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Menlo Protect vs Symantec CloudSOC CASB comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Menlo Protect
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (48th), Internet Security (14th), Enterprise Browsers (6th), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) (4th)
Symantec CloudSOC CASB
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (20th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Menlo Protect is designed for Email Security and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Symantec CloudSOC CASB, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), holds 1.5% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Email Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Menlo Protect0.7%
Proofpoint Email Protection5.9%
Microsoft Defender for Office 3655.2%
Other88.2%
Email Security
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec CloudSOC CASB1.5%
Netskope13.4%
Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks12.5%
Other72.6%
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1991553 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Decreased our security alerts without impacting employees' work
I can't say that there is one specific feature that is most valuable. It's the overall platform that is well-suited to our needs. It's something that is different from a lot of other products or platforms in the marketplace. It provides a single console for security policy and management. That is somewhat important because we used to have other products where you would have to log in to individual appliances, devices, or clusters. Having one spot to log in to or one area to go to for doing different tasks and viewing data sources, just makes it easier from a user perspective. Also, the fact that it's invisible to our end-users and doesn't affect their work is very important. Most companies don't want to have added friction or impact on their users. In addition, the combination of user-friendliness for admins, and security for the organization, works well. As a cloud-hosted solution, it provides ease of use.
cto543714 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Works very well in a hybrid environment in terms of DLP policies, but trying to do your own troubleshooting can be a little bit difficult
It does scale. They have different data centers spread out for you to do things. It scales just fine, but it is the setup and configuration that you have to do in order for it to scale the way you want it to. I know that some of the newer technologies, such as Zscaler, are doing SD-LAN type connections and things of that sort to improve performance and scalability. So, things are still evolving in terms of scalability. Depending on how you deployed it, you can run into some performance gotchas. If you take a VPN connection and try to overtax it, you can run into problems. You can't say that it didn't scale. You have to use a different method to get the traffic, or you may have to set up two VPN tunnels or things of that sort. So, if you want it to scale, you have to think it through and make sure you are deploying it in a manner to scale. It can scale, but you have to plan it and make sure you think everything through.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I can't say that there is one specific feature that is most valuable. It's the overall platform that is well-suited to our needs. It's something that is different from a lot of other products or platforms in the marketplace."
"In addition, the combination of user-friendliness for admins, and security for the organization, works well."
"Menlo Security RBI's best feature is its threat isolation engine."
"Menlo Security RBI has a very good record on stability."
"The ability to monitor for threats is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The value in some of these solutions is just the integration of technologies with their on-prem DLP solution. So, you can tie on-prem and cloud DLP policies together. You can apply on-prem policies to the cloud to have consistent policies in a hybrid environment. So, it works very well in that hybrid environment of on-prem and cloud."
"The stability of the solution is very good; it's one of the most stable products on the market."
"The active directory integration is very valuable as we can connect to the list of users that we have and the cloud control, the blocking, the access control of the cloud, can be handled by this product."
"One of the most valuable features of Symantec CloudSOC CASB is its detection functionality. It uses the same base as Data Loss Prevention, allowing for close integration between on-premises DLP and the Symantec CloudSOC CASB. This integration lets you manage policies and incidents across both platforms."
"The scalability is excellent, and if a company needs to expand the product, it can do so easily."
"This solution has improved my organization because it enables us to have visibility and monitoring over our global workforce connectivity to Office 365 and for Service Now."
"The monitoring and threat protection were the solution's most valuable features."
 

Cons

"Menlo Security RBI could be more cloud-friendly, and its mobility could be improved."
"Menlo Security RBI can be very costly."
"There are several features, such as supporting web technologies, that the company is working on implementing in the platform. There are a lot of backend web technologies in use on various websites, for example, two-way audio/video and WebGL, for which support may not be fully implemented in the product."
"It's a niche product. Not many people use it, and therefore there isn't as much of a knowledge base surrounding it."
"The data security needs improvement."
"The solution needs to focus on data security."
"The tool's deployment is complex. The environment can be challenging, especially if unfamiliar with the product."
"The data security needs improvement. We should be able to leverage it a bit better for situations where someone may be trying to upload documents onto the cloud application."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate it with a central management system."
"They have some room for improvement in terms of being able to do troubleshooting. If you're trying to troubleshoot it, you have to work a lot with their backend people in order to get to a solution. So, trying to do your own troubleshooting can be a little bit difficult."
"The solution should work to incorporate some machine learning policies like IDM and VML."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Menlo Security RBI can be very costly."
"It compares well with the competition because they're all priced on a per-user basis. I've seen the rest of them. There is definitely a huge price difference between them."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
7%
Construction Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
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Also Known As

Menlo Security Email Security, Menlo Security Remote Browser Isolation
CloudSOC, Symantec CloudSOC
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Macy's, HSBC, Bank of Hawaii
Globe Telecom
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