Lead Application and Data Security Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Aug 1, 2022
I rate Contrast Security Protect eight out of 10. Overall, it's a solid product, but I deduct a couple of points because of the interface and some shortcomings in the reporting. If you have a large enterprise where you're dealing with a lot of servers, then it makes sense not to use the internal MySQL database. You should use something like Oracle or Microsoft SQL, but if you don't have many transactions, the embedded MySQL database works great.
Senior Customer Success Manager at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 18, 2021
I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. We updated the product about a year ago and at that time it was the latest. The product has an agent that's deployed wherever the applications are running, whether that's on-prem or in the cloud. It connects with our service, which is SaaS, which is in the cloud. From there it provides a dashboard, a console of activities, and other integrations. I would recommend the solution. It's a way to provide the protection until a future release or a re-work of that whole application set. Overall, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. It's a very strong product overall.
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I rate Contrast Security Protect an eight out of ten.
I rate Contrast Security Protect eight out of 10. Overall, it's a solid product, but I deduct a couple of points because of the interface and some shortcomings in the reporting. If you have a large enterprise where you're dealing with a lot of servers, then it makes sense not to use the internal MySQL database. You should use something like Oracle or Microsoft SQL, but if you don't have many transactions, the embedded MySQL database works great.
I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. We updated the product about a year ago and at that time it was the latest. The product has an agent that's deployed wherever the applications are running, whether that's on-prem or in the cloud. It connects with our service, which is SaaS, which is in the cloud. From there it provides a dashboard, a console of activities, and other integrations. I would recommend the solution. It's a way to provide the protection until a future release or a re-work of that whole application set. Overall, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. It's a very strong product overall.