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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Symantec Client Management Suite

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Client Management Suite is designed to automate time-consuming and redundant tasks for deploying, managing, patching, and securing desktops and laptops so organizations can reduce the cost and effort of managing Windows, Mac, Linux, and virtual desktop environments.N/A

    Tenable Security Center

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) from Tenable Network Security in Baltimore, presents a vulnerabiliy management option used to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk to businesses. It is managed on premises.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Symantec Client Management SuiteTenable Security Center
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Symantec Client Management Suite and Tenable Security Center
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    Ratings
    Tenable Security Center
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Symantec Client Management Suite and Tenable Security Center
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    Tenable Security Center
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    IT Asset Realization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Tenable Nessus
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Tenable Vulnerability Management
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Symantec Client Management SuiteTenable Security Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Symantec Client Management SuiteTenable Security Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    Whenever you have computers that aren't easily accessible or you have a big site to cover (or multi location), Symantec Client Management Suite (CMS) is really great to manage all your computers, if it's for installation, software, licenses or even status. Setting up all you need from CMS can take some time, especially when you're in a multi-location site. We had to ask the Symantec engineers to help us a couple of times and set things up because even if we followed the documentation, it wasn't an easy task. But at least, the Symantec engineers are people that know what they do and they're really efficient at it.
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    Tenable
    [Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)] does very well for internal scanning for vulnerabilities, however it needs to be combined with Tenable.io in order to do cloud scanning.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • Patch Management: We are able to easily deploy patches to all our workstations and accurately report on compliance.
    • Software Delivery: We do a lot of software deployments to our end users and with CMS we can quickly create policies or tasks to perform these deliveries and get quick results on our success or failures.
    • Inventory: Ease of use to get reports of what workstations have what software installed, patch levels, or hardware specifications.
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    Tenable
    • Vulnerability management from one place
    • Maximum endpoint visibility
    • Easy to set up and plan the structure
    • Support desk quickly responses
    • Well-prepared documentation
    • Broad scanning type
    • Supports various compliance standards
    • User groups allows coordination between teams
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • More transparency with the roadmap would be a welcome change. New and upcoming features are usually a surprise until a major Symantec Event takes place but little is heard about those features before and even after, in some cases, leading up to a release.
    • Documentation for some items is poor. Especially around the Workflow product. It was intended that the documentation for the elements in a workflow would be crowd-sourced, which is a good idea, but in order for that to happen, more people need to be using it and taking the time to draw up the documents.
    • Cost. Its always a big topic, especially in higher-ed, but Symantec could do more to lower its costs for some product lines in order to gain more acceptance and support. If that was done and more institutions could get their student workers to use the product, once they leave college and go into the "real-world" there is a possibility that they would start recommending Symantec products because of their use in College.
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    Tenable
    • Centralized vulnerability management with sensors.
    • Network health assessment and Incident response.
    • For alerting or notification, it should also support the SMS gateway.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
    So far so good - no major issues with that technology.
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    Tenable
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    Usability
    Broadcom
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    Tenable
    based on product capabilities and usage
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    Support at Symantec isn't that great. Client Management Suite isn't even listed on the Support Portal when trying to open a ticket. Your best bet for support is actually the user groups that Symantec hosts. The members of the groups are usually very responsive. With Broadcom buying Symantec, I've seen a huge jump in personnel leaving Symantec, so I'm assuming the support is just going to get worse. Recently for a simple question, I reached out to 5 people just to find out 4 of the 5 had left the company.
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    Tenable
    On all of the occasions that I have had to reach out to Tenable for assistance, they have been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Solutions and support are provided quickly, and they work on the issue until it is resolved.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    Although there are other tools that can be utilized I don't believe those tools are as robust as Symantec Management Platform. The Symantec Management Platform was chosen because of the value it returns internally and for our customers. You can pull just about any data element from an endpoint and provide detailed reports or great graphs for the C-Level
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    Tenable
    We decided to go with Tenable due to its robust reporting capabilities and competitive pricing vs its competitors. While all tools are very similar in regards to scanning capabilities we prefer Tenable SC's user interface. We also like the option to have both on-prem and cloud with theirs. Tenable io product as well.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • SMP allows us to centrally manage all of our endpoints with little to no end user interaction.
    • With the new P2P downloading our bandwidth constraints have been almost completely removed.
    • Cloud Enabled Management (CEM) allows our remote users to receive the same updates as in-network devices without the need for a VPN connection.
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    Tenable
    • Create internal/operational efficiencies
    • Improve compliance & risk management
    • Cost management
    • Solid vulnerability scanner
    • Ease, of use, and capabilities when it comes to analyzing vulnerabilities is what makes this product stand out
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