Trend Micro Deep Security Reviews

We are using Deep Security specifically for virtual patching of the virtual disks. The average customer for this is typically a government agency, and they're employing it on critical servers and services. It is usually on a database server, especially a purpose-built aggregation server. Unlike a web server or something like that, these servers aren't generally publicly connected. We have about 20 Deep Security customers, including most of the bigger banks. 

Deep Security provides us with a lot of reassurance about security threats. You don't have to worry about a patch not being there in the software. You're confident that all the patches and vulnerabilities are taken care of.

I think more work could be done on Deep Security's ability to handle dynamic threat scenarios. 

We have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for the last three years.

Deep Security is a highly stable product.

Deep Security is scalable. 

Setting up Deep Security isn't that complicated. The entire process takes 90 days, including a proof of concept to demo the product in the customer's environment and show them what it can do. Typically, it takes about 90 days to close a deal. We have 15 members on our team.

We have different people to handle the implementation. Our technical team gets involved at that point then we finalize the scope and document whatever the customer wants for this solution.

Deep Security isn't expensive for what it does. Our customers understand what the product is doing, so they are always willing to pay for that. In India, the price isn't an issue with this product actually because the competing Symantec product is much more expensive than Trend Micro. The pricing isn't that cheap, but every customer will ask for a discount regardless of the price you quote.

I rate Trend Micro Deep Security nine out of 10. I recommend Deep Security to all our customers for server security. We sell quite a few security solutions, and we offer two products for server security: Trend Micro and Symantec. Since Symantec isn't really focusing on this area, we are primarily suggesting Trend Micro Deep Security.

It's made the security guy's life a lot easier. A lot of what it does is automated and it's simple. You put it into place and the security guy just uses it instead of trying to administer it.

The most valuable feature is the direct link to AWS to tell me if a new instance created is unprotected. That's just so valuable to me. When running reports, you see can whether or not your environment is covered.

It also has a full breadth of services that include not just antivirus, but also IDS/IPS and file integrity and vulnerability management. It's really meant for the cloud and is proactive on AWS.

I'd like to have the ability to manage heterogenous clouds so that, for example, AWS and Microsoft are protected with the same security patterns. It already does that, but I think they may have rolled it back recently.

Also, it has great IDS/IPS built in, but I'd like a way to visualize the traffic. This way, there's more of an artistic view of security and the ability to ask question about the data. That would be really beneficial.

We don't have any issues with stability. I will get alerts at times for problems that have already been addressed, but I wouldn't call that instability.

I haven't hit any thresholds that tell me that it's not scalable. We just add servers and agents and keep going. As far as I'm concerned, it'll scale for anything.

We had a little bit of trouble when we first implemented the tool. We couldn't configure something, but it was our own problem as we weren't reading the documentation. We ended up calling implementation support, and they were excellent. They were patient and walked us through the process. They didn't charge us a dime. Since then, we haven't had to use support other than providing our feedback to the product teams.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. We were novices to the cloud anyways, so we were struggling with some of the ideas. But I think that if you're acclimated with AWS, it's pretty straightforward. We were struggling to learn cloud concepts and we couldn't understand how to ping horizontal scaling versus vertical scaling.

Think about it. It's for the cloud and not meant to be retro-fitted. You're not managing a core server and it's got elastic scalability up and down from a cost perspective. You just pay per agent. If you don't need a server anymore, you don't pay.

When you implement and install, really learn how to set up the dashboard. You have to have a good intimate knowledge of your environment. Take the time to learn the product; don't just plug it in because it's not meant for that.

It's kind of hard to point out one single feature, however, if I had to, then I would say that they have a great roll-back feature. You can use this if your machine is compromised. You have the ability to roll it back to the previous good version, so you can actually save, say, 90% to 95% of your data.

The solution is stable. 

You can scale the solution to different versions. 

Technical support is helpful. 

The pricing is a bit expensive. If they want to target SMBs, small enterprises, and small networks, then they need to reduce their prices.

It would be better if they merge a few features into one product. For example, they have an encryption feature that is separately sold. If they could merge it with Apex One or any endpoint security solution, maybe it would also be good for the end user.

I've used the solution for three or four years. 

The solution is very stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

Scalability is possible if you move to different versions. For example, you can move from Apex One to the XDR solution, and then from XDR, you can involve Deep Security. There, it is very much scalable if you want to start from the bottom, from end-point security, and move it up to the servers as well.

We do not really contact technical support. 

Mostly we have technical people over here in our company. And basically, they go to training first to get some certifications from Trend Micro, then they start deploying and installing any product in any network. 

Having said that, sometimes, when we get stuck or after installation and running Trend Micro in the network, if we have a problematic situation where we are not able to solve it, then we do contact Trend Micro support.

