Symantec Data Loss Prevention Pros review quotes

Serif Muammer Sak - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2023
The accuracy in terms of the rate of detection is good.
Meleria Mangaring - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2021
With respect to the amount of intelligence that they have with respect to how they formed the DLP solution, for example, exact data matching. If you compare Forcepoint with Symantec, Symantec is more sophisticated than Forcepoint.
SK
May 7, 2019
They have a feature on the management side called the document indexer. Let's say you have a unique document with many near identical versions, which have one or several values that change, while the rest of the content stays the same. You can collect 50 of those documents and put them into this feature of the Symantec DLP system. It will compress them and create a profile specifically for that document.
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SK
Apr 5, 2021
We can integrate with some other tools such as Splunk, which is very useful.
RP
Jan 26, 2023
The data-at-rest features are the most valuable because they let us identify data infected with ransomware and prevent employees from being exploited through phishing attacks. If an employee is compromised, the attacker can access servers and deposit ransomware. This enables the attacker to exfiltrate data remotely using employees' credentials. It might be valuable data that could cause a business reputational and financial damage if stolen and publicized. It could also be credit card data or personal health information stored on critical servers.
DK
Feb 12, 2023
The detection capabilities are comprehensive.
UK
Feb 15, 2023
The most valuable aspect of Symantec DLP is its broad coverage. Symantec DLP covers USB, Outlook email clients, and web traffic. If we install the endpoint DLP, we can cover multiple channels, including the clipboard and printer.
BR
Jul 13, 2022
An excellent solution for data classification.
YW
Feb 18, 2021
There's only one policy needed to implement for all channels.
TN
Aug 28, 2019
I'm able to track everyone who is trying to send information outside the environment and to know if they are not supposed to be sending it. I'm also able to see the people who are accessing or maybe try to access the information they are not supposed to be accessing based on their level of classification. It gives me overall control of who has got access to what and at what point. And who can do what with specific information.
 

Symantec Data Loss Prevention Cons review quotes

Serif Muammer Sak - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2023
Reporting could be improved.
Meleria Mangaring - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2021
The one downside for Symantec is that, due to its transition from Symantec to Broadcom, there's been a lot of changes. I am based in the Philippines and we don't have a contact person locally for any Symantec.
SK
May 7, 2019
That fine tuning has to be done for the customer as well as the vendor. So if I take Symantec DLP, we have to have some final fine tuning but we may need some time developing this depending on the customer. This is an area where something can be done to improve the product.
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SK
Apr 5, 2021
In the object capture recognition, which we implemented recently, there are a lot of false positives that have been happening.
RP
Jan 26, 2023
The upgrade process is convoluted. The server and database software must run in line with third-party providers like the Oracle database. If an Oracle database reaches the end of its life, then servers must be decommissioned, and you need to bring new servers online. When the maintenance packages are deployed to the management server, they don't get pushed to the detection servers. Each detection server must be manually installed rather than automatically made from a single server. If it's a large enterprise, you need to manually install it or use a GPO or some other technology, which I never use.
DK
Feb 12, 2023
From a management perspective, it takes a lot of time to manage the infrastructure.
UK
Feb 15, 2023
Symantec DLP doesn't provide complete cloud coverage. We need another DLP solution to monitor our cloud applications.
BR
Jul 13, 2022
Different departments should manage administration, reporting, normalization and incident management.
YW
Feb 18, 2021
The solution is not user-friendly.
TN
Aug 28, 2019
In a majority of cases, most of the companies are using DLP for endpoint sessions, where you have a user that might be communicating information outside of the company. However, they forget there are actual interfaces that can directly communicate with either the database or other files within the data center that uses end-to-end encryption. In those cases, you might need things like your DLP to be able to monitor and block some of that. The solution needs to catch information communicated through the data center on the server-side.