CoSoSys Endpoint Protector vs Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention comparison

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector vs. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

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Categories and Ranking

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector

Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Forcepoint Data Loss Preven...

Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of CoSoSys Endpoint Protector is 3.3%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is 16.7%, down from 17.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Mayur Parmar

IT Specialist at TresVista Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 24, 2021

User-friendly, simple-to-use interface, good support, and protects us from data leakage

The Device Control feature and tools are very nice. It can also be used for containers. We have blocked multiple financial components using these features and rely on the upload and block policies. For example, we have blocked Google Drive uploads, as well as the upload functionality for other cloud spaces. The interface is pretty user-friendly, neatly explained, and simple to use. We are able to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is important to us because none of our users can connect a USB drive or other device to the machine. By preventing this, there won't be data leakage. We have experienced this in the past and we are now able to control it through the use of device policies. The technical support that they provide works well. We use the RDP remote desktop option to prevent copy and paste operations to remote systems. If anyone tries to copy and paste between a remote system and a local system then they will not be able to do it. This works well and it makes our operations more secure.

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reviewer2134215

Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Apr 10, 2023

Provides visibility under a single console and is good with integration

We use this solution for data loss prevention, enforcement and monitored file labeling. Having visibility under a single console has helped us. The solution has multiple modules and is good with integration. It also enables data classification and monitored file labeling. It's a classic…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its robust security audit and compliance functionalities prove especially beneficial for businesses in sectors like BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) and Information Technology."

"The role-based access features for the teams that administer it is good."

"I like the data protection feature. Our users were working on a client's CRM application with a lot of client-related EIA information. We did not want the users to be able to send any of this data outside. I also like its ability to protect against data leaks via emails and social media. I like that you can deploy it quickly, and it requires no training."

"The search for keywords is very important in our security operations because one of the key use cases we had was for the ability to search keyword-based on an internal database of keywords that have been submitted by other project managers within the company that's around intellectual property. The ability to search on keywords was part of that."

"All of the features are effective, but the highlight feature of the product was the data layer inspection. When we talk about a DLP product, data packet inspection is very important. Securing data at rest is easy, but securing data in transit is challenging. We used it comprehensively to secure end drives, data transfers, secure hard drives, and end-user machines. It proved monumental in our operations."

"It also provides us with the ability to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is pretty important because we don't want certain data accessed. It does a really good job when it comes to the versatility of the exit points it supports, making sure that important data does not leave our organization."

"There are effectively two areas of DLP to look at from a technical perspective. One is how it performs the pickup of information traversing the system and the other is how the policy engine, which analyzes the data, works. On the first aspect, CoSoSys is probably best of breed for macOS because they're reasonably well-integrated into the operating system. They're looking at the file system operations level, not at the execution level."

"The product is forward-looking, in my opinion, which is a requirement nowadays."

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"The product is user-friendly."

"Regardless of the size of your company, this solution can be scaled accurately."

"The initial setup process went well."

"The most valuable feature is the endpoint DLP. It's specific to copying to the USB or copying to the internal storage in our office."

"Forcepoint's data visibility is the most valuable feature."

"It's fast and it prepares loss reports."

"The solution offers very good sensitive data protection."

"Our organization's intellectual property is not misused or extracted without permission."

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Cons

"I have faced issues which shouldn't be related to this product. This product is purely a DLP, so it should only protect my data. I don't know what is happening with their agent or what is happening with the software, but it messes up my endpoint. For example, people are facing bandwidth issues. Before I deployed this on an endpoint, people were getting internet speeds of 40 or 50 Mbps. After deploying it, that would come down to 10 Mbps. And if I uninstalled the agent, it would go back to 50 Mbps."

"Endpoint Protector would be improved with more DLP templates."

"I would rate the role-based access features for administrators a six out of ten. There's work to be done on the granularity of roles that can be assigned to an administrator but there is role-based administrator access present. That's why it's not a zero rating."