They have a two-tier level of support. One is local support available directly from Trend Micro. Then, they also have online support where you can get help directly from their head offices.

Positive

I tend to work with Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and McAfee. I haven't used Microsoft Defender.

The solution is not too difficult and not exactly straightforward. It was a moderate setup. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge of installing antiviruses can actually handle the process. 

I'd rate the ease of setup a two or three out of five. 

I won't call the cost of the solution cheap. Compared to any other antiviruses in the market right now, they are on the expensive side.

I'd rate the level of expense a four out of five, where five is the most expensive option. 

We are a partner. 

If someone is looking to implement security solutions, including endpoint security, then I would suggest that person go for the whole Trend Micro suite, not just for the endpoint security. They have different products for security solutions, including Deep Security, Network Security, Trend, et cetera. If they buy the whole package, it would be easy for them to control their network security-wise and manage it quickly, rather than having a different brand and security solution for different departments or layers of their network.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. There's always a margin to improve both in a technical sense and financially as well. I'm giving them two points less in hopes they'll continue improving their product. 

We are service providers for our customers. We are using Trend Micro Deep Security as an anti-malware and as an complete endpoint protection solution for server. The primary use case is data center security.

Our cloud hosting proposal has grown up with Trend Micro endpoint products fron officescan on to Deep Security. We propose it also on premise for our customers.  The antimalware engine is really effective.

This product has many features and it works with every operating system and any kind of endpoint. It's widespread.

Monitoring is good, and they also can protect DevOps/Docker enviroment.

It integrates well with the cloud; for example, AWS, and mow Google Cloud Platform.

One problem with this kind of  products is scaling. If you go on large sites you have to have an external database, which would increase the overall solution cost.

The solution offers many features aside from antimalware, lile Host FE and IDS/IPS, File integrity monitoring and so on, but if you use it to protect deliering agents on hosts you'd better verify the amount of host resources (ram)  utilized by DS agent itself.   

We have been working with this solution for more than five years. We also delivered Deep Discovery suite products ad advanced ATP solution.

At one time we had some issues, but not anymore. It's quite a stable solution.

It's on of the best scalable antimalware solution as the amount of protected endpoints grows.

We have support here in Italy and we contact them directly. We have a good relationship with our local support.

Overall, we are quite satisfied with technical support.

The initial setup is complex.

The time for deployment depends on the size. You have different installations for different sizes.

we integrated it with vendor engineering assistance. The level of their assistance team is high,  they have skilled and expert people

It's more expensive than other endpoint protection solution. It's not the cheapest.

for our customers i also evaluated: Symantec, Kaspersky, Sophos. Bitdefender

I would recommend Trend Micro Deep Security. 

If you need a versatile solution that covers many different needs or requirements, Trend Micro Deep Security is very good. It's a broad-spectrum product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

It's used as a part of our managed solutions. Security is key for them because we have seen a lot of ransomware in the past. We do very well on security side, whether it is application network or a host-based security. This is one of the offerings that we offer to our customer by default.

As it is a core part of our managed services, it integrates with other products which revolve around patch management. We have our own IP which takes care of the actual patch management that we leverage. We also have a lot of monitoring platforms with a single, integrate dashboard taking the data from the APIs.

Previously, a lot of attacks happened. 

Sometimes, you have your files which you don't want anybody to change. With this product, you can monitor that very easily. Therefore, whenever someone tries to play with that file, you receive an alert.

For day-to-day efficiency, it provides a good dashboard, so our team can be active 24/7 instead of doing a lot of manual stuff. We just look at the dashboard, and it's all done.

• Anti-malware
• IPS
• IDS
• Prevention against the ransomware
• File integrated monitoring
• Virtual patching

Every module is important because it serves a different purpose.

Because a lot of vulnerabilities are coming out, we work with a lot of large enterprises using virtual patching. It is very difficult to patch, because you have to take approvals, and go through the cycle, as there is a proper process in place. However, if you have virtual patching, it makes it easier, and you are protected as soon as the patch is released.

It needs to improve its integration with a lot of other products. This should be in the road map because we have a lot of SaaS-based appliances which are not connected with each other. Thus, I'm looking forward to more integrations coming together as a part of the product.

Going forward, I would like to have more APIs and integration with more application monitoring intelligence platforms.

Stability-wise, it is one of the best in the market. However, since a lot of innovation is happening, it comes with a lot of risk as well. Certain times, we have seen where a customer is being attacked irrespective of if the product was there. The reason is that patch is not available. While I know the team who works on it does a lot proactively, sometimes things get missed out.

We have customers in five to six different regions, ranging from Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, and the U.S. We use it for a lot of our customers (about 90 percent). Their size ranges from 500 servers to thousands of servers. We work with a lot of enterprises, including Telco, retail, government sector, and media.

