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Forescout

Based on 79 reviews.

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Based on 142 reviews.

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Sample Customers

Forescout Platform

NHS Sussex, SAP, SEGA, Vistaprint, Miami Children's Hospital, Pioneer Investments, New York Law School, OmnicomGroup, Meritrust

Popular Solutions

Forescout Platform

10 reviews

Forescout XDR

0 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

5 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

5 reviews

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2 reviews

Top Industries

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Computer Software Company

Marketing Services Firm

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 a manufacturing company
We use the product for network access control.
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Binu Haneef
System Administrator at a media company
We are using many components such as Drive Encryption, DLP, Threat Prevention, Advanced Threat Prevention, and Web...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at a financial services firm
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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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 a tech vendor
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

Senthil_Kumar
Assistant Manager at a transportation company
We have used the support and it has been good. However, sometimes we have missed them because of the timezone...
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KimeangSuon
Pre-Sale Consultant at a manufacturing company
For technical support, they have ActiveCare Basic, ActiveCare Advanced, and ActiveCare Premium. Mostly, I have used...
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Peter Gignac
Lead Technologist at a tech vendor
Technical support needs improvement. They are not very responsive to existing customers. My interactions with them...
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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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Kirill Timonin
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech services company
We have hardly needed support from the Forescout team.
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Benny Sumitro
GM Technical Management at a comms service provider
We are satisfied with technical support and have not had any problems with them.
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Massimiliano La Camera
Business Development Account Manager at a comms service provider
The customer service could be improved, specifically regarding direct support presence.
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Odai Halawani
Sr. Security Engineer at a government
I am working in the Security Operations team, which does not contact Forescout technical support directly. They are...
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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
Product Manager at a tech services company
Technical support is great. We find them to be quite knowledgeable and responsive. We're very satisfied with the...
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Adesoji
Head IT Infrastructure and Security at a financial services firm
Fantastic
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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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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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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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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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Makhdoom Ammar Ahmed
Technical Consultant at a tech services company
I have been satisfied with their support. Their response to all of our queries has been very helpful.
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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
System Architect at a insurance company
Fortunately, for now, we've had no need to call 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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Hakeem-Abdulkareem
CEO
You often need in-person support, so Forescout should invest more in training its customers. Customers need to be...
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Anonymous User
Network Access Control Security at a government
Customer Service: 10 out of 10. Very responsive and address concerns quickly. Technical Support: 9 out of 10. Really...
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Surodas Deb Roy
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company
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
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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Anonymous User
VP, Infrastructure Management and Security Services at a energy/utilities company
I've never had to use it.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Network Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support has been great. They are very knowledgeable, helpful, and considerate.
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Anonymous User
Information Security Manager at a legal firm
I'd rate ForeScout's technical support as fair-to-good.
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Ricardo Martins
Network System Administrator at a tech services company
We haven't had to use their technical support.
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Avraham Sonenthal
Senior Network Engineer at a government
Technical support is generally very good.
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Miguel Santiago
Owner at a tech services company
Technical support was really great at the beginning of the setup. At the moment we don't use it because the product...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a manufacturing company
Tech support is very good and knowledgeable. They need to handle their Tier 1 cases differently. The biggest negative...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get...
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Harish G
IT Analyst at a computer software company
We do get support from our reseller. We don't get support directly from McAfee.
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Shreyansh Sharma
Instrument and Control Engineer at a energy/utilities company
We have found the technical support to be very helpful. They are responsive and available when we need them to help...
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Syed M Sarfaraz Hussain
System Administrator at a security firm
We do not have experience with customer service and support.
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RajuBhatt
retired
I've never had to reach out to the support.
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at a energy/utilities company
McAfee has very good support. We can submit a report online to open a case and they will contact you immediately to...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
I have dealt with technical support from McAfee Complete Data Protection. It just depends on where I get the person....
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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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Anonymous User
Manager at a tech services company
My clients and suppliers are usually working with technical support.
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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
Presales System Engineer
Customer Service: 8/10 when they needed to help us. Technical Support: 7/10.
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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
Manager of BI at a tech services company
The technical support is good, but it's always "I'll call you back", especially when there are no threats. We usually...
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Anonymous User
Implementation Engineer at a tech vendor
McAfee's technical support is actually fine.
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Anonymous User
IT Security Specialist at a tech services company
Technical support is not too bad. They are quite mature and have experience with the product. We have not experienced...
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Anonymous User
Storage Engineer at a tech services company
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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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at a tech vendor
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at a comms service provider
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
Business Analyst at a consultancy
Another person is responsible for dealing with technical support, so I do not have experience with them.
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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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Sabina C
Sr. IT Business Analyst at a financial services firm
I didn't need to contact technical support for McAfee Total Protection.
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Anonymous User
Service Management Consultant at a tech vendor
I've never had an issue with McAfee. I've never had to reach out to technical support.
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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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Eduardo Jassir
Cyber Security Coordinator at a energy/utilities company
We receive technical support from the partner, and they are very good. We've never had to contact McAfee. We just...
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RahulRaju
Security Specialist at a transportation company
While there are bugs and a few functionality issues, it is just a matter of raising them with the support team....
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Anonymous User
Application Programmer (Infrastructure and OA support) at a government
We have raised support cases to McAfee and they responded in a professional and helpful manner and completed with...
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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
Chief Information Security Officer at a venture capital & private equity firm
Their technical support is average.
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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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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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