As of June 2024, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the market share of Symantec Data Center Security is 1.6% and it decreased by 65.3% compared to the previous year. The market share of Symantec Endpoint Security is 3.9% and it decreased by 52.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

5.1%

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Shahram Dehghani

Security Technical Manager at Modaberan Fanavari Pasargad

Oct 27, 2023

A robust solution that provides comprehensive protection for data centers, offering agentless security, powerful intrusion prevention, and a wide range of security features

The primary focus of data center security often revolves around serving customers who offer services to other clients within the data center. For example, if I operate a data center and provide security services, third-party customers might purchase virtual machine products within my data center. These products are automatically deployed, and we safeguard these virtual machines using intrusion prevention system features. This aspect is considered the most valuable part because when we set up these security policies, it's as if we're fortifying the entire infrastructure. It's not just about having good technical support; it's about having a robust IPS and comprehensive DOS prevention system on those operating systems. The advantage of Data Center Security is its ease of use and that it serves as a single unified platform, where I can apply all my security policies to protect that server.

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Suryakumar Selvaraj

Security Consultant at InfySec

Aug 30, 2022

Remediates infected file, isolates endpoint, and communicates between endpoint and SOC, all automatically

In a few cases, when we enable the IPS/IDS feature, there are performance-related issues on the end devices. If we run quite a few features of Symantec, especially the IPS/IDF, it consumes a lot of processing and memory capacity. We would like to enable all the features, but doing so should not have a direct impact on the performance of the system. If they can come up with an agent that consumes less memory, that would be a great enhancement. Also, Symantec is not being promoted from a marketing standpoint. I don't see any promotions for it. There are no road shows, marketing efforts, training, or anything organized by Symantec these days, at least in my region. The product is good, but if you're not marketing it people think "Okay, we haven't gotten any updates about the product." We need to have more road shows and promotions, and we need to have people trained in the technical aspects to gain market share.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The granularity of applying the policies is valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the centralized console, which can handle different products that we have."

"We use the product to prevent unauthorized access to data, systems, and servers. It provides essential features for data center security."

"Good file integrity monitoring features."

"The monitoring in the management console allows us to find out what is going wrong, and it gets reports even before the user reports it."

"The advantage of Data Center Security is its ease of use and that it serves as a single unified platform, where I can apply all my security policies to protect that server."

"The tool will then detect any anomalies, such as an intruder who has breached the network, which can trigger the system lockdown feature if it's enabled and meets the defined threshold."

"The real strength lies in its straightforward approach, offering just two key policies: prevention and detection."

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"Symantec's detection capabilities are strong. It involves run protection and behavioral analysis."

"It is good for detecting signature-based viruses, and it is user friendly."

"Symantec ATP provides quite a good overview of how threats have spread within the company."

"The installation was very easy."

"The features I find the most valuable are the protection, the encryption, and the DLP."

"One of the most valuable features is the ability to manage antivirus security. There is an admin console that helps you make policies and do deployment of the clients, to make them reachable and to deploy updates."

"Threat protection has always worked well."

"The solution's application control feature is very, very powerful."

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Cons

"This solution clashes with Microsoft defender, which results in performance degradation on the machine."

"Adding more compatibility with common products like Microsoft would be a plus."

"There is plenty of room for improvement with this product, and it could start with platform metrics."

"There is room for improvement in enhancing its graphical user interface for a more user-friendly experience."

"Could have better reporting capabilities and better support."

"The support is very bad. They're not fast at all. Trend Micro's support is much better."

"The product blocks certain processes, even after allowlisting them."

"Agent management is a challenging task."

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"I know they were just bought out by Broadcom and there have been some difficulties with Broadcom as far as getting license renewals, etc. Mostly, due to the fact that it's confusing, even for the vendor, people are turned off by it. The vendors are telling us that it can take weeks for them to get a renewal quote, nevermind the actual renewal."

"The solution could improve by having a better graphical interface."

"The support can be wanting. Sometimes the time to resolution is longer than I would expect."

