My company uses Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) to protect our computers.
Teamleader 2:nd line Security at Cygate AB
A stable and scalable solution with a straightforward setup phase and great technical support
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
- "From an improvement perspective, I want everything in the solution to be free."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it works fine with stability.
What needs improvement?
From an improvement perspective, I want everything in the solution to be free. I don't consider myself to be so sophisticated when it comes to Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS).
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the trial version of Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), but I have experience with the tool for around four years. I don't remember the version of the solution.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
I used the solution's technical support and was satisfied with their responses.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with Microsoft Defender, AVG, and Norton.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup was straightforward.
The solution's deployment by an end user can be done in three minutes.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend the solution to others who plan to use it.
I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Simple implementation, stable, but priced high
Pros and Cons
- "McAfee MVISION Endpoint is stable."
- "The price of McAfee MVISION Endpoint could improve."
What is our primary use case?
McAfee MVISION Endpoint is used for endpoint protection. Protects the files and network against viruses and malware.
What needs improvement?
The price of McAfee MVISION Endpoint could improve.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using McAfee MVISION Endpoint for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
McAfee MVISION Endpoint is stable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used Check Point and Microsoft Defender. I would recommend Microsoft Defender over the other solutions I have used.
How was the initial setup?
The installation of the McAfee MVISION Endpoint was simple. We are able to do it remotely from a central location.
What was our ROI?
I have had a return on investment by using McAfee MVISION Endpoint.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are on an annual subscription for McAfee MVISION Endpoint. The cost for the license could be less expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate McAfee MVISION Endpoint a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Talent Acquisition Specialist at Nine A Business Connect
Easy to deploy, use and stable solution
Pros and Cons
- "It's good that it periodically scans all my drives. I can stay up to date with the status of my drivers and update them if needed."
- "One suggestion is they should reduce the constant notifications. Whenever I open my laptop, there are too many notifications from McAfee, and it gets annoying."
What is our primary use case?
McAfee is used to secure my laptop against online threats and malware. It detects and removes any potential issues from the laptop.
What is most valuable?
It's good that it periodically scans all my drives. I can stay up to date with the status of my drivers and update them if needed.
What needs improvement?
One suggestion is they should reduce the constant notifications. Whenever I open my laptop, there are too many notifications from McAfee, and it gets annoying.
I would like to see less notifications.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about four to five months because I've just purchased my new laptop. It came with the latest version when I got the laptop.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good. I receive updates regularly, which is quite good.
How was the initial setup?
It's quite straightforward. You have the dashboard to access all the data protection features, so it's easy to use.
The deployment hardly takes two to three minutes.
What about the implementation team?
For the McAfee process, I didn't need to contact anybody. I just needed to switch on my laptop, and it started on its own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You need to subscribe to McAfee. There's a subscription on a yearly basis. It's not that expensive; it's quite affordable.
What other advice do I have?
I would suggest giving it a try. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. Due to the notifications, I would deduct one point. But overall, it's a nine. It's good.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Technical Manager at Incedo Inc.
This recognized brand has been reliable in the past but seems to be losing ground to competition
Pros and Cons
- "It is scalable and stable and the initial setup is the easiest part of using the product."
- "Intrusion detection and intervention seem to be falling behind the competition."
What is our primary use case?
McAfee MVISION is security for integrated VMware and OpenSite cloud solutions.
What is most valuable?
McAfee is fine as an endpoint. We are offering the product to clients for data protection. It is not about this being a reactive solution like a firewall. There should be a shield of gateways, wherever possible, whenever this security solution can be implemented.
What needs improvement?
The biggest problem we had with this product was when the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) did not respond well to a threat. We experienced one virus attack that the product did not catch. I do not know the exact CDC (Communication Device Class) details. That time, we did an analysis, but the systems crashed. We could not even access the infected file servers.
Because we could not access the servers in that attack, we could not even remove all the threats. Eventually, what we had to do is find out which servers got infected and then we had to roll back those servers to a previous backup. It left us in a little bit of a vulnerable situation. It ended up not being what we hoped for in an endpoint solution.
Because McAfee was infected, other endpoint protections were also affected that made the situation more difficult to resolve.
Improvements that I would like to see in MVISION would be to provide some additional features for the cloud to make their product a one-stop solution. For example, every organization is going into hybrid-cloud. That may allow part of a solution on-site. That can be part of multi-tier platforms and would be more flexible.
What they can do is offer more in order to be a leader in innovation for different architectures rather than for enterprise only. For example, the endpoint security product uses every desktop like service. They have the features for the hardware detection and the platform access, then on the application layers. These three layers are a part of the firewall. So these are the firewall and then there are other things they could be offering as a single source to create a more secure environment as a proactive solution.
