We compared Endpoint Protector and Symantec Data Loss Prevention based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The pricing of these two solutions is comparable. However, Endpoint Protector comes out on top in this comparison due to the complexity of Symantec’s deployment process, its possibly ineffective support, and lack of ROI data.
"It also provides us with the ability to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is pretty important because we don't want certain data accessed. It does a really good job when it comes to the versatility of the exit points it supports, making sure that important data does not leave our organization."
"The core of its value lies in obtaining logs remotely and exercising control over what employees can or cannot use."
"The most valuable features are the ability to prevent access to external devices, and also site blocking."
"It is fantastic in terms of the granularity of the policies. It has many built-in policies, and we can add or create more policies as well. It is perfect, and it gives us more options. We have some users who go outside and then come inside. With EPP, we can even control those users who are outside. If they need to access the media that we are using right now, we can provide OTP messages so that they can access the media even when they are outside of their organization. With our previous solution, we were facing some issues in doing this."
"The versatility regarding the exit point Endpoint Protector supports in making sure that important data doesn't leave our organization is vital for us. In the industry that we're in, data breaches are a significant concern. While our staff is contractually required to maintain confidentiality and they're all very aware that they shouldn't try and transfer company data of different classifications elsewhere to non-company devices, there's a risk."
"The most valuable features are Device Control, Content-Aware Protection, Enforced Encryption, and eDiscovery."
"We like that content-aware and device controls can easily be managed. They're not complicated. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand them."
"There are effectively two areas of DLP to look at from a technical perspective. One is how it performs the pickup of information traversing the system and the other is how the policy engine, which analyzes the data, works. On the first aspect, CoSoSys is probably best of breed for macOS because they're reasonably well-integrated into the operating system. They're looking at the file system operations level, not at the execution level."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Data Loss Prevention are endpoint security, endpoint agent, and DLP. Additionally, we have been satisfied with the policies."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Data Loss Prevention is the ease of modification."
"The tool's really working well, and the agents are good."
"The solution can easily scale."
"One of the most valuable features is that you can check attachments."
"The detection capabilities are comprehensive."
"We are able to contain our confidential data in our environment."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"It needs to improve in terms of policy customization."
"The reports and analysis could be improved. There could be a little more data, and the logs could be a little more granular, but it's nothing major. It does what it needs to do, and it's fine."
"The only aspect that prevents it from being a perfect solution is the occasional slower response time."
"CoSoSys Endpoint Protector's network-level DLP and integration with mail servers need improvement."
"If CoSoSys comes up with a suite of Host DLP, along with Network DLP and SaaS DLP, it will cover all of the aspects of a DLP solution."
"Endpoint Protector would be improved with more DLP templates."
"I have faced issues which shouldn't be related to this product. This product is purely a DLP, so it should only protect my data. I don't know what is happening with their agent or what is happening with the software, but it messes up my endpoint. For example, people are facing bandwidth issues. Before I deployed this on an endpoint, people were getting internet speeds of 40 or 50 Mbps. After deploying it, that would come down to 10 Mbps. And if I uninstalled the agent, it would go back to 50 Mbps."
"The policy engine could use a bit of work. They're definitely going in the right direction. We've been working with them over the last few weeks to try and optimize that. But it's reasonably clear that they're just not putting as much effort into the policy engine as into other things, like content discovery."
"Data Masking could be improved."
"In the object capture recognition, which we implemented recently, there are a lot of false positives that have been happening."
"The policies need to be improved."
"I do have a problem with the database."
"What could be improved in Symantec Data Loss Prevention is its security. It should be more secure."
"Symantec could improve by being more creative and simplifying the functions. Additionally, the data protection should be bundled with data classification and labeling instead of them being separate."
"There should be more information about the features of the solution and what they do. This way we would be able to use all the features that are available."
"They need to expand the channels they check."
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CoSoSys Endpoint Protector is ranked 8th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 25 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. CoSoSys Endpoint Protector is rated 8.4, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CoSoSys Endpoint Protector writes "Makes management and upgrades easier and provides better control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". CoSoSys Endpoint Protector is most compared with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Safetica ONE, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Zscaler DLP and Netwrix Data Loss Prevention, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP and Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention. See our CoSoSys Endpoint Protector vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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