Symantec Endpoint Security Reviews

I have used Symantec Endpoint Protection for 5 years. The guy who's job I replaced bought a 5 year contract. The management console is mostly useful. It shows monitoring and conditions of computers. Mostly eye candy.

Doesn't protect against viruses. I have spent a lot of time cleaning up computers from malware and viruses using other tools. I usually use Avira, Malwarebytes, and Combofix to fix issues SEP couldn't detect. It usually detected 5/10 viruses. The management console wasn't very powerful. Sometimes I would have to manually update computers because SEP would error out. SEP is mostly a virus in itself. It's detection engine uses so much processor and RAM, it's faster to uninstall it than use it as anti-virus.

Use this if you need to keep yourself busy by running around fixing viruses. Right now I am using a combination of Immunet and Vipre antivirus. Much cheaper and easier to use.

We use the solution for endpoint protection. 

The tool has predefined rules, like which actions to block or allow. This makes it easy because I don't have to figure out what policies to deploy.

The tool switches off automatically, and I have to restart it. Also, we had to manually fix some issues that cropped up while using the tool. 

I have been working with the product for five to six years. 

The tool is stable. 

My company has one administrator for the role. 

Symantec Endpoint Security's support is slow and inconvenient. 

Neutral

My company used Trend Micro before Symantec Endpoint Security. We chose Symantec Endpoint Security for endpoint protection. 

Symantec Endpoint Security's pricing is okay. It is cheaper compared to other products. 

My organization is small, and we don't use other security tools. I rate Symantec Endpoint Security a seven out of ten.