CoSoSys Endpoint Protector Reviews

It was the unique seventy-point I used for Linux devices. 

The console is friendly and it supports Mac.

They have many predefined classifiers in terms of data identifiers, and they should improve this. 

As per the market perspectives, the data is driven and the usage is totally modernized. Digitally, there are lots of inventions and the data usage depends on the cloud.

I have been using CoSoSys Endpoint Protector for six months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

The initial setup is easy. 

The pricing depends on the customers. 

I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

We use this product to protect our Mac and Windows 10 endpoints.

Our main purpose is to block the uploading of Excel and PowerPoint files. We also use it to block USB devices and other peripherals that users connect to the system. 

This product performs well and multiple things have been blocked by it.

By raising discovered issues with our team members, they are doing their part in terms of resolving them.

Endpoint Protector provides a single platform to support our Windows and Mac machines. We do not have any Linux machines in our environment. Managing DLP for our machines in this hybrid environment is pretty simple, as the product is user-friendly and we can easily find what we need.

The fact that this solution supports different operating systems is very important to us because we want to ensure that there is no data leakage.

We have one or two Macs in our organization, with the majority of people using Windows 10 machines. We haven't seen any difference in the support that this product offers for either operating system.

The Device Control feature and tools are very nice. It can also be used for containers. We have blocked multiple financial components using these features and rely on the upload and block policies. For example, we have blocked Google Drive uploads, as well as the upload functionality for other cloud spaces.

The interface is pretty user-friendly, neatly explained, and simple to use.

We are able to lock down a wide variety of USB devices, which is important to us because none of our users can connect a USB drive or other device to the machine. By preventing this, there won't be data leakage. We have experienced this in the past and we are now able to control it through the use of device policies. 

The technical support that they provide works well.

We use the RDP remote desktop option to prevent copy and paste operations to remote systems. If anyone tries to copy and paste between a remote system and a local system then they will not be able to do it. This works well and it makes our operations more secure.

We are currently facing an issue where it is blocking the Winman software, which is something that we don't want to happen because we use it in our accounts department to pay taxes.

There is no option or support available for DriveHQ. 

We have been using Endpoint Protector for between seven and eight years.

This product is pretty stable.

It is easy to scale. Across the organization, we have more than 900 users with Endpoint Protector deployed on their machines.

We plan to soon increase the number of licenses that we have. Our intention is to start deploying on our laptops, which will bring us to a total of approximately 1,500 licenses.

We have been in touch with technical support and our experience has been pretty nice.

This solution was easy to deploy but it was implemented before I joined the company so I don't know how long the process took.

No major upgrades have been required since I have been working with it.

We have an in-house person who is responsible for servers, and he deployed Endpoint Protector. The process is not complex and only one person is required.

We have three system engineers, three senior system engineers, and one assistant manager in charge of maintenance.

We looked at a DLP product by Forcepoint but our current solution was working pretty well, so we opted not to switch.

This is a product that has improved over time. For example, in the past, there was no option to view the ports that were not added to your list. This is now supported and some of the problems we were facing have been stopped. Another example is that we are now able to block Teams and it works pretty well, whereas, in the past, we could not block uploads or downloads with Teams.

Endpoint Protector has other features that we do not use, such as encryption. Instead, we deployed Sophos Encryption approximately six months ago for this purpose.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is how to block uploads and downloads, as well as how to lock devices on users' machines. My advice for anybody who is considering it is that it is pretty simple to use. It's a friendly environment and it's easy to block devices, uploads, and other security issues.

In summary, we have not faced many issues with Endpoint Protector and it is fulfilling our requirements, as we wanted.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We use it to block USB and any external devices for read-write. We only allow people to read an external device, not to write to an external device, unless we approve it. Our main reason is that we have 30 percent of our workforce working globally around the world. In addition, a lot of them do not have WiFi access, as they are working in the desert. We needed an application that allows us to unblock or block something by giving a code and could be sent by WhatsApp or SMS.

It's hosted on the cloud, then deployed to workstations. This is a portal from the vendor that we have access to where we can see and remove the agent.

