Netwrix Endpoint Protector Reviews

We bought it because we had a specific need for a single Macintosh computer. We're a defense contractor, so we have to meet very rigid compliance requirements, and Macintosh caused a lot of problems for our mainly Windows domain infrastructure. So, we found the Endpoint Protector tool and tested it, and it did what we wanted it to do. 

We bought it for the Macintosh environment, but because we liked it, we rolled it out to our Windows environment as well.

The key point is that it allowed us to meet a complex cybersecurity requirement mandated by the government, and it was cost-effective. It is critical to our business because if we're not compliant, we can't bid on contracts.

It provides the ability to lock down a wide variety of USB devices. We've actually done it for pretty much everything that could potentially be an issue, such as keyboards, mice, USB devices, and CD-ROMs. This functionality is critical for us.

The device control is a big deal for us because we can actually lock out removable drives and different types of hardware. It allows us to have better control over what end-users plug into their computers, and we can have deny lists and tighten our security posture.

In terms of the granularity of the policies, it is fine. It does exactly what we need. It is granular enough, but it is not too much where it is impossible to tune. It has a nice balance.

In terms of ease of managing DLP in a hybrid environment, it has been very easy to use. It's a very intuitive product. There were no issues trying to figure stuff out.

The reports and analysis could be improved. There could be a little more data, and the logs could be a little more granular, but it's nothing major. It does what it needs to do, and it's fine. 

The alerts could be a little bit more intuitive, but again, it's not a big deal. It's just if I had to choose something, that's what it would be.

We have not been using it for very long. We bought it about four or five months ago.

It has been rock solid. It has never crashed or blown up on us.

We haven't gotten that far yet. We're using it for the initial rollout, and then in the future, we do plan to look more into the Content Aware Protection module to see if this is another add-on module in which we would be interested. After we start playing with the Content Aware Protection module and add modules, we'll know more about scalability, but right now, I don't have any input on that.

In terms of its usage, we currently have about a hundred devices.

They were excellent. They were very responsive and helpful.

We have had other things. One of the solutions that we used to use was GFI, but it got extremely expensive and over-complex, and it wasn't stable.

It was easy. From deployment to config, it wasn't overly involved or overly complex. The lady we talked to at Endpoint helped us very quickly. We had a licensing issue with something, and their support was good.

Its deployment did not take very long. It took less than a day. 

In terms of the deployment plan, it is simple enough where you don't need anything too complex. We just have a process that we follow. To add any new software, we have to try it first on a dirty network and validate it, and if all is good, then we put it in production.

In terms of its maintenance, primarily, our network engineer is responsible for configuring, reviewing, maintaining, and upgrading it. The rest of us look at the reports and the alerts from it.

I can't provide a specific return on investment. The return on investment is that this is a lot cheaper than if someone plugs in a USB key with malware and pollutes the whole network.

From what we've seen, their pricing is a lot lower than the other stuff we've looked at. I actually don't have any concerns with their pricing. They were probably the most reasonable company out there for the features that were offered.

It was pretty straightforward in terms of licensing, and you just pay for the license.

We looked at some of the other options. I don't remember their names, but the costs were outrageous. They were just unobtainable for a small business like ours. The cost was a big driver for going for Endpoint Protector, and its features worked. 

Some of the other solutions offered more in terms of data leakage protection, but again, they were too much for a small business. The cost was a big factor as well.

It is critical to test it out. I would advise doing the trial first to make sure it absolutely works for what you need it to do. Being able to test it without paying is a big deal, and it lets you really drive it.

We don't use the EasyLock USB Enforced Encryption app to automatically encrypt the confidential data transferred to the USB storage. We don't allow USB storage. We use it purely to lock the device, and our encryption is handled by another tool.

In terms of role-based access features for admins, I don't handle a lot of the technical side of it. My network engineer handles it, so I don't have any input to provide, but I haven't heard any complaints.

For zero-day protection, we have other tools. I don't think we're using this feature.

I would rate Endpoint Protector an eight out of 10. It pretty much did what they stated it did. There were no surprises.

