Symantec Endpoint Security Valuable Features
MohammadAlshatreet
Head of Information System at EEC
I use the solution primarily for scanning and identifying threats, which is essential in determining the percentage of resources used, such as CPU and hard disk. It's important to balance resource consumption to maintain operational efficiency.
Furthermore, the incident response capabilities allow me to resolve authentication and support issues promptly, ensuring the system operates without downtime.
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Joshua Scott
OT Technologist at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
A valuable feature of Symantec Endpoint Security is the ability to remotely isolate a computer from the network if it's compromised, either physically or digitally. Additionally, the air-gap support is crucial for us.
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Shaban Mohammad
System Administrator at Aljazera Market co
Symantec Endpoint Security offers many valuable features, such as file explosion, application learning, DLP, injection detection, and EDR solutions for traffic control.
The platform provides traffic scanning, system scanning, malicious file scanning, troubleshooting, and EventViewer facilities. The tool is easy to deploy and operate.
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Symantec Endpoint Security
June 2025
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Tobias Runge
Cyber Security Pre-Sales at SoftwareONE
One important feature is the EDR function, necessary for many public customers due to upcoming laws in Germany, which is available through Symantec Endpoint Security Complete. Many customers are upgrading or looking into Symantec Endpoint Security initially because of the EDR function. Customers who upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Security Complete often seek EDR functionality. Additionally, it serves as an affordable tool for endpoint protection, anti-malware, and firewall. There is also significant upselling for enterprise customers seeking mobile threat defense for devices like smartphones and tablets.
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Hakeem_Abdulkareem
Head, Security Technology & Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
What I like most about Symantec is the intrusion detection module. If you are scanning the environment, it will flag a possible intruder and tell you the IP and where the attack is coming from. Traditional antivirus solutions will never flag that. If you have a traditional SIEM, you might be able to pick that up. Symantec is a holistic endpoint security solution, so when you scan an endpoint, Symantec will let you know that something is happening to it.
Once, there was an unauthorized scan of the environment, and I immediately discovered multiple systems were accessing it. A message will pop up saying that an intrusion was detected scanning from a particular path. We need to check directly because there are multiple similar IP addresses we have to block on our firewall, so the IP cannot access our system again. We've been able to contain attacks using Symantec in the past. It's highly effective.
Another valuable add-on is application control, which I use to prevent some applications from entering my environment. You can block any program installed with the same fingerprint. If the software isn't aligned with the environment, Symantec will stop it automatically. You don't need to buy a different solution, like an app blocker, and deploy it in the background.
Charan Teja Sana
Senior Consultant at HGS - Hinduja Global Solutions
We use the solution for our endpoint security. It's our compliance requirement to prevent virus attacks and ransomware attacks. However, it's unmanaged and not like a top competitor to CrowdStrike.
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Suryakumar Selvaraj
Security Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The most valuable features include the
- Active Directory security
- application controls
- endpoint detection and response.
Whenever there is an issue with respect to Active Directory, Symantec identifies the issues and tries to create a signature to mimic the Active Directory-related attacks in their backend labs. They obfuscate the request going to Active Directory. Even though there may be an issue with patches still not being updated by Microsoft, we have compensating control to prevent those kinds of attacks from happening. Once Microsoft releases patches, we immediately implement them. But until then, Symantec will prevent Active Directory compromises.
And, in some cases, the architecture itself is an important feature because Symantec is one of the very few endpoint services that provides an on-premises management system. Currently, most antivirus and protection providers operate entirely from the cloud. That's a differentiating factor with Symantec. This is very critical in an instance where you should not have access to the internet, or you wanted to have it on-premises. In those situations, Symantec is the go-to product.
In addition, for threat hunting, the API is integrated so that we get real-time updates. The threat-hunting is excellent. They're one of the largest civilian cyber intelligence networks. Symantec was an early starter with respect to threat hunting. They have a global SIEM and a global threat-hunting team. They have custom, built-in tools, and their own threat-hunting intelligence mechanism. We completely depend on Symantec's threat-hunting methodology. We have no complaints so far, and it has been an excellent experience working with their threat-hunting team.
Most incidents come through machine learning. In one or two cases we might need the experts, but most of our issues are known. They have a very good AI/ML engine. Based on the signature or the anomaly, when something is detected, the object that is compromised is isolated and we get an immediate response. A link is then initiated between the infected device and Symantec's threat-hunting team.
