We performed a comparison between McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Sophos SafeGuard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is a very stable product."
"The whitelisting works well."
"The most valuable feature of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is data loss prevention."
"The administrative capabilities and the interface make this product accessible and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to control access to USB drives and other external devices."
"What I like about McAfee Total Protection is that it's working. I also like that it doesn't require any specific knowledge to set up."
"The initial setup process was easy."
"The stability of the solution can be good. However, the configuration takes a long time for it to be done properly."
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"The solution has a great VPN."
"The advantage of Sophos SafeGuard stems from the fact that it is more secure than other products in the market."
"Security-wise, it's one of the best."
"It's quite easy to integrate Safeguard with BitLocker"
"It's easy to use. You have to pay extra for additional, but the basic product is fantastic. It will be a good solution for you, depending on your requirements."
"The product filters phishing emails."
"SafeGuard's best feature is its stability."
"It's the best solution on the market."
"The product uses a lot of resources and because of this it is not always a good solution for every situation."
"It could improve how it deals with solar data."
"When this solution is used it requires a lot of administration because the users can have difficulties using it and require assistance. The administrators are continuously modifying the policies for the users. Technical support will be used frequently."
"The interface can be improved, it's too cluttered."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve by making the customer aware of the benefits of the solution which would increase the adoption. Additionally, if there were features to suit multi-cloud environments it would be helpful. If the solution can intelligently identify which is important data for the organization and should not be released from the organization without authorization would be a benefit."
"We need to do a lot of configuration."
"In my experience, it's not really user-friendly for me, in terms of how I navigate with the ePolicy Orchestrator. They need to upgrade their management console."
"Integration with other vendors could be improved. For example, with Chrome or Firefox."
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"The dashboards lack sufficient information."
"Once you lock a server, you won't be able to install or put something on that particular server, but on the PC or machines, the lockdown feature is not there, and it is a query our company raised when we had to provide details for Sophos' review."
"The tutorials need to be simplified. The existing ones need to be easier to follow and we could use some tutorials for basic setups. They should aim to be more like Cisco, which offers very good tutorials and materials."
"Having a DLP integrated with the encryption engine would be very good."
"As a tool, Sophos SafeGuard is not optimized."
"If it's possible, they should make all the features available because it's got a lot of features on offer, but you have to buy the license in order to add those features to the normal Endpoint. If they could make all those features available and/or offer a bundling option it would be better."
"The Office 360 integration could be improved."
"The security does not have 100% authentication."
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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is ranked 9th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 29 reviews while Sophos SafeGuard is ranked 6th in Endpoint Encryption with 33 reviews. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is rated 7.4, while Sophos SafeGuard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention writes "Highly beneficial DLP functionality, full system protection, and useful file scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos SafeGuard writes "Stable solution that preserves data confidentiality". McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention, HP Wolf Security and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Sophos SafeGuard is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, ESET Endpoint Encryption, Symantec Endpoint Encryption and Cisco Secure Endpoint. See our McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard report.
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