Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) Initial Setup

Joseck Wekesa - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner Account Manager at Trinexia

Trellix is easy to deploy if you have enough skills. Some customers think they can do it alone without professional services, but the deployment doesn't go smoothly. They have misconfigurations, which become a problem. They have issues when they are renewing the license because they didn't scale sufficiently in the beginning. The deployment time can range from five days to three months, depending on the size and complexity of your environment. 

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Meleria Mangaring - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Engineer at Trends and Technologies, Inc

For the setup, if you're not familiar with it, it can be a challenge. From my experience, when I just started working with McAfee, it was really hard to understand how the policies work, how the policies should be implemented and how would you assign them to certain groups. If you're just getting started, it's hard. However, if you're already familiar with how policy creation works and how you're supposed to assign it to certain groups or certain users, then it becomes easier over time.

For every 100 users, one person is enough in terms of handling maintenance tasks. Management is easy as you can manage everything from a single pane of glass. It doesn't require a lot of manpower. 

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Venugopal Potumudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Tata Consultancy

The basic modules are straightforward to set up. We don't see many challenges there. However, when we talk about going into advanced ATP modules, et cetera, we do see certain amounts of complexity.

I did not work on the implementation and cannot say how long exactly it took to deploy. Likely, it would take between three and six months.

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Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)
March 2024
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TL
Owner

The setup was straightforward. I did not find the process to be complex at all. 

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Itamar Kalay - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Professional Manager at Hermeticon

The installation phase of the solution was very easy.

The deployment phase of the solution takes around an hour.

Only one IT person is required to install the solution.

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Peter Antoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Product and Service Architect at Radar Cyber Security

Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)'s deployment is not difficult. There are different options available, such as using an on-prem hardware box or a virtual machine in the cloud. Setting up the virtual machine in the cloud is easy, requiring only a connection to the customer's system. 

If you plan to install the solution on-premises, you bring the box to the customer and connect it to their system. This involves some configuration, such as opening a port on the firewalls. Deploying agents on the endpoints is straightforward and can be done from a central management point. The entire process takes around a day to configure, and then you are up and running.

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AndyPittas - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Network and Security & Department at National Bank of Greece (Cyprus)

The initial setup of McAfee MVISION Endpoint is not difficult because it is on the cloud. However, policies are complex.

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Suresh Pathipatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology Administrator at Aighospital

We deployed the solution three years ago. It was not hard to implement. It's all pretty straightforward. 

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MB
Regional Cyber Security Manager

I wasn't involved with the initial setup. However, we have a top-notch implementation engineer. 

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Simone Scatolini - PeerSpot reviewer
System&Security engineer at Var Group SpA

It was easy. I have been using Trellix since the carbon age. I have been using Trellix since the day it was released.

Its deployment doesn't take long. 

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AG
Executive Director of Infrastructure and Technology Asia Pacific at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I wasn't involved in the initial setup. 

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RS
Group Manager at HCL Technologies

The agent installation was okay. It was just a package that was installed. It also provides options to customize and fine-tune based on the system's performance. It's not too heavy on the systems or the servers.

On the network side of things, I think there were challenges to getting that working. We had to do a couple of alterations in terms of making it work, mainly since the appliance's model was provided using a special-purpose SFP, and the compatible SFP was not available in the client environment at that one point. We had to procure it specifically for that assessment.

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FS
Manager Pre-Sales (ICT) at CNS Engineering

The initial setup is easy and very straightforward. 

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JamesYa - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Cloud4C Services

The installation of the McAfee MVISION Endpoint was simple. We are able to do it remotely from a central location.

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CM
Managing Director at Computer Wise

The initial setup can be difficult the first time. You have the flexibility to give all sorts of setup options. You need to know, for example, do you want this, do you want that, do you want these exclusions? Do you want these exploit preventions? et cetera. There are a lot of components. It's going to be complicated initially, however, once you've done that and set it up for a customer, then it's very simple just to deploy it and roll it out.

