We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Data Loss Prevention 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."Another important feature is that the solution doesn't require any additional infrastructure to implement. It's a software license that is compatible with our existing hardware. We were able to install and configure the product seamlessly and effortlessly."
"Our clients primarily deploy Palo Alto Networks Enterprise DLP to control the flow of information in and out of their networks. The main use cases include monitoring and managing sensitive data such as credit card information and personally identifiable information."
"The setup is very easy as we just need to switch on and switch off."
"It is a stable solution with good support."
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"All of the features are really important, including DLP for the OCR and endpoint. It will be all of the combined features that will give you the strength to control the data. Every feature has its own uniqueness, different control and will help you to protect the data."
"We can integrate with some other tools such as Splunk, which is very useful."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Data Loss Prevention are endpoint security, endpoint agent, and DLP. Additionally, we have been satisfied with the policies."
"The most valuable aspect of Symantec DLP is its broad coverage. Symantec DLP covers USB, Outlook email clients, and web traffic. If we install the endpoint DLP, we can cover multiple channels, including the clipboard and printer."
"The most valuable feature is file-level DLP."
"Good end point encryption and data loss prevention."
"The incident response capability has been instrumental in mitigating potential data loss."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention is the number one product in its field. It does its job well and it has all the necessary features. It is definitely better than any other solution on the market."
"You need to have an external solution to backup everything. For example, you need to have Syslog installed on your server as well so that you can back it up to another place."
"The solution needs improvement in stability. There has been feedback regarding the accuracy of file categorization."
"Its scalability is not on par with the features of others."
"There is room for improvement in the documentation around the maintenance of the product, how the automatic updates work, and pushing out new policies. A little more detail and context in that area would be helpful."
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"The enforce service is difficult to understand, and free courses made available on the internet would be useful."
"It is very difficult to log in to create a support ticket because no one is available to support our queries."
"The product must improve its interface."
"We're not sure if there was an issue or a bug on the system recently because as of right now if someone sends out a compressed encrypted file, the DLP won't scan it."
"Symantec could be better with infrastructure."
"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."
"The upgrade process is convoluted. The server and database software must run in line with third-party providers like the Oracle database. If an Oracle database reaches the end of its life, then servers must be decommissioned, and you need to bring new servers online. When the maintenance packages are deployed to the management server, they don't get pushed to the detection servers. Each detection server must be manually installed rather than automatically made from a single server. If it's a large enterprise, you need to manually install it or use a GPO or some other technology, which I never use."
"Technical support is pathetic."
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Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention is ranked 13th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 4 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.6, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention writes "Centralized admin makes it easy for our small team to manage ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Zscaler DLP, Cyberhaven and Check Point CloudGuard Code Security, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Netskope Data Loss Prevention (DLP). See our Palo Alto Networks Enterprise Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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