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Decent Encryption solution but has it's issues
March 16, 2021

Decent Encryption solution but has it's issues

Ivan Sytchev | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE)

DDPE has been rebranded as DDS (Dell Data Security) but it offers all the same things. We now use it for ATP as it comes bundled with Cylance and also to manage disk encryption. We use BitLocker to encrypt local disks but manage this with DDS. In the past we used DDPE encryption for our systems but that caused a lot of issues with Windows updates.
  • Easy to manage security policies for ATP and Encryption
  • Comes with Cylance ATP
  • Very powerful and flexible encryption tools
  • The encryption policies require careful configuration to avoid damaging the system
  • Encryption does not play nice with Windows OS updates
  • Added security to physical disks and removable media
  • Protects with very powerful ATP
We had terrible experience with Carbon Black. It locked up systems and was very difficult to remove from systems. We chose DDPE as it did what we needed it to do and provided very customizable settings.

Do you think Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dell Data Protection | Encryption Enterprise Edition (DDPE) again?

No

DDPE is great if you want very specific data encrypted and managed. It's flexible in terms of configuration but also can be quite a pain to get configured right. It requires a lot of exclusions and does not play nice with Windows Updates. Usually the client needs to be updated before updates on Windows can be installed and sometimes a new version is no where in sight. The ATP is great but also requires extensive configurations as otherwise it has way too many false positives.