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Virtual patching makes it easier, and you are protected as soon as the patch is released
Pros and Cons
  • "For day-to-day efficiency, it provides a good dashboard, so our team can be active 24/7 instead of doing a lot of manual stuff. We just look at the dashboard, and it's all done."
  • "It needs to improve its integration with a lot of other products. This should be in the road map because we have a lot of SaaS-based appliances which are not connected with each other."

What is our primary use case?

It's used as a part of our managed solutions. Security is key for them because we have seen a lot of ransomware in the past. We do very well on security side, whether it is application network or a host-based security. This is one of the offerings that we offer to our customer by default.

As it is a core part of our managed services, it integrates with other products which revolve around patch management. We have our own IP which takes care of the actual patch management that we leverage. We also have a lot of monitoring platforms with a single, integrate dashboard taking the data from the APIs.

How has it helped my organization?

Previously, a lot of attacks happened. 

Sometimes, you have your files which you don't want anybody to change. With this product, you can monitor that very easily. Therefore, whenever someone tries to play with that file, you receive an alert.

For day-to-day efficiency, it provides a good dashboard, so our team can be active 24/7 instead of doing a lot of manual stuff. We just look at the dashboard, and it's all done.

What is most valuable?

  • Anti-malware
  • IPS
  • IDS
  • Prevention against the ransomware
  • File integrated monitoring
  • Virtual patching

Every module is important because it serves a different purpose.

Because a lot of vulnerabilities are coming out, we work with a lot of large enterprises using virtual patching. It is very difficult to patch, because you have to take approvals, and go through the cycle, as there is a proper process in place. However, if you have virtual patching, it makes it easier, and you are protected as soon as the patch is released.

What needs improvement?

It needs to improve its integration with a lot of other products. This should be in the road map because we have a lot of SaaS-based appliances which are not connected with each other. Thus, I'm looking forward to more integrations coming together as a part of the product.

Going forward, I would like to have more APIs and integration with more application monitoring intelligence platforms.

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For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, it is one of the best in the market. However, since a lot of innovation is happening, it comes with a lot of risk as well. Certain times, we have seen where a customer is being attacked irrespective of if the product was there. The reason is that patch is not available. While I know the team who works on it does a lot proactively, sometimes things get missed out.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have customers in five to six different regions, ranging from Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, and the U.S. We use it for a lot of our customers (about 90 percent). Their size ranges from 500 servers to thousands of servers. We work with a lot of enterprises, including Telco, retail, government sector, and media.

How are customer service and support?

We are very well-connected with our technical support. Most of our team is quite trained on the product. 95 percent of the time, our team doesn't need the technical support team's help.

How was the initial setup?

The integration and configuration in our AWS is user-friendly. When you work with enterprise, you have a multi-cloud strategy. We can deploy it in AWS and use it in other clouds as well. So, it is pretty robust.

What was our ROI?

In the case of ransomware, every time it happens, for every machine that you have, you have to pay something like $400 USD or more. With Trend Micro, you are paying a couple of dollars every month to save the environment, and you don't have to go into that part where you pay a hacker to get back your data. Therefore, it's a good ROI, though it's an investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are an original partner with AWS, so a couple of customers chose to directly take it from AWS Marketplace. A couple of customers will want us to take care of the billing. So, it's a mixed type of reaction that we receive from the customer. Eventually, for us, it matters that customers are secure.

The customers can deploy in their environment and the licensing model goes through our reseller.

The price is reasonably good as compared to other products into the market.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There are products, like Symantec, but Deep Security from Trend Micro is quite helpful for us. It is being absorbed by a lot of customers, whether they belong to an enterprise or the public sector. It is highly adopted.

We went with Trend Micro because it was more cloud native, the architecture was more on the high availability side of it, and it had the the implementation that we wanted.

What other advice do I have?

Do your evaluation well. After the core evaluation, choose what fits best for your customer.

I used to previously work with on-premise solutions and private cloud. Now, I work with AWS.

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Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Has valuable intrusion prevention capabilities, helping us block unauthorized connections
Pros and Cons
  • "The platform's IP detection feature is particularly effective in identifying connections to our servers."
  • "There could be a centralized management server to oversee all platform functionalities."

What is most valuable?

The platform's IP detection feature is particularly effective in identifying connections to our servers.

What needs improvement?

