We use Trend Micro Deep Security as a Service on AWS through Marketplace and Trend Micro Deep Security on-prem to meet our virtualization security & compliance requirements.
Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture & Cloud Technologies at Essilor
The file integrity and log inspection are game-changing features for us
Pros and Cons
- "The file integrity and log inspection are game-changing features for us."
- "They are still working on the company integration from TippingPoint because this was a recent acquisition from a few years ago. So, a Tipping Point integration with Deep Security, having one single pane of glass dashboard, would provide us a simple use case."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Besides increasing more visibility into data insight, I strongly believe we have not only reduced potential risks while gaining significant performance but also our investment costs was rightly justified.
What is most valuable?
The file integrity and log inspection are game-changing features for us. Provides deep data insights while meeting compliance requirements.
What needs improvement?
I'm currently evaluating TippingPoint. Trend Micro is still working on building tight integration with TippingPoint being a recent acquisition from a few years ago. So, a Tipping Point integration with Deep Security, having one single pane of glass dashboard, would provide us a simple use case.
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For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
well, we have had no hiccups. It's an awesome product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's as scaled as it can get.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is very helpful and geographically dispersed.
What was our ROI?
We have saved a 50% ROI for the on-premise product. It gave us significant improvement overall in productivity, costs, and efficiency.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
With AWS, we get single, consolidated billing. This is the beauty of it; its ease of use.
Purchasing on AWS Marketplace is like shopping on Amazon Prime.
We do pay-as-you-go pricing, which is good for us. We are working with Trend Micro to see if we can have something similar for on-premise.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
After our move to virtualization was complete and its security woes were becoming evident, we began our search for a new security solution that could protect both its physical and virtual environments. After a three-month proof of concept with solutions from Gartner and Forrester’s top five security vendors, we selected Trend Micro Deep Security. “We wanted a solution that provided seamless integration with VMware vCenter management software and true agentless deployment. Deep Security for VMware was the only solution that really worked.
What other advice do I have?
We started with it on-premise, and now we also have it on the cloud to protect our cloud workloads. The cloud has all the features and functionality turned on by default, which makes it very easy and simple to use. This hosted solution means there's no set up or configuration and they handle all the product and kernel updates for us.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Business Development Manager - Security at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
You don't have to worry about a patch not being there in the software
Pros and Cons
- "Deep Security provides us with a lot of reassurance about security threats. You don't have to worry about a patch not being there in the software. You're confident that all the patches and vulnerabilities are taken care of."
- "I think more work could be done on Deep Security's ability to handle dynamic threat scenarios."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Deep Security specifically for virtual patching of the virtual disks. The average customer for this is typically a government agency, and they're employing it on critical servers and services. It is usually on a database server, especially a purpose-built aggregation server. Unlike a web server or something like that, these servers aren't generally publicly connected. We have about 20 Deep Security customers, including most of the bigger banks.
How has it helped my organization?
Deep Security provides us with a lot of reassurance about security threats. You don't have to worry about a patch not being there in the software. You're confident that all the patches and vulnerabilities are taken care of.
What needs improvement?
I think more work could be done on Deep Security's ability to handle dynamic threat scenarios.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Deep Security is a highly stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Deep Security is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Deep Security isn't that complicated. The entire process takes 90 days, including a proof of concept to demo the product in the customer's environment and show them what it can do. Typically, it takes about 90 days to close a deal. We have 15 members on our team.
What about the implementation team?
We have different people to handle the implementation. Our technical team gets involved at that point then we finalize the scope and document whatever the customer wants for this solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Deep Security isn't expensive for what it does. Our customers understand what the product is doing, so they are always willing to pay for that. In India, the price isn't an issue with this product actually because the competing Symantec product is much more expensive than Trend Micro. The pricing isn't that cheap, but every customer will ask for a discount regardless of the price you quote.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Trend Micro Deep Security nine out of 10. I recommend Deep Security to all our customers for server security. We sell quite a few security solutions, and we offer two products for server security: Trend Micro and Symantec. Since Symantec isn't really focusing on this area, we are primarily suggesting Trend Micro Deep Security.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Manager at UPL
Cloud-based antivirus with additional, useful features and quality support
Pros and Cons
- "Aside from the basic antivirus features, there are additional features such as vulnerability protection, firewall, etc. which are helpful."
- "Some of the reporting and integrations could be more robust."
What is our primary use case?
I am a manager for a non-profit and use this solution for its antivirus capabilities.
