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."We also like the flexibility in their licensing."
"They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
"The prioritization feature is great. I think it has all of the advanced features that we need."
"Qualys VM is very stable."
"Provides great functionality."
"The reporting is fine."
"The monitoring in the management console allows us to find out what is going wrong, and it gets reports even before the user reports it."
"Good file integrity monitoring features."
"The most valuable feature is the endpoint protection system."
"The ability to finely control permissions and restrictions on servers or assets through a customizable rule set is a key strength."
"We use the product to prevent unauthorized access to data, systems, and servers. It provides essential features for data center security."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized console, which can handle different products that we have."
"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 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."
"Make some minimal dashboard improvements."
"Qualys VM's scanner doesn't pick up every vulnerability, so we have to use multiple scanners to cover that gap."
"It is a struggle to be able to pull our report and to be able to do onboarding using automated tools."
"The disadvantage of working with Qualys is that the graphical interface is quite outdated."
"Endpoint stability and fault resolution could be improved."
"Certain integration factors between different options could be improved."
"It is more expensive vs. other products on the market."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"There is room for improvement in enhancing its graphical user interface for a more user-friendly experience."
"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."
"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."
"There is plenty of room for improvement with this product, and it could start with platform metrics."
"Could have better reporting capabilities and better support."
"This solution clashes with Microsoft defender, which results in performance degradation on the machine."
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Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews while Symantec Data Center Security is ranked 11th 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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