Once you put a policy in place, you can see if somebody is trying to access something, even if it's not allowed and will not go through. In IT, we need to make sure that we think first before applying the rules that we do want. We have different groups levels of access. Once you have done this correctly, then it definitely stops any misuse of data and leaks. However it is not the software. It's you, as the administrator, who has to make sure that the profiles are set up correctly.

Sometimes, we have engineers who are in the desert taking pictures with an external camera, etc., and they need to send these pictures ASAP to our online portal for reporting. These devices are normally blocked. We can then very quickly (within seconds) open up this device for a certain time to be fully accessible. Then, we do not have to worry about it because the policy will kick in after the period that we have given. This helps us a lot when people are onsite doing reviews of company sites and they need to send a report. It also gives us control of what people can access at that moment, because most of our field engineers have zero access to any external devices. They are only given the device once we decide, "Yes, they need it and for how long."

We are a pretty small company. We only have an IT engineer who administers everything along with myself. We don't have a big IT team; it's only one engineer and me. The access is great because we can do it from home. We don't need to be inside the company since all of it is cloud-based.

There are a lot of features, but the main feature is that I can use a device serial number to unlock any particular machine or for all machines. If I have a phone, like a Samsung phone, I can whitelist that specific phone for full access wherever it is plugged into any of our devices. This is the same with a USB, because most USBs come in bulk and have the same serial number. I can then whitelist that particular USB to be read-write with full access.

When you want to uninstall and reinstall, there are a lot of issues. You have to do a lot of workarounds to reinstall Endpoint Protector. This is a major issue that we have constantly because we still have old systems with XP. While there are only very few, we need to run them because there are machines attached that only run on XP. When we need to uninstall and reinstall on XP or Windows 10, we have serious issues left in the Registry Editor everywhere. There is a lot of manual interference to get the reinstallation to work. For the uninstallation of Endpoint Protector, they need to work on this so it doesn't leave any leftovers behind.

We have been using it now for a little bit over one year.

The stability is very good. I had no downtime nor any other issues. It doesn't require a lot of maintenance from our side. We don't need to go, and make sure, "Is it running or is it not running?"

Even if people are not in our LAN, it's still protected. We have tested it in various locations.

If you ever need more devices, it would be very easy to get more licenses within 24 to 48 hours.

We are using 162 licenses.

If we have an issue, their support is great. They come back normally within the same day with either a solution or remote session to assist us.

We have rarely used Endpoint Protector support directly. We have very good connections with the reseller, who has a technical support that normally responds within the same day, or at least by the next day.

We had GFI EndPointSecurity, which was a good solution. I can't say anything bad about it. However, GFI stopped developing the product. For our use of just blocking external devices, it was very good, but Endpoint Protector is quite a bit better and has many more features. Even if GFI would come back, I would not go back to them because I'm extremely happy with the functionality of Endpoint Protector.

The initial setup is very straightforward.

Because our current system is from a different vendor, we needed to have minimum downtime. When we switched the old one off, we needed to switch the new one on instantly. The groundwork was done before the old one was switched off, then deployed over the weekend. Things worked absolutely fine. We had very few systems which didn't take the implementation. They were mostly those which were not online, but the rest of them worked smoothly.

Our reseller assisted us in our initial deployment by setting up some basic rules and helping us to understand how it works. From there, we took over. They were extremely good in their technical knowledge of the system.

It all depends on how the reseller supports this installation. We had a very good overview by our reseller and support during the installation. I found the installation very straightforward and quick, but that all depends on your reseller and how good they are trained. This process was very technical for us. The reseller assisted us in switching over within two days from the old system to the new one.

It is a software where I always want it installed, then up and running. The only time that you need to look at or interfere with it is when new agents are coming in, so you can deploy them. 

It has a fair price. They just changed recently from perpetual licensing. When I bought it, I bought it on perpetual license, then they changed the whole company policy to go to subscription. It was a bit of a shock to us because we haven't upgraded it that many times. However, after speaking to CoSoSys directly, they gave us a very good renewal price.

