McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention Reviews

The main feature we are using it for is to control users so they don't exit information from the company. For example, we control the USB and the website so that people don't try to steal information.

The solution is deployed on-premises.

The most valuable feature right now is the user control.

Integration with other vendors could be improved. For example, with Chrome or Firefox. If they have updates, we will have some problems with DLP. The browser updates are causing breakdowns.

It's very stable. It's more stable than Symantec.

It's scalable. We have about 500 users, and we don't have any problem with that. I think for a bigger scale, it works very well.

I have also used Symantec.

The main difference is the price. Symantec is more expensive than McAfee. McAfee is more user friendly than Symantec. Also, you can receive updates from McAfee more conveniently than with Symantec. It takes time for Symantec to integrate with other vendors, but McAfee is usually fast.

Also, when your license with Symantec is finished, all of your features will be disabled. For example, after one year, if your license is expired, your DLP will not work, but McAfee is not like that. You have all the features, but you cannot receive updates.

Initial setup is very easy. I would rate it 4 out of 5.

We use a team of two people for maintenance.

It's not a cheap option.

On a scale of 1 to 5, I would rate it a 4.

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

Customers mainly use McAfee Total Data Loss Prevention to protect sensitive data on PCs, ATM machines, and email servers. It stops unauthorized data leaks, uses encryption for security, and enforces data rules on devices and networks. It also helps find sensitive info, handles data breaches, and ensures compliance. It is crucial for organizations to keep their data safe in different parts of their IT systems.

The most valuable feature is strong data leak prevention for data protection.

In terms of improvement, it could improve how it deals with solar data. It should be converted to Trellix as soon as possible. We currently don't fully understand Trelix, but we hope to gain a better understanding when they present it to our team. We are looking forward to their presentation, and we believe it will help us provide valuable feedback.

I have been using the solution for three months at my current company, but I have experience with clients using it for numerous years at my previous job.

The solution is scalable and most of our company's clients who use it are enterprise businesses. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

The initial setup is smooth, especially when handling data in Gmail. We typically collaborate with local IT partners who manage email services for our customers, which simplifies the process. It takes about a month and a half to implement the solution at a company with 2,000 users. For a smaller company with 20-50 users, it takes three to four days. The deployment process involves downloading the software, installing it on the servers, and then exploring its functionalities.

Overall, I would rate McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention an eight out of ten.

My company uses McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention for data protection.

The most valuable features of the solution are that it is a single agent and single management.

The product fails to offer automatic classification capabilities to its users. The tool should offer automatic classification in future releases.

I have been using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention for around ten years. My team uses the product.

In the latest version of the solution, we have faced some issues, as per the feedback from my team. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight to eight and a half out of ten.

The initial setup process was easy.

The solution is deployed on the cloud and on-premises.

Around 10 to 15 engineers are involved in the maintenance phase of the solution.

Since the tool doesn't offer automatic classification, I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

We use the product as an anti-virus solution. It prevents virus attacks on my laptops and mobile phones. 

I am impressed with the tool's firewalls and web protection. 

I would like the solution to improve the AI features for anti-virus detection. I also want the software to include a tool for malware detection. 

I have been using the solution for four years. 

I have used other anti-virus products like Sophos and Kaspersky. I switched to McAfee because it is easier to use and has more features than others. 

The tool is easy to setup. I would rate the product's setup an eight out of ten. The product's deployment takes 10-15 minutes to complete. 

I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten. 

I would rate the product a nine out of ten. 

Our primary use case for the solution is data leakage prevention, which we deploy on-premises. For example, we had a confidential document signed by one of our HR members bearing the details of some financials for the company. It was mistakenly sent to the company, all the employers, and employees, but we had just controlled this document from the DLP at that time. We restricted the document from being removed from every company computer through McAfee, so the document was deleted from every desktop. We send all the data over email or on the file server, SharePoint, or any web portal. So, for example, whenever we upload any data, DLP keeps a copy of it, makes a mirror, and keeps a copy of it in its database, securing it with an alarm. We set some words in a document or an email, and an alert will be generated for us, and DLP will make a copy of this data, allowing us to check if the data has been sent to another company on a web portal or file-sharing server. 

The solution is very user-friendly and valuable.

The user interface is messy and could be simplified. It could be more fruitful because the UI part of the DLP is also messy.

We have been using the solution for approximately four years.

The solution is scalable.

