Trend Micro Deep Security Reviews

It's kind of hard to point out one single feature, however, if I had to, then I would say that they have a great roll-back feature. You can use this if your machine is compromised. You have the ability to roll it back to the previous good version, so you can actually save, say, 90% to 95% of your data.

The solution is stable. 

You can scale the solution to different versions. 

Technical support is helpful. 

The pricing is a bit expensive. If they want to target SMBs, small enterprises, and small networks, then they need to reduce their prices.

It would be better if they merge a few features into one product. For example, they have an encryption feature that is separately sold. If they could merge it with Apex One or any endpoint security solution, maybe it would also be good for the end user.

I've used the solution for three or four years. 

The solution is very stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

Scalability is possible if you move to different versions. For example, you can move from Apex One to the XDR solution, and then from XDR, you can involve Deep Security. There, it is very much scalable if you want to start from the bottom, from end-point security, and move it up to the servers as well.

We do not really contact technical support. 

Mostly we have technical people over here in our company. And basically, they go to training first to get some certifications from Trend Micro, then they start deploying and installing any product in any network. 

Having said that, sometimes, when we get stuck or after installation and running Trend Micro in the network, if we have a problematic situation where we are not able to solve it, then we do contact Trend Micro support.

They have a two-tier level of support. One is local support available directly from Trend Micro. Then, they also have online support where you can get help directly from their head offices.

Positive

I tend to work with Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and McAfee. I haven't used Microsoft Defender.

The solution is not too difficult and not exactly straightforward. It was a moderate setup. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge of installing antiviruses can actually handle the process. 

I'd rate the ease of setup a two or three out of five. 

I won't call the cost of the solution cheap. Compared to any other antiviruses in the market right now, they are on the expensive side.

I'd rate the level of expense a four out of five, where five is the most expensive option. 

We are a partner. 

If someone is looking to implement security solutions, including endpoint security, then I would suggest that person go for the whole Trend Micro suite, not just for the endpoint security. They have different products for security solutions, including Deep Security, Network Security, Trend, et cetera. If they buy the whole package, it would be easy for them to control their network security-wise and manage it quickly, rather than having a different brand and security solution for different departments or layers of their network.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. There's always a margin to improve both in a technical sense and financially as well. I'm giving them two points less in hopes they'll continue improving their product. 

We recommend the use of this solution to our clients, both with virtual and traditional servers.

This has helped our customers keep up to date with security patches. Many customers do not patch their software after a new purchase has been released because there are a lot of other technologies and considerations to be carried out. It takes time to go through all of these, and some customers have not been patched for many years. Especially for those customers, this solution will protect them against those vulnerabilities.

The most valuable feature is the virtual patching. This offers protection of the application before it can be patched by the actual vendor.

Some areas for improvement are:

• There are new additions to the standard product that should be included with the Deep Security version.
• When implementing this solution, sometimes we have challenges with SQL migration.
• Some of our customers complain about the cost of this solution.
• I would like to see an AI component added to the next release of this solution.
• The agent-based version has performance issues and they have to make it more lightweight.
• The forensic analysis capability needs to be improved.

This is a stable and well-known solution in the market. It is especially well-known for use in virtualized server networks. 

We have not faced scalability issues whatsoever. This solution is commonly used for servers, and not in workstations. We only recommend it for the customer's servers.

There are different service levels available for technical support.

When a problem occurs then we collect the logs and submit them. There is some time lost here because we do not always immediately deal with somebody who has sufficient expertise with the solution. This is something that we would like to see change. 

Generally, reaching technical support is fine, but in terms of having problems resolved, it varies. Sometimes it can take three days, while other problems can take three months.

The complexity of the initial setup depends on the customer's environment. There are different methods of deployment. If it is an agentless deployment then there are prerequisites for that. The agent-based version is a bit easier to set up than the agentless version.

They have to go through setting up policies, which will take time to implement and fine tune. They have to make sure that the solution is communicating with the management server, and that there are no conflicts with other applications that are running. If there is anything that is broken or should not be running, then that is fixed. Once the initial application is perfectly up and running without any issues, and the policies have been fine-tuned, there should not be an issue.

Depending on the customer's environment, the deployment time varies. We have deployed some solutions in one day, while others have taken months to complete the fine-tuning. 

Generally, for any implementation, we will not use more than two staff. For cases with more than one hundred machines, this can be a challenge during deployment. 

We do the complete deployment and implementation of this solution for our clients.

We resell a variety of products, some of which are similar to the Trend Micro solution, but our recommendation depends on our customer's requirements. Some customers will demand a particular vendor, such as Trend Micro, while others will specify that they do not want to use solutions by a specific vendor. In these cases, we work on alternative solutions for our clients.

Some of the other options our clients consider are solutions by McAfee, Kaspersky, and Symantec. 

It is important to implement this kind of solution because many people do not have security on their servers. This includes the vulnerability patching that should be done.

