Check Point has been positioned in the leader’s quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Email Security (Q4 2025).  It is a notable milestone in a crowded and highly competitive email security market.

At ITogether, we work with over 50 cybersecurity vendors and value independent validation.   Gartner recognition does not tell the whole story, but it does provide a useful benchmark for enterprise email security platforms.

In this report, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration (HEC) scored strongly on both:

• Ability to Execute
• Completeness of Vision

It also ranked highly in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities research, including:

• #1 For Core Email Protection
• #2 For Integrated Email Security
• #3 For Outbound Email Security

These results reflect sustained investment in email threat protection, particularly against phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and zero-day attacks.

What stands out about Check Point HEC is its focus on consolidation.  Email remains the primary attack vector for most organisations, and many environments are still protected by multiple overlapping tools. Check Point HEC aims to simplify this by combining email security, DMARC, data loss prevention (DLP), email encryption, and collaboration security into a single cloud-delivered platform.  Traditionally, but not relevant to today’s world, these products were SMTP focused, which meant that DNSMX records had to be adjusted. Deployment is now API-based and designed for Microsoft 365 email security and Google Workspace email protection, with minimal operational overhead.

From a technology perspective, the HEC platform leans heavily into AI-driven email security. Its detection engine analyses hundreds of phishing indicators and models user communication behaviour. This approach is particularly effective against low-volume, highly targeted attacks that bypass traditional secure email gateways.

At scale, adoption numbers are significant.  Check Point reports more than 65,000 organisations using the platform globally, with continued year-on-year growth.  That level of scale matters when training AI models to detect emerging threats.

What we like about Check Point’s HEC platform:

• Strong performance against advanced phishing and BEC attacks, including zero-day threats

• Rapid deployment for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, with no infrastructure changes 

• A genuinely consolidated approach to email and collaboration security, reducing tool sprawl 

There are, however, considerations:

A unified platform is not always the right fit for every organisation.  Some security teams prefer best-of-breed tooling, particularly where legacy investments already exist.  Licensing models, internal skills, and broader security architecture all matter.  Gartner itself is clear that its research should be used as one input, not the decision.  Email security outcomes depend on configuration, user behaviour, and how well tools integrate with the wider cyber security strategy.

For organisations reviewing their email security posture, this recognition reinforces Check Point’s position as a credible option in the market.  The right choice will always depend on your organisation’s risk appetite, operational maturity, and business priorities.

To find out more about Check Point HEC and the latest Gartner report, click here.

And to find out how Check Point HEC might work for your organisation, or to discuss wider email security options, get in touch!

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