What is most valuable?
Aside from the basic antivirus features, there are additional features such as vulnerability protection, firewall, etc. which are helpful.
Since this is a SaaS service, we do not need to worry about getting version upgrades as everything is updated on the backend by Trend Micro.
Since this is a cloud-based product, we do not need any on-premise environment for antivirus.
What needs improvement?
Some of the reporting and integrations could be more robust.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for four or five years.
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.
How are customer service and support?
Support is very good. There is a portal where you can go to raise support tickets, and there are three phone numbers that we can use to reach support. We also have been assigned a technical account manager to who we can reach out to with anything critical.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used McAfee in the past.
How was the initial setup?
The solution was straightforward to install. There is a default version that is ready to use as soon as it is installed and anything specific that the company desires can then be set.
We have about six to eight people with access to management.
What about the implementation team?
We used a combination of an integrator, a technical account manager, and our in-house team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a subscription cost to use this product.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this product and would rate it a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Production DBA at BLUE MOTOR FINANCE LIMITED
Endpoint Security in the Cloud, providing a strong set of controls and protection
Pros and Cons
- "Deep Security enables us to bridge the gap between patching windows using the Virtual Patching feature. This allows us to make sure full patching is tested properly in our testing environments before rollout."
- "It provides a comprehensive feature set and a strong security baseline for us with integrations into other security tools."
- "I would like them to add EDR features, moving away from traditional signature-based anti-malware."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is to provide endpoint security for our AWS EC2 instances, covering features, such as host-based firewall, IDS/IPS, anti-malware, and application control.
How has it helped my organization?
Deep Security has given us strong protection and configuration of our endpoint security and enables us to bridge the gap between patching windows using the Virtual Patching feature. This allows us to make sure full patching is tested properly in our testing environments before roll out. This especially helps when, like this month, a patch is released which can’t be used, due to stability/performance issues.
What is most valuable?
- IDS/IPS
- Host-based firewall
I am also currently looking into the newer integrations with our various other security tools.
What needs improvement?
The training needs improvement. It is expensive (classroom training), and it is often hard to find answers by yourself using the documentation.
I would like them to add EDR features, moving away from traditional signature-based anti-malware.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product seems very stable. We have only ever had one incident which caused us concern, and Trend Micro identified a way to mitigate it for future occurrences. They also ensured the issue was patched.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It seems to work at the scale that we are currently using it at: Approximately 65 EC2 instances.
How is customer service and technical support?
Customer service team are fantastic and help provide timely resolution to issues and questions
How was the initial setup?
Configuration in our AWS environment is straightforward and policy-based with inheritance, e.g., making it easy to align with Active Directory. Event-based triggers can automate the correct policy implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is simple and cost-effective to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, which provides an easy understanding of the scale of the costs. Our organization purchased it through the AWS Marketplace because it is easier to track when added to our AWS bill and convenient purchasing model.
The AWS licensing model is scalable and easy to use, but could do with tiered discounts. I am not sure how well this model will scale when we start to use Auto Scaling with AWS resources.
What other advice do I have?
It provides a comprehensive feature set and a strong security baseline for us with integrations into other security tools.
It integrates with AlienVault USM Anywhere and AWS GuardDuty in our environment.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Head of IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Though the tool fails to detect all the viruses and bugs, it offers support for installation at an economical price
Pros and Cons
- "I switched to Trend Micro because of its good marketing techniques."
- "We are not very happy with Trend Micro Deep Security since it is not able to detect many viruses and bugs."
What is our primary use case?
We use Trend Micro Deep Security as a tool for its antivirus and antimalware capabilities to protect our systems.
What needs improvement?
Trend Micro Deep Security should provide better options. In the case of detection, we are not very happy with the functioning of the antivirus capabilities that Trend Micro Deep Security provides us. It doesn't have a passive way by which we can enable Microsoft Defender, considering most of the other antiviruses allow Microsoft Defender to work passively.
We are not very happy with Trend Micro Deep Security since it is not able to detect many viruses and bugs. We are looking for an alternate solution.
The tool lacks proper detection capabilities. Trend Micro Deep Security should know how to work along with Microsoft Defender in a passive mode. These two are major improvements.
On the cloud version, Trend Micro Deep Security Scanner has to improve on the signature part of analyzing the latest threat.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for two years as a customer.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
If it doesn't do its function, there's no question of security or stability since everything is lost.
