Compare Digital Guardian vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention
Digital Guardian is ranked 4th in Data Loss Prevention with 3 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 1st in Data Loss Prevention with 9 reviews. Digital Guardian is rated 7.0, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Digital Guardian writes "The classification engine enables you to set up inspection rules to determine whether data has PII". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Enables us to create policies to control sensitive company data". Digital Guardian is most compared with Symantec Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and CrowdStrike, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian and Trend Micro Data Loss Prevention. See our Digital Guardian vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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It can scale from 100 to 10,000. There's no problem with the scalability. In Digital Guardian, they have the cloud correlation servers that give you visibility work like EBR and the correlation server works very well for security analysis. The technical support is really terrific. | The data matching features are the most valuable due to the easy policy setup and implementation. The most valuable feature of this solution is endpoint security. I'm able to track everyone who is trying to send information outside the environment and to know if they are not supposed to be sending it. I'm also able to see the people who are accessing or maybe try to access the information they are not supposed to be accessing based on their level of classification. It gives me overall control of who has got access to what and at what point. And who can do what with specific information. The features I like most about this solution is the endpoint modules because it gives us the protection we need. They have a feature on the management side called the document indexer. Let's say you have a unique document with many near identical versions, which have one or several values that change, while the rest of the content stays the same. You can collect 50 of those documents and put them into this feature of the Symantec DLP system. It will compress them and create a profile specifically for that document. The product is very stable. The synchronize application detection policies have been very good. We are able to contain our confidential data in our environment. |
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There are a lot of issues with the current version of the Endpoint agent. It's not stable, it's resource-consuming, and there are some performance issues. If they could improve the stability of the agent it would be great. The room for improvement with Digital Guardian is that it will be better with the Linux agent because it is the only DLP solution for Linux workstations. It still needs to upgrade the agents to the latest version for the Linux kernel. I would like to see the workflow, to get all the rules and policies set up, be less complicated. | The enforce service is difficult to understand, and free courses made available on the internet would be useful. This product is very powerful but it is very complex, so making it simpler to use would be an improvement. In a majority of cases, most of the companies are using DLP for endpoint sessions, where you have a user that might be communicating information outside of the company. However, they forget there are actual interfaces that can directly communicate with either the database or other files within the data center that uses end-to-end encryption. In those cases, you might need things like your DLP to be able to monitor and block some of that. The solution needs to catch information communicated through the data center on the server-side. I do have a problem with the database. That fine tuning has to be done for the customer as well as the vendor. So if I take Symantec DLP, we have to have some final fine tuning but we may need some time developing this depending on the customer. This is an area where something can be done to improve the product. Virtualization is not currently supported. We want a more proactive reporting structure. They could improve the predefined reports because they don't have much information. We would like detailed reports. |
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Digital Guardian has both, subscription and perpetual licenses, but I think when everything (all technologies) will go to the cloud they will only offer subscriptions. If I compare Digital Guardian with Symantec, the license cost is lower, but McAfee can be cheaper than Digital Guardian. It depends on how many licenses you plan to buy and how big the project is. The cost is not so high as Symantec, but not as cheap as McAfee. They can easily sell the solution for price. | In terms of pricing, Symantec DLP works with Oracle Database. Oracle Database licensing is much more expensive than other databases. That might be a drawback for customers. The pricing is on a yearly subscription basis. We are happy with the pricing and licencing. The pricing is competitive and not pricey. We also receive corporate discounts. The pricing and licensing are based on per user endpoints. From what I know the pricing is good, it's not too expensive. If you negotiate you can get a good price. |
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Overview | |
Digital Guardian Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data on all your endpoints. It protects intellectual property and personal information. An endpoint agent that captures and records all system, user and data events on or off the network. It has a granular control of all data movement that can be configured to automatically block, justify or encrypt sensitive data in or attached to email, files moved to removable drives, cloud storage, or web - malware and malware-free - before sensitive data is lost. It has a built-in advanced data classification that creates and modifies classification and usage policies through content inspection, context-awareness and user classification. It provides design policies with controls that won't block actions that comply with corporate policy so employees remain productive while the data stays safe. | Keeping sensitive corporate information safe and compliant has never been easy. But today, you’re faced with a totally new set of data protection challenges. Sensitive information is leaving the safety of your corporate network as more employees share files over consumer cloud storage services and access those files on their own mobile devices. The number of targeted cyber attacks continues to grow, as cybercriminals develop effective new methods for defeating traditional security measures and stealing corporate information. And as all of these factors converge, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage corporate information and protect it against loss and theft. Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) provides a comprehensive approach to information protection that embraces today’s cloud- and mobile-centered realities. With DLP, you can: • Discover where data is stored across all of your cloud, mobile, network, endpoint, and storage systems • Monitor how data is being used, whether your employees are on or off the network • Protect data from being leaked or stolen—no matter where it’s stored or how it’s used |
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| The Fifth Avenue Theatre, Jabil Circuit | Hadassah University Hospital, Her Majestys Government (HMG), United Kingdom, Hitachi Consulting Software Services India Pvt Ltd., Hua Nan Bank, Hyundai Department Store Group,JW Marriott Hotel Seoul, Lake Health, McCann Erickson Israel, Molina Healthcare Inc., PGi, Quilvest Switzerland Limited, State of Nevada Public Employees Benefits Program, Symantec Corporation (Enterprise Security), The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (DLP), The Saudi Industrial Property Authority, TSO cloud, Visa, Yunnan Power Grid Company |
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Software R&D Company33% Comms Service Provider15% Media Company7% Government6% | Software R&D Company34% Comms Service Provider24% Financial Services Firm12% Media Company8% |
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