There are many vendors out there who do protection access of external devices. However, I haven't found any vendors, other than Endpoint Protector, who let you enable or disable the device without being on a WiFi, Internet, or just by giving a code. That was our main thing because maybe 30 percent of our workforce are around the world or somewhere in the desert with extremely weak Internet connections. This solution is a very good option where you can just send them an SMS code. Then, the code that we create depends on what we say, for example, "Should they have access for the whole day or 10 minutes?" Afterwards, I don't have to double check if the system is blocked. 

Have a look at a good demo. You will see the benefits of the system. We only use it for device blocking, but there are so many other features. It depends what you want out of Endpoint Protector. An overall demo of its capabilities will let you see that it is worthwhile.

There is an application out there that does multiple things in one go. We looked only at blocking off other devices, but we are rethinking that. Next year, we will be looking to buy usage of all the other features. It would be nice to have one application that does multiple things in one go, which normally other people would use several applications and software subscriptions to do the same thing. 

There are so many policies that we have not even had time to explore all of them.

We don't use the EasyLock USB Enforced Encryption app to automatically encrypt confidential data transferred to USB storage devices. Instead, we have a secure online storage called FileShare, similar to Dropbox, but only for us. This way, people don't save it on their USB and actually have to send it directly. They can only then send it from the camera into their desktop or laptop. Then, from the laptop, they send it directly into our cloud system.

I would rate this solution as a nine out of 10.

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector is a unique solution for Linux devices. It has a user-friendly console that makes it easy to navigate and create policies.

CoSoSys is supported on Mac devices. One unique feature is drive encryption. We have portable devices, and they have a password vault. If you transfer any data to your device, you can use the password vault to protect it.

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector has many predefined classifiers for data identifiers. It needs to improve in terms of policy customization. I observed that fewer policies were available, which needs to be improved so that users can modify and view policies based on their requirements and create their templates. The audit part could be added. With our current architecture, we have a lot of alerts, for example, when a user requests access to a policy temporarily for a business requirement. We can make an automatic request mechanism that would work for this type of scenario, which would help us sleep better at night.

I have been using CoSoSys Endpoint Protector for no longer than six months. We are using the latest version of the solution.

The product is stable apart from the policies because it is limited.

The solution is scalable. Despite the limited resources, customers are looking for some platforms for Mac and Linux, but I have tried many products on the market. For example, Forcepoint and Trend Micro are there.

We have Forcepoint for endpoint data leakage protection and this scale and footprint for network protection. It depends on business requirements.

The initial setup is easy and seamless.

The solution’s pricing is a normal industry standard and depends on customers and salespersons.

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector has improved significantly in recent years, with new features and enhancements that make it a leading data loss prevention solution. Data identification is essential for data protection, as CoSoSys Endpoint Protector cannot protect data it cannot identify. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

We use Endpoint Protector as our data loss prevention solution for Windows, Linux, and Mac machines. Our clients work from outside of our building and in different locations, and we need to use this product to keep our data secure.

There are many benefits to using this solution.

In terms of the granularity of policies that we can create, this is a good product. We have created two policies that are used on Windows, Linux, and our Mac machines. The first is related to screen sharing, and the second is responsible for blocking files in email attachments.

This functionality is important to us. At the end of the day, we get reports about files, the users, and what they are doing. Preventing screen sharing with unknown people, or accepting files from somebody who is not known, are both things that I want to prevent.

We get detailed reports that identify our clients and we can see how each of them is spending their day at the office. Essentially, we have good visibility of the traffic on our endpoints.

To this point, I have not needed to lock down a variety of different USB devices. I have not used, for example, a card reader. I have only used it to lock down USB storage devices. In the future, I may use more of these features.

I have had no difficulty with using this solution in our hybrid environment that includes Windows, Linux, and Mac machines. There is no difference in features between the different platforms. There are differences such as the web browser that is used. For example, in Windows, we use Chrome, whereas, with Mac, we use Safari. Certain things are different based on the software but otherwise, everything is the same.

The most valuable feature is device control. If you have the wrong devices connected to the network then it may cost you, and this product allows you to control them. For example, you can prevent users from using an external hard disk, which is something that I like.