I work for a financial services company. As a consequence, we work with multiple lenders and lender clients; essentially banks and building societies. There's a requirement in this industry for tight controls from an information security point of view. For many years we've had industry requirements to deploy a number of technical controls to secure things like device control.

Prior to using Endpoint Protector, we used Ivanti Device Control. However, from the UI point of view, it was a bit of a dated product, and some of the functionality wasn't brilliant. We also took a recommendation from our service provider, who had been using this product with other customers, and as such we deployed CoSoSys Endpoint Protector. We primarily have one single purpose, which is to secure all of our endpoints, mostly laptops. We have a very small number of client computers as well, but we primarily use it to block all removable media and all USB points on the laptops.

As a business, we don't enable and support the use of removable media. We do have a small number of use cases where that is allowed, primarily within our IT team, but they are the exception. As such, every single USB port is blocked across the business with Endpoint Protector to mitigate the risk of somebody intentionally, accidentally, or for whatever reason being tricked into inputting their USB drive into our network which would then cause potentially a risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our data.

We have a contractual requirement for us to have a tool like CoSoSys. It mitigates risk for us as a business by enabling us to be sure that no one can exfiltrate data from our company via USB media or be infected by malware by plugging a device into an endpoint.

We only use that one particular feature. I believe there are other features available but I don't believe we pay for the other elements of functionality of the software. There are other features like DLP within the software, however, we have a suite of additional tools within our business to control those other elements so we use CoSoSys exclusively for device control.

We only use it for a very small use case. It certainly has a wide range of functionality, although, we don't use the vast majority of the functionality because we don't pay for it or because we have other tools in place that are specific for a certain purpose.

The granularity of the policies that we can create is good. We block USB media. One of the reasons we left our previous provider is because of the lack of this functionality. We have built some custom rules to make exceptions for staff members that should be able to use USB media. Of course, the ability to amend and write policies is far more granular than the previous product that we used. Switches, disabling and blocking Bluetooth, weren't available with our previous supplier. 

The feature that locks down USB devices means that if you plug removable media into any of our USB drives, it blocks it. As we block, we blacklist all the types of USB devices, and the cloud running trail blocks that. If someone puts the USB drive in, it will block them from opening that drive or even registering that drive. If they want to make an exception, they have to make a formal request to do so, and that can be made either by email or through an application to our IT desk.

The versatility regarding the exit point Endpoint Protector supports in making sure that important data doesn't leave our organization is vital for us. In the industry that we're in, data breaches are a significant concern. While our staff is contractually required to maintain confidentiality and they're all very aware that they shouldn't try and transfer company data of different classifications elsewhere to non-company devices, there's a risk. If we didn't have Endpoint Protector in place, they could plug in a USB drive, copy a file onto the USB drive, and then take that onto their personal computer or share it externally, whether that be with the press or the public, etc. This tool stops that from happening. It means employees are unable to share files and exfiltrate data via that channel.

We have other controls to stop other channels. One of the biggest concerns for us as a business is employees sharing data via the internet, dragging files and confidential information from our computer drives into Dropbox or into Webmail, et cetera. We have other controls and tools to stop that. But Endpoint Protector is used exclusively to stop USB media.If we didn't have Endpoint Protector in place, they could plug in a USB drive, copy a file onto the USB drive, and then take that onto their personal computer or share it externally, whether that be with the press or the public, etc. This tool stops that from happening. It means employees are unable to share files and exfiltrate data via that channel.

We have other controls to stop other channels. One of the biggest concerns for us as a business is employees sharing data via the internet, dragging files and confidential information from our computer drives into Dropbox or into Webmail, et cetera. We have other controls and tools to stop that. But Endpoint Protector is used exclusively to stop USB media.

I have been using Endpoint Protector for 18 months.

The stability is very comfortable. We have no qualms or concerns. There have not been any incidents or issues with it not working, or any problems that I'm aware of. Any kind of such problems would be raised to my attention and discussion review, and there haven't been any concerns raised by users or with our IT service desk. There has been no concern there.

