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Vicarius vRx pros and cons

Vendor: Vicarius
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Vicarius vRx efficiently reduces meantime to remediate vulnerabilities by up to 90%.
It simplifies the patching process by automating third-party application patch deployment.
Vicarius vRx features integrated vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation.
Patchless Protection offers security for applications lacking manufacturer patches.
Automation features streamline manual tasks and optimize resource allocation.

CONS

Vicarius vRx's agent-based approach is less effective for devices like switches, routers, and printers where agent installation is impractical.
The patchless protection feature is difficult to understand and could be more user-friendly.
Vicarius vRx's current manual patchless application requires improvement.
The network device vulnerability scans can be improved, and it would be helpful to mitigate vulnerabilities using SSH or SNMP.
Pricing policy changes have resulted in higher renewal costs.
 

Vicarius vRx Pros review quotes

StevenSmith2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Auditor at Drasis
May 30, 2024
While other vulnerability scanners overwhelm us with a huge list of problems after a scan, Vicarius vRx goes beyond that.
Jeremy Herman - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at NovaCopy, Inc.
May 31, 2024
I also like how easy it is to use. We instructed some companies on how to use it, provided them with an account, and gave them the ability to deploy and patch. They could quickly figure it out. We can spend an hour in the office showing someone how everything works, and they're good to go. It's the same with our customers.
reviewer2491878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 4, 2024
We can easily deploy patches for third-party applications. It automatically downloads the patches for you. You do not have to download them, upload them to the solution, and configure your own scripts or anything like that. It is all automatic.
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Michael Sutherland - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at Jamaica Broilers Group
Jun 21, 2024
Vicarius vRx's ability to patch third-party software is particularly valuable for us.
AG
VP IT Security and Services at netxinc
Jun 24, 2024
The most valuable features of vRx would be virtualized patching and severity prioritization.
Billy-Turner - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President , Managed Technology and Security Operations at NovaCopy, Inc.
Aug 1, 2024
Third-party software patching is the most valuable feature.
reviewer2514510 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Jul 12, 2024
I liked the initial dashboard.
Navdeep Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Blue HERON Technologies
Jul 15, 2024
I like that vRx is cloud-based. It protects the health of applications against zero-day threats.
WA
Information Security Professional at Hawaii State FCU
Jul 18, 2024
Agent-based scanning is the most valuable feature.
MichaelCortez - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Director of IT at Charter School Associates
Jul 19, 2024
Patchless Protection helps protect us from vulnerabilities that may not yet have patches from the manufacturer. I've used it for a piece of software that we don't have a patch for. It monitors that software, analyzes it, and makes sure nothing nefarious is going on when it's vulnerable.
 

Vicarius vRx Cons review quotes

StevenSmith2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Auditor at Drasis
May 30, 2024
While I appreciate the automation of vulnerability management, Vicarius vRx's current manual patchless application is a point for improvement.
Jeremy Herman - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at NovaCopy, Inc.
May 31, 2024
Another complaint we've gotten is that the portal doesn't remember your username and password. You tell them your email, and it sends an invitation. You need to click that, and it takes you to a new portal, where you can finally log in. Maybe it's a security precaution, but it seems like a lot of extra steps to log in.
reviewer2491878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 4, 2024
There can be more scripting capability and more filtering capability. We should be able to filter more granular details in the operating system such as whether it is a service, application, executable, or something like that. For the most part, we are satisfied with what we are able to filter.
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Michael Sutherland - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at Jamaica Broilers Group
Jun 21, 2024
I would like to see a way to build a virtual environment where we can test patches in real-time before we deploy.
AG
VP IT Security and Services at netxinc
Jun 24, 2024
The network device vulnerability scans can be improved. It would be helpful to be able to mitigate those vulnerabilities using SSH or SNMP to get those those updates out to those devices. I don't know if that is possible because it doesn't run an agent. But at the very least, having that CPE information relative to network devices would be incredibly helpful.
Billy-Turner - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President , Managed Technology and Security Operations at NovaCopy, Inc.
Aug 1, 2024
The multi-tenant portal has room for improvement.
reviewer2514510 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Jul 12, 2024
We did some automation. We kicked off scheduled updates to update our systems, but it did not work. When we attempted to scale the product and update multiple systems, we ran into a lot of issues. We also ran into the issue of it creating double assets.
Navdeep Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Blue HERON Technologies
Jul 15, 2024
I don't like logging in. The portal could be a better process. You could use some third-party push notification rather than sending an email, waiting for the link to generate, and clicking on it. That would be good. It's somewhat frustrating when I need to log in.
WA
Information Security Professional at Hawaii State FCU
Jul 18, 2024
Unlike previous vulnerability management systems that relied on network scanning appliances to discover and assess endpoints, Vicarius' agent-based approach is less effective for devices like switches, routers, and printers where agent installation is impractical.
MichaelCortez - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Director of IT at Charter School Associates
Jul 19, 2024
They do have a search function for device names. They already have a list of all our devices, however, if I'm looking for something, sometimes the name does not come up at the top of the list.