Symantec is one of a very limited number of products that supports the entire gamut of devices. It is not only Windows devices that it covers but also mobile devices, Mac, Android, iOS, et cetera.
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Glen Estes
IT Specialist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scheduled scans and the active protection were the most valuable because they allowed me to have the systems protected in real-time and also be able to schedule scans so that as new definitions would update, machines could be scanned to make sure that everything was in tip-top shape and there was nothing lurking in the background.
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ASHRAF ALI HASSAN
Senior Manager Network Design at MEEZA, Managed IT Services Provider
It has centralized management, product intelligence, is very easy to deploy, regularly updated with the latest virus and threat definitions, and has very good technical support.
Symantec have everything – documentation, videos, data sheets. That should be on the list of positive things.
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Jawaria Abbas
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The solution's application control feature is very, very powerful. The solution will automatically check the host integrity and quarantine if something is not compliant.
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Muhammad Ejaz ul Hassan
CEO at RISE Technologies
It is a complete and the best solution if your use case is small and you need more productivity and more security. With a single console, you get control over Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. This control is most valuable.
It provides complete protection with machine learning, behavior learning, and Global Intelligence Network (GIN). The threat intelligence generated by Symantec’s GIN is now a part of the solution. For any file that they find, they get the reference from GIN, and based on the value of their sensors, they are going to say whether it is a bad file or an okay file. This capability is very important.
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PedroSoares
Senior Security Information Analyst at Modal Bank
I like the endpoint detection and response. That's the best feature. I also like the fact that we don't need to use a file on the computer, whereas some anti-malware solutions work with a file on the endpoint. Symantec is a very good option compared to solutions from other vendors.
And when it comes to attack and breach prevention for mobile endpoint devices, Symantec is good. Until today, we haven't had any cases of malware on our smartphones. I suppose that the solution is protecting all the mobiles that we have in our company.
It's also very good, based on the last test I did, at fully exposing the extent of advanced attacks, especially when attackers use stealthy techniques to evade detection. While there was something that it didn't protect against, that was 10 percent of the test, which is not huge when compared with other anti-malware on the market.
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Edwin Acquah
Senior Desktop Engineer
The mobile application is valuable. You are able to see the reports of intrusions and the like on mobile devices. That is one of the coolest aspects.
Also, they recently upgraded the solution to provide a graphical interface that gives you an overview of the detections and whatever has been blocked. It gives you a pie chart with a breakdown of whoever is trying to access things.
In addition, it's always running and it doesn't consume a lot of memory, which would slow a PC down.
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AnandAnandharaj
Desktop Support Engineer at Dixit Infotech Services Pvt Ltd
I like the malware threat control policy and USB blocker. In Symantec Manager, we use multiple available features, so we created firewall policies to prevent any malware attack from the network or device controls.
The intrusion prevention features allow us to block ransomware according to URL reputation. The latest version is 14.3 RU2, which blocks ransomware attacks by default. We have configured customer notifications for client users when the IPS detects suspicious activities.
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Saurabh Patel
Technical Support Executive at Adit Microsys Pvt Ltd
EDR and ATP features are most valuable.
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Kin Lol
Senior IT Security Officer at Lion International Bank
The most valuable feature is the proactive malware scanning capability.
When you are performing simple tasks, it is not as demanding on resources as compared to other security products. This is an aspect that I like.
The application and device control functionality is good. We are able to see which applications are installed using the product management dashboard. This gives us the ability to monitor workstations, including which applications they have in which tabs.
There are extensions available, such as the Browser extension, to deal with specific types of attacks. This helps to protect against hackers. I have tested it with samples and it protects the system well.
The interface is simple to use.
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Nicolo De Jesus
Security Operations Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Symantec's detection capabilities are strong. It involves run protection and behavioral analysis.
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Prince Prince.Dpsr@Gmail.Com
Project Manager at Dreams Technology
Symantec Endpoint Security is a comprehensive solution that provides all the packages in one product. The most valuable features of Symantec Endpoint Security are endpoint protection, antivirus, firewall, and policy creation.
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Arvind Tiwari
Deputy General Manager at CMS
All Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) features, such as anti-malware, zero-day attack protection, and IPS features, are valuable.
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Atit Tandon
Director at Tandon Electronics
The best thing about Symantec is its ability to control our endpoints from a single point. You can manage the antivirus definitions, upgrades, remote scanning, etc., from one console.