There is a clipboard feature to ensure that a user cannot print their screen or take a screenshot. This is one of the reasons that we feel secure when using this product.

The users are happy with using this solution on a daily basis. 

I would like to see an alert feature that when a system is started, it checks to make sure that the client has the most up-to-date policies. Before the policies are updated, nothing can be done on the system.

We have been using Endpoint Protector for one year.

This is a stable product and we haven't had any problems with it.

We have between 50 and 60 people in our organization.

Within the past month or two, I have experienced problems and contacted technical support by email. They immediately responded and gave me suggestions on how to improve our security.

Normally, I send the support team an email and they answer within 24 hours. They analyze the problem and try to determine why it has occurred. They ask end-to-end questions such as what I was doing at the time, which allows them to assess and analyze all of the relevant points.

This is the first DLP solution that we have used.

The initial setup is very easy and there is nothing difficult about it.

Our deployment took one month and we didn't know anything about the product in advance. We didn't know exactly how it would work or which features would be added. The vendor explained everything to us after that.

The minimum number of licenses they sell is 50 or 150 users. They do not sell, for example, a package of 10 licenses. It would be helpful if you could purchase a smaller number of licenses at one time.

We did not evaluate other such solutions before selecting this one.

My advice for anybody who is considering this product is that it's user-friendly, and everyone can easily understand the details about how it works.

I am 100% confident in the security that I get from this product.

Overall, I think that our requirements for basic control, including application control, have been met. I'm happy with the current product and I like the feature set. That said, if they provide additional features in the future then we will use them.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

It serves as a tool for ensuring compliance and facilitating security audits and it functions as a protective measure against unauthorized data transfers, whether through email or USB devices. The primary focus revolves around maintaining compliance with regulations and safeguarding sensitive information from unauthorized transfers.

The primary advantage lies in preventing internal data leakage, effectively thwarting any unauthorized data transfer within the organization. Additionally, the audit functionality is invaluable, particularly given the mandatory compliance with data security laws, a requisite for every company, especially in India.

Its robust security audit and compliance functionalities prove especially beneficial for businesses in sectors like BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) and Information Technology. Also, the flexibility to independently set, modify, and adapt data security policies is a crucial feature, allowing users to tailor the protection measures according to their specific needs.

The only aspect that prevents it from being a perfect solution is the occasional slower response time.

I have been working with it for eight months now.

The product is highly stable, with no reported issues.

It provides excellent scalability capabilities.

The initial setup is neither overly simplistic nor excessively complex. While it may not be effortlessly intuitive, it doesn't fall into the category of being highly intricate either. The process requires some time, patience, and a basic understanding, as individuals may find it initially challenging. This is often attributed to the unfamiliarity of information technology teams in various companies with data loss prevention solutions.

The deployment process typically begins with a two-way proof of concept on five or six endpoints within the company. Once the POC is completed, addressing most bugs, difficulties, and fine-tuning keywords for Content Aware, the stage is set. The continuous refinement of keywords is crucial during this phase. Following the POC, any remaining issues or customizations are ironed out. Actual deployment, which usually spans about four to five days within a week, is not overly time-consuming. Larger companies may require more time and a larger team for deployment. However, in the case of smaller-sized companies, specifically those with user counts ranging from five hundred to one thousand, a two-member team is generally sufficient. The training process requires an investment of approximately three to four months for the client or customer team to familiarize themselves with the solution. Although it tends to become more straightforward with practice, the initial learning period spans around three months.

The pricing is reasonable for this particular market.

My recommendation for Kaspersky is highly positive. It supports all platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Mac. This broad compatibility across three different operating systems is a significant advantage. If you're someone using multiple platforms, Kaspersky proves to be an excellent and versatile option. Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

I was looking for a DLP solution and Endpoint Protector happened not only to help with that, but also with the USB management piece. As a credit union we have a lot of sensitive data, so we need to be able to see it at rest and block it, and not only on-premises, but off-premises as well. A lot of people work remotely now and this solution is really working for me because once the endpoint is on there, I'm still in control.

