McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention Reviews

We are a consulting house for various clients. We provide consultancy to our clients in terms of which product they should use based on their requirements and environment.

Our clients use this solution for DLP. They are using it for the basis of endpoint protection, prevention of malware infection, detection, and management of the endpoint.

The client has not fully utilized the DLP because they have not done the data classification well enough to actually get the full value of the DLP solution.

If a DLP is implemented correctly, the value is that you can address the human error issues. You can manage your compliance in line with legislation such as GDPR and POPIA. 

The value proposition is great if it is implemented correctly.

If you do not have a team that is supporting your DLP implementation, there may be a challenge, which is a concern.

The support in South Africa should have more knowledgeable and professional McAfee resources.

Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool.

Our client has been using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention for three years.

It works and is stable if it is implemented correctly.

It is a scalable solution. We have two customers who are using it and one who will be moving onto another solution. They are considering Cynet or CrowStrike.

The support in South Africa could be much better.

I was the chief information security officer at one of the largest banks in Africa. I have used all of the products including McAfee DLP, McAfee Endpoint, and Forcepoint DLP as well.

I wasn't involved in the implementation for this client in particular. 

My experience with McAfee from a vendor perspective is if you have the right skills, it can be deployed quite easily. The only challenge is it uses a lot of hardware.

The time it takes for deployment depends on the variety of clients. Some clients have 1,000 users, so it's quite easy. 

The actual deployment before rollout to all of your users is not long. It takes approximately two weeks.

The number of people required to maintain this solution depends on the scale of the project, the customer itself, and the number of users. There is a lot of awareness that needs to go into DLP and Endpoint DLP to train the user.

We utilized specialists to implement it for us because we are not a vendor. 

We are vendor agnostic. We advise our clients, and then we get professional people like McAfee Professional Service to install it. We wouldn't get involved in it.

We use integrators.

If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included.

We evaluated Cynet and CrowdStrike in comparison to McAfee. Our client wants to find an alternative to McAfee Endpoint Security.

We are purely consultants. We do not get involved primarily with the implementation. 

What we do is advise clients. For example, we are doing a lot of work for Coca-Cola and we advise them on how to configure.

It doesn't matter whether you're using Defender, or whether you are using MCAS as a cloud solution, we help you configure according to the standard that is applicable, whether it's a legislative standard or an internal policy. 

We ensure that the necessary implementation and configuration settings are aligned. Then we give it back to the technical integrators to implement according to the standard that we have set. That is the level of involvement we have. We don't do the implementation, but we advise on how the implementation should be done in line with the internal policy or the legislation.

I would not recommend this solution to others. I think there are better products available at the moment.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

The beauty of McAfee Data Loss Prevention is, for one, it's in a single management product for all other McAfee solutions. It's also a single-agent platform. That's one really unique aspect of Data Loss Prevention. 

The configuration of McAfee is also pretty straightforward. 

On the data loss prevention side, it's pretty straightforward. It's capable of doing the basic tasks such as basic data loss prevention capabilities that any DLP can do. 

With respect to its capability of being able to block, being able to provide responses and justification, and the management of the DLP in itself, it is pretty straightforward. 

One thing that I like about McAfee is the Tamper Protection and the help desk feature. Symantec also has that, however, the help desk feature from McAfee is more user-friendly but also it's more strict and more secure, as compared to the one in Symantec.

The pricing of the product is excellent. It's very affordable. 

In my experience, it's not really user-friendly for me, in terms of how I navigate with the ePolicy Orchestrator. They need to upgrade their management console. 

You can't navigate McAfee without going through all of the administration and product guides. You have to read everything first before you navigate it. That's how it was for me, at least, in my experience. However, in my colleague's case, that didn't happen and I don't know why I can't just navigate the McAfee management console without reading first the administrator or product guide. What's really tedious about reading those things is that the documents are separate. The product guide and the administrator guide for the DLP solution are quite different from the administrator guide and product guide of the ePolicy Orchestrator.

They need to improve more with partial matching and exact data matching. The partial matching and the exact data matching are features of Symantec. There, it's pretty sophisticated. If McAfee wants to catch up with that, they have to upgrade their partial matching capabilities.

We also had a client who wanted to have at least three, two to three, set of conditions on a single policy or on a single rule, to have that kind of combination. For example, a combination of a serial number from a device, from a removable device, plus a user and a computer or the hosting or the workstation. That's three combinations. User, computer, and removable device. What they wanted is to have the three pieces of that combination in a single rule, however, we were not able to do that as McAfee conditional statements are only limited to two. That's something that they need also to improve. They need to make it more flexible.

I've used McAfee for three years at this point. It's been a while. 

McAfee offers very good technical support and we have been very happy with its capabilities. We find support to be helpful and responsive. 

I also work with Symantec. It's a bit more expensive, and I find McAfee offers a few better, more advanced features. 

This is one of the least expensive solutions on the market right now. It's even less expensive than Symantec.