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Syed Akram
Information Technology Specialist at Wonderla Holidays Ltd
The detection and response are quite good. We have a few templated policies that we have created for our entire organization. We have added groups to ensure that if an attack or breach happens, then it can be isolated from our network.
We use Application Control, Application Isolation, Web Traffic Redirection (WTR), and Network Integrity. These ensure that traffic is flowing.
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SagarShah
Cyber Security Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The dashboard view and reporting are valuable. It is stable and easy to integrate, and it provides custom options.
The agent is lightweight, and the response to the known infections with regular updates from Symantec is also valuable.
Olajide Olusegun
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security
Symantec Endpoint Security is easy to use, fast, and good for small and medium-sized businesses.
Unlike other AV products, such as Norton, Symantec Endpoint Security doesn't use many system resources.
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Badrul Hisyam Jamil
IT Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The product has valuable features for insights.
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Ammar Jibarah
IT Security at Aramex
The most valuable feature of Symantec Endpoint Security is the protection of our systems.
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reviewer1511340
Sr. Windows Analysts at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees
We haven't had problems with the product recently.
The solution does the job.
It seems to be user-friendly. Our users seem to like it for the most part.
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Vivek Koradiya
Administrator at a real estate/law firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
It is easy to use. Its interface is user-friendly. So, anybody can use it very well, which is a good thing.
It is a reliable product, and its performance is also good.
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Infrastructure Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We don't think the features are very valuable because they have limitations.
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DarrenBraithwaite
Operations Manager at Telescope Digital
Some of the administrative features are very good. I like the way it allows you to automate things when you're using it with Active Directory.
I like the additional features that come with it. The firewall feature and the encryption feature that they throw in are good as well. Another thing that I like about Symantec is that it runs on different platforms, not just on Windows.
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Asad Malik
Senior Infrastructure and Security Engineer at Georgetown University
Some of the most valuable features were antivirus, malware, and spyware. They were really good.
Heritier Daya
Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
One of the most valuable features is its antivirus database, which is current and updated daily. Another valuable feature is its capacity to be managed by a single server. The solution is managed by a secure server, so all the endpoints are managed from a central point.
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Manjit Singh
Senior Information Security Engineer at Herbalife
The features are very nice. We are getting updates continuously from the Symantec side regarding any attacks, such as zero-day attacks. Symantec helps us in mitigating any attacks or threats early.
Whenever we have any issues regarding the endpoints, Symantec is very helpful in resolving those issues.
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Manish Dave
Head Of Information Security at Aarti Industries Limited
The solutions' main features are patch management and security.
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TityaOuch
Manager VAPT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is easy to manage.
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Computer Systems Administrator at a university with 10,001+ employees
The solution detects malware very well.
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IT Admin at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
One of the most valuable features is the ability to manage antivirus security. There is an admin console that helps you make policies and do deployment of the clients, to make them reachable and to deploy updates.
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Sandip Arote
Technical lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The most useful features are the antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewall features. It also provides application control and Host Integrity, which is a very unique feature.
Symantec helps prevent attackers from stealing domain credentials and launching stealthy attacks.
Almost all threats are detected by Symantec, which is a very good feature. They also have Global Intelligence. It's a great detection technology.
We blocked indicators of compromise. We created multiple custom rules for that in the application control, which is helpful if it's a zero-day.
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Ramy Reda
Security Technical Consultant at Prosoft Information Systems
The solution is easy to use.
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KinjalDangeria
Director Of Services at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is easy to use.
I am completely satisfied with this solution.
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Faisal Mian
CTO at ABM Info. tech
I like that the solution can be scaled to deal with different threats. The same agent will be integrated into different Symantec products, which obviates the need to deploy multiple agents. This keeps things very small and effective.
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Tom Goetzinger
Corporate IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 11-50 employees
It just works. We have a console, and I can see it at a glance. I don't have any problems with it at all.
I can push the client out. All the antivirus updates are managed from a single central point, and it just works.
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Rodrigo Martin
CEO Iberia & Latam at a recruiting/HR firm with 10,001+ employees
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Nirav Joshi
Sr. Officer - Quality Assurance at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The administrator's console is very good and easy to manage with it. Deploying patches, definition updates and report is simple.
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Jayant Pant
Sr India Admin at Aon Hewitt
The application and device control are valuable features, and the live update is another one. We have a schedule to check every four hours for the live update.