Scalability is about the policies. We could deploy it simply to larger groups of people as and when required. There's a procedure where we deploy using an RMM tool. It's easy to deploy.

At present, we don't have plans to increase usage. We have a number of different controls and requirements, and we have specialist tools for each of the different requirements. We're also trying to move towards a Microsoft stack where possible because we have so many different tools in use. Microsoft doesn't do device control. 

I have never personally been involved with technical support. There was joint deployment with our MSP. There have been no problems, so I think it's fairly positive.

We were previously using Ivanti.

The setup was quite straightforward and didn't cause any issues. But I wasn't involved. Our IT system team deployed it around 18 months ago. I was quite new to the business at the time. It went relatively smoothly, there were no hiccups, and there were no deployment problems.

It took under a few weeks to implement. It was not a couple of weeks of solid work. We deployed it slowly within a UAT testing environment and only on a small number of laptops. Once we were comfortable that the config was working as expected, then we deployed our tool to other users. We deployed the end client to all endpoints using an RMM tool we use from SolarWinds.

We have a managed service provider who we use to support some of our IT needs. They were the ones who recommended the products and they would have been the ones who actually implemented the product and do much of the actual deployment with our IT service desk.

The implementation required around 2-3 staff members. It was one person from the MSP and two people in-house who would have worked on that project to deploy it. It was a normal project team for the deployment of that size.

Day-to-day maintenance only requires one or two employees. We don't have somebody looking at it daily, but our service desk will review it, update it, and amend things within the tool as and when required. It really runs by itself, it's not a huge amount of maintenance, which is a good thing.

ROI is very hard to quantify but Endpoint Protector is ultimately priceless. If device control wasn't in place, any single data breach that could occur as a consequence of a USB device being able to transfer data externally could result, for us as a business, in considerable loss, and considerable fines. There are massive fines for data breaches in the UK.

Data breaches could have a very significant reputational impact on our business. It's very difficult to quantify, but we haven't had any of these breaches. If we didn't have Endpoint Protector in place, we would be at a higher risk.

The pricing is very fair. No concerns. We don't have massive budgets, we're quite a small company, but we don't have small budgets either. I think it's quite competitive.

I don't believe there are additional costs in addition to standard licensing. 

We reviewed Ivanti Device Control, which is the previous tool we were using, and we compared it with Endpoint Protector's product set. Then we compared the prices and compared the features, and decided to go with Endpoint Protector over the previous supplier.

We have a third-party that automatically encrypts confidential data transferred to USB storage devices. That's not a use case for us with Endpoint Protector.

We exclusively use Windows. We do have instances of Linux, but from an endpoint point of view, it is exclusively Windows. 

As a business, we're never going to move into a Mac OS environment, so the fact that it supports Windows, Mac, and Linux wouldn't be one of our prerequisites. We looked at Endpoint Protector to make sure it supported Windows but the fact that it supports all platforms wasn't that important to us. Obviously, if it didn't work with Windows we wouldn't have used it, but from that point of view, it's not important for us now.

We also don't use it to search for keywords that are important to our business. We have a third-party tool we've had in use for several years that classifies all our data and ensures that we have visibility of where data is and what type of data is at risk.

I would rate Endpoint Protector an eight out of ten. I'm by no means an expert on the tool, however, it does appear to offer quite a large range of different functions within the toolset. Sometimes, it should try to focus on one thing rather than multiple things. Endpoint Protector does device control very well, which is why we use that particular function.

We use this product to protect our Mac and Windows 10 endpoints.

Our main purpose is to block the uploading of Excel and PowerPoint files. We also use it to block USB devices and other peripherals that users connect to the system. 

This product performs well and multiple things have been blocked by it.

By raising discovered issues with our team members, they are doing their part in terms of resolving them.

Endpoint Protector provides a single platform to support our Windows and Mac machines. We do not have any Linux machines in our environment. Managing DLP for our machines in this hybrid environment is pretty simple, as the product is user-friendly and we can easily find what we need.