There could be a centralized management server to oversee all platform functionalities.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for approximately three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the product's scalability a seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability was limited; the product did not detect as many behavioral patterns as CrowdStrike, which provided more comprehensive insights.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support experience was good, but there was room for improvement in terms of response time.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We decided to switch to a more AI-based solution from Trend Micro to address the rise in ransomware attacks better and reduce the number of servers needed for management.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

While the pricing was on the higher side, the manageability and comprehensive alerts provided by the product justified the cost. I paid approximately 26,000 per license. There is an additional cost involved for support services. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I compared the product to McAfee.

What other advice do I have?

The product's intrusion prevention capabilities were beneficial as they allowed me to block unauthorized connections and potential threats at both the server and firewall levels.

I rate Trend Micro Deep Security a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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SOC at Airline Company
Real User
Provides good support and threat prevention
Pros and Cons
  • "Support and threat prevention are the most valuable features of this solution."
  • "Trend Micro is scalable if you have the budget for it."

What is our primary use case?

Trend Micro Deep Security protects our organization from threats. Trend Micro has kept us compliant with PCI and PPA.

What is most valuable?

Support and threat prevention are the most valuable features of this solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. Trend Micro gets threat intelligence and is always up-to-date with all cybersecurity threats zero-day. Updates are provided through our email. If anything needs to be adjusted on our system, or their product, they will advise us right away.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Trend Micro is scalable if you have the budget for it. All of our 2,500 employees are covered with Trend Micro Deep Security.

How are customer service and support?

The support from Trend Micro Deep Security is good. The company has a good knowledge base where we can troubleshoot any issues. We also have a support portal with them where we can raise issues that we can't solve on our own. This includes on-call support with them in case the issue needs to be resolved urgently.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Prior to using Trend Micro, we were using Sophos.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of the product was straightforward. All you need to do is install the firmware, ensure the firewall connections are open, and you are done. 

What about the implementation team?

It took about one month for us to deploy Trend Micro Deep Security. We had an integrator deploy the pilot of the first 30. After the pilot, our team deployed the rest.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you need an additional 10 or 20 licenses, you will need to pay additional fees.

What other advice do I have?

This product is one of the leaders in terms of endpoint protection, server protection, and network protection. They provide good support, and it is easy to deploy. They are scalable, and the threat intelligence is very good. They stay up to date with what is happening in the cyber world.

Personally, I like anti-malware and integrity monitoring. The anti-malware has its own behavioral monitoring and machine learning. It detects all species and objects in the server or the file integrity monitoring. If there are any changes on the server side, they will alert you. I would like to see these tools as part of Trend Micro Deep Security.

I would rate Trend Micro Deep Security a nine out of ten overall.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Real User
Top 5
Easy to scale solution for protecting and securing workloads and servers, and comes with ransomware protection
Pros and Cons
  • "Easy to scale, stable solution for workload and server security and protection. It's easy to set up and has a good ransomware protection feature."
  • "Pricing is on the expensive side and could be more affordable. The technical support for Trend Micro Deep Security also needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Trend Micro Deep Security for workload security. I also use it for protecting my critical server because it has an intrusion prevention feature.

Trend Micro Deep Security protected us from a ransomware attack two months ago. I can protect my server from ransomware using the product.

What is most valuable?

What I like best about Trend Micro Deep Security is its ransomware protection feature.

What needs improvement?

Pricing is on the expensive side and could be more affordable. The technical support for Trend Micro Deep Security also needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Trend Micro Deep Security since 2019. I started using it in my previous company when I was the head of IT there. I transferred to another company nine months ago, and we're also using Trend Micro Deep Security.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Trend Micro Deep Security is very, very stable, and we are happy with this solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Trend Micro Deep Security is scalable. We bought 15 licenses for 15 servers. Whenever I want some enhancements, it's very scalable just to buy the license and apply it on the server. You can add it from the portal. It's a very, very scalable product. It's very easy to scale.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support for the product was sometimes good. It could be improved. On a scale of one to five, with five being the best, I'm scoring support a three.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for Trend Micro Deep Security was very easy.

What about the implementation team?

Deployment of the product was done by the reseller. He came to my office and deployed Trend Micro Deep Security in all locations, through remote deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Trend Micro Deep Security is quite expensive.

We're on a yearly subscription with Trend Micro Deep Security.

We bought the license with support and all the features. We bought 15 server licenses. I deployed the product on the most critical servers.

What other advice do I have?

We're on the sales-based, software-based, and service-based model with Trend Micro Deep Security.

Most of the financial sectors and banks use Trend Micro Security with XDR, which we're also using. The main reason we selected the product is for its XDR or Extended XDR.