Detection is the most important thing, and if it doesn't get it, then there is no point talking about stability. There is nothing called stability in an antivirus tool.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
They have different flavors, I guess. So based on the flavors, I think they give a number of assets that you can deploy onto the machines that you have. I have not used Trend Micro Apex One, so I cannot compare it with Trend Micro Deep Security.
We are an enterprise-sized business, and the solution is deployed on the main server. It's an enterprise server that we have, and it has been deployed onto that particular server.
How are customer service and support?
Trend Micro's support team provides the required information, but largely, they reach out to us with respect to their knowledge-based articles. With respect to the fundamental design and deployment of the tool, we doubt that we will be able to get access to help from the product's support team. A quick escalation to the top support personnel, which helps with support, is unavailable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before choosing Trend Micro Deep Security as a solution, I was working with the solution from a company named Quick Heal. I switched to Trend Micro because of its good marketing techniques. We thought the word in the product, which is deep security meant it was providing its users with a very deep level of security, but we later came to know it is too shallow in reality.
How was the initial setup?
Installation is not an issue. They offer good support for installation. It is the run time of the program that is very critical for us. During run time, when there is an attack, the program should be able to identify it. If the program does not have a proper system to identify the attack, it will destabilize our entire security platform.
The solution is deployed on a private cloud in our organization. We have our own cloud partner. We don't use Azure or Google.
It does not take much time to deploy the solution. All the time taken for deployment and support comes under one particular point. The primary question is if a tool can neutralize the attacks. The function of an antivirus or security product is to make sure it neutralizes its situation or at least identifies the situation. If a tool does not neutralize attacks, it's a major drawback or unsuitable for an enterprise-grade business.
You can just run a script and deploy it in NAS. The deployment process is not an issue.
One engineer is fine to deploy it if he understands the script. He can deploy it using automation on all the systems, be it 1,000 or 20,000 systems.
Trend Micro Deep Security does not require maintenance. The tool has an auto-run feature, so all updates are automatic and we do not need to maintain it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of the product is fine. Pricing doesn't matter when you are talking about a solution meant for enterprise-sized businesses since what matters is the real security and the kind of detection a product offers. At the enterprise level, we are ready to deal with the product in terms of pricing, but we should barely need to work hard on the product later on. From a pricing perspective, I would say the product is economical.
The payments are made on a yearly basis towards the licensing of the solution.
There are no extra costs involved since there will be an agent that is deployed on your server, and the agent will take care of all the activities.
What other advice do I have?
I would not recommend the solution at this point in time, especially for critical infrastructure.
Overall, I rate the solution a five out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Security Advisor at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good EDR and DLP but requires better automation
Pros and Cons
- "DLP, Data Loss Prevention, and the complexity of how we manage the console and how this client, or this tool, will notify us when there is something going wrong within the server and endpoint, is good."
- "The risk is very complex. We need our tools to be more intelligent, more automated, more detectable."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the product for the server. We're using Trend Micro Deep Security to protect our servers. We have more than 400 of them.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable aspect, that we didn't find until now with Deep Security, is the EDR - endpoint detection and response - a feature that comes with the version that we have now.
DLP, Data Loss Prevention, and the complexity of how we manage the console and how this client, or this tool, will notify us when there is something going wrong within the server and endpoint is good. This feature we didn't see very well developed with Trend Micro solution at first.
What needs improvement?
The risk is very complex. We need our tools to be more intelligent, more automated, more detectable. They could improve all of those aspects. I'd specifically like to see automation in terms of detection and auto mitigation.
The integration could be better. When we need to integrate a full console to manage endpoints and servers in the same place, we need to understand better how to deploy it so we don't need an agent or something else to deploy the solution to monitor everything.
The initial setup can be difficult.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good. We haven't dealt with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's not very scalable or automatically scalable. If you want to be scalable, you need to add more licensing, to add more costs. If you want to be scalable and have more capabilities, you need to buy more.
We use the solution to cover all of our servers and Trend Micro in general to cover all of our assets.
How are customer service and support?
I've never dealt with technical support directly. However, my colleague has, and their feedback has been positive. They have no complaints.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
For endpoints, for clients themselves, we use Endpoint Protection for Windows 8 and Windows 7. We still use Trend Micro Endpoint Protection. Also, for all our server VDIs, virtual servers, and physical servers, we use Trend Micro Security.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is difficult to set up, maintain, and manage. There are a lot of options, a lot of buttons, a lot for new items. It's not very user-friendly. You need a lot of training to be able to manage and implement the solution correctly.