"Symantec has not properly promoted Symantec Endpoint Security in the market. In my opinion, the product should be properly promoted."

"Symantec isn't good in terms of updating customers about updates. You'd normally have to search it out. Sometimes, the update process for the administration and management console can be a bit intimidating, and it can be quite inconvenient to get the updates. That's because when you have to do the update, you have to update the management console, and then you need to update the clients. Their application that's installed on desktops and servers needs to go hand in hand with the management console. Sometimes, it's a bit unwieldy to see that process through."

"We were having a problem in Version 14, where the client machines used to go into the health state and once it restarted, and never came back again."

"If a machine is infected by ransomware, it's hard to recover the data. We don't have any data on the client, so we're not overly concerned about that. Still, it would be nice to have this feature if there are any future problems."

"The Symantec Endpoint Manager is very difficult to use and extremely old."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to some other solutions, such as CrowdStrike, Symantec is more expensive."

"It is notably more expensive when compared to other solutions."

"The product is a bit costly."

"Pricing and licensing are important to us when choosing a product."

"It is normal. If you are an educational institute, they give you a very good discount. If you are coming from the banking side, they may or may not give you a discount. I'm working with seven companies, and normally, they get a 65% to 70% discount on everything."

"We have some customers on a one-year license and others on a three-year license."

"It could be cheaper."

"They're on the reasonable side. They are at mid-level. They're not too expensive as compared to their competitors. They're also not too cheap. In terms of price structure, hopefully, they could do a subscription."

"The price of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security is okay. When comparing the price of this solution is not expensive."

"The price of the solution could be less expensive."

"What we have paid for this product is good value for the work and the services that they are providing to us."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Symantec Data Center Security?

The granularity of applying the policies is valuable.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Data Center Security?

Agent management is a challenging task. We cannot do it from the console. We will have to use other tools.

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What is your primary use case for Symantec Data Center Security?

One key use case for data center security is protecting files within the data center. This is especially important for Linux systems, where locking down specific files is essential to prevent unaut...

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Which is better - Cortex XDR or Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?

Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valuable feature and their speed of integration is very good. The initial setup was ...

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Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?

We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior solution. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security s...

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What do you like most about Symantec End-User Endpoint Security?

Symantec have everything – documentation, videos, data sheets.

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Comparisons

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Symantec Data Center Security

Compared 45% of the time

VMware NSX vs Symantec Data Center Security

Compared 10% of the time

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Symantec Data Center Security

Compared 5% of the time

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes vs Symantec Data Center Security

Compared 5% of the time

Illumio vs Symantec Data Center Security

Compared 4% of the time

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Compared 28% of the time

CrowdStrike Falcon vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Compared 11% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Compared 6% of the time

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Compared 6% of the time

Fortinet FortiEDR vs Symantec Endpoint Security

Compared 2% of the time

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May 2024

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May 2024

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Symantec EPP, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)

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Overview

Docker containers make it easy to develop, deploy, and deliver applications where containers can be deployed and brought down in a matter of seconds. This flexibility makes it very useful for DevOps to automate deployment of containers. Symantec Data Center Security: Server Advanced provides agentless Docker container protection that allows you to achieve the performance benefits of Docker without sacrificing security. Full application control enables administrator privilege de-escalation, patch mitigation, and protection against zero day threats in today's heterogeneous data centers.

Symantec Endpoint Security is a robust and reliable product that provides complete protection against viruses, malware, Trojans, and malicious files. It offers application and device control, ease of use in deploying and updating, a central control console, stability, scalability, auto-discovery capabilities, patch management, endpoint detection and response capabilities, intrusion detection module.

The Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN) provides threat intelligence and detection across endpoints, email, and web traffic. It has helped organizations reduce downtime, increase productivity, and improve security posture. Symantec Endpoint Security is easy to use, has a flexible administration, and offers more value than expected.

Sample Customers

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Audio Visual Dynamics, Red Deer Advocate, Asia Pacific Telecom Co. Ltd., Kibbutz Ein Gedi, and AMETEK, Inc.

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