AgileBlue vs. ThreatDown, powered by Malwarebytes

In my opinion, AgileBlue excels for small teams with a breadth of platforms and responsibilities under their umbrella. If ones organization has independent security, network, patch, etc. departments, AgileBlue may feel redundant.

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I think Malwarebytes is the best anti-malware company. I think it is well-suited for any situation and any device. I think Malwarebytes does the best on Windows and on MacOS. Also, Malwarebytes is always improving, and you can tell they are a company that stays on top of cybersecurity trends. If you have a tight budget or looking for the cheapest solution, then Malwarebytes may not be the solution for you. To clarify, I don't think Malwarebytes is that much more expensive compared to its closest competitors.

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• They are extremely quick identifying any potentially unusual activity
• They make it easy for us to ensure that our employees can log in from other countries without triggering suspicious activity lock-outs when they travel.
• Our quarterly meet-ups are a great way to keep my team up to date in the current cloud security scene, as well as to make sure we're doing everything we can to keep our users safe.

• Protects against malware - No matter how much training you give end users on social hacking, there is always a breach at some point.
• Protects against ransomware - Ransomware could spell disaster for a company...it could literally shut the doors for good.
• Centralized administration - Without a terrific centralized method to manage all the systems being protected, it would require an extra position just to maintain all endpoints.

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• the web ui can be wonky at times but overall its great.
• the agent when installed with sys log can get flakey
• Fire a webhook when alerts occur

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• poor customer service
• dashboard says product is working EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT!
• slow response to concerns that should be easy to remedy
• creates baggage which caused certain computers and the network to run more slowly
• caused 3 computers on our network top have windows errors and network issues

When I first used the tool in my home systems MANY years ago, I wished for a Business version. I was once at a focus group for a major antivirus company, and one attendee’s feedback to “what could we do better?” was “buy out MalwareBytes and add it to your tool”. I’ve used the Business version since it first became available, and have continued to be a dedicated user through the many iterations and improvements

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I give it a 9 because it has so much more information than other tools we've used in the past. That is great, but it can get a little overwhelming when trying to narrow down exactly what you need to see. I will say, though, the information has gotten a lot easier to digest with the rollout of their new AI features.

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It simply works. It doesn't require the hand-holding and monitoring that some other solutions do. It's simple to deploy and maintain, and adding custom content such as Exceptions require minimal effort. I’ve had to add a few exceptions for internal-use, in-house-developed tools, but it’s quite simple to do so within the online interface

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I have never contacted support.

As I mentioned, we have only email support. Their phone support was very expensive. If we ever have any issues, we have to email them and wait for their response. In most cases, I have figured out the issue on my own. The software is very stable so we haven't used their support much.

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I first implemented this more than 10 years ago, when it required an in-site setup with SQL Server (or SQL Express), and even that was pretty easy. With the move to centralized web management some treats ago, it’s become even easier to deploy

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AgileBlue integrates as a partner to SentinelOne - allowing out MSSP to have insights into both platforms. Using AgileBlue as an escalation management tool allows false positive results to get handled quickly, low severity alerts to be dealt with before escalations, and high severity alerts to get forwarded to the appropriate members of higher-level triage teams

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It's no contest. Cisco AMP, Umbrella and Endpoint use vast amounts of resources and provide little protection when compared with Malwarebytes. One client recently replaced Cisco with MWB and found over 7,300 vulnerabilities on 352 endpoints, including 120 listed as Critical and 7,180 listed as High, with CVE's dating back to 2008.

• Having AgileBlue as our cyber security watchdogs gives that peace of mind knowing that they are on the cutting edge of cyber security and are real pros.

• The ease of remediation has saved our IT team a number of hours manually installing, for example, the free version of Malwarebytes to remove infections, and then cleaning the machine up. Being able to centrally send commands to clean the device is much more efficient.
• The centralised management has also alerted us to infections on machines that we might not otherwise have known about, as the existing AV had not detected them, saving us potential data loss, or system damage.

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