We performed a comparison between McAfee Complete Data Protection, Microsoft BitLocker, and Sophos SafeGuard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Sophos, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Endpoint Encryption."Reporting and encryption are its most valuable features."
"In addition, it is easy to use, and you can define rules that protect the database beyond the built-in rules of the product. I found another purpose for the product besides the basic things that it does, protecting the database: privileged use, weak authentication, SQL injection and and database platform vulnerability."
"The beauty of McAfee is that they are not looking at encryption from one single standpoint. It is a broader solution."
"I don't need to have any interaction with this product, which means that it is very, very good, and it is doing its job."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"With respect to data loss prevention, I think it is helpful to the customer."
"It is capable of acting as Web control, Device Control, or Data Control."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"The most valuable feature is the TPM (Trusted Platform Module), which makes the PC security stronger because somebody who is not from the team cannot access the PC without the decryption PIN."
"The manageability of it is a valuable feature."
"I like the fact that you can get a BitLocker encryption key out of OneDrive."
"The hard drive encryption is very good."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"It holds significant value as it reduces the need for extensive IT management to handle security across networks and environments"
"The solution has a feature that automatically asks the users to upgrade their password once we set up the process."
"It's a straightforward solution."
"It's easy to use. You have to pay extra for additional, but the basic product is fantastic. It will be a good solution for you, depending on your requirements."
"The Intercept X feature is the most valuable feature. You can't find this feature in other firewalls because Intercept X works as if it has an interaction between the endpoint and the firewall."
"I like the support most of all."
"I like its ease of use the most. The management console is really nice. I like having one pane of glass that does everything. It does the Sophos anti-virus and encryption. Everything that you need is in one place. It is easy to use, and it is also pretty fast. It provides some pretty good details, and it lets you know who has access to a file. You can also add additional people to the encrypted documents, which is pretty good. Its stability and performance are also very good."
"The solution can block a virus attack and prevent it from moving across the system."
"It is one of the best products when it comes to stability."
"The advantage of Sophos SafeGuard stems from the fact that it is more secure than other products in the market."
"They need to segregate McAfee Complete Data Protection for endpoints and servers."
"There was an option for SQL setup in the older versions of this product and it has been removed, but we would like to see it made available as an add-on."
"The price is a little high and could be better."
"I would like to have an easier and less-hassle upgrade process in future releases of the software, and extra license renewal price discounts too."
"The product consumes too much RAM and CPU for its processing and this can lead to resource issues on PCs."
"Though there may be some ransomware detection modules now in McAfee Complete Data Protection, it's a field that McAfee should focus on, particularly having integration with some EDR or other add-ons. This is so McAfee Complete Data Protection would have more accuracy in detecting new ransomware in the market. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for its pricing to be more cost-effective because some competitors have cheaper pricing, so McAfee Complete Data Protection can't compete. Sometimes, some new vendors offer other solutions rather than McAfee Complete Data Protection, to win customers over, and this is a loss for McAfee."
"The disk encryption can be improved."
"They could be better in terms of Complete Data Protection."
"The migration itself is a nightmare."
"I would recommend BitLocker only because of the economic side, not the technical side. If the features were included in the already existing licenses I would use it. If not, I would recommend other products."
"The product must improve the centralization of keys."
"The encryption takes a long time to complete, and our system runs very slowly while it is encrypting."
"The customizations could be more flexible."
"The solution could improve by having a centralized GUI for management."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
"If the encryption was faster then it would make the experience more pleasant."
"As a tool, Sophos SafeGuard is not optimized."
"What would make Sophos SafeGuard better than competitors is if its management console also includes firewall management. In the future, I want Sophos SafeGuard to be more scalable."
"Having a DLP integrated with the encryption engine would be very good."
"It would be ideal if the solution had different features within one agent."
"Sometimes, multiple updates and crashes happen in the tool, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The product's next release could have integration features with different internal and external systems."
"There are times that this solution takes up too much memory that needs to be resolved. If it is not fixed it will definitely create issues in the future."
"It's a good product, but some are not happy with the boot BCN, and the point-to-point VPN requires the best protection."
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