We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Symantec Data Center Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7 and others in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management."The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"Tech support is helpful."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"We also like the flexibility in their licensing."
"The tool will then detect any anomalies, such as an intruder who has breached the network, which can trigger the system lockdown feature if it's enabled and meets the defined threshold."
"The granularity of applying the policies is valuable."
"The ability to finely control permissions and restrictions on servers or assets through a customizable rule set is a key strength."
"Good file integrity monitoring features."
"The console and tools are very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized console, which can handle different products that we have."
"The advantage of Data Center Security is its ease of use and that it serves as a single unified platform, where I can apply all my security policies to protect that server."
"The most valuable feature is the endpoint protection system."
"One of the biggest issues from the clients' perspective is that all Qualys computing is on the cloud."
"Finding things in management can be quite difficult."
"They're still evolving their platform in terms of reporting capabilities."
"There's a need to upgrade or fix the potential vulnerability rate. Around 20,000 potential vulnerabilities were showing in Qualys VMDR, but none of the other tools showed them. When we checked, it wasn't the case. Support explained that even small issues were being counted as vulnerabilities, causing issues in our audit. So, the security features could be improved to identify vulnerabilities accurately."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
"I would like to see more accuracy in detections, better reporting capabilities, and better dashboard download capabilities."
"Adding more compatibility with common products like Microsoft would be a plus."
"Agent management is a challenging task."
"The product blocks certain processes, even after allowlisting them."
"The support is very bad. They're not fast at all. Trend Micro's support is much better."
"There is room for improvement in enhancing its graphical user interface for a more user-friendly experience."
"A user or administrator making the policy in the DCS should have a very thorough knowledge of the operating system or policy making. You have to be very specific about the data structure."
"Could have better reporting capabilities and better support."
"They need to develop a more flexible product that can be scaled such that it fits well into a small business or a bigger, enterprise-level solution."
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Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews while Symantec Data Center Security is ranked 12th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 11 reviews. Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2, while Symantec Data Center Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Center Security writes "A robust solution that provides comprehensive protection for data centers, offering agentless security, powerful intrusion prevention, and a wide range of security features". Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management, whereas Symantec Data Center Security is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Symantec Endpoint Security, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes.
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