We performed a comparison between Oracle Advanced Security and Symantec Endpoint Encryption based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, McAfee, Sophos and others in Endpoint Encryption."The most valuable feature is the data encryption option for columns and tables."
"The features that are the most used by the customers and partners are, at the moment, for GDPR, so obviously data encryption and data reduction. Our customers also like the partitioning option."
"The solution is great for large-scale deployments."
"It is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Antivirus, URL filtering, and firewall protection are the most effective features for data protection."
"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."
"The initial setup was easy."
"One notable aspect is the ability to customize alerts and other settings."
"Having a single command to encrypt a table would be an improvement."
"It is really constrained as an environment because you cannot change something that would be useful. It is a very good product because it is very similar to what you have on-premises. Yes, it is constrained, but it is expected because it is a platform as a service so it has to be constrained."
"From an administration point of view, maybe it would be ideal to have it centrally managed."
"I do not find the environment to be very user-friendly."
"The UI could be improved."
"The product can be expensive. Price was a factor in moving away from the product."
"There are other solutions in the market that have new features. The feature could improve."
"It's difficult to integrate the solution with the DLP"
"What I didn't find helpful in the version we used is the fact that all devices had to be on the same network for us to push through the encryption."
"Upgrades from one version to another may only sometimes be straightforward, especially if one needs a clearer understanding of the process."
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Oracle Advanced Security is ranked 12th in Endpoint Encryption while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is ranked 7th in Endpoint Encryption with 34 reviews. Oracle Advanced Security is rated 8.0, while Symantec Endpoint Encryption is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Advanced Security writes "Good support, stable, and offers encryption at both the column and table level". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Encryption writes "Provides a centralized management console and a straightforward initial setup process ". Oracle Advanced Security is most compared with IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, Microsoft BitLocker, Voltage SecureData Enterprise, Protegrity Data Security and Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting, whereas Symantec Endpoint Encryption is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, McAfee Complete Data Protection, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Digital Guardian and WinMagic SecureDoc.
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