"It would be better if they had an inbound restriction feature. For example, I work out of my home from my personal computer. All my policies can be deployed while working. When I am done, I should be able to use my machine as my personal machine, and all these policies should be waived. In the next release, I want time bound restriction of the policies because most of these users were working out of home and using their personal computers."

"One of the areas where there is room for improvement is support. It takes time for them to respond. They need to respond on time. Instead of sending an email, I think it would be very helpful to say, 'Let's set up a WebEx to see what's really going on,' instead of the back and forth of email."

"If CoSoSys comes up with a suite of Host DLP, along with Network DLP and SaaS DLP, it will cover all of the aspects of a DLP solution."

"The only aspect that prevents it from being a perfect solution is the occasional slower response time."

"The reports and analysis could be improved. There could be a little more data, and the logs could be a little more granular, but it's nothing major. It does what it needs to do, and it's fine."

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"If you are a macOS user, there are issues in the area of USB control."

"I'd like the data classification to be better."

"The initial setup of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is of medium difficulty level."

"The setup is complex and has room for improvement."

"It would be better if we could easily integrate with other products. Suppose I want to integrate this DLP with some other CASB solutions or a firewall solution. In that case, it takes a considerable amount of time because Forcepoint DLP doesn't come with a legacy firewall or CASB solutions to integrate with it. We need to do it separately. It's not improvised for different sectors, and I need to look for other solutions. I'm investing a lot of time researching and implementing other solutions for other areas. That is one point where I can't feel satisfied with this Forcepoint DLP. The only problem we have faced is that it consumes most of the CPU whenever a Forcepoint DLP is deployed on an endpoint. This is when users feel some lag in their machine's performance or their Internet performance. That's when we uninstall and try to reinstall, or we'll give a cloud link to which it gets access. We use Forcepoint DLP for endpoint protection, not for email or cloud. For email and drive, we went with the Google DLP. Forcepoint DLP isn't as efficient on drive or chat, or email. For that, we have some specialized solutions, but it would be better to have a single console where you can control all these areas. It would be pretty easy for a consumer who is going to use this product. All in one shot, you can try to track it and enforce your policies on a single dashboard. That is one point currently lacking in Forcepoint, and I feel they need to work on it. In the next release, I would like to use this DLP across different solutions like network, firewall, email, or chat with a consolidated dashboard and with integration facilities with other solutions. Security should work as a whole. It shouldn't work individually in blocks. It does not serve our purpose. It should be integrated with multiple solutions. For that, it should have enough intelligence to work with other tools. I'm looking forward to seeing that kind of capability with Forcepoint."

"The deployment and troubleshooting aspects of Forcepoint need improving."

"The product is good, but the biggest issue is needing direct support from Forcepoint."

"The deployment can be difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has a fair price. They just changed recently from perpetual licensing. When I bought it, I bought it on perpetual license, then they changed the whole company policy to go to subscription. It was a bit of a shock to us because we haven't upgraded it that many times. However, after speaking to CoSoSys directly, they gave us a very good renewal price."

"The software comes with a higher price tag when compared to other DLP solutions."

"The price of Endpoint Protector by CoSoSys is more or less the same as other competing solutions."

"This is a budget-friendly solution that covers all the aspects of host-level DLP."

"Pricing is quite reasonable. For smaller organizations, it lets them get into the product domain, whereas a lot of vendors won't even talk to them. CoSoSys is just about at that sweet spot of being serious enough that you have to budget for it, but at the same time, affordable enough that the value is well worth it."

"The pricing is reasonable for this particular market."

"The solution’s pricing is a normal industry standard and depends on customers and salespersons."

"This solution was not too cheap or too expensive. But for the amount of features that they are offering, it was reasonable."

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"From one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high, I rate the solution's pricing to be an eight."

"The solution is expensive."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"It's not the cheapest solution but it's not the most expensive. It's a good price for a good product."

"The pricing and licensing fees could be improved."

"Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is costlier than other brands, but not all. Of the solutions, I have used Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is more costly."

