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Digital Guardian pros and cons

Vendor: Fortra

3.7 out of 5

11 reviews
77% willing to recommend

1,119 followers

Pros & Cons summary

Digital Guardian offers robust scalability from 100 to 10,000 endpoints and supports forensic analysis through comprehensive desktop recording and cloud correlation servers. Built-in endpoint detection and response mechanisms improve security and reduce costs. However, the setup is complex, the endpoints can be resource-intensive with stability issues, and features for Mac and Linux need enhancement for parity with Windows. Optimization for high CPU and RAM usage is necessary.

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PROS

Digital Guardian features cloud correlation servers that enhance visibility and are effective for security analysis.

Digital Guardian can scale efficiently from 100 to 10,000 users without scalability issues.

Desktop recording is a highly valued feature in Digital Guardian, capturing data and screenshots to prevent data theft.

Built-in endpoint detection response in Digital Guardian helps in saving costs.

Digital Guardian offers robust data loss prevention capabilities and the ability to monitor data transfers across multiple vectors.

CONS

There are a lot of issues with the current version of the Endpoint agent, including instability, being resource-consuming, and performance issues.

Some features on Mac and Linux are not complete, such as device control features not being transferred over to these systems.

The initial setup is more complex than other options.

Technical support could be improved.

High CPU usage and substantial RAM consumption are areas where Digital Guardian needs optimization.

Digital Guardian Pros review quotes

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Ernesto Martinez

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jun 23, 2019

The technical support is really terrific.

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Cyber Security Researcher at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

Apr 20, 2023

Some of the features that are highly appreciated are its robust data loss prevention capabilities, flexible deployment options, and the ability to monitor data transfer across multiple vectors.

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SW

Sr. SE Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Jul 23, 2020

The feature we call desktop recording is the most valuable aspect of the solution. Not only can we collect data from the user's usage, but we also capture his screenshots when he is trying to steal the data.

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MG

Presales Specialist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

May 15, 2019

In Digital Guardian, they have the cloud correlation servers that give you visibility work like EBR and the correlation server works very well for security analysis.

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Senior Associate at a media company with 10,001+ employees

Jul 3, 2022

It has been scalable.

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Practice Manager at Saapatech

Apr 3, 2022

It can scale from 100 to 10,000. There's no problem with the scalability.

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Ibidapo Ibrahim

Head of IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 28, 2023

We have been able to monitor access to files from each of our workstations.

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Practice Manager at Saapatech

Apr 12, 2023

It has the added advantage of offering forensic analysis.

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System Engineer/Consultant at Notable Frontier Sdn Bhd

Oct 10, 2023

I like the solution's adaptive inspection and container inspection.

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Security Engineer at Protego Trust Bank

Apr 11, 2023

There is a built-in endpoint detection response that helps save money.

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Digital Guardian Cons review quotes

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Ernesto Martinez

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jun 23, 2019

I would like to see the workflow, to get all the rules and policies set up, be less complicated.

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Cyber Security Researcher at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

Apr 20, 2023

When considering potential areas for improvement, it may be beneficial for Digital Guardian to optimize its processes and reduce the computational demands on the system, particularly with regard to high CPU usage. Although Digital Guardian offers numerous benefits, it can consume a substantial amount of RAM and CPU power.

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SW

Sr. SE Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Jul 23, 2020

Some features on Mac and Linux are not complete currently. For example, some device control features haven't been transferred over to the other systems. If they could have their Windows features also available on Mac and Linux, that would be perfect. Some of our customers have a Mac environment for their RD environment. Having the solution fully capable of handling everything in a Mac environment is crucial.

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MG

Presales Specialist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

May 15, 2019

The room for improvement with Digital Guardian is that it will be better with the Linux agent because it is the only DLP solution for Linux workstations. It still needs to upgrade the agents to the latest version for the Linux kernel.

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Senior Associate at a media company with 10,001+ employees

Jul 3, 2022

The initial setup is a bit more complex than other solutions.

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Practice Manager at Saapatech

Apr 3, 2022

There are a lot of issues with the current version of the Endpoint agent. It's not stable, it's resource-consuming, and there are some performance issues. If they could improve the stability of the agent it would be great.

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Ibidapo Ibrahim

Head of IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 28, 2023

Digital Guardian is an excellent solution but our experience with the partner has been the most horrible experience we have ever had with any partner.

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Practice Manager at Saapatech

Apr 12, 2023

The solution has complexities around policy creation and deployment.

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System Engineer/Consultant at Notable Frontier Sdn Bhd

Oct 10, 2023

If the client uses Windows 10 or 11 and Microsoft updates the operating system's version, Digital Guardian must update their product to match compatibility.

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Security Engineer at Protego Trust Bank

Apr 11, 2023

Technical support could be better.

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