This is something that definitely could be improved, especially with intrusion detection and intervention. It is very important to do more to cover the security of these more invasive practices. So, they could improve things with a web application firewall, and improve intrusion detection and prevention. Those should be the key areas which they are focusing on right now to improve the utility of the product moving forward.
If you have a look into the Gartner report, there are many companies that are making advances in this category of product and it means competition for McAfee.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this type of product from McAfee since about six years ago off and on.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I think it is a stable product. It needs to be more robust in identifying threats.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable, of course, as it is designed for enterprise use. It is scalable unless you do not configure it correctly and try to work with it without knowing how to do it.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have been in touch with the McAfee technical support. They also struggled with a problem we had with an infected server. I was involved in the contact with McAfee at the time when trying to resolve the issue. Ultimately, they did not have any solution for the problem and we ended up rolling back the server. In all that is a bit of a problem with the product and the technical support. Neither were optimal.
How was the initial setup?
The installation and implementation are the easiest parts of using the product. The real difference comes in how you want to optimize the performance. That is the key. Otherwise, implementation is not challenging.
By optimizing the performance, I mean that you should not change the function of the basic purpose of a security product. If it is a firewall implemented on the network, that product should be providing the service without excessive expense or resources in performance. We are looking at the cloud solutions in the same sense. There can be performance concerns for products on the cloud. It is a known factor.
Then the second point is all about the features and configuration. The question is about configuration management using tools on the cloud platforms. You may be using multiple clouds. You have to be sure you can configure it so the product remains secure across platforms. Security solutions should also focus on providing that rather than forcing users on to different products and having to manage multiple solutions.
The deployment for McAfee MVISION Endpoint, after everything has been considered and all of the points have been taken into account, takes some time. Say we have got around 3,000 to 10,000 servers. The type of configurations can be critical. If the client provides a rule-based requirement, we have to go with their requirements. Depending on what needs to be configured, this can take more or less time. Each of the servers will take a certain amount of time to do the implementation. So the time estimate for the implementation has to include the customer requirements. Analysis has to be completed for each unique need.
The maintenance is looked after by the client. It should not take more than five to six team members, even if we have a client with 3,000 servers. That is the number of people that we would expect once the product is properly organized and implemented.
That should not be considered just an eight-hour per day effort. It needs to be serviced around the clock because the servers do not sleep. Deployment of people to maintenance teams is important.
With the installation complete, the configuration done, and the maintenance team in place, using the product is all about monitoring it. A lot of intrusion detection is getting automated now, but not everything will be. Someone has to take some time doing analytics with the logs.
We try to configure the solution to sort out many things. We have to work with what the client is expecting and configure for that level of load and to get proper alerts. The configuration will probably be ongoing as a part of maintenance and review.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
MVISION is intended as an enterprise product and it is priced like one. That is what I can say about the pricing. Enterprise organizations will be able to make the expenditure and it will not be practical for most smaller organizations. This solution is within the price range of competitors at the enterprise level.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We definitely evaluated other products and continue to. We have to put our case forward for justifying our products and solutions within our company and with our clients. It has been an experience with the POC. Whatever the product and features, the cost-benefit analysis has to be taken in terms of leaky security. That may not matter for certain situations and products, but from our testing and experience, it will definitely matter for this product right now.
Our company has to make a decision about whether they have to switch to a different product internally. If we try to become a partner with a certain company and begin to resell that to other clients, we can get a better price in a negotiation. This may affect the product we end up using.
We definitely need to explore a lot. In this case, it will take a lot of time to consider the benefits of various products and cost-benefits.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to people considering this solution is that they should take a look at it. As of now, that is all I can say. I was not focused on working with all of the products within this category and, after a long time, I am working with them again. Just these last three or four months, I am back into evaluating the security solution sets more rigorously.
I am not biased at this point and have to leave the possibilities wide open in order to make a good recommendation.
On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate McAfee MVISION Endpoint as a five to six in a range of ten. The rating is not about the product being perfect, I am not rating it too high because the things that are missing are things that really should be a part of a superior endpoint solution already. They have so much to work on as of now with this product that it seems to be lagging behind. With their experience in the business, they should know these things are important. If you look into the other competing products of whatever brand, the competition has already released identity and access management. The new organizations in the category are coming into this field with all the latest innovations. As more of them do, they will create a challenge in the marketplace. McAfee is lagging a little behind and not moving quickly to keep up.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
National Technical Support Manager at BancoSol S.A.
