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Vicarius vRx pros and cons

Vendor: Vicarius
4.2 out of 5

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PROS

Vicarius vRx efficiently consolidates vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation in one platform.
Vicarius vRx automates patching for third-party applications, downloading patches automatically without manual intervention.
Patchless Protection in Vicarius vRx helps secure applications against vulnerabilities without available patches.
Vicarius vRx significantly reduces mean time to remediate vulnerabilities and time spent on patching by up to 70%.
Automation in Vicarius vRx allows for comprehensive management with automated reports and update status checks.

CONS

Vicarius vRx's manual patchless application requires improvement.
Network device vulnerability scans could be enhanced to allow mitigation through SSH or SNMP.
The agent-based approach is less effective for devices where agent installation is impractical, such as switches and printers.
Additional login options would be beneficial, including MFA or security keys.
There's a need for managing vulnerabilities on mobile devices with an MDM solution.
 

Vicarius vRx Pros review quotes

WA
Jul 18, 2024
Agent-based scanning is the most valuable feature.
MichaelCortez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 19, 2024
Patchless Protection helps protect us from vulnerabilities that may not yet have patches from the manufacturer. I've used it for a piece of software that we don't have a patch for. It monitors that software, analyzes it, and makes sure nothing nefarious is going on when it's vulnerable.
reviewer2491878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 4, 2024
We can easily deploy patches for third-party applications. It automatically downloads the patches for you. You do not have to download them, upload them to the solution, and configure your own scripts or anything like that. It is all automatic.
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AG
Jun 24, 2024
The most valuable features of vRx would be virtualized patching and severity prioritization.
OrenBen Shalom - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 14, 2024
Vicarius vRx offers several advantages, especially for organizations with diverse operating systems and applications requiring frequent patching.
Peter Fallowfield - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 1, 2024
The other products we looked at had patching tagged on another product, whereas this solely looked after the patching and vulnerabilities, which is good. We did not see any other products with such capability.
Jeremy Herman - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2024
I also like how easy it is to use. We instructed some companies on how to use it, provided them with an account, and gave them the ability to deploy and patch. They could quickly figure it out. We can spend an hour in the office showing someone how everything works, and they're good to go. It's the same with our customers.
StevenSmith2 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 30, 2024
While other vulnerability scanners overwhelm us with a huge list of problems after a scan, Vicarius vRx goes beyond that.
reviewer2592657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 11, 2024
The prioritization of the vulnerabilities and patches that we must apply immediately is valuable. The automation of the tasks allows us to spend less time in that area.
reviewer2595537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2024
The system prioritizes vulnerabilities, identifying high, medium, and low risks, allowing us to focus on high-risk applications. It allows us to focus on high-risk applications and do the updates.
 

Vicarius vRx Cons review quotes

WA
Jul 18, 2024
Unlike previous vulnerability management systems that relied on network scanning appliances to discover and assess endpoints, Vicarius' agent-based approach is less effective for devices like switches, routers, and printers where agent installation is impractical.
MichaelCortez - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 19, 2024
They do have a search function for device names. They already have a list of all our devices, however, if I'm looking for something, sometimes the name does not come up at the top of the list.
reviewer2491878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 4, 2024
There can be more scripting capability and more filtering capability. We should be able to filter more granular details in the operating system such as whether it is a service, application, executable, or something like that. For the most part, we are satisfied with what we are able to filter.
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AG
Jun 24, 2024
The network device vulnerability scans can be improved. It would be helpful to be able to mitigate those vulnerabilities using SSH or SNMP to get those those updates out to those devices. I don't know if that is possible because it doesn't run an agent. But at the very least, having that CPE information relative to network devices would be incredibly helpful.
OrenBen Shalom - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 14, 2024
It would be beneficial if Vicarius vRx could implement smart tagging or suggest tags to create a group for these development tools, signifying that they should not be regularly updated.
Peter Fallowfield - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 1, 2024
It would be good if there were more login options. At the moment, it sends you an email to verify your email address, and then you can log in. It would be beneficial to have other options for signing in, like MFA or maybe security keys, especially since it is a security product.
Jeremy Herman - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2024
Another complaint we've gotten is that the portal doesn't remember your username and password. You tell them your email, and it sends an invitation. You need to click that, and it takes you to a new portal, where you can finally log in. Maybe it's a security precaution, but it seems like a lot of extra steps to log in.
StevenSmith2 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 30, 2024
While I appreciate the automation of vulnerability management, Vicarius vRx's current manual patchless application is a point for improvement.
reviewer2592657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 11, 2024
I would like to see more network architecture elements with patches.
reviewer2595537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2024
The user interface for deploying patches can be improved, as it appears complicated when launching patches. We can launch it for apps or OS, but the steps to get there are a bit tedious. This is the only thing.