This solution has improved over time. They have been introducing third-party plug-ins and integration, and there is a cloud version available as well. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We use the solution for Windows Server on Linux distribution. We have several environments. We use the tool to secure on-premise servers.

I like the anti-malware features. We use it only for the on-premise environment. The tool helps with server protection. The implementation is easy. It provides high security. We have a hundred workloads. It is a good tool. It is easy to use. It has a good dashboard and great features.

The workloads must be better.

I have been using the solution for three years.

The tool has high stability.

The tool’s scalability is good. We can easily scale it. Our clients are small businesses.

The support is good.

Positive

The initial setup was easy. I rate the ease of setup a ten out of ten. The deployment took three days.

I will recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

We primarily use the product for the server. We're using Trend Micro Deep Security to protect our servers. We have more than 400 of them.

The most valuable aspect, that we didn't find until now with Deep Security, is the EDR - endpoint detection and response - a feature that comes with the version that we have now. 

DLP, Data Loss Prevention, and the complexity of how we manage the console and how this client, or this tool, will notify us when there is something going wrong within the server and endpoint is good. This feature we didn't see very well developed with Trend Micro solution at first. 

The risk is very complex. We need our tools to be more intelligent, more automated, more detectable. They could improve all of those aspects. I'd specifically like to see automation in terms of detection and auto mitigation.

The integration could be better. When we need to integrate a full console to manage endpoints and servers in the same place, we need to understand better how to deploy it so we don't need an agent or something else to deploy the solution to monitor everything.

The initial setup can be difficult. 

The stability is good. We haven't dealt with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

It's not very scalable or automatically scalable. If you want to be scalable, you need to add more licensing, to add more costs. If you want to be scalable and have more capabilities, you need to buy more.

We use the solution to cover all of our servers and Trend Micro in general to cover all of our assets. 

I've never dealt with technical support directly. However, my colleague has, and their feedback has been positive. They have no complaints. 

For endpoints, for clients themselves, we use Endpoint Protection for Windows 8 and Windows 7. We still use Trend Micro Endpoint Protection. Also, for all our server VDIs, virtual servers, and physical servers, we use Trend Micro Security.

The solution is difficult to set up, maintain, and manage. There are a lot of options, a lot of buttons, a lot for new items. It's not very user-friendly. You need a lot of training to be able to manage and implement the solution correctly.

We have two system admins that manage servers. You need two people to manage and maintain the solution.

We did not use an integrator or consultant. We have a small team. We handled things internally. For the first implementation, however, we did have an integrator's support and they would assist when we ran into issues. 

We pay a yearly fee of between $10,000 and $15,000. There are no costs beyond the standard licensing fee. However, if you need to scale, you will have to buy more licenses. 

We are researching another solution right now. Our strategy is to find the last best version that Trend Micro has for covering endpoint detection and response.  We scaled for the next version that we have now, and we are seeing if other solutions help more. We're looking into the Kaspersky Endpoint Suite. 

We are a customer and an end-user.

While I don't know the version number off-hand, we are using the latest version of the solution.

New users must assess their exact needs from their side before starting. Look in the market, look at the risk, look at the problem of cyber security for other clients and the chances of attack, et cetera. Look also at the infrastructure, such as the type of machines - if they are full cloud, on-prem, or hybrid.

You must make an assessment locally, internally. When the customer has these visibilities, he can go to the market and select which solution, or which two or three solutions, can best suit the company's needs. Do a proof of concept and try it. Look at the cost and the ratio quality cost, as that'll definitely be determinant for the decision.

I'd rate the solution at a six out of ten.

Our primary use case of Deep Security is running our server smoothly and without any security flaws. The server-level layers have more functionality when compared to desktop-level layers, so Deep Security captures and fulfills all of that functionality and runs smoothly. At the end of the day, Deep Security is also getting the zero-day vulnerabilities from our on-premise and other solutions. 

This solution is deployed on-premise, and we are using the latest version. 

One of the most valuable features is that it's a firewall-based solution. We just open the required reports to the server—to server communication—and that's how we use Deep Security. 

Deep Security's reporting functionality could be improved. 

We have been using Deep Security for more than three years. 

Deep Security is stable. 

This solution is scalable, but you need to procure licenses for each server. 

We have around 50 users of Deep Security in our organization. Whether we will increase usage depends on our business requirements. If our business needs more servers, then we will procure more servers and more Deep Security licenses. 

The technical support could be better. Whenever an issue is raised, we need to wait for a long time for technical support to resolve it. Our only issue is that the support could be faster. 

Before implementing Deep Security, we used Trend Micro OfficeScan alone. 

Deep Security is very easy to install. Installation didn't take much time, but after installing the center console, we needed to apply some kinds of policies, for which we needed some experience. It took some time to decide which policies we needed to apply and which rules we didn't want to apply, and for those things, we needed help from more experienced people—either Trend Micro support or their authorized partner's support. You can handle the installation on your own, with the help of some technical team. The implementation is not a very long-term process. 