The initial setup is straightforward.
reviewer1643460
Director at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The product is good at alerting users to anomalies.
The detection is pretty good.
The system has been working fine and is quite stable.
The device control has been working impeccably.
The solution can scale.
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Collins Amaife
System Analyst at Abbey Mortgage Bank
The auto-discovery capabilities are great.
The solution offers very good security features and is comparable to Sophos.
The solution is quite stable.
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Manager Operations/ Information Technology at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
It is a scalable product and is average stability-wise.
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NoufalMohamed
Technical Manager at Mignet Technologies
Device control is most valuable. Symantec is providing all such features in the basic plan, whereas when we last checked, such a feature was not available in the basic plan of Malwarebytes.
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Marbella Ibarra
CEO at CT AMERICA
Symantec has similar functionality and characteristics compared to other solutions in the market. However, we found it was easier for us to upgrade Endpoint Encryption. The main characteristic and the main advantage that we saw was that it could handle all the settings through a central point.
The solution, especially in older versions, is quite stable.
The scalability is good.
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Head of IT Department at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Protection from viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files is most valuable. It is also good in terms of application control. I can control the type of external media that can be connected with endpoint devices and protect them from malicious files and devices such as USB.
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IT manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
I like the antivirus and the local firewall that the solution provides. It's user friendly with a good dashboard.
reviewer1553202
Manager IS Security at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The solution is constantly getting updated with the latest definitions.
It's easy to get it across to all clients. The agent installation is very easy and the agent will talk to the server.
It is very easy to managing everything in relation to the implementation and processing. The initial setup is very easy.
The solution scales quite well.
The solution has proven itself to be very stable over the years.
Technical support has been pretty good in general.
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Naveed Ali
Unit Head Infrastructure at First Woman Bank Limited
What I've found the most valuable is that it's stable and easy to use. Device control and management is especially easy.
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IT Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The protection against any kind of malware is the most important feature of this product. It really helps to keep the operations system clean.
The product has been quite stable.
We've found the scalability to be very good.
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Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is that I don't feel that it is there. It works in the background and doesn't interfere with my daily work. All the scans are done in the background. This is the biggest advantage of this product.
It works because I have never been infected since I have been using this solution. Its interface is also very good.
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Project Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
The product is a good antivirus in terms of the fact that it can do real-time scanning and scheduling. We can plan scans for the weekend. We can also control it on the server for all the clients it manages.
The solution gets real-time updates of virus definition files from the internet. If there is any malware attack or something, then it can immediately download and apply it to the clients.
The initial setup is straightforward.
The pricing is pretty good. We don't find it too expensive to have in our organization.
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Phillip Evely
Network Administrator at Cape Breton Regional Municipality
The antivirus and antimalware features are good. Reporting is also pretty good.
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Sr. Professional Services Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
All the features are great with the core being antivirus, spyware, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Machine Learning, and capabilities like reputation analysis based on their huge footprint, firewall, IPS and device control are very useful at protecting the environment. Unfortunately many companies just use the basic, out of the box solution. Even when they turn on the firewall, they will use it just with its default settings, but if you really learn how to use it and deploy it correctly, it provides much more protection. With Symantec adopting the AI and many of the new protection features like file-less attacks and other modern technologies, it's very attractive and makes a big difference. EPPs by nature have so many parts to it, they can be daunting, even to those with experience, but once deployed it's quite easy to use.
This is a very complete solution. It has all the pieces that you need. Like many companies, Symantec also sell an EDR solution, and it is a feature you'd want to add to an endpoint solution.
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Saddam Lateef
Information Security Admin at a retailer with 201-500 employees
I think Symantec is a good antivirus solution. There is not really a specific feature that I think stands out. If you consider the protection as a feature, I would say that antivirus protection is the most valuable feature the product has.
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Director at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
The single-pane management is the solution's most valuable feature. It makes administrative control very easy.
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Senior Network Engineer at a government with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature is the automated updating. They send out updates on a regular basis. All that we have to do is to set it up on our server to download it, then it is distributed to the individual endpoints.
Individual machines could do the same thing but it would only be on that one machine.
It seems to block things fairly well.
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Mostafa
System Administrator at Suez Canal Insurance
The valuable features are device control, SONOR, and anti-virus.
Device control in Symantec is not limited to only some devices. You can add any device you want, so that it can become a part of the policy you made. The anti-virus feature is very good.
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Information Technology at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
If this product detects a threat then it will provide an alert.
