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Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike and others in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)."The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"There are some great features in ESET Endpoint Antivirus when you are browsing on the internet. For example, they have a notification if within your LAN network something is suspected to be a threat. Additionally, the malware features are very good."
"The protection and device control features are the most valuable. I found its user interface and integration pretty good. It is very user friendly as compared to other products."
"We do not have a domain structure yet but we can manage our client stations via this solution's managing interface. This means that we don't need to have any extra management platforms."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Technical support has been very good. They are helpful and responsive."
"They do a program where you can renew for three years. It's very reasonable, as far as the cost per year, because you can renew for three years. They will also do multiple computers, so I actually protect all my family computers, as well as my work computers, all under one license. This means I only have to deal with re-upping my license once every three years. That's the big thing for me."
"This solution does not slow down your systems. It is very light."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable feature is endpoint encryption, and it's quite easy to manage."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The solution is included in Windows 11."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection and ease of use."
"It maintains security on my computer. Since I travel a lot, it gives me confidence that if, for some reason, my computer is lost, my data won't be compromised."
"It is easy to use and administer."
"It is easy to implement and has AD integration."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The new versions only support no operative systems in Mac and do not support operative systems."
"The solution includes only Intrusion Detection and not IPS, which is an important feature that is missing in my version."
"They recently released an EDR integration. I hope they have more AI or intelligence filtering on the EDR events. Even though it has already got AI, but it is quite a different thing. So, they still have room to improve on the EDR part. This is one small piece that they need to improve. Otherwise, it is just fine."
"The adware module could be improved."
"The migration between on-prem and cloud has room for improvement."
"The product should provide a one-click option to renew the licenses."
"We do get false positives."
"After we did the initial setup of ESET Endpoint Security, we had to inform users about popups. This solution comes with an in-built software firewall and there can be some popups coming. We must tell the user not to keep, allow, or block anything. That is the main issue on the user side we have faced. The user's experience may not be as good."
"The solution lacks the ability to allow its user to provide limited access to someone."
"The implementation of BitLocker is not simple. There are many prerequisites and hours of study and testing."
"The management of the product could be made a little easier."
"The biggest one for us is revoking access. So, even though someone downloads something to a device, we want the ability to cloak that device or data and bring it back or make that data unusable for that person. Currently, BitLocker doesn't give us that ability. It basically encrypts it. We're seeing if identity management or IAM allows us to do that. We're kind of looking at third-party software that does that for us."
"There is room for improvement in stability."
"The deployment process regarding prerequisites and automation could be easy to understand."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Some of the technical internal functions, such as encryption protocols or something similar, could be improved."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 99 reviews while Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "A solution that prevents unauthorized access and goes beyond security measures to provide protection to its users". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Check Point Harmony Endpoint, whereas Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, Symantec Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Complete Data Protection, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption and WinMagic SecureDoc.
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Are you in a regulated industry? If so using the native BitLocker is not enough to prove compliance. You will need to use something like BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) which is part of MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack) or another tool that will manage Bitlocker and give you proof the device is encrypted in the event of a lost or stolen device. You also need to enforce secure password management, user training on passwords and regular password changes.
If you have Microsoft 365 Business premium you have additional controls over Bitlocker; or, M365 E3/E5, Windows Enterprise E3/E5 all have MDOP...
Other Bitlocker management can be found with SOPHOS and I believe TrendMicro as well.
Another tool to consider, especially for laptops, is ABSOLUTE software. It is built into the BIOS of the major laptop brands and just needs the key to activate it...
Also, ESET is a quality product for encryption. It gives you additional options for less than some of the Microsoft alternatives.
BitLocker is just not FREE if you are in a regulated industry since it needs management to truly be secure the device and prove compliance.
I hope some of this helps.
I guess the solution depends upon a couple of things for us and how we currently approach this for our clients.
We have both in place around a variety of small clients. As 99% of our systems have Windows Pro, they have BitLocker, therefore this would now be the first choice.
However, if the client requires centralised management and control we would then advise ESET. And that is the core to this for us, if they need central management, control, recovery - ESET every time.
If it is just encryption and there is no need to control/recover and a simple reformat would work (and loss of history/data is not an issue), then BitLocker is ok.