The pricing is okay. Deep Security is single-server license-based, so it will work based on how many licenses you have procured. There is a yearly subscription for each license. 

I rate Deep Security an eight out of ten, and would definitely recommend it to others to use. 

We use this solution for protection from ransomware. 

We use artificial intelligence in the Trend Micro engine for deep security inspection. It allows us to analyze the data and threats.

It's easy to use and the interface is simple.

The biggest drawback with Trend Micro is even when it is connected to the server, it will show as offline.

Another issue is, if I want to suggest this solution to a customer, we won't get the pricing immediately, which is a major problem.

I would like to see cloud-based integration.

I have been using this solution for four years.

It's a stable product.

It's a scalable solution. We have installed 10 to 15 customers.

We have contacted technical support, and they are very good.

We provide OfficeScan, OfficeScan XG, Apex models, and Worry-Free Business.

The installation is the same as in Symantec. We have not installed the cloud-based version of Trend Micro. We have installed the on-premises version and it is easy to do.

To deploy the server, it will take 15 minutes and only five minutes to deploy each client.

We would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

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

Our primary use case for this solution is to prevent DDoS and other types of attacks from internal or external sources.

This solution protects us against different types of attacks, including email phishing, and it includes spam filtering. There have been some spam cases that we found recently and Trend Micro had already detected them. It caught EXE files in email and we put policies in place to block Excel attacks.

There are daily updates and we can even protect the internal workstations from viruses.

The most valuable features are web security, email filtering, and content filtering. The user interface is very friendly, and it is easy to control things from the policy.

The support for email protection can be improved.

I have been using different Trend Micro products in 2009 or 2010. For me, this is the best on the market.

This product scales very easily. We have more than one hundred and thirty licenses and more than five thousand users.

The people who use this solution are experts in networking and cybersecurity. All of them are CCIE certified.

We will be increasing our usage by adding another site. Right now we are using an MDRC (Mobile Disaster Recovery Center), but within two or three months, we will have a PDC (Primary Data Center).

When we call technical support they respond immediately. They are local and we have met them three or four times in the last couple of months. After they visited our office, we had a discussion with them.

We get very good support from them, and we appreciate it.

We have been using Trend Micro products and we were happy with them so we went with this solution.

The initial setup for this solution is straightforward.

For the deployment, we are using three cybersecurity engineers and three network security engineers.

We implemented this solution using a local provider in Qatar. The support was amazing. Every day, we received updates from our representative.

I cannot predict the ROI at the moment because we are still planning to implement other areas, such as the PDC.

It is approximately three million Qatari Riyal ($820,000 USD) for our licensing fees. The cost is approximately six thousand Qatari Riyal ($1,650 USD) per user.

We did evaluate other options, including Kaspersky. I know that it does not have the capability that we need. We did use it for endpoints, but we were not happy with it at the time.

We would recommend this solution to others. This is based on our security implementation. We are strongly protected through Trend Micro.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

It's made the security guy's life a lot easier. A lot of what it does is automated and it's simple. You put it into place and the security guy just uses it instead of trying to administer it.

The most valuable feature is the direct link to AWS to tell me if a new instance created is unprotected. That's just so valuable to me. When running reports, you see can whether or not your environment is covered.

It also has a full breadth of services that include not just antivirus, but also IDS/IPS and file integrity and vulnerability management. It's really meant for the cloud and is proactive on AWS.

I'd like to have the ability to manage heterogenous clouds so that, for example, AWS and Microsoft are protected with the same security patterns. It already does that, but I think they may have rolled it back recently.

Also, it has great IDS/IPS built in, but I'd like a way to visualize the traffic. This way, there's more of an artistic view of security and the ability to ask question about the data. That would be really beneficial.

We don't have any issues with stability. I will get alerts at times for problems that have already been addressed, but I wouldn't call that instability.

I haven't hit any thresholds that tell me that it's not scalable. We just add servers and agents and keep going. As far as I'm concerned, it'll scale for anything.

We had a little bit of trouble when we first implemented the tool. We couldn't configure something, but it was our own problem as we weren't reading the documentation. We ended up calling implementation support, and they were excellent. They were patient and walked us through the process. They didn't charge us a dime. Since then, we haven't had to use support other than providing our feedback to the product teams.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. We were novices to the cloud anyways, so we were struggling with some of the ideas. But I think that if you're acclimated with AWS, it's pretty straightforward. We were struggling to learn cloud concepts and we couldn't understand how to ping horizontal scaling versus vertical scaling.

Think about it. It's for the cloud and not meant to be retro-fitted. You're not managing a core server and it's got elastic scalability up and down from a cost perspective. You just pay per agent. If you don't need a server anymore, you don't pay.

When you implement and install, really learn how to set up the dashboard. You have to have a good intimate knowledge of your environment. Take the time to learn the product; don't just plug it in because it's not meant for that.