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ParveshDhurmea
Assistant Engineer at Harel Mallac Technologies Ltd
The solution is easy to use.
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Manager IT & Infrastructure at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Symantec is very user-friendly, the interface and functions are very simple for everyone to understand. Additionally, it's a very robust system.
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swEngineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The performance of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is very good. It does not slow down the computer like other solutions.
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Marcelo De Paula
Industrial Automation Analyst at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees
One of the features is the ability to frequently get virus signature updates.
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Mac Wang
Project Manager at Realnux
The solution runs very quickly.
The solution is stable.
It's quite a scalable product.
The initial setup is very simple and straightforward.
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CHI HO CHENG
IT Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
I have found the central control console the most valuable feature.
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Director for Cybersecurity Solutions at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Its ease of use in deploying it and regular updates are most valuable.
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Karen Yerznkanyan
Chief Information Technology Officer at AMX
The product provides great security and is very user friendly. I'm happy with the dashboards and interface.
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Abhijit Chaudhari
IT Specialist at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
This product is valuable for ransomware protection, general malware protection, and network exploitation protection.
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Executive Cybersecurity Advisor - President at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Symantec End-user Endpoint Security is a very powerful solution. They have a feature called location awareness which is great. There's another feature that I like, which is their group update provider. It's also integrated with a number of other Symantec solutions which is nice.
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Angus Yeung
System Analyst at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Its response time is the most valuable. It is very quick.
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System Administrator at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
It is good for detecting signature-based viruses, and it is user friendly.
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Sr Manager IT at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
The solution works very well. It has a good IP signature and network.
The product offers a lot of very useful features.
It's good for large organizations. It's able to handle a lot of users.
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Information Technology Manager at a performing arts with 51-200 employees
The anti-virus and firewall policies are the most valuable features of this solution.
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IT Systems Supervisor at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Some important features that are included are the built-in firewall and device control.
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IT Systems Supervisor at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Some of the features that were important were a built-in firewall and device control.
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Improvation Security System Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It's good at detecting signature-based stuff and stopping that, but what Symantec misses, CrowdStrike would pick up. I'm hoping to move CrowdStrike 100% to get rid of Symantec.
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Anthony Ndong
Systems Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature of this solution is the antivirus and the protection against Ransomware/Malware/Zero day attacks and device control
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Network Server Analyst at Everport Terminal Services
The Server Console is a very helpful tool for managing and administrating.
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Prince Matema
Accounting Assistant with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most amazing qualities of Symantec Endpoint Protection is that it provides a total solution to all virus problems. I am an accounts person but ever since I started using this software I no longer have any problems with viruses.
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General Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I find QRadar and the Active Threat Defense the most valuable. The ATP, Active Theft Protection, is very good. They've got very solid detection rates from P2. Those and some of the other programs are very valuable.
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Dr. Suresh Hungenahally
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The features I've found the most valuable are the scanning and the reporting.
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Mohamed Belal
Solutions Architect at IP Protocol INC
The features I find the most valuable are the protection, the encryption, and the DLP.
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Darren Braithwaite
IT Manager at Digitalis Reputation
I like the ability to push it to a client, centrally from central consoles.
I like the integration of Active Directory. I like the ability for it to auto-enroll. You can add machines to the Active Directory and when it configures right, it automatically installs to those machines.
The firewall features are pretty good as well. I like the firewall and the intrusion prevention features, and just the basic anti-malware and anti-virus seems to be pretty effective as well.
it_user1065324
IT Associate Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees
The most valuable features of this solution are that it is really easy to use, and it is secure. It will attach to the network and work through my other devices.
The product is affordable.
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Service Management Officer at a government with 501-1,000 employees
The feature I find most useful is the console for reporting.
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Imtiaz Hussain
Endpoint Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
In Symantec Endpoint Protection, the most valuable feature I like is the good performance.
With Symantec, I always know this tool will be reliable and with the latest protection.
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SystemAdmin677
IT Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature for our organization is the antivirus, as our staff is the target of zero-day malware and viruses.
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Hamid Harroud
IT Director at Al Akhawayn University
The most valuable feature is the virus and malware detection capability.
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Consultant at TNPL
The support for virus checking in containers is very useful.
We have also created policies to assist with blocking evasive applications.
We are also using the Symantec Messaging Gateway.
