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Secureworks Red Cloak Threat Detection and Response [EOL] vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Secureworks Red Cloak Threa...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (36th), Security Incident Response (8th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (39th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1646754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Simple deployment with good reports and dashboard
In terms of what could be improved, there are a lot of things identified and there is a lot of continuous improvement. A lot of the things are of a short time frame and a lot are way out. There was a tuning process but nothing specifically to call out. As for what could be included in the next release, we are working on the basic feature set. There are probably some things that, as we move through it, we'll come across that are deficient but right now we are not that far along to know. I don't want to say that they could not do certain advancement. For example, there are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up, but we're not ready for that. I don't even know what the capabilities are there, but that's something that, probably in the next 24 months, we will move forward on.
reviewer2689206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavior analytics has strengthened threat prediction yet still needs to improve overall standing
Regarding the real-time monitoring feature with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, it is helpful in addressing unseen threats. I find the behavior analysis feature beneficial. I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic. The behavior and analytics feature employs machine learning, and these are features which make the product and give that distinguishing, differentiating factor. The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance. Whenever this feature provides prediction, you know what action to take. You are aware of a possible attack and what kind of attack it may be, so you are much better prepared.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The features that I have found most valuable are that the search capabilities are easy to use, the dashboards are good, the reports are good, and it is just simple from a deployment standpoint - that was easy."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that the search capabilities are easy to use. The dashboards are good. The reports are good. It is just simple from a deployment standpoint - that was easy."
"It actually does some heuristics, and some behavioral analysis."
"The EDR and reports were helpful in improving our organization."
"The product itself works quite well, it's pretty intuitive, but there is so much more data and capabilities at your fingertips."
"The threat analysis functionality is good."
"We have another piece of that infrastructure that does what they call threat emulation. It's like sandboxing where it takes files that it doesn't know about, puts them in a VM-type environment, and it kicks them off to see if there's any malware or tendencies that might look like malware, that kind of thing."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"The best feature of this solution is that we have a live response, which is really tailored to our needs."
"VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution."
 

Cons

"There are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up."
"There are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up."
"There are many different controls that are needed to be put into place for upgrading that makes it difficult. Having to re-engineer your IT infrastructure to match their software, as opposed to having it integrate and work independently causes difficulties."
"In the next release, it would help if we can get better control over containers."
"The product's stability could be improved."
"What was rolled out to my company are mixed versions of Carbon Black CB Defense, so what I'd like to see in the next release is more synchronization, where it can detect the endpoint that's running an old version and suggest updates."
"Carbon Black CB Defense has helped improve my organization by allowing us to have better data so that we can do correlation and get visibility into the alerts."
"With the on-prem one, the bug has been reported by the community in early January or February, something like that, at the beginning of the year, and it's still not addressed."
"Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours."
"The solution would be more effective if there was a way to block automatically based on behavior."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is annually based and operates through another department than mine."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
"The product is quite reasonable."
"CB Defense is available on a yearly subscription and is priced by the number of endpoints."
"Carbon Black provides competitive pricing."
"I am not really involved in the pricing of this product. But, from my understanding, it is OK for us."
"This is a really expensive product and we pay licensing fees on a yearly basis."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Also Known As

Red Cloak Threat Detection and Response, Red Cloak TDR
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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