Manager, System Engineering at Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc.
Real User
Top 5
May 20, 2026
Security agent performance is huge as a criteria when I buy security software in PCs. I've been in the industry for over 15 years and it's been interesting to see how antiviruses and anti-malware products have gone from being something that is installed as a full thick desktop client where it's taking up memory and creating annoying dialogues, to how the agents have become very small and very discreet. Having agents running on your fleet where users count on your computer to have top performance, while still having an agent that will allow constant scanning and security without breaking the workflow is very important. It's been pretty fantastic. In terms of data loss prevention, we are just now starting to set our foot into the AI landscape. As a healthcare agency, we are very concerned about PHI in particular. We can't throw our data into the open cloud for auditing reasons. Having DLP in place is something that is the first thing we're considering when talking about bringing AI into our environment. The single console view is very important in increasing my fleet security posture. Single pane of glass is one of the primary things I look for, not just in security, but in everything we do. As the manager of our infrastructure with so many different endpoints at the server and workstation level, being able to at a glance look at a dashboard and view compliance rates and share that compliance rate with other people is very important to maximizing efficiency in our day-to-day work. I factor in device health as one of our top priorities in our zero-trust security architecture when talking about workstations in particular. If there's an issue with a workstation on the OS level or software level, it's an attack surface that's potentially widened. This is something I look at in a holistic view when looking at device security. For examples of how the features of Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro benefit my organization, I can say that we fortunately have not had an opportunity to use it in an active compromise scenario. However, it's been very good to share with our cybersecurity department and auditing agencies, where we can go into the dashboard and show those compliance rates. Whenever there's a compromise or a CVE that is shared with us, we can at a glance or within arm's reach grab the data we need to figure out what our posture is. I would rate this review a 9 out of 10.
System Engineer at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
May 20, 2026
Security agent performance is extremely important as criteria when I buy security software and PCs. I have been using PCs for a while all the way back to the nineteen nineties. What is important is when antivirus software got really popular, it worked, but it slowed everything down to a crawl. The fact that CrowdStrike and Dell have gotten to a point where it has no user effect, or virtually zero user effect, is absolutely game-changing. It is the way of the future and this is how it sets the standard for future products for anyone. This is how it has to be; you cannot have any effect from software running in the background, and this accomplishes that very effectively. I think that Falcon Data Security's new feature for data protection in AI is extremely important going forward, especially because we are in healthcare. We deal with PII and PHI, and that information cannot get out. The fact that AI right now is essentially unregulated for the most part is very dangerous, and if CrowdStrike is releasing this new feature, which it sounds like they are and it sounds incredible, that is extremely important. If it can flag PHI or PII from escaping the sphere of our company, then that adds so much ability for the end user to do a lot of work without having to worry about the security aspect of things; our data is not getting out there. A single-console view of below-the-OS security for increasing fleet security posture is extremely important. Normally in the past you would not see that level or that lower level of protection and visibility. The fact that that is there now and you can view it from a centralized console adds definitely a layer of confidence that you did not have previously while working in the field. OS-level detection and reporting is one thing, but the fact that you can go to a lower level than that and get to the BIOS level of things really adds visibility that you would not have before from a security perspective. You can see if there are attacks at a layer that was not previously accessible. I factor in device health in my zero-trust security architecture from a certain perspective because device health matters. As a device gets older or goes out of date, things happen to it. You tend to see maybe your support staff start to open holes in things to get things working again. It is extremely important that you keep your devices healthy so that you do not accidentally open doors for attackers. I would rate Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro overall as a solid nine out of ten; I do not think I have experience with a better product, so it is hard to say. This has been a great product. My advice to other companies considering Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro is to go for it. You have all the features that you will need for a modern enterprise; you have the visibility, the protection, higher-level protection, low-level protection, and everything in between. Go for it; they are both huge name brands and they have really improved, and they are both great companies and they both have good products; they are just great products in general.
We are still just getting going with Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro. We really took the first year to do it, but now we are starting to look at how we start to look at our AI agents. How do we look at agentic AI to add it to that level? Where is it going to help us out? That is what we have called phase two of the project. We are just getting going, but it took us a year. We wanted to collect the data to understand what we need to do with it. I rate this solution a ten.
