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    Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE)

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ADell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE) presents software-based Data Centric Encryption designed to enable IT to enforce encryption policies, whether the data resides on the system drive or external media. Designed for mixed vendor environments, it also won’t get in the way of existing IT processes for patch management and authentication. Dell acquired Credant in 2015 to supply encryption technologies. DDPE replaces the former Credant products.N/A

    Smarsh

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Smarsh Enterprise Platform is a unified, cloud-native solution designed to future-proof enterprise communications data strategies. Its technologies include elastic compute, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE)Smarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
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    8.1
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    User Testimonials
    Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE)Smarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    DDPE is great if you want very specific data encrypted and managed. It's flexible in terms of configuration but also can be quite a pain to get configured right. It requires a lot of exclusions and does not play nice with Windows Updates. Usually the client needs to be updated before updates on Windows can be installed and sometimes a new version is no where in sight. The ATP is great but also requires extensive configurations as otherwise it has way too many false positives.
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    Smarsh
    This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • Silent installation/uninstallation. It was very easy to deploy and remove the software remotely.
    • Transparent to users. Users did not see messages from the software or notice performance issues during encryption.
    • File or disk level encryption. Includes the option to do file or full-disk encryption to meet your organization's needs.
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    Smarsh
    • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
    • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
    • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
    • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • The encryption policies require careful configuration to avoid damaging the system
    • Encryption does not play nice with Windows OS updates
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    Smarsh
    • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dell Technologies
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    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    We switched to McAfee Endpoint Encryption, which provides full-disk encryption. We saw fewer issues with McAfee Endpoint Encryption full-disk encryption than Credant full-disk encryption.
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    Smarsh
    This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • Added security to physical disks and removable media
    • Protects with very powerful ATP
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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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