"The pricing and licensing are okay."

"This solution is quite expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Non Profit

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Endpoint Protector?

Its robust security audit and compliance functionalities prove especially beneficial for businesses in sectors like BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) and Information Technology.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Endpoint Protector?

The pricing is reasonable for this particular market.

What needs improvement with Endpoint Protector?

The only aspect that prevents it from being a perfect solution is the occasional slower response time.

What do you like most about Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

The technical support for the solution is very good.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

I don't actually know about prices. I am the technical support engineer of the tool.

What needs improvement with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

The main area of concern is the tool's technical support. I would suggest the technical engineers reply to users as soon as possible since it usually takes them some time to respond.

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Also Known As

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Overview

Content Aware Protection
Scanning data in motion
Monitor, control and block file transfers. Detailed control through both content and context inspection.

Device Control
USB & peripheral port control
Lockdown, monitor and manage devices. Granular control based on Vendor ID, Product ID, Serial Number and more.

Enforced Encryption
Automatic USB encryption
Encrypt, manage and secure USB storage devices by safeguarding data in transit. Password-based, easy to use and very efficient.

eDiscovery
Scanning data at rest
Discover, encrypt and delete sensitive data. Detailed content and context inspection through manual or automatic scans

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a data loss prevention tool that protects users from advanced threats and data breaches. Forcepoint DLP’s technologies can quickly identify and protect sensitive data and provide insight and awareness into attacks on endpoint devices both on and off the network.

With company data constantly on the move, data security teams must have visibility and control across all channels - endpoint, web, network, email, and cloud. Forcepoint DLP provides protection and visibility across all data in the cloud as well as on-premises. One of the key features of Forcepoint DLP is its ability to identify data at rest, in motion, and in use and efficiently secure sensitive information.

Forcepoint DLP key features:

Identify, remediate and secure sensitive data with network, cloud, and endpoint discovery.
Central management of policies across all channels, including cloud, endpoint, network, web, and email.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to identify data embedded in images.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for validation checks, real name detection, and proximity analysis.
Custom encryption identification for exposing concealed data.
Machine learning, which allows users to train the system to identify unfamiliar data. Users can provide the engine with positive and negative examples so similar data can be flagged.
Analytics for identifying changes in user behavior. These analytics are leveraged to better understand user risk and are then implemented as automated policy enforcement based on the risk level of the user.
Cloud protection for monitoring and preventing the loss of sensitive data online, and assessing the risk posed by visited websites.

Reviews from Real Users

Forcepoint DLP stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its risk analysis features and its OCR and data discovery capabilities.

Allan P., an associate consultant at Atos, writes, “With OCR and Risk Analysis, we are able to determine if anything sensitive has been shared. OCR helps us to safeguard those things and with risk ranking, we can determine which user is trying to violate policies multiple times even though they have been blocked. It does require additional servers, as the processing and result of the incident is high, however, it's worth using to see all the use cases being met with these two features as well. They are the best features provided by Forcepoint.”

Mahesh D., A senior manager at 2Five1, notes, “The workflow remediation is quite good. That is a key feature because of which it has the upper hand over other DLP solutions. Endpoint protection, web protection, network protection, and storage use are valuable features. Among these, endpoint protection is most valuable. It has good policies and good mechanisms to detect incidents. The workflow remediation is quite good. That is a key feature because of which it has the upper hand over other DLP solutions. Endpoint protection, web protection, network protection, and storage use are valuable features. Among these, endpoint protection is most valuable. It has good policies and good mechanisms to detect incidents.”

Sample Customers

Samsung, Toyota, Philips, Zeppelin, Western Union, eBay

Alphawest, Betsson, Cellcom Israel Ltd., Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Confartigianato Vicenza, EverBank, Finansbank, iGATE, Landa Digital Printing, Northern California Bank, Reliance Capital, Remosa, Toyota, Scavolini, Zim Integrated Shipping Services

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector vs. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention