Anti-malware endpoint security solution by Intel
March 16, 2020
Anti-malware endpoint security solution by Intel
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Trellix Endpoint Security
Our University uses McAfee Endpoint Security to secure all devices across all its campuses. Each computer connected to the university’s private domain receives a mandatory McAfee client installation. This client is responsible for preventing any cases of malicious activities performed or attempted on the machine. It sends reports to the McAfee e-Policy Orchestration Management System. This console enables us (the security analysts) to remotely manage our endpoints/assets where the Endpoint Security Client is present and is connected to the internet.
Each department in our university, irrespective of their separate policies, has this client installed. The endpoint security client acts like the local antivirus on each machine and prevents malware using its virus database. This makes it easy to detect and prevent at the client level and maintain safety. Although it is a little heavy on some systems and has cases of false positives and false negatives (which is critical in this case), this does a better job than the default Windows defender. With the management console on top, we can force update, run scans, etc on all our endpoints in parallel without manually visiting the respective department. This saves a ton of time and effort.
Each department in our university, irrespective of their separate policies, has this client installed. The endpoint security client acts like the local antivirus on each machine and prevents malware using its virus database. This makes it easy to detect and prevent at the client level and maintain safety. Although it is a little heavy on some systems and has cases of false positives and false negatives (which is critical in this case), this does a better job than the default Windows defender. With the management console on top, we can force update, run scans, etc on all our endpoints in parallel without manually visiting the respective department. This saves a ton of time and effort.
- The detection level is better than Windows defender.
- The e-policy orchestration management console that comes with it enables us to oversee the devices remotely, run scans on the endpoints, and update their virus definitions forcibly.
- It sends regular updates and therefore each endpoints stays safe individually.
- Furthermore, it has a very easy to understand interface.
- The amount of false detections especially the negative ones needed to be reduced.
- It requires more optimization. It tends to make the PCs slower.
- It almost doesn't have the ability to heal. This is very important as we need our sensitive data to be recoverable.
- It doesn't have any free scanning functionality. Our users using personal machines cannot scan in case of an incident. This could be added like Malwarebytes.
- This tool helped us in delegating the asset safety responsibility to the client level by 80%, leaving 20% for the management console.
- With a decent pricing, the benefits are slightly above expectations. The ROI is good.
- But, considering most of the malware comes from internet, with a good email security appliance and next gen firewall in place, the online security alerts are now redundant. It could be something that can be termed as overkill on the budget.
Compared to its competitors like Cisco, McAfee is cheaper. At the competitive pricing levels, McAfee Endpoint Security does a good job. Although it stacks up finely against decent priced solutions but it doesn't provide superior service if the price limit is scaled down or up. For a lower budget, Malwarebytes totally beats McAfee as it provides a lot of free services and very cheap subscriptions. Once scaled up, Cisco's security ecosystem outperforms McAfee by several-folds. Although it worked well, as per the current situation of our organization, with the expensive Next Gen Firewall, IPS and the Email security appliance in place, I would like to revise the software list and probably go for a cheaper solution.
Do you think Trellix Endpoint Security ENS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Trellix Endpoint Security ENS's feature set?
No
Did Trellix Endpoint Security ENS live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Trellix Endpoint Security ENS go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Trellix Endpoint Security ENS again?
No