We use the solution for security purposes.
Manager- Process Excellence at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
A cloud solution for security purposes but performs slowly during usage
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution is valuable for security aspects.
What needs improvement?
The solution should respond faster. Whenever Trelix runs, the system slows down.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Trellix for two years. We are using the latest version of the solution.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product’s stability is good.
I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. Around 3,000 users are using this solution.
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is good. They respond faster.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is simple.
What other advice do I have?
Ten people are required for maintenance.
You should monitor how efficiently the solution functions, how it will impact your system, and how many files will be processed. The more files your system has, the more security time is needed to scan them daily. Due to this, your system may become slower. Trelix ensures the system does not slow down even when Trelix runs in the background.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
IT Security Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
A stable solution that offers good technical support and can be implemented without much difficulties
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is good."
- "There are certain shortcomings in the features concerning DLP in Trellix, where certain additions must be made in the future."
What is our primary use case?
In Trellix Endpoint Security, I use all modules, including firewall and web control, except for encryption.
What needs improvement?
There are certain shortcomings in the features concerning DLP in Trellix, where certain additions must be made in the future.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Trellix Endpoint Security for five years. My company is a customer of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. If I consider using Trellix Endpoint Security right now, I won't find it a problem since it is a good product to use.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are around 800 users of the solution in my company.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good. Whenever I open or raise a ticket with Trellix's support team, I get a response from their end.
I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The implementation part of the product is not difficult. From an implementation perspective, I find the product to be good enough.
For me, the product's deployment in all endpoints takes an hour, and it is a simple process. I don't know if the deployment process is still simple or not and whether improvements have been made to the solution.
What other advice do I have?
I find Trellix Endpoint Security to be a good product. In Trellix Endpoint Security, it is not simple to understand the policies and rules, but it is good as an antivirus product. Trellix Endpoint Security is not easy to use, especially since the mechanism of communication is not very good.
I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Information Security Engineer at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
A good endpoint security software in the market that needs to offer more customization capabilities
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of the solution is its dashboard."
- "The customization capabilities of the solution are an area where it lacks, so it would be great if our company could customize the solution to meet the demands of our customers."
What is our primary use case?
Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) is useful as an endpoint security software.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution is its dashboard.
What needs improvement?
The dashboard provided by the solution needs to be improved. The customization capabilities of the solution are an area where it lacks, so it would be great if our company could customize the solution to meet the demands of our customers.
In the future, I would like technical support for the solution and its UI to be more efficient.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) for two years. I usually deal with a product's latest version. My company has a partnership with Trellix.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is mostly stable, but sometimes, there is a need to do some troubleshooting.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Currently, I work with CrowdStrike since my company has a partnership with it. CrowdStrike is better than Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS). CrowdStrike offers functionalities like machine learning and DLP.
How was the initial setup?
I have used the solution on the cloud and on-premises. Currently, the solution is deployed on the cloud services offered by Trellix, which I feel is a public cloud.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't think there are any extra expenses besides its licensing costs.
What other advice do I have?
Maintenance of the solution is required, including some troubleshooting parts managed by five to six engineers in our company.
I recommend the solution to those planning to use it.
Not all solutions in the market are good, though I found Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) to be a good product.
I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Executive Director of Infrastructure and Technology Asia Pacific at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Impacts performance of servers negatively but it does protect us against threats
Pros and Cons
- "Provides protection against threats."
- "Impacts performance of the servers quite negatively."
What is our primary use case?
This is an anti-virus and firewall solution. We have over 5,000 users and we are customers of Trellix.
What is most valuable?
Provides endpoint security protection against malware and the like.
What needs improvement?
Trellix tends to get in the way and really impacts the performance of the servers quite negatively.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using this product for around 20 years.
How was the initial setup?
I wasn't involved in the initial setup.
What other advice do I have?
I'd recommend that potential users of this solution look for something more modern, for a newer company providing innovative solutions. I rate this solution five out of 10.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Project Manager at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
We can deploy all our configurations through the cloud
Pros and Cons
- "We have a cloud-based instance, so we can deploy all our configurations through the cloud. That's the beauty of FireEye."
- "Upgrading to new versions isn't easy and it can take a long time. Also, other solutions' tamper protection features are better than FireEye's. Clients should have access to our local information, but they shouldn't change settings on the system itself."
What is our primary use case?
FireEye replaces our traditional antivirus solutions like Symantec and McAfee and covers multiple business use cases, including EDR.