The fact that this solution supports different operating systems is very important to us because we want to ensure that there is no data leakage.

We have one or two Macs in our organization, with the majority of people using Windows 10 machines. We haven't seen any difference in the support that this product offers for either operating system.

The Device Control feature and tools are very nice. It can also be used for containers. We have blocked multiple financial components using these features and rely on the upload and block policies. For example, we have blocked Google Drive uploads, as well as the upload functionality for other cloud spaces.

The interface is pretty user-friendly, neatly explained, and simple to use.

We are able to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is important to us because none of our users can connect a USB drive or other device to the machine. By preventing this, there won't be data leakage. We have experienced this in the past and we are now able to control it through the use of device policies. 

The technical support that they provide works well.

We use the RDP remote desktop option to prevent copy and paste operations to remote systems. If anyone tries to copy and paste between a remote system and a local system then they will not be able to do it. This works well and it makes our operations more secure.

We are currently facing an issue where it is blocking the Winman software, which is something that we don't want to happen because we use it in our accounts department to pay taxes.

There is no option or support available for DriveHQ. 

We have been using Endpoint Protector for between seven and eight years.

This product is pretty stable.

It is easy to scale. Across the organization, we have more than 900 users with Endpoint Protector deployed on their machines.

We plan to soon increase the number of licenses that we have. Our intention is to start deploying on our laptops, which will bring us to a total of approximately 1,500 licenses.

We have been in touch with technical support and our experience has been pretty nice.

This solution was easy to deploy but it was implemented before I joined the company so I don't know how long the process took.

No major upgrades have been required since I have been working with it.

We have an in-house person who is responsible for servers, and he deployed Endpoint Protector. The process is not complex and only one person is required.

We have three system engineers, three senior system engineers, and one assistant manager in charge of maintenance.

We looked at a DLP product by Forcepoint but our current solution was working pretty well, so we opted not to switch.

This is a product that has improved over time. For example, in the past, there was no option to view the ports that were not added to your list. This is now supported and some of the problems we were facing have been stopped. Another example is that we are now able to block Teams and it works pretty well, whereas, in the past, we could not block uploads or downloads with Teams.

Endpoint Protector has other features that we do not use, such as encryption. Instead, we deployed Sophos Encryption approximately six months ago for this purpose.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is how to block uploads and downloads, as well as how to lock devices on users' machines. My advice for anybody who is considering it is that it is pretty simple to use. It's a friendly environment and it's easy to block devices, uploads, and other security issues.

In summary, we have not faced many issues with Endpoint Protector and it is fulfilling our requirements, as we wanted.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We store graphics files on our computers and they are confidential, so we implemented this product to block all of the computers from being able to send the data outside of our organization.

We use it to block USB ports so that people cannot connect an external hard drive, flash drive, or anything else that people can use to take files off of the system. Essentially, it blocks data transfer.

We only have two policies. The first is to block everything and the second one allows for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections.

This product does give us multiple choices for blocking data exit points. Without giving specifics, I can say that I know we have better security because of it.

We have Mac and PC machines, and it is very easy to manage both types. There is no noticeable difference in features between Mac and Windows machines.

We use role-based access for administering this solution, but as we are a small company, it is only insofar as having an administrative role that can perform any of the functions when needed. Some people can unblock certain policies, but we have a single administrator that can do everything.

The most valuable feature is blocking data transfer.

The software is easy to use and the dashboard is intuitive.

I have been using Endpoint Protector since I joined the company five years ago. I believe that they were using it for one or two years prior to that.

Stability-wise, it is very good and very safe. It seems to work fine.

We have approximately 117 endpoints and for the time being, I don't think that we will be expanding. We already have all of our computers.

I have not used technical support often, but every time I have, it was perfect. They have good support and they have helped me very well.

Several years ago, we used ESET but we found that it only logged the files that were transferred via the ports. This was not what we wanted to do, so we canceled the license and implemented Endpoint Protector instead for blocking the ports.