We are very well-connected with our technical support. Most of our team is quite trained on the product. 95 percent of the time, our team doesn't need the technical support team's help.

The integration and configuration in our AWS is user-friendly. When you work with enterprise, you have a multi-cloud strategy. We can deploy it in AWS and use it in other clouds as well. So, it is pretty robust.

In the case of ransomware, every time it happens, for every machine that you have, you have to pay something like $400 USD or more. With Trend Micro, you are paying a couple of dollars every month to save the environment, and you don't have to go into that part where you pay a hacker to get back your data. Therefore, it's a good ROI, though it's an investment.

We are an original partner with AWS, so a couple of customers chose to directly take it from AWS Marketplace. A couple of customers will want us to take care of the billing. So, it's a mixed type of reaction that we receive from the customer. Eventually, for us, it matters that customers are secure.

The customers can deploy in their environment and the licensing model goes through our reseller.

The price is reasonably good as compared to other products into the market.

There are products, like Symantec, but Deep Security from Trend Micro is quite helpful for us. It is being absorbed by a lot of customers, whether they belong to an enterprise or the public sector. It is highly adopted.

We went with Trend Micro because it was more cloud native, the architecture was more on the high availability side of it, and it had the the implementation that we wanted.

Do your evaluation well. After the core evaluation, choose what fits best for your customer.

I used to previously work with on-premise solutions and private cloud. Now, I work with AWS.

I used the solution for a UK-based banking company. They had around 200 Linux servers. They had the product installed as an antivirus solution on the servers. We were responsible for managing malware or virus detection. We protected the environment from malicious files.

The user interface is the most valuable feature. The customer support provided by the tool is also valuable. The software is regularly updated. We don't face any major issues after updates. It is pretty compatible with every system.

The updates for legacy systems are not rolled out frequently. The product must improve on it.

I have been using the solution for two years.

I rate the product’s stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the tool’s scalability a nine out of ten. I work with a security services company. Four of my colleagues are also using it in their enterprise environment.

The customer support is very good.

Positive

The solution provides proper documentation for setting it up. It's pretty easy. We can follow the steps in the video tutorials. It’s simple to configure. We installed Trend Micro Deep Security Manager on Windows Server and connected all the agents to it. The deployment took around five to seven minutes on each server. It depends on the network speed.

My company is a partner. I am a technical person supporting my clients with the product. Trend Micro is a very reliable company. Its products are easy to use and easy to deploy. It has a pretty good name in the cybersecurity market. Trend Micro continuously conducts workshops and events to engage with its partners. It keeps the partners and customers aware of the new technologies.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for server security. 

The tool provides information on server activities and hosts. 

The tool should integrate SIM functionality. It should also improve customer support. 

I have been working with the tool for a year. 

I would rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

I would rate the tool's scalability an eight out of ten. My company has around 40 users for the solution. 

You need to wait to get through the support. The product's support is mostly by mail and not through calls. The support team would only agree to call if the issue is immediate.

Negative

I have used SAP product before. SAP solution is much better in terms of services. 

The tool's deployment is straightforward. 

The tool's pricing is quite high. 

I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

Our primary use case of Deep Security is running our server smoothly and without any security flaws. The server-level layers have more functionality when compared to desktop-level layers, so Deep Security captures and fulfills all of that functionality and runs smoothly. At the end of the day, Deep Security is also getting the zero-day vulnerabilities from our on-premise and other solutions. 

This solution is deployed on-premise, and we are using the latest version. 

One of the most valuable features is that it's a firewall-based solution. We just open the required reports to the server—to server communication—and that's how we use Deep Security. 

Deep Security's reporting functionality could be improved. 

We have been using Deep Security for more than three years. 

Deep Security is stable. 

This solution is scalable, but you need to procure licenses for each server. 

We have around 50 users of Deep Security in our organization. Whether we will increase usage depends on our business requirements. If our business needs more servers, then we will procure more servers and more Deep Security licenses. 

The technical support could be better. Whenever an issue is raised, we need to wait for a long time for technical support to resolve it. Our only issue is that the support could be faster. 

Before implementing Deep Security, we used Trend Micro OfficeScan alone. 

Deep Security is very easy to install. Installation didn't take much time, but after installing the center console, we needed to apply some kinds of policies, for which we needed some experience. It took some time to decide which policies we needed to apply and which rules we didn't want to apply, and for those things, we needed help from more experienced people—either Trend Micro support or their authorized partner's support. You can handle the installation on your own, with the help of some technical team. The implementation is not a very long-term process. 

The pricing is okay. Deep Security is single-server license-based, so it will work based on how many licenses you have procured. There is a yearly subscription for each license. 

I rate Deep Security an eight out of ten, and would definitely recommend it to others to use.