We performed a comparison between Microsoft BitLocker and Sophos Mobile based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, McAfee, Sophos and others in Endpoint Encryption."The most important aspect of this solution is that if your laptop gets stolen, the information is encrypted."
"The ease of administering and integrating the solution is great."
"The solution has a feature that automatically asks the users to upgrade their password once we set up the process."
"You can do a silent remote deployment very fast."
"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 comes bundled with other Microsoft solutions."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"I liked the way it works with our Microsoft tools. As we roll out Intune, we can validate if the device has been encrypted, and if not, we can push it down. It is pretty simple to deploy."
"The solution is quite user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the mobile device management capability. You can easily manage all of your mobile devices."
"The utmost importance lies in mobile security and its performance."
"In terms of valuable features, we liked the lock feature, the roll-out white feature, and the find feature. I think that Sophos had a GPS locator, so you could figure out where the phone was from a GPS location."
"I like the level of interaction that the product offers with the other products in our company's environment."
"Sophos can block the Wi-Fi connection on a mobile device. That's one feature we wanted, but the main thing is the ability to disable the device if it's lost or stolen. We need to shut down PayPal, so it can't be used to make unauthorized purchases."
"They always add more features to this product."
"The solution provides us with data protection."
"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."
"I often have to make multiple attempts to log in."
"The initial setup is complex."
"In future releases, I would like to see a feature where I can have a view of each device that has BitLocker to see if these machines are encrypted or not. So, I just want a view or a dashboard that can tell us so that I can remediate and add BitLocker to those systems or devices."
"The primary aspect for improvement lies in expanding our developer base, which would accelerate the development process and bring these enhancements to fruition"
"Some of the technical internal functions, such as encryption protocols or something similar, could be improved."
"For improvement, as it is now, I do not have any support from anyone. There should be a web interface to manage BitLocker. But for now, all I do is just install a new product on the user's machine and create it. I would like to be able to see everything that is happening, even if it is just through a web interface. I would also like to be able to see how many users are provisioned, which users are using BitLocker, and how to disable or enable it. That's what I would like to see."
"They could improve cloud integration regarding attribute and encryption key management."
"It could be more secure."
"We encounter issues while working with iOS."
"The features of Sophos Mobile could improve. The way the system works together could be better. Additionally, the integration with other Sophos products could improve."
"They continue to work on integration with mobile device management and mobile security. They are improving the protection but I think that the capabilities still need to be enhanced."
"We have experienced issues in updating iOS devices when we set a minimum version requirement policy, and we do not have the option to force automatic installation. This means that the device must be supervised in order for updates to be applied, which we would like to see improved."
"For Sophos Mobile, it is difficult to get good support."
"Our support reps are based in the Philippines, and it's hard to connect with them sometimes. It took me about two months to resolve my issue, so it wasn't a good experience."
"There may be necessary adjustments that need to be made because we are facing certain restrictions within the work profile."
Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews while Sophos Mobile is ranked 9th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 13 reviews. Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2, while Sophos Mobile is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "User-friendly, easy to set up, and offers real-time machine status updates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Mobile writes "Stable product with central administration to manage device security ". Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Complete Data Protection, Symantec Endpoint Encryption, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption and WinMagic SecureDoc, whereas Sophos Mobile is most compared with Microsoft Intune, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Jamf Pro, VMware Workspace ONE and Lookout.
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