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Chris Pohts
Owner at ONE2ONE Tech Solutions
I originally posted the most valuable feature is centralized management - after consideration, I realized this is not accurate. I've used the on-premise and cloud versions of SEP. I prefer cloud versions as it is centralized and easy to manage, but every cloud-managed solution does this. I have many cloud managed solutions I use, but I've found SEP to be quirky and inefficient at best. My personal experience is the protection works well. I haven't had an infected computer in years (managing 300 devices now, more over the years). The problem with the protection is I've encountered far too many computers where the licensing fails at some point after installation without warning or notice. You have to check each computer routinely to verify the license is good and the agent is updating. This directly impacts the core reliability of the product since license "expiration" (failure) prevents the agent from updating.
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Emiliano Santos
Group Brand Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The solution offers a Device Control policy to block all USB thumb drives and all USB hard drives. We use this feature for some areas here in the company and it's been great for us because these areas contain very important information and we are doing everything we can to avoid breaches, data theft, and data leaks.
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Consultant at Godimo IT
The fact that it has centralized management is the most valuable feature.
In addition, the support from Symantec is very important. It is a global company and they give very good support. That is an important factor here because we are sitting in Africa and getting support on time can be a bit tougher. In this way, Symantec is a good fit for us.
Also, the console is very user-friendly. It is easy to understand, easy to play with it, easy to make up policies. And you can customize your policies. It's not like there's a set of policies that has been set out. Other products also have this kind of feature, but it is more user-friendly and a better product with better support.
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Gulab Singh
Solutions Specialist Security at COMPAREX India Pvt. Ltd.
It has very unique features, which are not available with other vendors. E.g., there is a feature called SONAR.
You can integrate it using ATP, so all the endpoints communicate to each other on the security platform.
17 million sensors are fitted all over the world.
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Leopold Dapa
Country Director at SOCITECH S.A.
We had to position Symantec in big companies like Telco and several banks. With this solution, you also get the Protection Suite, endpoint protection, SEP, and you also have the Mail Security and Messaging Gateway. It's really integrative and our customers find it very valuable. It addresses almost all of the challenges on security for endpoint messaging. Symantec is going to be used much more because of its features.
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Greg Reilly
Enterprise Architect Manager at Accenture
- Application/device control. Wish encryption detection was integrated though.
- Good standard malware detection via classic defs and newer heuristic controls.
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Hakan GUNAYDIN
General Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable features of this solution are deployment, management and finding sources of potential viruses that hack the system.
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John Cook
Director of Technology Operations at International City/county Management Association
We were disappointed that we were stuck with its local admin server for so long when other solutions had cloud management.
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Head of IT Department at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
I find the most valuable features are the security features that have been developed in the past few years.
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Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I find the most valuable feature is that the product works on Linux and Microsoft Windows. I think it is one of the best solutions to implement or host IPs.
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Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We never expect downtime. There is also great ease of use for my admins.
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Partner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The centralized console is great for us. It gives us one centralized console to manage all of the endpoints.
Also, it is reliable and gives us quick updates. The overall system is responsive and doesn't choke up too much when running Endpoint Protection.
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LeadSysEn375629
Lead System Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
We're able to tune it to work with our products.
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Lynne Caputi
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Protecting data, protecting end-points.
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Security Consultant at Accenture
Basic features, as in every AV solutions, the virus and spyware protection are very good compare to other AV solutions in market. SONAR is one feature which I found to be exceptional
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Cameron Mottus
Principal Consultant - Security at Insentra
There are a number of features that all work synergistically to be able to provide the protection. Originally, anti-virus was based on definition. About 10 years ago, the bad guys figured out how to get past that. So what they've been doing for the past 10 years is adding in additional features to help mitigate any of these other attack vectors that the hackers or malicious people have. So it's just a working together of all these components that makes it special.
And then SEP itself fits into the Symantec ecosystem, and inter-operates with a number of other technologies to provide a comprehensive security portfolio.
I think the key thing for me, is interoperability, in that you can deploy it to Windows, Mac, and Linux. That's been a really important feature in the last two years. Now there's one management console to cover all three OSs.
There are two key aspects to how it has improved. One is the threats that it protects the organization from versus the amount of resource utilization; and two is that compatibility has increased.
it_user819690
IT Systemadministrator at a construction company
- SEP, the entire suite of components, provides good endpoint protection.
- The IPS function (with no firewall needed to be installed in the SEP client) is quite good.