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Security agent performance is huge as a criteria when I buy security software in PCs. I've been in the industry for over 15 years and it's been interesting to see how antiviruses and anti-malware products have gone from being something that is installed as a full thick desktop client where it's taking up memory and creating annoying dialogues, to how the agents have become very small and very discreet. Having agents running on your fleet where users count on your computer to have top performance, while still having an agent that will allow constant scanning and security without breaking the workflow is very important. It's been pretty fantastic. In terms of data loss prevention, we are just now starting to set our foot into the AI landscape. As a healthcare agency, we are very concerned about PHI in particular. We can't throw our data into the open cloud for auditing reasons. Having DLP in place is something that is the first thing we're considering when talking about bringing AI into our environment. The single console view is very important in increasing my fleet security posture. Single pane of glass is one of the primary things I look for, not just in security, but in everything we do. As the manager of our infrastructure with so many different endpoints at the server and workstation level, being able to at a glance look at a dashboard and view compliance rates and share that compliance rate with other people is very important to maximizing efficiency in our day-to-day work. I factor in device health as one of our top priorities in our zero-trust security architecture when talking about workstations in particular. If there's an issue with a workstation on the OS level or software level, it's an attack surface that's potentially widened. This is something I look at in a holistic view when looking at device security. For examples of how the features of Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro benefit my organization, I can say that we fortunately have not had an opportunity to use it in an active compromise scenario. However, it's been very good to share with our cybersecurity department and auditing agencies, where we can go into the dashboard and show those compliance rates. Whenever there's a compromise or a CVE that is shared with us, we can at a glance or within arm's reach grab the data we need to figure out what our posture is. I would rate this review a 9 out of 10.
Security agent performance is extremely important as criteria when I buy security software and PCs. I have been using PCs for a while all the way back to the nineteen nineties. What is important is when antivirus software got really popular, it worked, but it slowed everything down to a crawl. The fact that CrowdStrike and Dell have gotten to a point where it has no user effect, or virtually zero user effect, is absolutely game-changing. It is the way of the future and this is how it sets the standard for future products for anyone. This is how it has to be; you cannot have any effect from software running in the background, and this accomplishes that very effectively. I think that Falcon Data Security's new feature for data protection in AI is extremely important going forward, especially because we are in healthcare. We deal with PII and PHI, and that information cannot get out. The fact that AI right now is essentially unregulated for the most part is very dangerous, and if CrowdStrike is releasing this new feature, which it sounds like they are and it sounds incredible, that is extremely important. If it can flag PHI or PII from escaping the sphere of our company, then that adds so much ability for the end user to do a lot of work without having to worry about the security aspect of things; our data is not getting out there. A single-console view of below-the-OS security for increasing fleet security posture is extremely important. Normally in the past you would not see that level or that lower level of protection and visibility. The fact that that is there now and you can view it from a centralized console adds definitely a layer of confidence that you did not have previously while working in the field. OS-level detection and reporting is one thing, but the fact that you can go to a lower level than that and get to the BIOS level of things really adds visibility that you would not have before from a security perspective. You can see if there are attacks at a layer that was not previously accessible. I factor in device health in my zero-trust security architecture from a certain perspective because device health matters. As a device gets older or goes out of date, things happen to it. You tend to see maybe your support staff start to open holes in things to get things working again. It is extremely important that you keep your devices healthy so that you do not accidentally open doors for attackers. I would rate Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro overall as a solid nine out of ten; I do not think I have experience with a better product, so it is hard to say. This has been a great product. My advice to other companies considering Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro is to go for it. You have all the features that you will need for a modern enterprise; you have the visibility, the protection, higher-level protection, low-level protection, and everything in between. Go for it; they are both huge name brands and they have really improved, and they are both great companies and they both have good products; they are just great products in general.
We are still just getting going with Dell Trusted Device powered by CrowdStrike Falcon and Intel vPro. We really took the first year to do it, but now we are starting to look at how we start to look at our AI agents. How do we look at agentic AI to add it to that level? Where is it going to help us out? That is what we have called phase two of the project. We are just getting going, but it took us a year. We wanted to collect the data to understand what we need to do with it. I rate this solution a ten.