When I last renewed the license it was for a two-year term, and they gave me the second year at half price. It was a very nice gesture. Normally, I renew my license annually and I was happy to get a discount for committing to two years. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

It would be helpful if they offered discounted pricing for long-term contracts to serve customers who are interested in committing for periods of three years, five years, or longer. I have been with the same company for five years, it was installed when I arrived, and we are going to continue using it in the future. Perhaps after a company has completed their first year, they should propose longer contracts to them.

My advice for anybody who is considering this product is that if they want something to protect data on both Macs and PCs then this is a very good choice. I have never worked with a product that is this easy to use.

In summary, this is a good product and for now, I think that it has everything we need. It seems to be a perfect match for us.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

We use Endpoint Protector as our data loss prevention solution for Windows, Linux, and Mac machines. Our clients work from outside of our building and in different locations, and we need to use this product to keep our data secure.

There are many benefits to using this solution.

In terms of the granularity of policies that we can create, this is a good product. We have created two policies that are used on Windows, Linux, and our Mac machines. The first is related to screen sharing, and the second is responsible for blocking files in email attachments.

This functionality is important to us. At the end of the day, we get reports about files, the users, and what they are doing. Preventing screen sharing with unknown people, or accepting files from somebody who is not known, are both things that I want to prevent.

We get detailed reports that identify our clients and we can see how each of them is spending their day at the office. Essentially, we have good visibility of the traffic on our endpoints.

To this point, I have not needed to lock down a variety of different USB devices. I have not used, for example, a card reader. I have only used it to lock down USB storage devices. In the future, I may use more of these features.

I have had no difficulty with using this solution in our hybrid environment that includes Windows, Linux, and Mac machines. There is no difference in features between the different platforms. There are differences such as the web browser that is used. For example, in Windows, we use Chrome, whereas, with Mac, we use Safari. Certain things are different based on the software but otherwise, everything is the same.

The most valuable feature is device control. If you have the wrong devices connected to the network then it may cost you, and this product allows you to control them. For example, you can prevent users from using an external hard disk, which is something that I like.

There is a clipboard feature to ensure that a user cannot print their screen or take a screenshot. This is one of the reasons that we feel secure when using this product.

The users are happy with using this solution on a daily basis. 

I would like to see an alert feature that when a system is started, it checks to make sure that the client has the most up-to-date policies. Before the policies are updated, nothing can be done on the system.

We have been using Endpoint Protector for one year.

This is a stable product and we haven't had any problems with it.

We have between 50 and 60 people in our organization.

Within the past month or two, I have experienced problems and contacted technical support by email. They immediately responded and gave me suggestions on how to improve our security.

Normally, I send the support team an email and they answer within 24 hours. They analyze the problem and try to determine why it has occurred. They ask end-to-end questions such as what I was doing at the time, which allows them to assess and analyze all of the relevant points.

This is the first DLP solution that we have used.

The initial setup is very easy and there is nothing difficult about it.

Our deployment took one month and we didn't know anything about the product in advance. We didn't know exactly how it would work or which features would be added. The vendor explained everything to us after that.

The minimum number of licenses they sell is 50 or 150 users. They do not sell, for example, a package of 10 licenses. It would be helpful if you could purchase a smaller number of licenses at one time.

We did not evaluate other such solutions before selecting this one.

My advice for anybody who is considering this product is that it's user-friendly, and everyone can easily understand the details about how it works.

I am 100% confident in the security that I get from this product.

Overall, I think that our requirements for basic control, including application control, have been met. I'm happy with the current product and I like the feature set. That said, if they provide additional features in the future then we will use them.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

We use it primarily for endpoint protection. We have to be SOC 2 compliant. We have a number of standards that we have to abide by for HIPAA reasons and SOC 2 reasons, which is why we initially put it in place, but we mostly use it for endpoint protection and MDM.

We have access to some healthcare data, at times, which means that we have to follow very strict guidelines. So we need the endpoint protection.

I like the main dashboard. It's very intuitive. 

The offline temporary passcode solution is really easy to use for both the backend administrator and the users.

