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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
6.8
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (32nd), Security Incident Response (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (24th), Ransomware Protection (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1646754 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Nikunj Kamboj - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well with our existing SIEM tool and helps in identifying suspicious activities
The solution's integration with our existing security infrastructure is good. Whenever we have any alert in VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, we can easily that alert in our SIEM tool and check logs from the SIEM tool itself. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is just a secondary security tool for us, and we are just monitoring the alerts from it. The solution's behavioral analytics feature helps in identifying suspicious activities pretty well. Whenever we have even a small thing, we get an alert. The solution is deployed on the cloud in our organization. Performance-wise, the solution is doing great in terms of connecting to the host directly. Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours. A malware scan is something that we do only on Carbon Black for the old endpoint devices and servers. It used to take sometimes three days to perform. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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. It is just simple from a deployment standpoint - that was easy."
"The tool is pretty stable."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was easy."
"​Provides visibility into the chain of attack and threats that use valid operating system processes to execute attacks.​"
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"It gives you all of the information in a short and sweet fashion."
"CB Defense is more powerful, and you can take more actions than others. Its security features and signatures are constantly updated, so it is more effective than other security solutions."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the support it provides."
"The new feature that we're deploying, the new offering from Carbon Black, is MDR, which stands for manage, detect, and response. It's the most valuable feature because Carbon Black will be continuously checking the logs, and they will be advising us on how to improve some of the policies as well as review the logs. If there are any nefarious agents or things happening on the end points, they will know."
 

Cons

"There are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up."
"I am not sure whether Carbon Black CB Defense can be considered as a stable solution or not."
"In our company, we also wanted to have network detection, like a host-based IDS on VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, but we did not get it."
"The device control feature could also be compatible with the user’s profile as well."
"It would be nice to have additional forensic tools that you can build into the back end."
"Carbon Black needs to do a better job of proving their platform in the industry, and providing a bit more access to do industry testing with real world examples to help prove their platform."
"A search bar in the investigation page and some AI-related tasks like outgoing alerts, or recent tactics that are being used in the market, must be embedded in the tool so that it's easier to find alerts."
"Carbon Black has limited capability to integrate with Rapid7."
"The feature set for the firewall needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is very high."
"Carbon Black provides competitive pricing."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"The platform is expensive."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
"​The cost/benefit factor has great relevance in Cb Defense implementations​."
"This is a really expensive product and we pay licensing fees on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise29
 

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What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) security solution. The CB Predictive Security Cloud platform combines multiple hi...
What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?
Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (CB Defense), and the other is the Carbon Black Endpoint Detection an...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

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

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