I've seen, through all my policies, how exit points get blocked. The eDiscovery is one of the important things in Endpoint Protector. That's been working a lot for me, especially with the remote users. The eDiscovery allows me to see data outside of the network.

I have policies right now with eDiscovery for social security number, credit card, member number, and I created a duplicate SSN. So it's finding anything where that agent is installed, anything from the computer. It's finding all that data and it's reported to me.

I don't have a single most valuable feature. Every feature is really working for me. One of the reasons I bought it was for the USB block, but that's not as much a use case anymore since I have a lot of people working remotely. It's the DLP part that is more important to me right now, to pinpoint the data that's getting moved.

The granularity enables me to not only see a file, but to read inside the file and pull out the data inside it. The granularity is really pretty good on that. It's very important. Let's say somebody just exported a file or emailed a file or uploaded a file on the internet. Seeing the inside of the file is really important to me. Whether it's encrypted or not, I still can see inside the file.

I'm the only admin on it, but the role-based access is fine. I have one user that I give access to so he can just see device control and that's it. That's all I need him to see. I was able to do that, so I'm pretty happy with the role-based access.

I use the solution's clipboard granularity feature to monitor copying and pasting to specific exit points, and it works great. People are trying to get the data any way they can, from the clipboard and things like that. I'm able to see it, report on it, and block it.

I've been using Endpoint Protector for going on two years now.

I'm pretty impressed with its stability.

I don't see any issues or limitations with scalability. As long as you have the license, everything should be fine.

I'm managing about 300 devices right now.

One of the areas where there is room for improvement is support. It takes time for them to respond. They need to respond on time. Instead of sending an email, I think it would be very helpful to say, "Let's set up a WebEx to see what's really going on," instead of the back and forth of email.

I didn't replace any solution with this one. I was looking for a USB management solution. I have competitors like ManageEngine, but when I happened to find Endpoint Protector, with the USB and the DLP side of it in one solution, it was good to have that in one platform. I was going to have to find another DLP solution to be able to manage all this.

The initial setup was straightforward for me. They have good documentation, so if you follow everything it should be fine.

My deployment took a month. The implementation strategy for the solution was to set it up, deploy it to a couple of test machines, and see how it was behaving. Once that was done, I deployed it to everybody.

It doesn't require any maintenance on my side, other than when the updates come available. I get them installed and that's it.

I deployed myself.

I have definitely seen return on the investment when it comes to satisfying my auditors. I can show them I'm looking at all these things. And I'm protecting the credit union at the same time. It's really all worth it.

I don't have any issue with the licensing and pricing. I would love for it to be cheaper, but at the same time I'm getting a lot from it.

Compared to a lot of the USB management systems out there, Endpoint Protector is the only one that comes with true USB management and the DLP side of it. I'm pretty impressed because I've used several solutions with DLP and USB management, and I've never seen granularity like this solution has.

I haven't seen any solution like Endpoint Protector. Everybody says, "USB management: We can control, we can block, etc." And you have other solutions that are DLP only. Having it all in one place is really helpful. Not only do I have the USB management side, but I can come back and say, "All right, what's in that USB? What sensitive data is in there?"

I'm in a Windows environment, but I see it does MacOS, Windows, open sources. It has all of that on the platform.

I'm not using the EasyLock USB Enforced Encryption app to automatically encrypt confidential data transferred to USB storage devices. I'm more monitoring it. But I have the option of force it to encrypt.

Overall, I've never seen a solution with this much granularity. I didn't expect that. I did the demo, but it was only when I actually put in my environment and saw things and said, "Oh, wow." The reporting and the analysis have provided a lot of lessons learned. I didn't think I could get that much information.

I use Endpoint Protector to protect our end server.

Endpoint Protector's best features are its protection and user-friendliness.

Endpoint Protector would be improved with more DLP templates.

I've been using Endpoint Protector for two to three months.

Endpoint Protector works perfectly.

Endpoint Protector is scalable.

The initial setup is easy with a private cloud.

Endpoint Protector has machine learning and AI, and it prevents 99% of ransomware. I would give Endpoint Protector a rating of nine out of ten.