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Symantec Data Loss Prevention mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Symantec Data Loss Prevention in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category stands at 9.2%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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TypeTitleDate
CategoryData Loss Prevention (DLP)Jan 10, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersJan 10, 2025Download
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Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Insurance Company
5%
Government
4%
Healthcare Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Energy/Utilities Company
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Educational Organization
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
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Construction Company
2%
Logistics Company
2%
University
2%
Hospitality Company
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Non Profit
2%
Media Company
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Marketing Services Firm
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Performing Arts
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Mining And Metals Company
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Aerospace/Defense Firm
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Raheel Naveed - PeerSpot user
Senior Consultant DIS-InfoSec at Systems Limited
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Apr 18, 2024
Highly effective in safeguarding sensitive data in cloud storage

Pros

"The incident response options and reporting features are particularly strong, with the inclusion of Incident Classification Assessment (ICA) for integrated reporting. "

Cons

"Agent configuration should be improved for easier interaction for users, particularly by allowing configuration changes to be done on a grid. "
Kamran Jameel - PeerSpot user
Head Cyber Digital and Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Dec 27, 2023
Product is easy to setup and has important features like DLP for the OCR and endpoint

Pros

"All of the features are really important, including DLP for the OCR and endpoint. It will be all of the combined features that will give you the strength to control the data. Every feature has its own uniqueness, different control and will help you to protect the data. "

Cons

"Their support program needs a lot of improvement. If you are stuck somewhere, getting their support can be difficult. "
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Jawed Ahmed - PeerSpot user
Senior Cyber Security Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Feb 16, 2023
A lot of false positives have been eliminated, helping with our operational costs

Pros

"It has good options for policy findings. You can do granular policy enhancements with multiple options. And the SMB blocking is a very good feature."

Cons

"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."
Babu E - PeerSpot user
Sr. Career Services-HRM at U Education Management Private Limited
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Sep 18, 2024
User-friendly with good security and helpful for protecting confidential data

Pros

"I found Symantec to be user-friendly and easy to use."

Cons

"Updates sometimes overlap, causing technical errors."
PeerSpot user
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Aug 4, 2024
Provides one of the best incident management capabilities, and the GUI is simple

Pros

"Symantec has one of the best incident management capabilities."

Cons

"The product must provide data encryption."
Serif Muammer Sak - PeerSpot user
Cyber Security Consultant at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Mar 16, 2023
Consitent, accurate, and simple

Pros

"The accuracy in terms of the rate of detection is good. "

Cons

"Reporting could be improved."
SandipArote - PeerSpot user
Technical lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Dec 24, 2022
Straightforward to set up and easy to expand with good indexing features

Pros

"The solution can easily scale. "

Cons

"We need to have agent auto-parsing. "
Shahram Dehghani - PeerSpot user
Security Technical Manager at Modaberan Fanavari Pasargad
Verified user of Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Oct 29, 2023
A DLP that is vital to safeguarding our network from ransomware attacks

Pros

"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."

Cons

"Symantec could be better with infrastructure."