Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product) vs. Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Forefront is Microsoft's antivirus offering.N/A
Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker (formerly McAfee MVISION Cloud) is a cloud access security broker (CASB) that protects data and stops threats in the cloud across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS from a single, cloud-native enforcement point.N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
Chose Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is:
One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use.
Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the …
Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Chose Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
McAfee is definitely the best in the market. Their security services are vast and highly competent. I personally love the encryption feature.
Chose Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
It integrates great with third-party software. so part of our company's choosing this depends on the great and smooth integration it provides. except previous software were not good and We have to hire an expert to deal with this particular software cause it was hard to …
Chose Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Skyhigh is one of the leading CASB on the market because it has a cool User interface where it is easy for a normal user who cannot read raw logs to easily understand the issue by the UI and perform remediation steps. The way it provides security to customer data is …
Chose Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
We felt like when we looked at at Netskope, Skyhigh had the most complete vision. They also have custom apps which I am not aware of other services being able to do
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Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Small Businesses
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Score 8.0 out of 10

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Score 9.1 out of 10
Avanan
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Avanan
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker
Likelihood to Recommend
In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
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It is well suited for almost every organization [that] deals with sensitive data or [their] users have to perform certain sensitive actions that can go [into] financial loss if somehow there are attacked by [viruses] or malicious links. To prevent that a company must have certain apps prevent these and MVISION is [one] of them. so I recommend it.
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Pros
  • SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
  • Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
  • Setup and configuration is very easy.
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  • Great visibility into cloud apps
  • Understanding of unsanctioned services
  • Control of sanctioned services
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Cons
  • Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
  • On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
  • The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.
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  • The interface is a tad complicated, especially for a beginner
  • There are bugs that need to be addressed
  • Can be really slow
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Likelihood to Renew
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Skyhigh is a leading CASB helps in identifying the bad services and protecting user data with a detokenization feature and also with the anomalies triggering alarms to customers for any suspicious activities. It provides users by providing blocking script to block service on the proxy or firewall and also shows the abilities to the user to balance the weight of risk service.
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Alternatives Considered
The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is: One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
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McAfee is definitely the best in the market. Their security services are vast and highly competent. I personally love the encryption feature.
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Return on Investment
  • Less turnaround on virus based issues.
  • Helps reduce malware issues over time.
  • Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool.
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  • Reduction of high risks.
  • Allowed to set up policies.
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