Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Cylance Smart Antivirus

Check Point Endpoint Media Encryption and Port Protection (Pointsec) is well suited for Microsoft Windows environment. While, for MacOS it is less appropriate.

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Cylance Smart Antivirus is well suited for the typical office user. It can be very restrictive if you do not tune it properly and can cause many issues. When tuned and set up properly it is appropriate for 95% of use cases. The last 5% are ones that have the capabilities of bringing an organization down if it is not tuned properly.

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• Requires authorized passwords and logins from end users.
• Utilizes voiceprint recognition to validate users.
• Allows for a one time login from end users working remotely away from their desks.

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• Blocking Scripts
• Stopping remote exploits
• easy to install

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• Types of devices to control needs to be added like McAfee and GFI Endpoint Security.
• Device whitelisting needs more granular level like by Vendor ID, Serial Number, Device ID etc.
• Device Control and Media Protection on MacOS to be added.

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• Better functionality to whitelist on the Application.
• Easier to setup Mobile Settings
• Easier to understand logs

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Symantec Encryption, a few management points led me to evaluate and not go with it.

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Cylance was the first AI scanning-based AV on the market. While Webroot was competitive we found Cylance to be the better solution.

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• Stops Ransomware attacks
• Easy to manage
• Easy to deploy

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• Too much time to manage.
• Too many false positives.
• Too much lost productivity.

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