CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 12, 2026
I am still a Symantec partner. Price rating is five out of ten. Symantec Data Center Security is a perfect solution, but it needs to elaborate its functionalities and functions to the market. People do not understand how Symantec Data Center Security works. Even if I look at the dataset, it is not clear. Technically speaking, this product is underrated or under-reviewed. Very few people understand this product. Either Symantec does not want to sell it, or Symantec wants to remove it from the shelf because Carbon Black is already there. Recently, after four years without changes, I noticed that Symantec Data Center Security has been updated. The new version is totally changed. They changed the appearance and I do not know what exactly changed in the background, but they changed everything. It looks very nice after that. I give this product an overall rating of eight out of ten.
Engineer 4- Security Operations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Oct 27, 2023
If someone’s environment is primarily Windows-based, they can definitely use Symantec Data Center Security. They will not face many challenges. However, if they have Linux servers, they will have a lot of challenges. The product has good functionalities. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 10, 2022
We are just a customer. I rate the solution six out of ten. If you are a customer, you need to have a dedicated team who can maintain the product with the operating system upgrades. Otherwise, you will be facing some consequences. You have to plan for the upgrade of the DCS tool first eventually. If you can plan out several reboots and maintenance of that product, and you have those admins who have a deep knowledge of the operating system, then this tool is very useful. It will go very well with the organization. However, if you are a user who doesn't have that much technical knowledge of the operating system, you don't have any dedicated team, and you want some automation and require no physical effort required to check the logs, you'll have issues. You'll face a lot of problems and noise, and you will not be able to configure the policies according to the requirements. It will not be a good product for you.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Apr 15, 2021
I would recommend this solution. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Symantec Data Center Security a rating of seven. If they improved their data support and customer support, I would give them a higher rating.
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Project Manager IT at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
May 27, 2020
The suitability of Symantec Data Center Security depends on the requirements and it is important to understand them in advance. If you are fine with the traditional way of detecting threats then this is a good solution. If not, then I would suggest using newer technology. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
Managing Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
May 16, 2019
We have several versions of the solution installed, and the version that we install depends on the compatibility with our platforms. We have an old release installed, and we have other editions installed, but that is not because of the product. It is because we can't have the same version for everything. Our environment is made up of equipment acquired at different times. Some parts are two years old, while other components are the latest version. Now, we have different versions to handle everything. The implementation becomes picky, but it does its job. The vendor has not been focused on new features. Rather, they are keeping up with the newer platforms and newer versions that have been coming out. There have been times in the past when the products did not keep up with the code, and the product had lost its importance. The pace at which they were delivering was quite slow. Now, however, the changes are happening faster. As newer operating systems are coming up, the platform is being updated, which has made it rich enough to include the same security that you would expect for all versions. Performance has never been an issue for this product. We have not found anything that is smaller than this. The question to ask is whether there is ease of use and whether there is platform coverage. This product works on Linux, Unix, and Windows, which is important because you want to use the same product for the whole data center. Over time, we have seen this solution become less complex and easier to use. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Symantec Data Center Security provides comprehensive server protection with features like hard disk protection, file integrity monitoring, and centralized management, making it suitable for securing legacy systems and preventing unauthorized access.Focusing on server integrity and data protection, Symantec Data Center Security delivers robust intrusion prevention, system lockdown, and specific control over server access. With a customizable rule set, it enhances server hardening by...
I am still a Symantec partner. Price rating is five out of ten. Symantec Data Center Security is a perfect solution, but it needs to elaborate its functionalities and functions to the market. People do not understand how Symantec Data Center Security works. Even if I look at the dataset, it is not clear. Technically speaking, this product is underrated or under-reviewed. Very few people understand this product. Either Symantec does not want to sell it, or Symantec wants to remove it from the shelf because Carbon Black is already there. Recently, after four years without changes, I noticed that Symantec Data Center Security has been updated. The new version is totally changed. They changed the appearance and I do not know what exactly changed in the background, but they changed everything. It looks very nice after that. I give this product an overall rating of eight out of ten.
If someone’s environment is primarily Windows-based, they can definitely use Symantec Data Center Security. They will not face many challenges. However, if they have Linux servers, they will have a lot of challenges. The product has good functionalities. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.
We are just a customer. I rate the solution six out of ten. If you are a customer, you need to have a dedicated team who can maintain the product with the operating system upgrades. Otherwise, you will be facing some consequences. You have to plan for the upgrade of the DCS tool first eventually. If you can plan out several reboots and maintenance of that product, and you have those admins who have a deep knowledge of the operating system, then this tool is very useful. It will go very well with the organization. However, if you are a user who doesn't have that much technical knowledge of the operating system, you don't have any dedicated team, and you want some automation and require no physical effort required to check the logs, you'll have issues. You'll face a lot of problems and noise, and you will not be able to configure the policies according to the requirements. It will not be a good product for you.
I would recommend this solution. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Symantec Data Center Security a rating of seven. If they improved their data support and customer support, I would give them a higher rating.
I would rate this solution a seven out of 10.
The suitability of Symantec Data Center Security depends on the requirements and it is important to understand them in advance. If you are fine with the traditional way of detecting threats then this is a good solution. If not, then I would suggest using newer technology. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
Overall, this is a pretty good product. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We have several versions of the solution installed, and the version that we install depends on the compatibility with our platforms. We have an old release installed, and we have other editions installed, but that is not because of the product. It is because we can't have the same version for everything. Our environment is made up of equipment acquired at different times. Some parts are two years old, while other components are the latest version. Now, we have different versions to handle everything. The implementation becomes picky, but it does its job. The vendor has not been focused on new features. Rather, they are keeping up with the newer platforms and newer versions that have been coming out. There have been times in the past when the products did not keep up with the code, and the product had lost its importance. The pace at which they were delivering was quite slow. Now, however, the changes are happening faster. As newer operating systems are coming up, the platform is being updated, which has made it rich enough to include the same security that you would expect for all versions. Performance has never been an issue for this product. We have not found anything that is smaller than this. The question to ask is whether there is ease of use and whether there is platform coverage. This product works on Linux, Unix, and Windows, which is important because you want to use the same product for the whole data center. Over time, we have seen this solution become less complex and easier to use. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.