What is most valuable?
We have a cloud-based instance, so we can deploy all our configurations through the cloud. That's the beauty of FireEye.
What needs improvement?
Upgrading to new versions isn't easy and it can take a long time. Also, other solutions' tamper protection features are better than FireEye's. Clients should have access to our local information, but they shouldn't change settings on the system itself.
For how long have I used the solution?
I I have used FireEye for 10 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Endpoint Security seven out of 10. There is room for improvement and development.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
FireEye is a cloud-based application, so it's easy to extend by purchasing more licenses.
How are customer service and support?
FireEye responds promptly, and their support has been excellent so far.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying Endpoint Security is hassle-free. We uninstalled our legacy antivirus system and deployed FireEye. We created a package and deployed it across the servers manually.
What other advice do I have?
I rate FireEye Endpoint Security eight out of 10. Explore the solution and see what benefits it can offer your organization. I recommend FireEye depending on the customer's needs and use cases.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
CyberSecurity Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Scalable and quickly deployable, but they should try moving away from the signature-based model
Pros and Cons
- "It can be deployed quickly, and it's scalable. Those are the two advantages of it."
- "Trying to move away from the signature model for antivirus and malware blocking is something that would be nice. Instead of having to update every day, which is signature-based, moving to more of a kernel or architecture-based model would probably be beneficial."
What is our primary use case?
It covers the AV and malware security piece.
How has it helped my organization?
It's mainly for compliance. In terms of products in the market, it's probably not the best, but it's the one that is already paid for under the corporate buy. It basically checks the box that we're doing malware threat prevention and antivirus protection.
What is most valuable?
It can be deployed quickly, and it's scalable. Those are the two advantages of it.
What needs improvement?
Trying to move away from the signature model for antivirus and malware blocking is something that would be nice. Instead of having to update every day, which is signature-based, moving to more of a kernel or architecture-based model would probably be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
It has probably been about a year since we rolled it out.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are no issues. They continue to put out updates weekly or daily. The platform seems to be fairly mature.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's definitely scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Their tech support is average.
How was the initial setup?
It's pretty straightforward. It can be automated from the central ePolicy orchestrator server. So, the installation is fairly easy because you can automate it with the deployment of your virtual machines and things like that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would rate it a three out of five in terms of cost.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it a seven out of ten. That's mainly because it seems like there are additional security features that could be built into it, or from the signature-based model, it could move to a different model.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Owner / Consultant at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
A good solution that is stable and scalable with seamless deployment
Pros and Cons
- "The seamless deployment is very valuable."
- "The central monitoring dashboard needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We deploy the solution on-premises but we have the roadmap to migrate it on cloud. Initially, everything was on-premises, but we are moving to the cloud, which will be our first cloud migration.
What is most valuable?
The seamless deployment is very valuable.
What needs improvement?
The quality of the dashboard could be improved, and the central monitoring dashboard needs improvement. At first, we thought we were getting multiple views. One was a wholly summarized view, and the other was a more detailed view of an endpoint device. Digging into one device's detail is sometimes difficult. Additionally, the granularity of reporting can be improved. The next release could also include an extended mobile connection for the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for approximately four months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. Maybe in another six to eight months, we will scale to around 5,500 because we are recruiting more people, so the number may increase.
How are customer service and support?
I have not had any experience with customer service and support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Trend Micro. When we were deploying Trend Micro, we faced a lot of difficulties. When we acquired Trend Micro, we had no endpoint security so we had to remove an endpoint and deploy Trend Micro. As a result, deploying Trend Micro was very painful. There were frequent failures in the automatic script that Trend Micro had provided, and it took us about three and a half months to completely cover around 4,000 devices. At the same time, McAfee's deployment was seamless. There might have been an issue, but those issues never escalated. With Trend Micro, the issues escalated frequently.
We switched because of the distinction in scalability, Bluetooth and support. Additionally, one of the reasons we replaced Trend Micro was that we were raising a support ticket every month, which was embarrassing for us. We were losing five to seven tags. PSEs and the response to those PSEs were not satisfied every time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate pricing and licensing a seven out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good, but the dashboard quality and granularity of reporting can be improved.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
ITOfficer at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
An informative dashboard and immediate reporting and notifications
Pros and Cons
- "We really like the dashboard from Trellix and we've found that it's pretty informative."
- "The solution consumes a lot of end user memory and CPU. Trellix doesn't really focus much on the anti-malware side."
