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Forescout

Based on 80 reviews.

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Based on 142 reviews.

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Sample Customers

Forescout Platform

RWJ Barnabas HealthEnbridge EnergyToyota MotorsSt. Luke's University Health NetworkGlobal Credit Union

Popular Solutions

Forescout Platform

5 reviews

Forescout XDR

0 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

2 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

4 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

2 reviews

Top Industries

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

Utpal Sinha
Sr Network Engineer at Momentive
We use the product for network access control.
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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BharatUjenia
Sr. Group Manager - Enterprise IT at WNS Global Services
We use this solution for SSL encryption and web inspection. It's our first line of defense in terms of my internet...
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Chetankumar Savalagimath
Delivery Manager at a tech services company
Presently, I am using the Threat Intel solution for reputation checks in our daily SOC operations and threat hunting....
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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
My major use case for McAfee Complete Data Protection is for DLP. McAfee Complete Data Protection helps to prevent...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
We are working with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Trellix products in our environment, but not...
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Customer Service

Shafeeq Syed
Specialist Network Services - Security Engineering at Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Forescout Platform's technical support is slow to respond and could be more knowledgeable.
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Ahmad Bin Zaini
Cyber Security Engineer at IshanTech (M) Sdn Bhd
I haven't contacted the tool's support yet.
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KimeangSuon
Pre-Sale Consultant at Yip In Tsoi Co., LTD.
For technical support, they have ActiveCare Basic, ActiveCare Advanced, and ActiveCare Premium. Mostly, I have used...
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AshishKumar Rai
Security Consultant at a tech vendor
I rate technical support a 9 out of 10.
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Odai Halawani
Sr. Security Engineer at Topvision
I am working in the Security Operations team, which does not contact Forescout technical support directly. They are...
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Kirill Timonin
Senior Information Security Engineer at Regnans
We have hardly needed support from the Forescout team.
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AmjadKhan1
Head of data centers at a non-profit
I had an issue with the license at the beginning but the support fixed the situation promptly the same day. I rate...
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Olajide Olusegun
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security
The technical support is great. They are trying to win the hearts of the customers by responding immediately to calls.
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Jonathan Soto
Ingeniero Senior en seguridad y telecomunicaciones at a non-tech company
While I have never personally opened a case with technical support in the past, my colleague has. He found them to be...
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Anonymous User
Product Manager at South Asian Technologies
Technical support is great. We find them to be quite knowledgeable and responsive. We're very satisfied with the...
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Anonymous User
System Architect at a insurance company
Fortunately, for now, we've had no need to call technical support.
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Anonymous User
Senior Security Engineer at a healthcare company
Customer service and technical support are very responsive. We had one issue integrating a module and had a response...
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Adesoji
Head IT Infrastructure and Security at United Capital Plc
Fantastic
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Anonymous User
Consultant at a tech services company
Technical support is good. I don't see any issues. The type of support you get depends on the contract that you sign....
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Michael Varga
IS-Operations Security Analyst at a energy/utilities company
Customer Service: It's excellent! Technical Support: It's excellent!
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Ricardo Martins
Network System Administrator at Compugraf
We haven't had to use their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Chief Operating Officer at a tech services company
Excellent. Our support engineer was extremely helpful and available.
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Jasan Dhakan
IT Head at a tech services company
We have had experience with their technical support and must pay additionally for maintenance, support, and regional...
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Hakeem-Abdulkareem
CEO at Mazeedah
You often need in-person support, so Forescout should invest more in training its customers. Customers need to be...
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Surodas Deb Roy
Chief Technology Officer at Penta Global Limited
We've never had to contact technical support. We've never had a need to do so yet. I can't speak to the level of...
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Anonymous User
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: The Customer Service is very responsive and helpful. They managed to resolve most of our issues...
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Rahul Madan
Security Consultant at Airpel
The technical support for this product has been good in our experience.
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Anonymous User
VP at a financial services firm
While I have spoken to pre-sales and found them helpful, I've never really dealt with technical support.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Network Engineer at William Blair & Company
Technical support has been great. They are very knowledgeable, helpful, and considerate.
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Anonymous User
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company
We have used technical support, it's been fine.
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a university
We have had mixed success with support. Sometimes we had amazing people who knew just what we needed and how to help...
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RobertoMarinozzi
System Engineer at Maticmind S.p.A.
It has very good support, it is very easy to contact the country post-selling engineer.
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Anonymous User
Products & Solutions Manager Cyber Security | Forensics at a tech services company
In terms of technical support, their engineering team is very rigid. They must provide us with some clear answers and...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at Tessy Plastics
Tech support is very good and knowledgeable. They need to handle their Tier 1 cases differently. The biggest negative...
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Anonymous User
Security Analyst at a retailer
Technical support from ForeScout is pretty good, with escalations made promptly when needed.
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AdnanButt
Service Security Specialist
Technical support is good. We've been largely satisfied with them so far.
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Muco Aga
Cloud Security Solutions Consultant at CloudCan
We did not directly reach out to McAfee, the corporation, in terms of support. We can get help from their partners....
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Syed M Sarfaraz Hussain
System Administrator at CyberGen
We do not have experience with customer service and support.
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Massimo Biccini
Cyber Security Consultant & Presale at Innovery
If we're talking about the classic product, we found that technical support usually had good skills and sound...
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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a tech services company
I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how knowledgeable or responsive they are. I've...
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Anonymous User
Storage Engineer at 22by7
Technical support is absolutely fine. I have very good friends in support. Most of the time, most of my friends are...
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security at a tech services company
Technical support was good for what we needed. We just needed some support on the original install and set up, and we...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Technical support is perfect. If you send a request for help but resolve the issue yourself after a few hours, they...
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention's technical support is helpful.
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Anonymous User
AVP - Information Security at a financial services firm
Technical support has been good. If I have ever needed assistance, I have been able to get some help.
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DucDoan
Security Manager at a tech services company
For the most part, technical support has been great. When we've had technical problems, they've helped us. I've found...
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Anatolii Konstantynov
Project Engineer at ISSP
When contacting support, we would have to wait days before getting a response, and other times they were not able to...
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Anonymous User
IT Consultant at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: The McAfee customer service is great. As mentioned in my earlier review, this is a top 10 customer...
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Anonymous User
Management Executive at a security firm
The support in South Africa could be much better.
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Anonymous User
President - Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: In my experience, the level of customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical service...
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Ilan Amir
Global IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company
I'm working with a security company called Intensity. After doing my own PoC, and also checking an IBM solution, I...
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Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
I had some technical issues, which were not known by the vendor itself.
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I would give customer support a rating of ten.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager of System Security
Customer Service: 8 out of 10Technical Support: 8 out of 10
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Shaik Sayeed
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG
I think that the technical support can be improved. It should be cheaper, faster and more comprehensive as far as the...
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AmerAlkhawaldeh
Account manager
I got in touch with the support team for McAfee Complete Data Protection about certain cases such as enhancement...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a security firm
We've never escalated any issues to technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.
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Anonymous User
Senior Developer, shareholder at a hospitality company
Customer Service: I've never approached customer service with regards to this particular product. Technical Support:...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company
When we've had issues in the past, and, although they ended up solving our problem, we found the response time was...
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Anonymous User
Lead Cyber Security Consultant at a security firm
The most important thing is how they enable our team. They provide us with good support during the pre-sales stages.
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
I'd rate technical support seven out of ten. Every year we have to go through product certifications, so we hardly...
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Security Consultant at Infosec Consulting ltd
I have not personally contacted technical support but I have gotten feedback from people who have. Most people are...
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