Lacework vs. Trellix Intrusion Prevention System

Lacework is well suited for behavioral analysis. One thing to consider thought is in the early stages there will be quite a bit of noise generated by Lacework. There will be a higher volume alerts generated initially - until a good baseline is generated. Overall Lacework is good with alert handling - integration with Slack is good.

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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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• Easy to set-up the agent in cloud workloads.
• Easy integration with ticketing and messaging tools.
• Detailed visibility of all our container workloads across multiple accounts.

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

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• UI can be complicated and hard to know where to click to find information.
• Ability to create and manage cases or tickets from events that trigger.

• 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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Compared to Sysdig Falco (the free open-source IDS), Lacework helps security teams by providing actionable alerts and a user-friendly interface that gives you an overview of all workloads being monitored, and detailed insights into these workloads if needed. Falco requires you to build your own integration and interface around it, including a mechanism to whitelist certain alerts. This made it harder for the security team to focus their time on potential intrusions.

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• Being a FinTech company, financial institutions who partner with us want to know that we are appropriately maintaining a Security, Risk and Compliance program that maintains a level of comfort for their vendor management. Lacework gives us the ability to monitor and maintain a level of security for our infrastructure that puts our partners at ease, reduces the revenue cycle for new partners and opens doors to the future.

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

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