The granularity of the policies that you can create is pretty sufficient. We haven't had to make any super-granular policies. I understand what its capabilities are, and it is really nice to know that if we have to crack down and be a little more strict on our policies, Endpoint Protector provides those features.

It also provides us with the ability to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is pretty important because we don't want certain data accessed. It does a really good job when it comes to the versatility of the exit points it supports, making sure that important data does not leave our organization.

Endpoint Protector also provides a single platform to support Windows, macOS, and Linux, although we don't use Linux, we just use Windows and Mac. It makes it pretty easy for me to manage DLP in such a hybrid environment. I find it intuitive. It's pretty vital that it supports Windows and macOS because we use both types of computers in our company. It provides Zero day protection for macOS.

There are times when the server needs to be updated, and it would help if I got a notification for when the newest version comes out, because at the moment, I'm going in every now and then and checking. Sometimes it comes out and I didn't know it had come out. It would be super-helpful if I got a notification saying, "It's time to update the server."

I've been using CoSoSys for a little more than two years.

It hasn't changed much since we started using it, so I haven't really found myself having to adapt or learn anything new. It has served all the purposes that we've purchased it for, so it's pretty stable.

We have such a small team that scalability hasn't really been an issue at this point. It's easy enough for me to manage it on my own. We have fewer than 50 employees, and somewhere between 50 and 60 computers, so I haven't really encountered any scalability issues. We've adopted it 100 percent.

For the most part, their technical support has been really responsive and good about setting up time to go over things. They have been pretty timely, in general.

We didn't have anything in place before.

It's really easy to install. I had to do most of them in person. At the time, most of us were in the office, so I just had folks drop off their computers at my desk for 15 minutes while I set it up. Some took less than 15 minutes. We do have some remote workers, and I used Zoom which has a remote screen option.

It was done over the course of a couple of days, because I had 50-something devices to do.

I don't know if Endpoint Protector has this kind of feature, because I didn't need to use it. But if I had more than 50 computers, it would have been really time-consuming to do the implementation. It wasn't that bad for me, but any more than 50 computers would be a little bit of a hassle.

Our return is that it serves the purpose that we need it for.

The pricing model changed the last time that we renewed, but it's reasonable compared to what's out there.

Choosing a solution was a discussion that happened before I was in the mix. I don't know if other solutions were discussed before this one was decided upon. I do know that it was something that another employee had used before and she recommended it. I don't know if a lot of other research went on or they just said, "Okay, since someone knows it and they've used it, we'll use it too."

In terms of feature parity between Windows and macOS, with Windows it takes a lot longer to install, but that's really the main difference.

I was looking for a DLP solution and Endpoint Protector happened not only to help with that, but also with the USB management piece. As a credit union we have a lot of sensitive data, so we need to be able to see it at rest and block it, and not only on-premises, but off-premises as well. A lot of people work remotely now and this solution is really working for me because once the endpoint is on there, I'm still in control.

I've seen, through all my policies, how exit points get blocked. The eDiscovery is one of the important things in Endpoint Protector. That's been working a lot for me, especially with the remote users. The eDiscovery allows me to see data outside of the network.

I have policies right now with eDiscovery for social security number, credit card, member number, and I created a duplicate SSN. So it's finding anything where that agent is installed, anything from the computer. It's finding all that data and it's reported to me.

I don't have a single most valuable feature. Every feature is really working for me. One of the reasons I bought it was for the USB block, but that's not as much a use case anymore since I have a lot of people working remotely. It's the DLP part that is more important to me right now, to pinpoint the data that's getting moved.

The granularity enables me to not only see a file, but to read inside the file and pull out the data inside it. The granularity is really pretty good on that. It's very important. Let's say somebody just exported a file or emailed a file or uploaded a file on the internet. Seeing the inside of the file is really important to me. Whether it's encrypted or not, I still can see inside the file.

I'm the only admin on it, but the role-based access is fine. I have one user that I give access to so he can just see device control and that's it. That's all I need him to see. I was able to do that, so I'm pretty happy with the role-based access.