What is our primary use case?
Our use case is pretty straightforward. We have the central ePO that's running, and clients connect to it. All the clients connect to the ePO for updates and the ePO is able to go out and get updates, so it's pretty much like a star topology where you have the ePO sitting at the middle and handling all the requests from the clients and the servers.
What is most valuable?
We really like the dashboard from Trellix and we've found that it's pretty informative. Also, the reporting is pretty much immediate, so if there's any activity on the network, you're able to get notifications immediately. That's something that we really like about this product.
What needs improvement?
The solution consumes a lot of end user memory and CPU, so you need to have a computer that has a lot of resources for you to properly run Trellix. The agent ends up using a lot of resources, either RAM or CPU, and at times that bogs down users. I don't know if it's possible to have a lighter version of the agent, but if the agent was lighter it wouldn't consume so many resources, which would be good.
It's a bit complex. It's very granular and you need to really, really know the ins and outs of configuration. If you are specifically configuring an XML against ransomware, some very special setup, it can end up being a bit technical. You wouldn't want to make any mistakes while doing your configuration. A single configuration can make you lose whatever you wanted to do.
The other thing is if the engine would also focus more on malware, sort of an anti-malware. Trellix doesn't really focus so much on the anti-malware side, but there are other better performing antivirus or endpoint products that have better engines or they have a higher detection rate compared to what Trellix is currently providing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for about three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
If you've given the solution the resources that it needs, it's pretty much stable and it's able to continuously run uninterrupted. I've never seen any down times, so I'd say it's pretty much stable and it's built well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As far as scalability, I think the solution is able to handle quite a bit. We have around three admins who interact with the product. Then we have the rest of the organization who interface with it, which is around 300 to 500 employees.
How are customer service and support?
The tech support was pretty responsive and I believe all my questions were answered within the stated timeline. I can't remember what my questions were about, but I spoke with the technical team and got the help that I deserved. I would rate the support as a five out of five.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
From a technical side, it's not so complicated. Of course, you need to set up your server correctly, and then deploying it to the agent is pretty simple. The setup on the server is the one that is a bit technical. You can't have a default deployment, so once you do your deployment you need to set up rules that work within your environment to be able to safeguard it against suspect files or potentially unwanted programs. You need to know exactly what to do, and that's the point that may not be very friendly to admin, because they might not know all of the threats that are out there. You can't really foresee a threat that you don't know about, or rather you don't know if you'd block it or not. The initial setup is pretty much straightforward if you're an IT person, but the configuration side has a learning curve. It takes quite some bit of time to really know exactly what you're doing.
What about the implementation team?
We handled implementation in-house because when we got the licensing, we also got training modules from Trellix. Trellix has KB articles, which are pretty much straightforward and really helped quite a bit. I'd say it took about four hours to deploy from the time we started with a clean machine to the time that we started pulling updates and deploying to client machines.
On a scale of one to five, I'd give the setup a four, because the product pretty much does what it says it does, but it's not perfect. If you're an IT person, you'll be able to deploy it, and sending the Agent file to clients is pretty much a no-brainer.
The maintenance bit is okay as well. There's not a high amount of maintenance because you can automate many activities. You just need to make sure that your server is able to pick up the updates that are necessary, and make sure the databases are running okay. It's nothing new if you're in the IT environment, just making sure everything is running properly. I've never landed on an update that broke the application.
What was our ROI?
I believe for organizations that are looking for what Trellix is offering right now, there is a definite return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I think Trellix is more on the higher side of the market, just on a general scale, but I also think it depends on what particular package you choose. Different packages have different rates. I would give the pricing a three out of five. It depends on your usage because if the product works for you, then you might say the price is right. At one point it worked for us, but we have shifted our goals.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We currently considering switching from Trellix to Bitdefender mainly because Trellix isn't really focused on malware, and right now most threats are coming from within the organization as malware. Malware is something that can stop business continuity, so that's one of our main areas of focus, and Trellix is not doing really well within that perspective.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Trellix to someone as long as they know exactly what they're looking for within the organization. For instance, Trellix is very granular, so if you have a dedicated security department that can customize policies and XML documents at a very fine level and specifically work on this product, then I would say, go for it. The solution is going to serve them well, because what it does, it does really well. You're able to experience possibly what's among the best products in the market. I would recommend it as long as the people know exactly what they're getting into and they're ready to handle the challenge.
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Trellix an eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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