We have two system admins that manage servers. You need two people to manage and maintain the solution.
What about the implementation team?
We did not use an integrator or consultant. We have a small team. We handled things internally. For the first implementation, however, we did have an integrator's support and they would assist when we ran into issues.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay a yearly fee of between $10,000 and $15,000. There are no costs beyond the standard licensing fee. However, if you need to scale, you will have to buy more licenses.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are researching another solution right now. Our strategy is to find the last best version that Trend Micro has for covering endpoint detection and response. We scaled for the next version that we have now, and we are seeing if other solutions help more. We're looking into the Kaspersky Endpoint Suite.
What other advice do I have?
We are a customer and an end-user.
While I don't know the version number off-hand, we are using the latest version of the solution.
New users must assess their exact needs from their side before starting. Look in the market, look at the risk, look at the problem of cyber security for other clients and the chances of attack, et cetera. Look also at the infrastructure, such as the type of machines - if they are full cloud, on-prem, or hybrid.
You must make an assessment locally, internally. When the customer has these visibilities, he can go to the market and select which solution, or which two or three solutions, can best suit the company's needs. Do a proof of concept and try it. Look at the cost and the ratio quality cost, as that'll definitely be determinant for the decision.
I'd rate the solution at a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
DGM-IT at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Makes the server run very smoothly and without any security flaws
Pros and Cons
- "One of the most valuable features is that it's a firewall-based solution. We just open the required reports to the server—to server communication—and that's how we use Deep Security."
- "Deep Security's reporting functionality could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of Deep Security is running our server smoothly and without any security flaws. The server-level layers have more functionality when compared to desktop-level layers, so Deep Security captures and fulfills all of that functionality and runs smoothly. At the end of the day, Deep Security is also getting the zero-day vulnerabilities from our on-premise and other solutions.
This solution is deployed on-premise, and we are using the latest version.
What is most valuable?
One of the most valuable features is that it's a firewall-based solution. We just open the required reports to the server—to server communication—and that's how we use Deep Security.
What needs improvement?
Deep Security's reporting functionality could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Deep Security for more than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Deep Security is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is scalable, but you need to procure licenses for each server.
We have around 50 users of Deep Security in our organization. Whether we will increase usage depends on our business requirements. If our business needs more servers, then we will procure more servers and more Deep Security licenses.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support could be better. Whenever an issue is raised, we need to wait for a long time for technical support to resolve it. Our only issue is that the support could be faster.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before implementing Deep Security, we used Trend Micro OfficeScan alone.
How was the initial setup?
Deep Security is very easy to install. Installation didn't take much time, but after installing the center console, we needed to apply some kinds of policies, for which we needed some experience. It took some time to decide which policies we needed to apply and which rules we didn't want to apply, and for those things, we needed help from more experienced people—either Trend Micro support or their authorized partner's support. You can handle the installation on your own, with the help of some technical team. The implementation is not a very long-term process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is okay. Deep Security is single-server license-based, so it will work based on how many licenses you have procured. There is a yearly subscription for each license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Deep Security an eight out of ten, and would definitely recommend it to others to use.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Assistance Manager-IT at ONGC Petro additions Limited
Good protection and patching features stable, easy to scale, and easy to install
Pros and Cons
- "We like the Smart protection and the Virtual patching."
- "I would like to see better pricing. The pricing could be lower."
What is our primary use case?
We use Trend Micro Deep Security in our server environment.
We are also using it for virtualization security and antimalware functionality.
How has it helped my organization?
From a security point of view, it has been performing very well against our malware and vulnerabilities that are now in the market. Previously, we were getting patches from OEMs, and now we get patching from the Deep Security Protection Cloud which helps us to mitigate and minimize the attacks.
What is most valuable?
We are satisfied with this solution.
We like the Smart protection and the Virtual patching. those are the two best features we have in Trend Micro Deep Security.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see better pricing. The pricing could be lower.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Trend Micro Deep Security for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have no issues with the stability of Trend Micro Deep Security.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Trend Micro Deep Security is a scalable product.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are using both Trend Micro Deep Security and Trend Micro Apex One.
One is designed for server security, and the other is for endpoint devices. These are mostly Windows 10 and Windows 8. We use Apex One for our endpoints.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Trend Micro Deep Security pricing is on the high side.
We are paying approximately $50,000 each month, it's definitely expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I think this solution is practically perfect.
I would rate Trend Micro Deep Security a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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