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Symantec Endpoint Security

8.6 /10

What is Symantec Endpoint Security?

Symantec protects all your traditional and mobile endpoint devices with innovative technologies for attack surface reduction, attack prevention, breach prevention, and detection and response. All this protection is powered by our Global Intelligence Network, one of the largest in the world. Symantec’s single-agent solution delivers flexible management/deployment options, including fully cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid.

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Symantec Endpoint Security won the following awards in the Endpoint Protection category

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5 Top Rated Features

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2022

Symantec Endpoint Security Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Symantec Endpoint Security?

4% Negative

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Fair
Generous Negotitation

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Cross Platform Support

Dynamic Malware Detection

Port and Device Control

Network Connection Security

Automated Remediation

System Hardening

Centralized Management Portal

Host NGFW Functionality

Flexible Deployment Options

Mac OS support

Application Containment Mechanisms

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

Joe L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Construction
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Behind the times, lacking in features

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

What differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other similar products?

Not many differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other competitors I am afraid. The tool looks to favour signature based detection compared to the more modern behaviour based detection, a companied with a cluttered reporting output.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of Implementation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Behind the times. The tool seems to offer little to no innovation in comparison to other market leaders in this space such as crowdstrike or MS Defender.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Unless the price is significantly lower than Microsoft or CrowdStrike is able to offer I would seek to take on a more modern solution.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Cons

Commodity Features
Inhibits Innovation
Less Performance Enhancing

Agnes V.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Reliable End-Point Security

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other similar products?

Efficiently, automated-constant monitoring of our information systems. Advanced encryption/decryption of our cloud data for maximum security.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Simple configurations. Precision in memory usage (consumes remarkably low memory)

What do you dislike most about this product?

Every time I want to install other software, I have to disable Symantec first! I think there should be a way for it to proactively detect the programs risks and only block the ones that are harmful.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it!

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Santosh G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Symantec Endpoint Security - A great platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Symantec Endpoint Security from other similar products?

Symantec Endpoint Security provides protection to organizations against different security attacks, cyber threats, malwares, adwares and spywares. It has the capability to completely scan the computers, servers, networks, emails and applications for the potential threats and if any malware or virus is found it can take actions on them like quarantine or deletion of infected file.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Symantec Endpoint Security is a complete security solution for the companies. The product has lots of features. The scans can be scheduled at particular times or manual scans can also be performed. It has the capability for real time checks. If any plug and play device is attached to the computer, the Symantec Advanced Threat mechanism scans and checks the device in real time and if any vulnerabilities are detected it quarantines them.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike for Symantec Endpoint Security. It is a useful product, however the product needs to be kept updated with latest anti virus definitions so that the latest threats are taken care of. Also the platform can protect the systems from Ransomwares. One thing to note is that you need to have good compute for Symantec as it consumes resources.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would surely recommend others to use Symantec Endpoint Security.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service

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Symantec Endpoint Security Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Symantec Endpoint Security?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cross Platform Support Includes the variety of client devices and operating systems supported by the solution.

Dynamic Malware Detection Heuristics are applied to files to identify similarities with known malware and block it.

Port and Device Control Includes USB encryption and endpoint data loss prevention.

Network Connection Security Detect rogue Wi-Fi and smart VPN capabilities

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

System Hardening Automated vulnerability patching and vulnerability assessment.

Centralized Management Portal Includes multiple client management, push install capability, comprehensive policies for different groups, and active directory integration and synchronization.

Host NGFW Functionality Includes policy-based default-deny/whitelisting and application verification and trust (VPN/virtualization).

Flexible Deployment Options Supports on-premise, cloud and hybrid It environments

Mac OS support Endpoint security support to identify and block threats on Mac workstations.

Application Containment Mechanisms Includes cloud based protection, sandboxing, and local containerization.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

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Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

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Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

Joe L.

Behind the times, lacking in features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Agnes V.

Reliable End-Point Security

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Santosh G.

Symantec Endpoint Security - A great platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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