I'm using the latest version of the solution at this time. 

The clients I work with are mostly enterprise-level businesses. 

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. For the most part, I have been pleased with its capabilities, however, there are some improvements that could be made. 

In the bank, there is a lot of confidential data. It is stored in various desktops and servers and over email also. We're using the solution to protect data and to block and prevent data leaks as well as to investigate the cause when something happens.

It's doing the job it was supposed to do. The DLP is a very versatile product. A lot of problems get addressed. 

There are good patches. It's continuously updated.

It's pretty straightforward to set up.

The product is largely stable. 

We can scale as needed. 

The pricing is good. They are quite competitive.

There is some fine-tuning needed, even once you define something. We need to do a lot of configuration. It would be easier if they made the configuration simpler, especially in the beginning. They need to give the user more choices and provide more guidance to help avoid problems later on.

We'd like some more built-in predictive analytics so we can be prepared for what might happen in the future. 

We did have some bandwidth issues during setup.

If your update fails, you may have stability issues.

We find it difficult to reach higher levels of support when we face larger issues. 

I've been using the solution for two years. 

By and large, the solution is stable. I would rate it 3.5 or four out of five in terms of stability. It is reliable, and the performance is good. As long as the updates go through, the stability is good. 

It's not an issue if you need to scale. It's not a problem at all. 

While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get someone with less experience. While the experts are great, their availability is not the best.

Neutral

We've used Symantec as well as Bitlocker. With Microsoft Bitlocker, we aren't using DLP. We're only using endpoint encryption, which is a different thing. 

The setup is straightforward. However, we did have bandwidth issues. We have about 36,000 systems in our network and in some remote locations, and we found it difficult to maintain bandwidth. For certain endpoints, there were issues around operation and installation. However, for the most part, it was simple. Overall, I would rate the process a 4.5 out of five in terms of ease of implementation. 

The pricing is competitive. I'd rate it 4. 5 or five out of five in terms of affordability.

I did not look at any other products. 

I was a customer and end-user. I recently retired. 

I'd warn new users that the initial configuration will be challenging, and if they run into trouble, they should reach out to McAfee as soon as they can, as sometimes it takes a while to resolve things. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

This is our data loss prevention tool. We install it in our AWS instances for our data.

If a user tries to copy from EC2 Instant to any other devices, it'll block the action. Or, if a user tries to upload any file from EC2 Instance to any block-listed URLs, it'll block that as well. It helps keeps our organization's data safe and protected. 

Everything in this DLP is great. It blocks everything. It ensures nothing is shared illegally.

The solution can scale.

The pricing is reasonable. 

In our environment, we need improved network security. We'll be getting DDoS attacks, brute force, or credential theft. These things we need to improve.

While McAfee will work in endpoints, when it comes to networks, it has not helped us. We have AWS GuardDuty and CloudTrail fro that. 

The initial setup is very complex. 

We've been using the solution for one year.

It is pretty stable. It could be better, though. I'd rate it six out of ten in terms of overall stability. 

The scalability is quite good. I would rate it nine out of ten in terms of ease of setup.  It really does its job with 100% satisfaction. I can rate nine out of ten, even though there are some glitches.

We have about 400 or more users on the solution. 

We plan to increase usage only if we increase members with the hiring cycle. 

We do get support from our reseller. We don't get support directly from McAfee. 

We did not previously use another product. this was the first product we deployed. 

I found the initial setup to be complex. If I rated it out of ten, it would be a four for ease of setup.

The deployment itself took one month. 

We had about five people involved in the initial setup process.

We are able to maintain the solution ourselves in-house. We have two people from IT handling maintenance duties.  

We had vendor support in the form of resellers that helped us set up everything.

We have seen a pretty decent ROI. I'd rate it nine out of ten overall in terms of the level of ROI we've received. 

The pricing is pretty reasonable. I'd rate the product eight out of ten in terms of affordability.

We pay a yearly licensing fee. 

I don't have any insights into what, if any, other solutions were evaluated. 

I'm a customer and end-user. 

I would absolutely recommend the solution. 

I'd rate it nine out of ten overall. We are pretty happy with its capabilities. 

I am using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention for personal endpoint protection security on my computer. The solution worked well in the previous company I used to work for.

The most valuable features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are the DLP. The DLP, data loss prevention is the most important feature right now that users are looking for. 

When the user login into their system, this solution gives them full protection. The protection includes AD logins or other types of logins. If the user is downloading from the internet or any website it is all protected properly. There are alerts generated, and then it is returned if it is safe to go ahead. The files that are downloaded are scanned and will indicate if they are safe. The user is given a high level of confidence, which is a very good feature of the solution.

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention there is always improvement to be made on features. Other companies are coming out with their DLP solutions, such as Microsoft and ClowdStrike which will give McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention competition to move forward.

I have been using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention for approximately three years.

One of my clients has approximately 150 users using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention.