I use the solution's clipboard granularity feature to monitor copying and pasting to specific exit points, and it works great. People are trying to get the data any way they can, from the clipboard and things like that. I'm able to see it, report on it, and block it.

I've been using Endpoint Protector for going on two years now.

I'm pretty impressed with its stability.

I don't see any issues or limitations with scalability. As long as you have the license, everything should be fine.

I'm managing about 300 devices right now.

One of the areas where there is room for improvement is support. It takes time for them to respond. They need to respond on time. Instead of sending an email, I think it would be very helpful to say, "Let's set up a WebEx to see what's really going on," instead of the back and forth of email.

I didn't replace any solution with this one. I was looking for a USB management solution. I have competitors like ManageEngine, but when I happened to find Endpoint Protector, with the USB and the DLP side of it in one solution, it was good to have that in one platform. I was going to have to find another DLP solution to be able to manage all this.

The initial setup was straightforward for me. They have good documentation, so if you follow everything it should be fine.

My deployment took a month. The implementation strategy for the solution was to set it up, deploy it to a couple of test machines, and see how it was behaving. Once that was done, I deployed it to everybody.

It doesn't require any maintenance on my side, other than when the updates come available. I get them installed and that's it.

I deployed myself.

I have definitely seen return on the investment when it comes to satisfying my auditors. I can show them I'm looking at all these things. And I'm protecting the credit union at the same time. It's really all worth it.

I don't have any issue with the licensing and pricing. I would love for it to be cheaper, but at the same time I'm getting a lot from it.

Compared to a lot of the USB management systems out there, Endpoint Protector is the only one that comes with true USB management and the DLP side of it. I'm pretty impressed because I've used several solutions with DLP and USB management, and I've never seen granularity like this solution has.

I haven't seen any solution like Endpoint Protector. Everybody says, "USB management: We can control, we can block, etc." And you have other solutions that are DLP only. Having it all in one place is really helpful. Not only do I have the USB management side, but I can come back and say, "All right, what's in that USB? What sensitive data is in there?"

I'm in a Windows environment, but I see it does MacOS, Windows, open sources. It has all of that on the platform.

I'm not using the EasyLock USB Enforced Encryption app to automatically encrypt confidential data transferred to USB storage devices. I'm more monitoring it. But I have the option of force it to encrypt.

Overall, I've never seen a solution with this much granularity. I didn't expect that. I did the demo, but it was only when I actually put in my environment and saw things and said, "Oh, wow." The reporting and the analysis have provided a lot of lessons learned. I didn't think I could get that much information.

We primarily use the solution for DLP. 

I have not found any valuable features.

I bought it for my Windows, Linux, and Mac platform. Frankly speaking, I'm not happy with the product. The reason is that they have not tested the product in their environment. You can't really install it on any endpoint, because you never know what will happen.

I have faced issues which shouldn't be related to this product. This product is purely a DLP, so it should only protect my data. I don't know what is happening with their agent or what is happening with the software, but it messes up my endpoint. For example, people are facing bandwidth issues. Before I deployed this on an endpoint, people were getting internet speeds of 40 or 50 Mbps. After deploying it, that would come down to 10 Mbps. And if I uninstalled the agent, it would go back to 50 Mbps.

In my experience, they claim their product is very good, but I don't think so.

Software should be such that if you deploy it on any machine, it should not come up with issues. If it is blocking things I can understand that the engine behind the software is very good. But it is blocking things that are not required to be blocked.

The major challenge was my Linux environment, and that is why I took this product—to get it deployed on my Linux machine. But if I want to deploy it on Linux 1, 2, or 20, or some other Linux distribution, I need to reach out to the support team to get the agents. If I have paid for licenses, they should be on the portal so I can download all the different versions freely.

If I want to install it on any machine, I need to give the version of that machine and they will give me the agent. You don't know whether that agent is the latest one or not. And if you face challenges you have to go back to the support team again and say, "I have deployed it and I'm facing this issue." They will give you another version. I can't tell you all the challenges we have faced. I have not deployed it on a single Linux machine, and it was for Linux that I bought this product. I have just put it on Windows, because on Windows I am facing fewer issues compared to Mac and Linux.

