Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Symantec DLP are data security solutions helping prevent sensitive data leaks. Both offer tiered licensing based on features and deployment options, and ROI depends on implementation complexity and prevented data leaks. Purview's tighter Microsoft integration can lead to faster value realization, while Symantec might offer better ROI for complex environments.
The summary above is based on 35 interviews we conducted recently with Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"It has helped our clients to reduce the time to action on insider threats because it can be integrated."
"The product can block the uploads to cloud services."
"For Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365, I would give it a 10 out of 10. It provides all the insights and information."
"I rate Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's stability a ten out of ten."
"The auto-labeling feature is definitely the most valuable feature. It goes in and labels the documents for you in different repositories. It covers the Outlook and Exchange repositories along with SharePoint and OneDrive. It is really helpful in those areas."
"Because everything is on Microsoft and we use Azure, integration with the product is easier. That's the most important thing when you use many Microsoft products. It's easier to integrate everything in one place."
"The product has improved compliance and confidence. We are aware of the data that is leaving our organization. It provides confidence in data management and information storage."
"There's a good amount of documentation in case you run into any problems."
"The exfiltration capabilities are great. You can put all of these rules in the product to detect the patterns and text."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"Symantec DLP has many servers, and the solution is very powerful because you can use it in ports, endpoints, networks, and email servers to prevent the leakage of emails. DLP can be integrated with Symantec encryption."
"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'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."
"The detection capabilities are comprehensive."
"The product helps with blocking sensitive data transmission and permission management."
"Good end point encryption and data loss prevention."
"They do not provide language options beyond the ones already available, so our language option is missing."
"The solution should provide better integration with other systems."
"The scalability, in terms of the portal, could be more user-friendly. Sometimes I have faced difficulties in identifying the options."
"The AI advancements can improve the false positives."
"The support is poor."
"Technical support is awful."
"Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's licensing is expensive."
"There is a need for improvements, particularly in ensuring that file-based recognition is more reliable and comprehensive."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"I would like to see an improved interface, with better documentation and integration with other products."
"Virtualization is not currently supported."
"Data Masking could be improved."
"The solution could offer improved more informative documentation."
"Technical support is pathetic."
"Sometimes setting up the solution can get a little tricky because it would depend on your internal infrastructure. For example, you have to connect the Symantec Data Loss Prevention platform and you need to integrate it, so that could make the process somewhat difficult."
"We are finding delayed response if the macOS is updated. They need to make sure their solution is compatible."
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is ranked 1st in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 13 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention writes "Automation has given us consistent analytics and improved quality of insights into user activity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Amazon Macie, Microsoft Intune, Zscaler DLP and Digital Guardian, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Trellix DLP. See our Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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