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Cisco Secure Endpoint vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cisco Secure Endpoint1.5%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint10.0%
CrowdStrike Falcon8.2%
Other80.3%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention1.0%
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention13.0%
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention9.0%
Other77.0%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Endpoint Encryption Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption3.1%
Microsoft BitLocker35.3%
ESET Endpoint Encryption17.3%
Other44.3%
Endpoint Encryption
 

Featured Reviews

Mark Broughton - PeerSpot reviewer
Tighter integration with Umbrella and Firepower gave us eye-opening information
We were using a third-party help desk. One of the ways that they were fixing problems was to delete the client and then add the client back if there was an issue where the client had stopped communicating. Any improvement in the client communicating back to the server would be good, particularly for machines that are offline for a couple of weeks. A lot of our guys were working on a rotation where the machine might be offline for that long. They were also terrible about rebooting their machines, so those network connections didn't necessarily get refreshed. So, anything that could improve that communication would be good. Also, an easier way to do deduplication of machines, or be alerted to the fact that there's more than one instance of a machine, would be useful. If you could say, "Okay, we've got these two machines. This one says it's not reporting and this one says it's been reporting. Obviously, somebody did a reinstall," it would help. That way you could get a more accurate device count, so you're not having an inflated number. Not that Cisco was going to come down on you and say, "Oh, you're using too many licenses," right away. But to have a much more accurate license usage count by being able to better dedupe the records would be good. I also sent over a couple of other ideas to our technical rep. A lot of that had to do with the reporting options. It would be really nice to be able to do a lot more in the reporting. You can't really drill down into the reports that are there. The reporting and the need for the documentation to be updated and current would be my two biggest areas of complaint. Also, there was one section when I was playing with the automation where it was asking for the endpoint type rather than the machine name. If I could have just put in the machine name, that would have been great. So there are some opportunities, when it comes to searching, to have more options. If I wanted to search, for example, by a Mac address because, for some reason, I thought there was a duplication and I didn't have the machine name, how could I pull it up with the Mac address? When you're getting to that level, you're really starting to get into the ticky tacky. I would definitely put the reporting and documentation way ahead of that.
VivekGupta7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Versatile with good patching and a straightforward setup
There is some fine-tuning needed, even once you define something. We need to do a lot of configuration. It would be easier if they made the configuration simpler, especially in the beginning. They need to give the user more choices and provide more guidance to help avoid problems later on. We'd like some more built-in predictive analytics so we can be prepared for what might happen in the future. We did have some bandwidth issues during setup. If your update fails, you may have stability issues. We find it difficult to reach higher levels of support when we face larger issues.
Sampath Acharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Full disk encryption safeguards data effectively and customer service provides excellent support
There weren't too many challenges with the setup. The initial setup is a little bit difficult as it requires skill. A person without the necessary experience or skill cannot handle it. Overall, I'd rate the implementation process seven out of ten. Deployment times vary depending on customer enrollment. If there are more than 100 machines, it might take 45 to 60 days.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Any alert that we get is an actionable alert. Immediately, there is information that we can just click through, see the point in time, what happened, what caused it, and what automatic actions were taken. We can then choose to take any manual actions, if we want, or start our investigation. We're no longer looking at digging into information or wading through hundreds of incidents. There's a list which says where the status is assigned, e.g., under investigation or investigation finished. That is all in the console. It has taken away a lot of the administration, which we would normally be doing, and integrated it into the console for us."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its technical support."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with other Cisco products, such as switches and routers. This integration allows comprehensive coverage of security parameters across the customer's entire network. Customers find it easier to manage because they already know Cisco products. The cloud-based management is another valuable feature, enabling customers to manage their security from anywhere with an internet connection."
"Cisco Secure Endpoint is very good in machine learning, which allows it to secure offline contents even if not connected to the internet."
"I am really satisfied with the technical support."
"Real-time threat prevention using sandboxing, file trajectory, and retrospective security."
"With Cisco Secure Endpoint, we now have visibility over what is happening on the endpoint side."
"Device Trajectory is one of the most valuable features. We're able to dig in and really understand how things came to be and where to focus our efforts."
"The pricing of the product is excellent. It's very affordable."
"The most valuable feature right now is the user control."
"The most valuable feature is strong data leak prevention for data protection."
"The overall features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are very good."
"The whitelisting works well."
"The ability to block all USBs from the McAfee portal has been great."
"This solution has a rich set of policies."
"What I like about McAfee Total Protection is that it's working. I also like that it doesn't require any specific knowledge to set up."
"Trend Micro provides good overall protection. It has saved us from a few attacks and malware."
"Very good interface."
"Encryption is the basic feature, and that is what I like about it. I also like that it is kind of easy to install and easy to configure."
"The encryption is very good."
"The solution is good overall. All of its features are good."
"Overall, I think that it's very interesting."
"We use the solution for data encryption."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption is security."
 

