We performed a comparison between Microsoft Bitlocker and Symantec Endpoint Encryption based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Bitlocker seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, half of Symantec Endpoint Encryption reviewers found Symantec Endpoint Encryption to be difficult to deploy. Additionally, users of Symantec Endpoint Encryption find it difficult to upgrade. Finally, Symantec Endpoint Encryption’s users are not impressed with its technical support.
"The product is stable."
"The most important aspect of this solution is that if your laptop gets stolen, the information is encrypted."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"It's a straightforward solution for encryption."
"It holds significant value as it reduces the need for extensive IT management to handle security across networks and environments"
"The solution works the way it's supposed to - stability and scalability are fine."
"The best thing about it is the encryption type and the way it requires TPM when someone tries to access the drive."
"The ease of use is the most valuable feature. The ability to import data to build your frontend on top of the data is very simple and very useable."
"It helps us put antivirus solutions in place and prevent malware from getting to our machines."
"The management console gives us the ability to quickly control who sees what, ensures we are on the latest version, and up-to-date."
"The most valuable feature is that it works in the background so that the end-users are not aware of what is happening on the laptop."
"Overall Symantec Endpoint Encryption is a reasonable solution."
"The solution’s installation was easy."
"We have been very satisfied with the solution's security capabilities."
"The best feature of Symantec Endpoint Encryption is the encryption itself. Encryption truly is the way to go because nowadays we are living in an era of widespread server threats, and you need to encrypt your emails and documents because you never know who might get hold of them."
"It has reduced the number of incidents related to the loss of information."
"I would like to be able to encrypt our cloud tenancy."
"The encryption takes a long time to complete, and our system runs very slowly while it is encrypting."
"Microsoft BitLocker needs to be an all-inclusive solution. For example, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) cryptoprocessor is required to use Bitlocker with your computer which keeps Bitlocker from adoption beyond Windows."
"If integration with Active Directory are not mandatory for him, I think that there are many other solutions in the market that equal or are much stronger than Microsoft."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
"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 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."
"The migration itself is a nightmare."
"The program's disk encryption is not very friendly with Microsoft OS updates. We have a problem with updates failing unless we use a time-consuming work-around."
"I would like them to have integration with a wider range of non-Symantec products."
"There are other solutions in the market that have new features. The feature could improve."
"It was hard to install and took us about three months."
"More features need to be included in the encryption software."
"The solution does slow down the device a little bit, once it's installed."
"The solution presently doesn't let network folder encryption be done on Macintosh."
"One feature that is lacking is integration with Symantec Information Centric (ICT). As it is now, I don't see how to integrate the encryption with ICT, and in my opinion this is an area that certainly requires encryption, even though it's no longer supported by Broadcom."
Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 34 reviews. Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption 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 Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Provides a centralized management console and a straightforward initial setup process ". Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Complete Data Protection, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, WinMagic SecureDoc and Sophos SafeGuard, whereas Symantec Endpoint Encryption is most compared with McAfee Complete Data Protection, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Digital Guardian, WinMagic SecureDoc and ESET Endpoint Encryption. See our Microsoft BitLocker vs. Symantec Endpoint Encryption report.
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