Amazon GuardDuty vs McAfee Network Security Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

In a multi-account/multi-tenant environment, GuardDuty often alerts us to possible malicious traffic before it becomes an issue. The ability to automatically enable GuardDuty creates baseline security which is crucial when an account is first created. It also helps greatly in environments where other users are able to create resources as often GuardDuty alerts us to insecure resources we did not know about. It can however sometimes be a little overzealous with its assessments alerting on benign activity which then requires suppression rules.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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McAfee Network Security does do what it promises, and it integrates nicely with other McAfee services my work computer has. Sometimes I do feel though that McAfee does hinder your computer/internet performance, but maybe it's a trade-off that's worth it. I do wish they would refine their threat detection so some websites that I don't think are harmful and want to visit for work purposes aren't blocked. There's been times where I google a question and a website has the answer but McAfee will block it. If you're in a position at a financial company like me, where you're dealing with sensitive/private information, it's important to have this type of software to protect data.

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Monitors outgoing connections from AWS resources to known malicious hosts.
Monitors incoming connection to AWS resources from known malicious hosts.
Integrates with other centralized logging solutions.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Download protection
Keeps you from harmful sites
Encrypts computer data
Prevents DDoS attacks

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Does not have the ability to add any custom monitors.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Sometimes can slow internet/computer speed
At times can stop software downloads that I don't deem harmful and need to download
May also block a website that isn't harmful that I wanted to visit because it has helpful information

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Return on Investment

GuardDuty has helped us prevent possible security incidents multiple times which could have caused substantial damage.

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Alex Kranz

Senior System Administrator

Bridgeline DigitalComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Protects information
Keeps viruses off of programs
Integrates seamlessly with other McAfee products on my computer

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Amazon GuardDuty vs McAfee Network Security Platform