We performed a comparison between McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Symantec Data Loss Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Sentinel is a Microsoft product, so they provide very robust use cases and analytic groups, which are very beneficial for the security team. I also like the ability to integrate data sources into the software for on-premise and cloud-based solutions."
"The data connectors that Microsoft Sentinel provides are easy to integrate when we work with a Microsoft agent."
"Sentinel has an intuitive, user-friendly way to visualize the data properly. It gives me a solid overview of all the logs. We get a more detailed view that I can't get from the other SIEM tools. It has some IP and URL-specific allow listing"
"The UI of Sentinel is very good and easy to use, even for beginners."
"The native integration of the Microsoft security solution has been essential because it helps reduce some false positives, especially with some of the impossible travel rules that may be configured in Microsoft 365. For some organizations, that might be benign because they're using VPNs, etc."
"One of the most valuable features of Microsoft Sentinel is that it's cloud-based."
"Log aggregation and data connectors are the most valuable features."
"One of the most valuable features is that it creates a kind of a single pane of glass for organizations that already use Microsoft software. So, when they have things like Microsoft 365, it is very easy for them to kind of plug in or enroll those endpoints into the Azure Sentinel service."
"It is a scalable solution...I rate its scalability a nine out of ten."
"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's performance is good."
"McAfee is helping us to clean all of the viruses from the machines, protecting our desktops from the latest threats."
"The central management console is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"You have to have some experience, however, it's pretty simple to understand."
"The most valuable feature of the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is agent communication."
"The general endpoint protection is valuable, and it is easy to manage."
"The valuable feature of the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is the management of the policies."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Data Loss Prevention are endpoint security, endpoint agent, and DLP. Additionally, we have been satisfied with the policies."
"DLP's most valuable feature is compliance."
"The most valuable aspect of Symantec DLP is its powerful policy system."
"The Network Monitor component is the most advanced on the market. Combined with the other Network DLP components."
"The solution offers great reporting."
"The accuracy in terms of the rate of detection is good."
"I'm able to track everyone who is trying to send information outside the environment and to know if they are not supposed to be sending it. I'm also able to see the people who are accessing or maybe try to access the information they are not supposed to be accessing based on their level of classification. It gives me overall control of who has got access to what and at what point. And who can do what with specific information."
"They have a feature on the management side called the document indexer. Let's say you have a unique document with many near identical versions, which have one or several values that change, while the rest of the content stays the same. You can collect 50 of those documents and put them into this feature of the Symantec DLP system. It will compress them and create a profile specifically for that document."
"I can't think of anything other than just getting the name out there. I think a lot of customers don't fully understand the full capabilities of Azure Sentinel yet. It is kind of like when they're first starting to use Azure, it might not be something they first think about. So, they should just kind of get to the point where it is more widely used."
"Currently, the watchlist feature is being utilized, and although there have been improvements, it is still not fully optimized."
"If Sentinel had a graphical user interface, it would be easier to use. I would also like it to be more customizable."
"They should just add more and more out-of-the-box connectors. It is quite a new product, and it has a lot of connectors, and even more would be good."
"The solution could be more user-friendly; some query languages are required to operate it."
"The data connectors for third-party tools could be improved, as some aren't available in Sentinel. They need to be available in the data connector panel."
"We have been working with multiple customers, and every time we onboard a customer, we are missing an essential feature that surprisingly doesn't exist in Sentinel. We searched the forums and knowledge bases but couldn't find a solution. When you onboard new customers, you need to enable the data connectors. That part is easy, but you must create rules from scratch for every associated connector. You click "next," "next," "next," and it requires five clicks for each analytical rule. Imagine we have a customer with 150 rules."
"They only classify alerts into three categories: high, medium, and low. So, from the user's point of view, having another critical category would be awesome."
"The areas of concern where improvements are needed are related to the product's assignment policy and tag assignment, where users can assign the policies with the help of tags and sort out the systems."
"One thing that I don't like is that McAfee products change very often and upgrade very often."
"Features such as full drive encryption are lacking in the cloud version."
"The solution is difficult to tune to avoid false positives."
"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator could improve by supporting container microservices, such as Docker and Kubernetes."
"We need to consolidate multiple features into one console. It would be beneficial to have all the important features on a single platform."
"The Virtual Patching feature needs to be improved."
"There are some issues we are having with updating our Windows server. So we need to contact support or access our support portal."
"In my opinion, Symantec DLP could improve by offering a better online service option, making it more competitive compared to Forcepoint. Performance could also be enhanced, especially in terms of prevention capabilities. Additionally, it would be beneficial to add features that allow for better policy integration with GDPR, such as international credit, bank account, or identity management. This would make it more straightforward for IT, especially in regions like Indonesia."
"Where things could be improved is that product engineering takes time to respond when we make a request. They get on a call for troubleshooting, but fixing the issue takes time."
"The one downside for Symantec is that, due to its transition from Symantec to Broadcom, there's been a lot of changes. I am based in the Philippines and we don't have a contact person locally for any Symantec."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention could improve by having better system resource management, cloud option, and more features."
"Symantec could be better with infrastructure."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention's setup needs to be easier and support needs to be improved."
"That fine tuning has to be done for the customer as well as the vendor. So if I take Symantec DLP, we have to have some final fine tuning but we may need some time developing this depending on the customer. This is an area where something can be done to improve the product."
"This product is very powerful but it is very complex, so making it simpler to use would be an improvement."
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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is ranked 9th in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) with 39 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 54 reviews. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is rated 8.0, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator writes "Useful agent communication, reliable, but lacking support for microservices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is most compared with Splunk SOAR, Zscaler DLP, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention, Elastic Security and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP and Code42 Incydr. See our McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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