Nmap vs Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Likelihood to Recommend

NMap is well suited to just about any situation, network size, or complexity. Some have brought up the point that NMap's proxy settings need work. I haven't used NMap with a proxy. NMap is my "go to" tool for a cursory security sweep. Once a problem is found, I can perform a deeper dive scan on a system or a network. I wouldn't, and don't, use NMap as my only security tool. No single tool has all the answers. For example, it is not a Wireshark in that it does not capture packets or analyze them. It is basically a port scanner, host discovery, OS detection tool.

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Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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It is well suited in most corporate environments that want an easy to maintain anti-virus program. The only major drawback we experienced was not having the ability to easily interact with the UI. Some other AV programs have more straightforward graphics and management panels. However, overall it did a great job at protecting the company.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Nmap

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Automated network device discovery

Network monitoring

Baseline threshold calculation

Alerts

Network capacity planning

Packet capture analysis

Network mapping

Customizable reports

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Hardware health monitoring

Pros

Nmap has a unique process of fingerprinting applications/devices to help us identify their communications patterns quicker.
Nmap can be used for network auditing by specifying whole subnets that you would like to scan for open/closed ports.
Nmap has a diverse presence and can be used from most operating systems.

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Roger Mialkowski

Sr. IT Systems Administrator

Zombie ComputersGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees

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It seems to be very good at protecting us from threats. We don't have users who are doing stupid things or anything, but we have never had a severe compromise.
The management is pretty easy (we are using the on-prem version), it's full of the ability to see what's going on and customize things.
The client runs without much issue, and without users' knowledge or involvement.

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Andrew Bouwhuis

Network System Administrator

LANprofessionalsInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Maybe take some of the features of Zenmap and bake them in?
Include fancy extra graphical results charts or graphs or something to show people who you want to convey info too but have no idea what Nmap is actually doing.
I don't really think I'd change a lot actually.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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Improve the protection of the system in all areas.
The employees are now safer and relaxed about security.
The company now has more protection in the data and information.

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Luciano Rios

Accounting analyst

AlcoaMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Simplicity and scale of product

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy to use once you have done the research and self education

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Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Nmap 7.9

Based on 18 answers

There is a very large support community and a robust selection of add-ons and scripts. Once you get the use down this is one of the most powerful tools and you can find anything you are looking for as far as examples on the web. While not having official support its not lacking by any means.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Sr. Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection 8.0

Based on 3 answers

Support responds fast for higher priority issues, they have always been good at solving the problems we encounter.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

NMap usually lacks the features of the other network scanners, but for a good reason: most of the other network scanners out there are using NMap as part of their system. The nature of NMap (being open-source) is that it is available for use in other applications; as a result, these other applications make use of the NMap source code.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cisco FireAMP was a terrible competitor to Symantec. Outdated UI, often flagged itself as a threat, and difficult to manage/trust.Avast was much better than Symantec, however, its deployment was more difficult. But detection was great and we could trust its results much more. Malwarebytes was the best out of all. We could trust the results, and it was easy to use and deploy. There were no issues with this application compared to Symantec.

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David Crawford

IT Consultant

Great Lakes Health ConnectHigher Education, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive return as it's open-source (free) on all OS's.
If a person is not used of the command line there are a ton of front ends that make it point-and-click so the learning curve is good. That cuts down on time and manpower.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 11-50 employees

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Good reliability record. High level of detections. Blacks threats well.
Updates and deployment are easy and reliable.
Has protected our systems and business users well.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Food Production Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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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

Rating Summary

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Nmap vs Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

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Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

Feature Rating Comparison

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Automated network device discovery

Network monitoring

Baseline threshold calculation

Alerts

Network capacity planning

Packet capture analysis

Network mapping

Customizable reports

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Hardware health monitoring

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Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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