- The risk tracer, which can be enabled with the firewall installed, is also quite good.
it_user814116
Consultant
ATP is really impressive, and with EDR, it is the best solution I have ever known.
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Laeeq Ahmed
IT Security Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
- Support
- Scalability
- Flexibility
it_user765246
Senior Consultant - Infrastrute at a tech services company
- Central management
- Group update points (GUPs): They are valuable when throttling new updates through a slower WAN.
Pablo Dewes
Senior Technical Consultant (SE and Strategic Project Manager) - Email Fraud Protection - LATAM at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
SONAR/Auto-Protect feature and Generic Exploit Mitigation: Can detect and prevent attacks that are exploring common software vulnerabilities. It monitors suspicious files that have behavior actions on memory, network, etc. The console and admin features are the main qualities.
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Sudeep Amalkar
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It is easy to implement and very stable. The AV device control and HIPS are very impressive. Just implement it and it's done. No troubleshooting efforts are required to make the policies work.
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Consultant with 51-200 employees
It's a single-agent installation with many features including
- wireless protection
- application control
- antivirus control.
it_user294141
Information Security Manager at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
- Fast deployment, even for highly distributed companies with centralized IT management using a distributed architecture.
- Intuitive management GUI, and very easy to learn.
- Excellent intrusion prevention features.
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davidstrom
Owner at David Strom Inc.
This handles not just anti-virus, but a wide collection of other protective features including device and application control, network-based intrusions, and phishing attacks. It can also scan virtual machines too.
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IT Security Engineer at Biztronz
All the features are valuable.
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Consultant
Detection in real time, because it's really good.
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Responsable de Infraestructura at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Confidence and stability are the most valuable features. For years, it has been top in this area.
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Information Security Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
- Fast deployment, even for highly distributed companies with centralized IT management using a distributed architecture.
- Intuitive management GUI and very easy to learn.
- Excellent intrusion prevention features.
it_user676365
Senior Security Administrator at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I like the intrusion prevention and Sonar features. The features have always helped strengthen our client’s proactive protection shield. The detection rate is good. False positives are less, which makes it a "perfect zero-day vulnerability encounter."
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Systems Project Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
- It is stable
- No maintenance is required after a successful installation phase
- It is more than a classic Anti-virus solution: both SONAR and IPS help to protect the system
- The application and device policies are great features to help administration
it_user381717
Information Security Senior Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
- Server management
- Deployment
- Updates
it_user1020
Head of Data Center at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Symantec Antivirus is a good anti-virus software. It has a very good scanning engine and it's user interface really looks awesome. Their live support is also very professional. There was this one time that I had an issue after an upgrade, and their tech support representative successfully resolved the issue through remote troubleshooting.Renewing subscriptions is also a breeze online or via a purchased upgrade subscription from a local shop in our city. The software came pre-installed on a laptop I bought for my dad, and installing a new key after purchasing an upgrade from a local store was just a breeze. Compared to other products like Microsoft Forefront or Kaspersky Anti-virus, Symantec Anti-virus has the better user-interface. You get a dashboard with a lot of information.
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it_user2721
IT Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
・ Symantec Endpoint Protection provides state-of-the-art defense against all types of attacks and seamlessly integrates the essential antivirus security tools needed into a single, high performance agent with a single management console.
• Symantec Endpoint Protection offers the following features: anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion prevention system, application control, device control, and proactive threat scanning.
• As an optional feature, the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager can be integrated with the Active Directory. The Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager can import the organizational unit and the account data and synchronize that data with the Active Directory automatically.
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it_user2628
Network Engineer at a university with 51-200 employees
Symantec EndPoint Protection is a package of protection against different types of threats and vulnerabilities.
It contains anti spyware and antivirus programs for Window and Linux.
Complete solution for client server architecture.
It provides great security for network threats.
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it_user1266
Network Manager at a local government with 51-200 employees
I have used Symantec Endpoint Protection for 5 years. The guy who's job I replaced bought a 5 year contract. The management console is mostly useful. It shows monitoring and conditions of computers. Mostly eye candy.
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reviewer958518
Architect & Technical Director at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
The valuable feature of the product stems from the fact that the tool serves as a complete solution and can be deployed on either the cloud or an on-premises model, which also makes it a solution that can be deployed on a hybrid cloud model.
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IT Executive at a tech company with 51-200 employees
The tool has predefined rules, like which actions to block or allow. This makes it easy because I don't have to figure out what policies to deploy.
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