The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is good. However, if they provided 24 hours a day seven days a week support that would be a helpful addition.

I have used other similar solutions prior to using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention, such as Symantec and the others are not as good.

We moved from Symantec to McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention because of support. The service level and support level are better.

The initial setup of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention requires some support and good knowledge.

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention requires approximately two technical people to do the deployment and maintenance.

I have seen a return on investment from using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention.

The price of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive. It is not the most expensive solution but it is typically 15 to 20 percent higher than other solutions. There is no additional cost to using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention.

My advice to others is McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is a good solution, it is expensive but if you look for a less expensive solution they are not ideal for the long term. MacAfee has a good roadmap ahead and they have added more features and have good support. I recommend this solution to others.

I rate McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention a nine out of ten.

We primarily used the solution for data loss prevention.

It is for national identity purposes, for our management, office management of mail, for sending office documents, and for monitoring bad behavior via email or writing.

The solution is stable and reliable.

It can scale. 

The product is very easy to maintain.

The product is difficult to use. 

I don't like the McAfee product and have had a negative user experience. 

They really need to simplify their offering. The interface is not so good.

McAfee needs to clarify its rules. 

If you don't know what you are doing, scaling can be challenging.

I used the solution for four months. 

We never had a complaint from IT. The solution seemed to have been stable. 

We had 150 people using the solution. 

If you know what you are doing, it's scalable. That said, if you use the interface and you are not a qualified person for that, it gets complicated. 

We did not directly reach out to McAfee, the corporation, in terms of support. We can get help from their partners. If we have questions, we'll ask the partner, not McAfee directly. 

We've moved from McAfee products as we changed our environment, and we focus mostly on Microsoft now. 

I now prefer Microsoft. If you had asked me nearly eight months ago, I would have said I hate Microsoft. While I'm still not a huge fan, I appreciate the scalability and visibility. It's a native environment of Windows 10, Windows 8.1 servers, and Android and iPhones. The price is very low as well for CRM and ERP solutions. Now, there is no need to buy any antivirus for the ERP solution if you've got licenses, of course, from Microsoft.

The solution was already pre-installed in an on-premises environment by the time I arrived. I wasn't a part of the initial implementation. 

The maintenance is pretty straightforward. 

I'm not sure what the exact pricing is. 

We were using the latest version of the solution. 

I'd warn new users to prepare for the interface, which is not user-friendly.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten.

Our primary use case for the solution is data leakage prevention, which we deploy on-premises. For example, we had a confidential document signed by one of our HR members bearing the details of some financials for the company. It was mistakenly sent to the company, all the employers, and employees, but we had just controlled this document from the DLP at that time. We restricted the document from being removed from every company computer through McAfee, so the document was deleted from every desktop. We send all the data over email or on the file server, SharePoint, or any web portal. So, for example, whenever we upload any data, DLP keeps a copy of it, makes a mirror, and keeps a copy of it in its database, securing it with an alarm. We set some words in a document or an email, and an alert will be generated for us, and DLP will make a copy of this data, allowing us to check if the data has been sent to another company on a web portal or file-sharing server. 

The solution is very user-friendly and valuable.

The user interface is messy and could be simplified. It could be more fruitful because the UI part of the DLP is also messy.

We have been using the solution for approximately four years.

The solution is scalable.

We do not have experience with customer service and support.

The initial setup is straightforward. It only requires installing the agent on the end nodes, and the management console, installation and configuration are not difficult. 

We implemented the solution in-house, and only one person is required for maintenance.

From a licensing point of view, it is good because we don't need to procure the license against each node. It has a single license, and we can use it on multiple nodes.

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. The solution is good and has many features, but the user interface can be improved.

Our main use case of this DLP solution is for endpoint protection of data breaching. Systems have to be protected both internally and externally. Our company offers multiple solutions for endpoint security, network security, data loss prevention and firewalls. We are a service provider and a partner of McAfee. Here in Pakistan, very few companies take data loss prevention seriously. We work with the financial sector and they all need that level of security. I'm an assistant manager of technical support.

Of course the data loss prevention is the most valuable feature. The solution also enables us to customize in that space and that's why I prefer this product. We can add different file types, and different scenarios or implement McAfee DLP on-site for our customers. The solution fulfills the vast majority of our customers' needs. This is a sharp and intuitive solution. 

For our new engineers, it is difficult to understand the McAfee DLP interface, or configure it in the deployment scenario. The UI needs to be simplified. 

I've been using this solution for six years. 

McAfee DLP is very stable. I've compared it with other solutions and it's a very mature and comprehensive solution. 

The solution is scalable. 

The initial setup is quite complex. Each scenario is different depending on our customers. We have multiple teams providing multiple services. I have three engineers who work with McAfee and we also provide support. 

My advice to any organization is to support appropriate security levels because following Covid many people have moved to online work and that needs supporting on a security level. Companies should be working in a zero-trust environment.

I rate this solution eight out of 10.