It is not a straightforward installation or a straightforward configuration, for me or the end-user.

I bought Endpoint Protector six months back.

If you talk about the server on which the application is running it's very stable. But if you talk about the agents, I have already explained how many issues I'm facing.

Whenever we contacted support they would give us a resolution and we would apply it. One issue would get resolved but another issue would come up. It's like they considered us as a tester of their application.

In our company, we provide infrastructure services. People have their own environments on their endpoints. If they come across issues, every time we talk to support they tell us to show them the environment. It is not easy for us to get a developer to give control of his or her machine to CoSoSys support in order to showcase the issue.

I mentioned one point to the support team: "Please provide us the latest version of your product." That is how it happens with all products. If your company has come up with an updated version, you should reach out to your customers. Either publish it on your website, saying that you have a new version or new agent, or send an email to all your customers. When I put this comment on the ticket, the feedback I got from a support engineer was, "Please mention this to your account manager." He should not have said that. The support team should have gone to the management team and told them about the feedback they were getting from the customer. They should have said to management, "We need to incorporate these things into the system."

I never ever tell my clients to reach out to my management if they have issues. I'm here to address those issues. If I'm unable to do that, then I will reach out to my management to tell them this customer is facing these issues and we need to address them as a high-priority.

After that, I reached out to my account manager from whom I bought this product and I told him to escalate this issue. I said, first of all, that the tech team should reach out to the customer with the latest version. And secondly, that the support guy who told me to reach out to management should not have done that. The account manager escalated it to someone but I didn't get a call back on that topic.

It's a very serious matter. I was expecting a response from the account manager or from some senior person, but I never ever heard anything from the company.

It has not been so easy to get the support that I paid for. I should get prompt support during that year.

A colleague who works with another company bought this product and he told me about it. The one thing I liked about this product was because it is for Mac, Linux, and Windows. If you go for other companies like Forcepoint or Symantec Endpoint Protection, they only give you a solution for Windows and Mac. In our company, we are about 60 percent Linux, 30 percent Windows, and 10 percent Mac.

The server setup is very easy. They have an appliance and you just decide where you want to set it up. They give you some image files. You attach that file to your server and your server is ready. After that, you need to put your own efforts into the configuration, because with these guys the support is pathetic.

If they gave it to me for free for the next year I would not go for this product. Pricing is one thing, but if they are not giving me a full, usable product, pricing hardly matters.

I have seen a demo of Forcepoint. Although it is not meant for Linux, rather for Windows and Mac, it is very easy to use. I'm thinking that if I had bought Forcepoint at least I would be okay with my Windows and Mac. Now I'm worried about all the three operating systems and I have paid a very handsome amount for the product.

In my previous company I was using Symantec and that is a wonderful product. But Linux was the challenge.

I'm just waiting for the renewal. I will not use it again in the future.

DLP means blocking something, and I have not blocked anything. If you look at my configuration, I'm just reporting things in case something happens so I can fetch the logs and show them to management. But I don't want to face an embarrassing situation in front of management, because we are in the software service. We have proper SLAs. But if management comes to me and says, "Why didn't you guys block this?" I will not have any answer.

If I knew that support was fantastic, that if I did something and I got stuck I could reach out to support and they would help me out immediately, then I would try. But if I deploy something and I come across some issues, I don't know how much time these guys will take: two days, three days, or five days. They have no SLA. We are a startup but we have proper SLAs with our end-users and clients.

If CoSoSys made some improvements in their product and to their support, no doubt it could be very good. The product is forward-looking, in my opinion, which is a requirement nowadays. But because of the pathetic support and their internal team not doing proper testing of their product... Previously, people used to work only on Windows. But now people are mainly working on Mac or Linux. And now, because of the COVID-19 situation, people are working from home and it is necessary to deploy this product on endpoints to save company data.