It's a good solution , not the best. Email protection could be better.
Pros and Cons
- "MVISION offers decent protection."
- "The email protection isn't efficient enough, and I'd like to see DLP features in the next release."
What is most valuable?
MVISION offers decent protection.
What needs improvement?
The email protection isn't efficient enough, and I'd like to see DLP features in the next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using MVISION for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
MVISION is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
MVISION is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up MVISION is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have an annual license and pay extra for support.
What other advice do I have?
I rate McAfee MVISION Endpoint six out of 10. It's a good product, but not the best. I wouldn't recommend it to others because it's not secure enough.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Cyber Security Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Good solution offering containment and the ability to triage agent activities
Pros and Cons
- "The features we have found most valuable have been containment as well as the ability to triage agent activities."
- "The way that signatures work when using this solution could be improved. They could be more user friendly. We would like the ability to select a client's signature from a menu or file share to save time."
What is most valuable?
The features we have found most valuable have been containment as well as the ability to triage agent activities.
What needs improvement?
The way that signatures work when using this solution could be improved. They could be more user friendly. We would like the ability to select a client's signature from a menu or file share to save time.
FireEye allows three releases per day which are automated. If the automation fails for some reason, the release fails. FireEye does not allow manual releases. This is why we are moving away from using this solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used Symantec at a different company. I think Symantec is the best solution overall.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was quite complex. It took three months for us to roll out the solution.
What other advice do I have?
The suitability of FireEye for a business depends on the business itself.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Technical Presales Consultant - Solutions Architect at Nexus Technologies,Inc.
Centralized management, integrates well, and the technical support is good
Pros and Cons
- "The agents are easy to deploy."
- "Endpoint resource utilization causes high levels of instability and that is something that needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We are a reseller and McAfee is one of the security solutions that we implement for our customers.
How has it helped my organization?
The cloud-based security and data protection features are essential for the work from home set up, because of the pandemic.
What is most valuable?
Some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ePO, centralized management, single control, and ease of management.
The agents are easy to deploy.
For McAfee, as long as you have ePO it is easy to manage.
It integrates well with other solutions and I like their CASB and the Web Gateway, their cloud security. Most of our clients are migrating to the cloud and they are evaluating cloud security solutions and data protection.
What needs improvement?
Endpoint resource utilization causes high levels of instability and that is something that needs improvement. Our clients are concerned about how it can affect their endpoints and do not want the CPU overburdened.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. Most of our clients are enterprise-level companies with 10,000 users.
How are customer service and technical support?
My personal experience with technical support is limited, but we have a good working relationship with them. In the four years that we have worked with McAfee, we have found that the people behind this product are easy to talk to. No matter how complex the problem is, they will help you to better understand it.
Overall, I feel that their support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and it is easy to configure.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is mid-ranged and quite reasonable compared to other similar products.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Being a reseller, we handle many different endpoint products and have evaluated several of them. When comparing to Symantec, for example, McAfee is better in that they have multiple agents and multiple consoles. We also work with CrowdStrike and Cylance.
Some of our customers prefer McAfee because they started with an on-premises solution, which is a good thing. Not every company is cloud-ready, yet. Some of them have hybrid configurations, where they have on-premises protection as well as cloud-based protection.
Price-wise, McAfee is less expensive than CrowdStrike or Cylance, although not as cheap as Kaspersky or Sophos. I would say that it is reasonable, for the feature set.
What other advice do I have?
We have been working with McAfee for four years and the sales and support have always been good. It is not difficult for us to handle McAfee because they have always worked well with us.
I think that this is a good option for people working from home because it is easy to implement and deploy the agents.
My recommendation for anybody who is implementing this product is to have VPN access set up, adding to the security, especially when working from home.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: reseller
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
An endpoint security solution that needs to reduce RAM and CPU usage
Pros and Cons
- "Trellix Endpoint Security has a full suite of DLP."
- "The product needs to reduce the usage of RAM and CPU."
What is our primary use case?
We use the tool for endpoint security.
What is most valuable?
Trellix Endpoint Security has a full suite of DLP.
What needs improvement?
The product needs to reduce the usage of RAM and CPU.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Trellix Endpoint Security is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable and works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobiles.
How are customer service and support?
I am satisfied with the solution's support.
How was the initial setup?
Trellix Endpoint Security's installation was straightforward. It takes around one to two days to complete the installation.
What about the implementation team?
We did the tool's deployment in-house.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Trellix Endpoint Security a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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The GUI of ePO must be upgraded.