Trend Micro Deep Security Reviews

We use the solution for server security. 

The tool provides information on server activities and hosts. 

The tool should integrate SIM functionality. It should also improve customer support. 

I have been working with the tool for a year. 

I would rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

I would rate the tool's scalability an eight out of ten. My company has around 40 users for the solution. 

You need to wait to get through the support. The product's support is mostly by mail and not through calls. The support team would only agree to call if the issue is immediate.

Negative

I have used SAP product before. SAP solution is much better in terms of services. 

The tool's deployment is straightforward. 

The tool's pricing is quite high. 

I would rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

We are using two products. One is Trend Mirco Deep Security, and the other is Apex One. We use Apex One for endpoint protection and Deep Security for server protection.

It scans for intrusion prevention and the forensics of any threats.

On the product side, they have done multiple upgrades. When we started with Trend Micro they offered us the OfficeScan agent. It is a malware product. After that, it upgraded to Worry-Free. Then we moved to Apex One. So Trend Micro offered all the upgrades. Since we are in the manufacturing industry our focus is mainly on production and we don't consider IT much. In this regard, we are not upgrading our hardware much. We are using the same hardware for five, six, seven years.

However, Trend Micro does not support less than Windows 7. So that is a drawback for us. Otherwise, the functioning of the product is very good.

In terms of valuable features, I would say its intrusion prevention. Each and every IP connecting to the server gets scanned so we know everyone who is accessing our server and we can block whichever IPs do not belong to us at the firewall.

Another valuable feature is its lightweight nature. It is only 25 MB deployed in the server, yet it works smoothly, and everything is automated, including the updates and scans. We have scheduled scans that give us a weekly report.

As for what could be improved, I think it should come with an XDR facility without any extra cost. They're always releasing new features, but we need to pay extra for them. Our management is a little conservative about paying for new features. So if they're upgrading something or coming out with a new technology, they should provide it to the existing users. Recently, I attended a webinar that XDR gave about their new threat finding features and we have not received them yet. They are not giving it to existing customers. They are only offering it for purchase. It is for threat forensic reports.

I'm not asking for free, since we are already paying. Whenever they come out with a new thing, they should integrate it with the existing product. That is my opinion.

Additionally, we need a complete web reputation. We need to be able to do forensics for any incoming threat, to find details of the source of the threat, and to catch the '"enemy."

We have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for the last two years.

In terms of stability, it is very good at finding malware, threats, etc... There is no virus problem, no external threats, no data leak. It is good for now.

We have not experienced any bugs, or glitches, or crashes.

Before we started using Trend Micro were using McAfee. We switched because we got a ransomware attack back in 2016. It wasn't safe enough. It was one of the first attacks in India and our management said that McAfee was not ready for it. They had not upgraded their signature and it had multiple systems attacked. After that, management decided to switch to another product and that's when we started using Trend Micro. For the last four or five years we have not had any problems.

The initial setup and deployment are not complex. The infrastructure is very good to operate. 

The deployment of the agent is very lightweight. It takes about 10 minutes to complete. 

We deployed under the consultation of Trend Micro. But I can also manage it. When we run into any actual problem only then do we contact Trend Micro. Otherwise, it is running smoothly.

As a user, I am not finding any drawbacks or problems in this security product. But I do see in some forums comments about issues other customers are facing. I know there are multiple products in the market that are maybe better than Trend Micro. That is why I came to your site and researched other solutions. I have found that Palo Alto is better than Trend Micro. But we have not tested it yet, so I requested from Palo Alto Networks to show us some other products. They are coming next week to show us. If we find that they are better than Trend Micro we will switch. But overall, Trend Micro is working very well.

We had also evaluated Symantec in the past.

I am satisfied with the product. As I mentioned, sometimes we feel some other features should be included. For example, the complete system control and web reputation. Regarding web reputation, I am a little limited because although we are blocking some sites, they are able to access those sites from out of our network. In other words, the restriction should be permanent whether it is done on-premises or on the internet. That is a drawback.

I can recommend it because it is good product. I have experience with other products as well and they have failed in the security field. That why I'm working with Trend Micro now.

The user interface in Trend Micro is very helpful. They have some study videos and some process videos included in the portal itself. So when we are in any system or get a warning or any critical error we can resolve it on the spot because we have the solution attached to the data error. That is something good thing they have done in the portal. With the instructions they have given we can see what we need to do so we can get it resolved by our self. We can learn the things on our own with no need to go to support. 

On a scale of one to ten I would rate Trend Micro Deep Security an eight.

The most valuable feature for us is that it's agentless, meaning we can implement it without having to protect every guest at a guest-by-guest level. That's huge for us.

Everything on our ESXi host is protected and we don't have to worry about pushing an anti-virus to individual guests. All we have to do is activate Deep Security in the console and we're set.

There's a little room for improvement as far as being more concise with the error messages. It's a small thing, and maybe that's coming in a newer version. Better notifications would be nice, such as error messages that a particular ESXi host is not protected properly.

If there's a problem, you have to drill down manually. You have to click and click and click to see what the message is. It would be nice to have a more transparent meaning instead of having to click so much to get to different levels.

I've used it for six months.

We did have one issue where the signature files we received were not valid files. It caused the host to continuously try to scan, causing a performance issue. We had it resolved within a couple of hours by powering up our Deep Security appliances until we got the proper update. Then we were able to move on.

