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Secureworks Red Cloak Threat Detection and Response [EOL] vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Secureworks Red Cloak Threa...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (34th), Security Incident Response (8th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (37th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1646754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Simple deployment with good reports and dashboard
In terms of what could be improved, there are a lot of things identified and there is a lot of continuous improvement. A lot of the things are of a short time frame and a lot are way out. There was a tuning process but nothing specifically to call out. As for what could be included in the next release, we are working on the basic feature set. There are probably some things that, as we move through it, we'll come across that are deficient but right now we are not that far along to know. I don't want to say that they could not do certain advancement. For example, there are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up, but we're not ready for that. I don't even know what the capabilities are there, but that's something that, probably in the next 24 months, we will move forward on.
reviewer2689206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavior analytics has strengthened threat prediction yet still needs to improve overall standing
Regarding the real-time monitoring feature with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, it is helpful in addressing unseen threats. I find the behavior analysis feature beneficial. I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic. The behavior and analytics feature employs machine learning, and these are features which make the product and give that distinguishing, differentiating factor. The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance. Whenever this feature provides prediction, you know what action to take. You are aware of a possible attack and what kind of attack it may be, so you are much better prepared.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The features that I have found most valuable are that the search capabilities are easy to use. The dashboards are good. The reports are good. It is just simple from a deployment standpoint - that was easy."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that the search capabilities are easy to use, the dashboards are good, the reports are good, and it is just simple from a deployment standpoint - that was easy."
"It significantly speeds up incident response times by alerting analysts immediately upon detecting potential issues."
"I like its protection very much; it protects and allows us to lock the environment pretty tightly, where nothing that is not approved through Carbon Black can run because everything goes through Carbon Black Protect and has to be first approved, with every software considered to be guilty before proven innocent."
"What I find most interesting is the performance of the end-point client, as well as the capability of detecting any activity on the end-user while using their browsers to navigate the internet."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint was easy."
"From a business perspective, we've been able to virtually eliminate cyber attacks from spyware, malware, and virus perspectives."
"The threat analysis functionality is good."
"The portal is easy to use and manage."
"The Intel fit was very extensive and comprehensive enough."
 

Cons

"There are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up."
"There are some automated network response portions that we want to turn up."
"The directions for Splunk are spot on, but it is difficult to find anything on integration with AlienVault,"
"The Mac support needs improvement, as it had next to none."
"In the next release, it would help if we can get better control over containers."
"With the on-prem one, the bug has been reported by the community in early January or February, something like that, at the beginning of the year, and it's still not addressed. They have released two versions since then, and yet neither of them addresses this specific issue."
"The pricing could always be a bit better. They could work to make it less expensive."
"Sometimes the solution blocks items that were previously approved and we don't know why."
"In the past, we've seen some stability issues in the latest version releases. We tend to hang back one version just to make sure issues are fully resolved to avoid user disruption."
"A search bar in the investigation page and some AI-related tasks like outgoing alerts, or recent tactics that are being used in the market, must be embedded in the tool so that it's easier to find alerts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"The cost is a considerable factor, but the benefit factor is the most important. When you compare it with other products, the price is high. Carbon Black will negotiate the price."
"Carbon Black might be a touch more expensive than Symantec. They tend to get a premium for their capabilities. They're sort of an industry leader in a lot of areas with the functionality that they provide."
"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."
"The product’s price is less expensive than other vendors."
"It's reasonable in price"
"The pricing is annually based and operates through another department than mine."
"The price for the solution is completely at government level, meaning one which is very high."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Also Known As

Red Cloak Threat Detection and Response, Red Cloak TDR
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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