What is most valuable?
As a security competency company, we play a lot on this product. For us, it's one of the best for data center solutions. Deep Security is something that is a classic antivirus. However, it uses two-function device control. Everything is inside. We have virtual patching capabilities, which are very interesting in Deep Security. Virtual patching is just a host IPS solution which, if there is a delay in installing the patch, the patch is available by the editor.
It's a good product overall.
There is not a lot of bugs like you have in other antivirus solutions. It's quite stable.
The initial setup is pretty easy.
The solution is scalable.
The solution is quite secure.
What needs improvement?
The main drawback is that it's complicated. With Trend Micro solutions, everything is complicated. Deep Security has its own management console, and every product in Trend Micro has its own management console. Everything is siloed. Now, they are trying now to connect everything inside the main control management or reporting console, however, it's still not a central management console. It makes for a lot of work when applying policies and security solutions.
The product isn't very user-friendly.
It's a bit old-fashioned in its design and approach.
While, for example, McAfee might have a new version every two months, Trend Micro might not release a new version for two years. While it's very stable, it could be a bit too long in-between versions.
It would be ideal if the solution communicated better with other security solutions from other brands. This is an issue. They need to open up their API or give access, or exchange information with other security products so that everything can communicate together, learn from each other, and block malicious threats better.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using the solution for a long time. It's been three or four years or so.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is very good. There aren't a lot of bugs or glitches. In comparison, for example, Sophos has some bugs and McAfee has a lot of bugs. When they give you a new version, you know that you have to wait for the service pack, to be sure that it will be up and running in production.
This product doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The thing users need to understand about the solution is that Deep Security is not by default meant to manage 100,000 PCs. It's for data centers, and it's for less than 300 servers at the same time. That said, even a big company doesn't have a lot of servers available. In terms of scalability, we don't find a limit for the moment based on the customer base we have.
You can also scale via the cloud. It's very flexible and you can deploy on command, on a virtual server in the cloud.
How are customer service and support?
We've dealt with technical support in the past. We only call them, from time to time, if we can't figure out the answer ourselves. While four or so years ago they weren't as fast, not we get a quick response. Over the past year, we've been quite pleased with the level of support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We're familiar with older versions of McAfee. We are playing with Sophos for the UTM, the NG Firewall, and for the antivirus, Sophos Intercept X. I've also worked with Kaspersky.
Which is best depends on the client. While Kaspersky, for example, is good for smaller clients, Trend Micro is better for medium to larger ones. However, the solution isn't something you just set and forget. You have to take details, verify, validate, and be aware that a small change will not produce too many logs on the threat detection.
How was the initial setup?
The implementation process is not very complex. If the initial setup is just replacing a competitor antivirus with Trend Micro, it's very easy. The only thing you have to be sure of is that you are setting up the right functionality. Trend Micro Deep Security, has a lot of functions. If you want a classic antivirus, there are very few functions to set up. However, if you want a specific functionality, there may be more steps. There will be more fine-tuning that is required to make sure you are well-protected.
When you have start Deep Security on something that was not equipped with an antivirus, or equipped with, let's say, Bitdefender or Windows Defender, you have very few protections. If you don't take care of covering all these safety functions, you'll be vulnerable. That said, you need to be careful of which functions you activate. You need to make sure it makes sense in terms of the rest of your setup.
What other advice do I have?
It's been one of the four main antivirus solutions, deployed in an industrial way. We've been quite happy with it. You can deploy it on-premises or the cloud, and it's possible to use it with Windows and Linux.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've been very happy with it and found it to be quite secure.
Of course, next-generation solutions such as Crowd Strike or Carbon Black are game-changing.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner