We performed a comparison between Microsoft BitLocker, Sophos SafeGuard, and Symantec Endpoint Encryption based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Sophos, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Endpoint Encryption."Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable features are stability and simplicity in terms of usage."
"The solution has a feature that automatically asks the users to upgrade their password once we set up the process."
"We have not seen any bugs or glitches, so the stability is good."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"BitLocker is completely stable."
"It's very straightforward to recover data. It's safe for us; in case of lost information, it provides multiple options to recover the data."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"It is easy to use. It is usually easy to recover someone's privacy. The manageability is much easier than McAfee. I think that Microsoft is a leader in this area. We are in the Microsoft school so our judgment of McAfee will be a little bit unfair as we recommend Microsoft all the time because of the easy manageability and support. I think that McAfee is designed for a different customer and every time we open a ticket with their support, it takes a very, very long time. The main difference is just the manageability and support. In terms of the solution itself or the functionality, I know that McAfee is very strong, but manageability and support, for us, is much more important. It's strengthens the solution for us."
"The monitoring features are easy to use."
"The intrusion detection system."
"It's a straightforward solution."
"It is one of the best products when it comes to stability."
"The product is easy to use."
"I like the support most of all."
"The solution has a great VPN."
"I like that Sophos SafeGuard provides excellent technical support."
"In general terms, it is working properly and according to our expectations. The comfort of feeling secure is the most valuable. Some customers had certain fears about changing the product because no one wants to lose any kind of information or to have some problems or inconsistencies while migrating from one product to another."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"One notable aspect is the ability to customize alerts and other settings."
"The solution is great for large-scale deployments."
"We can extend it to all of the critical endpoints and the servers, and we can ensure the confidentiality of the data."
"We have been very satisfied with the solution's security capabilities."
"It is fairly stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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."
"It needs a management console."
"BitLocker should be available on standard Windows. We need to spend money on a Pro license to get BitLocker because it's essential to protect our customers' data. We don't want that to fall into the wrong hands."
"User profiles can be improved so that people can create their own passwords. It has one password per machine, which is a problem. We would prefer each user to have his or her own boot password. Each user can have a username and password or biometrics, such as fingerprints and iris scanner, integrated into the boot process, but I really can't see that coming anytime soon, if ever."
"The solution could be improved if it was more user friendly."
"The management of the product could be made a little easier."
"The only thing that could be slightly improved is the occasional stability issue."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Having a DLP integrated with the encryption engine would be very good."
"It just needs a little bit more on the reporting side. Its reporting can be improved a little bit in terms of being able to know that things are in the right status. I should be able to pull a report to make sure that everything is all right. It could also have cloud integration. At the time I was using it, it wasn't a cloud product."
"Sophos SafeGuard cannot block or quarantine such viruses. Quarantine is a feature with shortcomings that needs improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see more automation with the endpoint logging, but it's a special feature that is quite complicated to explain."
"When you have the PPM chipset, you can have the power-on authentication, when you boot up your machine, you can set the six-digit passcode. As of right now, SafeGuard can't manage the six-digit passcode in terms of the expiration, and I need that added as a feature."
"Sophos should conduct some seminars to teach people how to use it and also to inform the users about what they should do in case of problems."
"The security does not have 100% authentication."
"The Office 360 integration could be improved."
"If for example, a user forgets the endpoint key, they cannot access their data. We need a support team that is a single point of contact for the IT entity to be trained and to have documentation for troubleshooting and managing the solution."
"I can only patch monthly. I don't know what the solution is there, besides being vulnerable for three weeks out of four. But there's got to be an option somehow."
"The product can be expensive. Price was a factor in moving away from the product."
"The solution does slow down the device a little bit, once it's installed."
"They have too high of a price tag. That's why they're losing the market share."
"The instability of the company and lack of presence in the Middle East is affecting product use."
"I do not find the environment to be very user-friendly."
"Symantec Endpoint Encryption can improve by being more secure."
