Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

All the features are valuable.

Not applicable.

Administration, agent stability, and health.

I've used this solution for three years.

The client agent is not stable. I have to keep fixing it on four to five percent.

There were no scalability issues.

Technical support is average.

We evaluated Sophos Endpoint Security and Control. We switched due to the scalability and feature set.

The installation was straightforward.

I don't have any idea about pricing and licensing, as they are related to another functional role.

We evaluated McAfee.

it's up to them what they want to go for and what is the objective and scope they have.

Symantec Antivirus is a good anti-virus software. It has a very good scanning engine and it's user interface really looks awesome. Their live support is also very professional. There was this one time that I had an issue after an upgrade, and their tech support representative successfully resolved the issue through remote troubleshooting.Renewing subscriptions is also a breeze online or via a purchased upgrade subscription from a local shop in our city. The software came pre-installed on a laptop I bought for my dad, and installing a new key after purchasing an upgrade from a local store was just a breeze. Compared to other products like Microsoft Forefront or Kaspersky Anti-virus, Symantec Anti-virus has the better user-interface. You get a dashboard with a lot of information.

One problem that I have with any Symantec product is the heavy consumption on resources. Though they claim that they have made inroads on this issue, their newest products still suffer from the same flaw.The problem lies in the very awesome-looking dashboard interface of the management application. There is too much information which can overwhelm basic users. As an advanced user, it simply has too much information which I could not use anyway. There are some widgets that are technically useless and just contributes to the already huge resource use of the application. Microsoft Forefront and Kaspersky Anti-virus has simpler but very usable management interfaces.I would less likely recommend this product to users who only have average RAM and CPU power. It will just eat your computer's resources and there are other products out there that can do the same job and has a less cluttered management interface.

If you are a fan though of Norton before (I am) and would like to get it's latest incarnation, then this product is for loyal followers like you. Just make sure that your system can handle the extra resources required for this application.

Symantec EndPoint Protection is a package of protection against different types of threats and vulnerabilities. It contains anti spyware and antivirus programs for Window and Linux. Complete solution for client server architecture. It provides great security for network threats.

It consumes high resources and sometimes slows down the processing. It takes too much time to complete a scan. It does not fix all types of Viruses and Trojans.

It is a powerful antivirus of both physical and virtual environments. It is one of the best antivirus packages.

Confidence and stability are the most valuable features. For years, it has been top in this area.

It has been very useful against the day-to-day viruses and security threats.

The custom reporting and real-time monitoring (the customizable dashboard) need improvement.

I have used this solution for more than 10 years.

We have experienced a few stability issues in 10 years.

There were no scalability issues. I work in medium-sized organizations.

The few times that I contacted technical support, it was very good.

I was using McAfee. Ten years ago, the central administration was a lot better than Symantec.

The installation is really intuitive.

Symantec is a little more expensive, but it works!

Read the best practice guidelines so as to configure/tune up your environment nice and easy.

・ Symantec Endpoint Protection provides state-of-the-art defense against all types of attacks and seamlessly integrates the essential antivirus security tools needed into a single, high performance agent with a single management console. • Symantec Endpoint Protection offers the following features: anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion prevention system, application control, device control, and proactive threat scanning. • As an optional feature, the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager can be integrated with the Active Directory. The Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager can import the organizational unit and the account data and synchronize that data with the Active Directory automatically.

・ Windows only. Remote management requires IE. Client messages can be confusing. Learning how to configure can take time. ・ Some of the messages that clients receive are not easy to understand. Instead of saying that spy/virus ware is blocked, the client receives a confusing message about HTTP common name traffic detection. ・ During scans and attacks it slower downs the system, making it very difficult to work.

This is the most comprehensive centrally managed endpoint security solution for businesses. It includes a host-based intrusion protection system (HIPS), device control, anti-malware, a network IPS, and a software firewall. Client policy is almost infinitely tweak-able from a central console—practical for large enterprises but a bit of overkill for the average small business.

Within our organization, there are just shy of 250 employees using this solution. We have one administrator who takes care of all maintenance-related issues.

Symantec End-user Endpoint Security is a very powerful solution. They have a feature called location awareness which is great. There's another feature that I like, which is their group update provider. It's also integrated with a number of other Symantec solutions which is nice.

The console in general could be improved. There are two consoles. There's an on-prem console and a hosted console, but the on-prem console doesn't do the product justice — it's a bit cumbersome.

It could use more feature parity between what is offered with their on-prem console as well as their hosted console.

I have been using this solution for roughly 15 years. 

Symantec End-user Endpoint Security is both scalable and stable.

The initial setup was quite straightforward. We deployed it in-house. From start to finish, deployment took less than a day.

If you're interested in integration with network Symantec solutions, Symantec web solutions, and Symantec cloud solutions, informed protection is the right solution. I would recommend this solution for anyone who's looking for that level of enterprise integration.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

On-premises

Detection in real time, because it's really good.

• Machine Learning
• Reports
• Linux updates

I've used the solution for 15 years.

No.

No.

Excellent.

Straightforward.

Not applicable.

Yes, Kaspersky Enterprise.

Implementation and configuration with cloud services.

• Helps to protect our organization from known attacks. 
• Blocks malicious files, which are not generally repelled well.

• Administration
• Orchestration for broken clients fixes
• Healing of agents

More than five years.