There are multiple products and solutions under Trend Micro. Now I'm evaluating Trend Micro Apex One for endpoint security. We will replace Kaspersky with Trend Micro.

They've already added an additional feature, XDR. They're monitoring my servers at their own SOC, so this is an additional feature, and I don't think there's any need for an additional feature at the moment.

My score for Trend Micro Deep Security, on a scale of one to ten, with one being the worst and ten being the best is nine.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Muhammad Huzaifa Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Improves security with comprehensive visibility and intrusion tracing
Pros and Cons
  • "It helps us detect and protect against network penetrations at the specific point of intrusion."
  • "New patterns need improvement, as some new data access points are challenging to investigate and allow entry without detection."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for NetSpark, and I work for two organizations where I'm using this tool. In both, we are scaling our networks and endpoints, analyzing our traffic, and analyzing the endpoints and security.

How has it helped my organization?

In one organization where I started, we were using a SIEM solution and facing challenges like a lack of complete information. Deep Security has helped us to know where intrusion started, penetrated, and went within our network, thereby improving security.

What is most valuable?

I appreciate the complete visibility of information, including endpoints and detailed tracing from origin to navigation. It helps us detect and protect against network penetrations at the specific point of intrusion.

What needs improvement?

New patterns need improvement, as some new data access points are challenging to investigate and allow entry without detection. Improving this area and providing complete visibility would be beneficial.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this product for nearly eleven months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability as eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I rate technical support a nine.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used QRadar. Compared to QRadar, Trend Micro improves quickly based on feedback and provides more comprehensive solutions.

How was the initial setup?

In one premises, we deployed it on the cloud, which was challenging at the start, while on another it was set on TensorFlow, which was comparatively easy.

What about the implementation team?

Their team was very helpful during the deployment process. Trend Micro's team was particularly cooperative.

What was our ROI?

It has saved us time, money, and resources. We saved nearly forty percent of our time previously spent on manual investigations.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is very fair, although there are other cheaper options. Due to our limitations, Trend Micro was our best option.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Information Security Specialist at SG Fleet Group Ltd
Real User
Top 20
Offers a super easy setup phase to users
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of the solution are the log inspection and the IPS, which are the most effective compared to other tools."
  • "The tool needs to be made more user-friendly. The dashboard is there, but the solution's false positives are a bit higher."

What is our primary use case?

I work in a finance-based company, so what we look at would be an anti-malware suite to inspect IPS policies, firewalls, and other such stuff.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution are the log inspection and the IPS, which are the most effective compared to other tools.

Log inspection completely reviews all the logs on the machine rather than me going and investigating. I can take a quick look into the issues with Trend Micro Deep Security.

What needs improvement?

The tool needs to be made more user-friendly. The dashboard is there, but the solution's false positives are a bit higher.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for three years. I am a customer of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a six to seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have no complaints about the scalability of the product. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

If I speak about the support directly from Trend Micro's team, I rate the technical support as five out of ten.

If I consider the support that I get from Trend Micro's sales engineering team, I would rate the support as a seven or eight. The support team does not reply, and if they do, they provide a response after a week, even if you say that we urgently need their help. The local team in my country, which is the engineering team from the sales side, contacted us and asked whether they could help us in any way with the ticket raised from our end.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was super easy. Trend Micro's team was there to support us when we were setting it up. The sales team and sales engineering team were also helpful.

If ten means very easy setup and one means difficult, I rate the setup phase a seven to eight.

Within business hours, the solution was deployed in two days, considering that there was a need to set up policies and servers.

What other advice do I have?

With Trend Micro's virtual patching in place, the IPS rules are quite effective, so I don't have to patch my systems right away. Trend Micro has been quite aggressive in releasing the IPS rules, which protect our servers from any such incidents.

I wouldn't think that I have seen any reduction in security-related costs since implementing the solution. I have not seen a reduction in the pricing of the security suite, given the fact that the risks have been increasing worldwide or at a global level. We have to put more money to protect ourselves.

I would not blame Trend Micro for not ensuring that users see the cost reductions. Considering the many developments in the general market, the tool has to stay updated.

The compliance management in Trend Micro Deep Security has not very much improved the security audits, especially since we are using the on-prem version. With the on-prem version, you don't get much of the compliance management part. The SaaS version is quite different and we are looking to switch to it.

The fact that Trend Micro Deep Security has integrated everything with Trend Vision One is something that is more than sufficient.

We are using the tool's on-prem version, so I don't think I have seen anything related to AI.

I have not seen anything related to automation in the tool.

