McAfee Network Security Platform Reviews

The solution is used mostly for perimeter protection. It's to protect the client and server site. It offers basic but effective Smart Blocking. We've tested it in a product environment and it performed rather well.

The solution is quite easy to set up. You can just do everything online and then do some basic configurations. It's easy.

The solution, in general, is pretty effective.

The product has a good reputation.

The sensors and signatures can be updated.

There's a good dashboard you can drill down into. It helps you easily locate intrusions and the source of attacks.

We have encountered some glitches from time to time.

Some of the documentation is not as straightforward as it could be. It's much too general - especially in areas related to updates. They need to do a better job of explaining things. If you need a specific configuration, they should be able to provide the necessary details. It's something they can really improve upon if they wanted to.

What I would like to see more on the roadmap for McAfee is the compatibility of high availability in terms of the virtual machine.

They could make an interchangeable model that could serve the throughput requirements of the client. Right now, if you are not under the same mold there, although you have the same version, you are not able to do a proper deployment on it.

I'm not continuously working with the product. It depends on the demands of the customers for the most part. It's on and off. It's likely been about one to two years or so.

The solution is quite stable. The performance is reliable. There are no bugs or crashes or anything of that nature.

I haven't done any HA on it. I'm trying to make an HA on my Lab, however, due to my busy schedule, I haven't made the time. That said, the product appears very scalable. You can cascade the product and it does support a big number of throughput.

We've reached out to technical support in the past. You can email them and make a ticket or you can call them by phone. It depends on the severity of the assistance you need. However, they seem to be quite responsive and knowledgeable. We've been happy with their level of support.

The initial setup is quite straightforward. It's not complex. You can manage the process online, and the configuration of the solution is easy. It doesn't take long at all.

That said, I have not fully deployed the product into a client environment.

We pay for licensing on a yearly basis.

I'm not sure of the exact pricing, however, it's my understanding that they are competitive. When it comes to security, the more you need, the higher the costs tend to run.

We are a distributor of McAfee. We're partners.

We don't have a customer right now. We just have a version we use for inquiries. We have a demo server on-premises.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations.

It's stable and scalable. It's definitely more effective compared to the next-generation firewall that has a built-in IPS. However, they really do need to reform their documentation. We'd also like to see a bit more of their roadmap.

Overall, I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

We use the solution for security purposes. It allows our organization to detect a variety of malicious attacks such as malware and viruses, et cetera.

The signature-based content is very powerful. 

I like the fact that we have the ability to write our custom signatures based on McAfee-made signatures. 

The Malware engines are very powerful. These engines are getting information from the McAfee global intelligence services,

It offers good mobile intelligence services. On the behavioral side of the signatures are very good.

The initial setup is straightforward.

We've found that the solution to be quite stable.

The system isn't fool-proof. Sometimes, based on the network or other reasons, McAfee cannot detect the actual attack. This rarely happens. It's only been the case maybe one or two times.

The solution could improve some aspects of detection. If they implemented some machine learning technique, they might be able to better detect abnormal occurances. 

I've been using the solution for six years or so. It's been a while at this point. 

The solution is very stable. It's reliable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very good.

While we haven't needed to expand the product yet, it's my understanding that the new features of McAfee will be easy to expand. It shouldn't be a problem to scale.

We have around six people in our organization using the solution.

We're partners. We often give support to our clients.

The initial setup is quite straightforward. It's not complex. A company should be able to implement it easily. 

The deployment doesn't take too long. It's pretty quick. This is especially true if you have an abundance of experience.

The pricing of the solution is okay.

Licensing is paid on a yearly basis.

We are McAfee partners. We have a business relationship with the company.

We tend to use a variety of different versions. The solution tends to have a lot of versions.

I would recommend the solution to other organizations. For the most part, we have had positive experiences. However, it's a good idea for those considering the solution to do their own research to see if the product would suit them. There are advanced levels of the solution. It can be a fit for many companies.

In general, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

Our clients primarily use the solution for security purposes. We have it deployed on the endpoints.

The entire IPS is excellent.

It's pretty good at protecting our endpoints.

The implementation was pretty straightforward.

The solution can scale.

The product is stable.

It's an excellent solution for enterprise-level businesses.

I can't think of any area of improvement. It works pretty well for us.

The pricing could be improved.

The product offering could be enhanced a bit. I'm on the second-biggest offering and I have mostly common packets and features. They could offer a bit more to higher tiers. They also seem to mix and match other products within their suite of offerings and change those. There needs to be more consistency overall with what they offer.

I've been using the solution for a few years now.

As an enterprise-level solution, it's quite stable. We haven't found any bugs or glitches on the solution. It works well and we have no complaints.

The solution scales well for enterprises. A company can expand it if they need to. There aren't too many limitations.

We're actually the first line of support for our customers, so we are able to troubleshoot. However, the solution works quite well. We don't have too many issues where we would have to reach out to their support to assist us. Therefore, I can't really speak to their level of service. Reaching out to them is quite rare.

The implementation is not complex. It's quite straightforward. We find the entire process to be rather easy.

We're integrators. We can handle the implementation for our clients.

We're integrators. We're not customers.

We'd recommend the solution to other organizations. It works very well overall, and is excellent for enterprise-level businesses.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I'd rate it at an eight. No solution is perfect. However, this one is pretty close.

It has a lot of functions, such as firewall. We are administrators, and we create some rules to protect our network. We also monitor the traffic in and out and have disk encryption on-premises. When we detect malware, we scan for the virus on the PC. We can then delete or block the malware.

We would like to have a simpler version. Some settings and functions on the McAfee console are complex and complicated. I want the management console to be simpler.

I have been using this solution for about six months.

It is quite stable, but we have some issues with the latest version. When we install the latest version, the traffic of the network is quite low.

It is scalable. We have around 500 users.

Their technical support is good. It is better than Symantec.

We were using Symantec. We switched because Broadcom bought Symantec, and their support was not very good.

I implemented it myself.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is a very good solution.

I would rate McAfee Network Security Platform a nine out of ten.