Mike Horton is our account rep. He and technical support work as a team. We all work well together.

Technical support is where Trend Micro really shines. They're not a big group, which is great because you feel like you're not just a customer, but also a partner in the product. You really feel like they're interested in making sure you know how to work the product to its full potential.

Be involved with the installation so that you really get a feel for what the product's doing. If they provide any support or any training, definitely attend that. It is an intuitive product but there's a lot of moving parts. You're doing virus scanning so you definitely want to make sure you understand what you're doing because if you do have an issue, it’s very important piece of your infrastructure to make sure you're protecting your server.

I primarily use the solution for web security and port encryption. It helps protect endpoints. 

The solution offers advanced options for endpoint security. There is predictive machine learning and AI monitoring. 

The endpoint protection is very good at that level. 

It helps protect us from hackers. We're able to add locks on data to protect everything. 

There's useful monitoring on offer.

The logs are quite helpful. 

It easily increases the performance of the servers. It doesn't take a lot of performance away from the server itself. 

It is scalable.

The solution is stable and reliable. 

We'd like to have more application control. It would help us block things more strategically. 

Support could be faster. 

I've used the solution for a while. 

This is a stable solution. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is scalable. You can expand usage as needed. You just need to buy more licenses. 

We have more than 60 users on the product. 

Technical support typically responds within one hour. They are responsive. Of course, we'd always like faster responses when we are facing issues. 

The initial setup is installed locally. It can be a bit complicated as we have to do it on-premises and we need to gain console access.

We can pay for the license on a yearly basis. If you want to do financing, you can go month by month.

I'd recommend the solution to other companies. If a company has a critical or high-availability server, this is a good product. It's also great for endpoints. It's great for companies with critical services. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. We've been happy with how it has been working so far. 

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.

Deep Security is a really innovative security solution in the world of software-defined data centers and in the NSX space. It makes controls available to consultants and security architects in the new, software-defined datacenter and traversing up into the cloud. It's optimized to support security for virtual desktop infrastructures.

It's not a well-recognized solution and there's not much buzz around it in the marketplace. When I speak with an auditor about what Trend Micro is doing to cover my compliance footprint, it's not well-understood. That's where the challenge lies.

There were some initial challenges with it, those in my experience have all been worked out, and it's a very stable solution now. We're working on taking it out, we do a lot of consulting in an NSX space, with software-defined networking, and we're taking Trend Micro out to all of our customers.

It works in relatively small scenarios, and up to the biggest scenario that I can imagine.

Never had an issue with Trend Micro support. It's fantastic.

It's in a complex technological space, typically proposed into NSX or cross-hybrid cloud scenario. There are a lot of moving parts and it's a challenging space to implement technologies and controls, but I think Trend Micro does it well.

The important thing that I would encourage people to look at with Deep Security is how it plays with Endpoint, how it plays with your particular software-defined data center or hybrid cloud, and make sure that you understand where the capabilities are available to you. Because for most people it's surprising that Trend Micro can do all the things that it can.

I work with the solution as an administrator. I use the solution for servers.

Deep Security is a great solution for the server. The most valuable feature of the product is vulnerability detection. It is very fast and clear. It protects from most attacks.

The initial setup was complex.

I have been using the solution for the past three years.

I have not faced any issues with the tool’s stability.

The tool is scalable. We have 40 users and 40 servers in our organization.

The technical support team is very helpful.

Positive

We use other solutions along with Trend Micro Deep Security. The choice of the solution depends on the server and users. Deep Security has many features and provides many layers of protection for the server.

Once we get used to the product, it is easy to use.

Trend Micro’s team helped us to deploy the solution and make test addresses for the policy. The deployment took us two hours. Trend Micro’s team helps us with maintaining the solution.

The product has a high price in Kuwait. Sometimes, we face some issues with the pricing. The pricing module should be improved.

I am using the latest version of the solution. I face issues when I want to adjust policies for users on Apex One. I would recommend the solution to others. The product's protection and the team's support are very nice. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

The modules that are included with it will help us displace the local anti-virus that we're currently using today.

There are a couple of areas for improvement. It needs better support for Mac, and there are some challenges in its implementation.

Unfortunately, the relationship with VMware that Trend Micro has, prohibits us from continuing our use of the non agent-based solution as NSX is now required to go forward from version 5.5 to version 6. NSX has now become a necessity to go with agent-based, so we're moving to an agent-based solution on the VDI's and our server-based as well.

We've used it for four years.

There's an ongoing, continuing education process that needs to be in-sync with your Trend Micro staff. It's not a total set-it-and-forget-it type of solution. You need to continually manage and maintain it.

We're experiencing some instability, but my understanding from VMware and Trend Micro is that there's a relationship being built. They're pursuing a strategy to come up with perhaps a light version of NSX.

We've had no issues with scalability.

I was involved in the setup from a managerial perspective. I contracted with Trend Micro support to provide us with implementation support.

We've looked at McAfee, Kaspersky, and Symantec.

My team specifically looks at what's there on a regular basis. We work closely with the security team to be sure that we are making a good, conscious choice on an annual basis.

It's important that you get a baseline of training, then partner with Trend Micro, whether it's an engineer pre-sales or an engineer that's implemented the product before. Be certain that your staff have the steering wheel and Trend Micro are the ones helping you navigate through the solution.