The suite is better, so when you are buying a product, make sure that you squeeze everything into one since that is where the real money lies.

I think the major value for my company does not come from Trend Micro Deep Security but from Trend Micro Vision One, XDR Telemetry, and everything else.

If a person has completed the integration, you don't have to look at the different modules of Trend Micro Deep Security, as you can just log into Trend Vision One and do all the XDR analysis.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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Mustufa Kamaal Afghan - PeerSpot reviewer
Specialist Enterprise Security Architect at Ooredoo Qatar
Real User
Top 20
Excellent deep security solution with low footprint
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has a low footprint and does not have a lot of impact on the host."
  • "The solution should focus on the EDR part and probably have an integrated data leak prevention module."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses Trend Micro for anti-malware support on servers and user PCs. Its normal anti-virus, file integrity monitoring, and threat prevention modules are also active in our systems.

What is most valuable?

The overall vision and execution of the vendor are really good. The solution has a low footprint and does not have a lot of impact on the host. The reporting mechanism is also good, and at any given point in time, we can see how many endpoints are compliant. The product support is also good.

What needs improvement?

The solution should focus on the EDR part and probably have an integrated data leak prevention module as well.

In future releases, the solution should provide one agent who takes care of EDR, end-point security, DLP, and application control.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. I would rate its stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. I would rate its scalability a ten out of ten. Currently, the solution is being used by around 4,000 users in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

The customer service and support team is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and only a matter of a couple of clicks. Once you have a design in place, deployment is not a challenge. In terms of time– one part goes into solution deployment and the other into solution adaptation. Solution deployment does not take much time; solution adaptation does.

What about the implementation team?

The solution was deployed by consultants. I think one professional from the system integrator or the OEM and one in-house resource are enough for this deployment.

Moreover, it is just like any other IT solution in terms of maintenance. Since it is installed on a server host, whatever general maintenance is required for that host is what’s needed—just general IT maintenance. We have an in-house team of IT and security engineers who take care of the maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Just like in any other IT solution. General IT maintenance, we have an in-house team of IT and security engineers who take care of the maintenance.

What other advice do I have?

Before deploying a solution, new users must refer to market research. For companies like ours, we select top-of-the-line products. Although this is the best product suiting our requirements, the decision should be based on individual evaluation.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Real User
IDS and IPS are its most valuable features
Pros and Cons
  • "Trend Micro gave our security teams a certain degree of comfort by just having it in the background, as they have familiarity with the product."
  • "AWS products could become more compatible with intrusion detection products leveraging help from Trend Micro."

What is our primary use case?

It's for security: IDS, IPS, intrusion detection, and securing our perimeter in general. E.g., OWASP rules.

How has it helped my organization?

Trend Micro gave our security teams a certain degree of comfort by just having it in the background, as they have familiarity with the product.

What is most valuable?

IDS and IPS are its most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

AWS products could become more compatible with intrusion detection products leveraging help from Trend Micro.  

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability hasn't been an issue.

We have different workloads, so it depends on if we're talking about development, QA, or the testing environment. They are all separate accounts. We have a central account to try to manage all of them. A lot of these type products, like Trend Micro, fit into these shared environments. 

Right now, we've got a few production workloads, but most of the workloads are still in development.

What about the implementation team?

Automation is a big part of everything that we do. The team setting it up would have had to set up Chef scripts and other things to make sure that we could automatically deploy. This would have been part of the configuration and management into the AWS environment.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We were looking for a tool to help secure our environment. There wasn't anything immediately available as an AWS native service, so we looked for a third-party tool which could do it. 

We would like to see more from AWS natively on the intrusion detection side.

What other advice do I have?

Take a good look at all the different options. If there are things which I think teams are familiar with, that always gives a product a bit of a leg up. This is not just from the perspective of the people who support and deploy the product, but even the security teams who may be already familiar with the product and know how effective it is. It gives them a lot more comfort seeing something that they have some background with.

Our company uses the on-premise and AWS versions. I work with the AWS version, and have been happy with it. I am seeing more of the end result of it rather than the infrastructure and security perimeter.

We decided to use AWS because it was something the teams were familiar with. Our teams, who are currently using Trend Micro, were already familiar with the product and wanted to make use of it in the cloud as well. It was just a matter of continuity.

It is integrated with a SIEM, security incident and event management, platform. A lot of the output which comes from Trend Micro, we fed into the SIEM system so the security teams and the monitoring teams have a single pane of glass view into all the security features of our environment.

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