Item: BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
Rating: 7
Author: John Keenan

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Endpoint protection for windows-based computers. Feeds to SIEM for correlation of events to other security intelligence and threat detection.

Pros and Cons

Behavior analysis
Integration with SIEM

Chaotic upgrades
Time consuming exception management

Return on Investment

Low incidents
Low interoperability issues

Support Rating

Good reps and resellers willing to dig in and research answers to questions when the SOC team can’t immediately resolve.

Key Insights

Do you think BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)'s feature set?

Yes

Did BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) again?

Yes

For behavior-based endpoint protection, Cylance and its choices for automatically putting new machines into the highest protection zone, make installation and customization deferment reasonably uncomplicated. If you want distribution of upgrading so agents are on a disciplined cycle, then Cylance needs some specific work and extra tools to accomplish this.

Cylance: Great Endpoint Protection

Overall Satisfaction with CylancePROTECT