We do not have experience with customer service and support.

The initial setup is straightforward. It only requires installing the agent on the end nodes, and the management console, installation and configuration are not difficult. 

We implemented the solution in-house, and only one person is required for maintenance.

From a licensing point of view, it is good because we don't need to procure the license against each node. It has a single license, and we can use it on multiple nodes.

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. The solution is good and has many features, but the user interface can be improved.

We primarily used the solution for data loss prevention.

It is for national identity purposes, for our management, office management of mail, for sending office documents, and for monitoring bad behavior via email or writing.

The solution is stable and reliable.

It can scale. 

The product is very easy to maintain.

The product is difficult to use. 

I don't like the McAfee product and have had a negative user experience. 

They really need to simplify their offering. The interface is not so good.

McAfee needs to clarify its rules. 

If you don't know what you are doing, scaling can be challenging.

I used the solution for four months. 

We never had a complaint from IT. The solution seemed to have been stable. 

We had 150 people using the solution. 

If you know what you are doing, it's scalable. That said, if you use the interface and you are not a qualified person for that, it gets complicated. 

We did not directly reach out to McAfee, the corporation, in terms of support. We can get help from their partners. If we have questions, we'll ask the partner, not McAfee directly. 

We've moved from McAfee products as we changed our environment, and we focus mostly on Microsoft now. 

I now prefer Microsoft. If you had asked me nearly eight months ago, I would have said I hate Microsoft. While I'm still not a huge fan, I appreciate the scalability and visibility. It's a native environment of Windows 10, Windows 8.1 servers, and Android and iPhones. The price is very low as well for CRM and ERP solutions. Now, there is no need to buy any antivirus for the ERP solution if you've got licenses, of course, from Microsoft.

The solution was already pre-installed in an on-premises environment by the time I arrived. I wasn't a part of the initial implementation. 

The maintenance is pretty straightforward. 

I'm not sure what the exact pricing is. 

We were using the latest version of the solution. 

I'd warn new users to prepare for the interface, which is not user-friendly.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten.

Our main use case of this DLP solution is for endpoint protection of data breaching. Systems have to be protected both internally and externally. Our company offers multiple solutions for endpoint security, network security, data loss prevention and firewalls. We are a service provider and a partner of McAfee. Here in Pakistan, very few companies take data loss prevention seriously. We work with the financial sector and they all need that level of security. I'm an assistant manager of technical support.

Of course the data loss prevention is the most valuable feature. The solution also enables us to customize in that space and that's why I prefer this product. We can add different file types, and different scenarios or implement McAfee DLP on-site for our customers. The solution fulfills the vast majority of our customers' needs. This is a sharp and intuitive solution. 

For our new engineers, it is difficult to understand the McAfee DLP interface, or configure it in the deployment scenario. The UI needs to be simplified. 

I've been using this solution for six years. 

McAfee DLP is very stable. I've compared it with other solutions and it's a very mature and comprehensive solution. 

The solution is scalable. 

The initial setup is quite complex. Each scenario is different depending on our customers. We have multiple teams providing multiple services. I have three engineers who work with McAfee and we also provide support. 

My advice to any organization is to support appropriate security levels because following Covid many people have moved to online work and that needs supporting on a security level. Companies should be working in a zero-trust environment.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

This solution is for credit card protection; credit card numbers, any kind of data storage and data flows from storage to an application, it all goes through DLP filters and policies.

This solution has a rich set of policies and provides a level of protection even for removable devices.

The challenge now is the ability to have sensors, monitoring, and general security and policies on IOT devices. It's a challenge every time I use it and it's been frustrating. There are a lot of vulnerabilities and people can interrogate devices on a network and proliferate different forms of viruses or malware to infect a lot of things within the whole enterprise.

DLP was a very difficult solution to set up and use. It took an expert with a lot of experience to do that for us. It's very hard to implement across the enterprise with the different faces of where the DLP engines live. One of the challenges was that we weren't setting a generic policy, we have many different levels we're dealing with. It touches so many different things that it takes an army to maintain.

The solution is license based and is expensive. Every user, device, file, everything is licensed. There are many layers to licensing costs. It takes a lot of expertise and a lot of work to set that up across the enterprise.

ManTech was a better solution than McAfee but then it was bought out and that sometimes means that development isn't complete and feature richness is lacking. There is a tendency to move backward in capabilities. When it comes to McAfee, DLP works flawlessly while other parts struggle.