, so malware couldn't reach its command centers in case the machines would get infected somehow. That is easy, but efficient solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Aleh P.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/14/2020

"Firewall policy rules based on the website categories"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

1. There are hundreds of pre-defined website categories in the built-in database.

2. You may create the custom categories or group the predefined categories into objects and simply use them in the firewall policy rules.

3. Granularity - it's possible to block access to specific pages of the website without blocking the general access to it.

4. Check Point provides the external URL Categorization portal where you could the the domain and it's categories.

5. The databases are updated on a regular basis and you don't need to install the security policy on the GWs to use the updated databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

We are completely satisfied with the Check Point URL Filtering software blade - it was easy to implement and configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Check Point URL Filtering:

The categorization database is outstanding, and it's easy to use the websites categories in the firewall policy rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Check Point URL Filtering solving and how is that benefiting you?

We protect the edges of our office environments with the use of Check Point NGFW solutions, with URL Filtering software blade enabled among the other security features. The purpose of this particular blade is to block/allow access to the websites based on the categories it belongs to, like news, social networks, education, pornography etc. We prefer to block all the categories not needed by our employees to improve their work performance.

Check Point URL Filtering provides great reporting and logging possibilities in the Smart Console - we monitor all the attempts to violate the security policies in the real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kirtikumar P.

Network Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/29/2020

"very easy to configure and manage"

5/5

What do you like best about Check Point URL Filtering?

We can add each and evvery URL based filter and secure our network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Check Point URL Filtering?

URL fitering is very useful there is no such dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.