Cons

"The reporting and analytics areas of the solution need to be improved."
"The technical support is very slow."
"The thing I hate the most, which they have not fixed, is when it creates duplicate entries within a console. If you have a computer and you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10, or you upgrade your agent from version 6 to 7, it creates a new instance in there instead of updating the information. Instead of paying a license for one computer, I have to license two computers until I manually go in, search for all the duplicate entries, and clean them out myself."
"Due to the complexity of the technology that is used and its advanced threat detection capabilities, it is possible to encounter many delays in operation."
"The solution needs more in-depth analytics."
"The initial setup of Cisco Secure Endpoint is complex."
"It cannot currently block URLs over websites."
"This product has issues with the number of false positives that it reports."
"The solution needs to be a one-stop protection shop. And yet, the DLP isn't strong. Anyone can break it quite easily."
"Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool."
"It could improve how it deals with solar data."
"McAfee needs to clarify its rules."
"We need to do a lot of configuration."
"There are a lot of vulnerabilities and viruses and malware can proliferate."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve by having artificial intelligence."
"The interface can be improved, it's too cluttered."
"I would like to improve the solution's support."
"There are recovery issues that arise."
"It is not easy to integrate with third party solutions."
"We would like to see a wider, better dashboard for the purposes of monitoring the users of the Trend Micro software."
"The product's scalability is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There are scalability limitations. I'd rate scalability five out of ten."
"Integration and support could be improved."
"Support from them was not fast."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a license for 3,000 users and if we get up to 3,100 users, it doesn't stop working, but on the next renewal date you're supposed to go in there and add that extra 100 licenses. It's really good that they let you grow and expand and then pay for it. Sometimes, with other products, you overuse a license and they just don't work."
"There is also the Cisco annual subscription plus my management time in terms of what I do with the Cisco product. I spend a minimal amount of time on it though, just rolling out updates as they need them and monitoring the console a couple of times a day to ensure nothing is out of control. Cost-wise, we are quite happy with it."
"Our company was very happy with the price of Cisco AMP. It was about a third of what we were paying for System Center Endpoint Protection."
"The costs of 50 licenses of AMP for three years is around $9,360."
"The pricing and licensing of the security solutions of Cisco are very good in comparison with the competitors, but sometimes, it's difficult to see all the discounts and other kinds of things. So, you have to be careful, but the pricing is good."
"Because we do see the value of what it's bringing, I think they have priced it well."
"We can know if something bad is potentially happening instantaneously and prevent it from happening. We can go to a device and isolate it before it infects other devices. In our environment, that's millions of dollars saved in a matter of seconds."
"You must make monthly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. There are no extra charges apart from the standard licensing fees associated with the product."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"There is an annual license to use this solution."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is an expensive solution."
"The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."
"The price is high for this type of product."
"I'm paying the license for McAfee Total Protection yearly. It could be cheaper, but it's fine."
"If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive."
"The solution's licensing costs are yearly."
"You have to pay for the license annually."
"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."
"One of the reasons we decided to go with Trend Micro Endpoint Security is because of its cost effectiveness."
"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"We pay for Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption every six months. The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The drive encryption of Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption could improve. Some of my customers have some problems."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Retailer
9%
Non Profit
6%
Government
17%
Performing Arts
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise21
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco Secure Endpoint?
The product's initial setup phase was very simple.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Secure Endpoint?
Cisco is aggressive in pricing, making it competitive and sometimes even cheaper than other good products like CrowdS...
What needs improvement with Cisco Secure Endpoint?
Cisco Secure Endpoint lacks features like DLP which other vendors offer. XDR is new, so integration capabilities with...
What do you like most about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal conf...
What needs improvement with Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption?
If Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption comes up with a SaaS solution, it will be better rather than just having an on-pre...
 

Also Known As

Cisco AMP for Endpoints
McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data
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