We rolled out another customer on Friday, and that's 35 sites we've done so far - and I was able to do the whole lot remotely. It's quick to deploy. For clients, in terms of the deployment, I just simply send them a link to their emails and they just go click on it and it goes.

Once the product is deployed, there isn't any maintenance necessary. It's all controlled from a SaaS portal.

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LawrenceKwaghga - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director, Research at NACA

The initial setup process is easy if you have the required technical skills. It takes 30 minutes to complete. A team of around 20 technicians is involved in the deployment.

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HD
Manager- Process Excellence at Datamatics Business Solutions

The initial setup is simple.

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RS
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We had a separate team implementing FireEye and there didn't seem to be any issues so I think deployment was relatively straightforward. 

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RUBEN CARDENAS - PeerSpot reviewer
National Technical Support Manager at BancoSol S.A.

Setting up MVISION is easy.

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JB
Teamleader 2:nd line Security at Cygate AB

The product's initial setup was straightforward.

The solution's deployment by an end user can be done in three minutes.

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MF
Sales engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd

Trellix Endpoint Security's installation was straightforward. It takes around one to two days to complete the installation. 

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Abu Imran - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at Nhq Distribution Ltd

I have used the solution on the cloud and on-premises. Currently, the solution is deployed on the cloud services offered by Trellix, which I feel is a public cloud.

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SR
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Nine A Business Connect

It's quite straightforward. You have the dashboard to access all the data protection features, so it's easy to use.

The deployment hardly takes two to three minutes.

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SB
Sr Manager - Information Security & Researcher at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Its initial setup was straightforward. I have done one installation that took about 90 minutes. Virtual installations are straightforward. Physical installations have got some networking interfaces, and one needs to go through the documentation to do it. If you have got the right configuration, it is straightforward.

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PP
Principal Architect at LTIMINDTREE

Deploying Endpoint Security is hassle-free. We uninstalled our legacy antivirus system and deployed FireEye. We created a package and deployed it across the servers manually. 

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PV
Senior Technical Manager at Incedo Inc.

The installation and implementation are the easiest parts of using the product. The real difference comes in how you want to optimize the performance. That is the key. Otherwise, implementation is not challenging.  

By optimizing the performance, I mean that you should not change the function of the basic purpose of a security product. If it is a firewall implemented on the network, that product should be providing the service without excessive expense or resources in performance. We are looking at the cloud solutions in the same sense. There can be performance concerns for products on the cloud. It is a known factor.  

Then the second point is all about the features and configuration. The question is about configuration management using tools on the cloud platforms. You may be using multiple clouds. You have to be sure you can configure it so the product remains secure across platforms. Security solutions should also focus on providing that rather than forcing users on to different products and having to manage multiple solutions.  

The deployment for McAfee MVISION Endpoint, after everything has been considered and all of the points have been taken into account, takes some time. Say we have got around 3,000 to 10,000 servers. The type of configurations can be critical. If the client provides a rule-based requirement, we have to go with their requirements. Depending on what needs to be configured, this can take more or less time. Each of the servers will take a certain amount of time to do the implementation. So the time estimate for the implementation has to include the customer requirements. Analysis has to be completed for each unique need.  

The maintenance is looked after by the client. It should not take more than five to six team members, even if we have a client with 3,000 servers. That is the number of people that we would expect once the product is properly organized and implemented.  

That should not be considered just an eight-hour per day effort. It needs to be serviced around the clock because the servers do not sleep. Deployment of people to maintenance teams is important.  

With the installation complete, the configuration done, and the maintenance team in place, using the product is all about monitoring it. A lot of intrusion detection is getting automated now, but not everything will be. Someone has to take some time doing analytics with the logs.  

We try to configure the solution to sort out many things. We have to work with what the client is expecting and configure for that level of load and to get proper alerts. The configuration will probably be ongoing as a part of maintenance and review.  

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RS
Cyber Security Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was quite complex. It took three months for us to roll out the solution. 

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RC
Technical Presales Consultant - Solutions Architect at Nexus Technologies,Inc.

The initial setup is straightforward and it is easy to configure.

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CF
Mgr. ICT-Services at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup for McAfee MVISION Endpoint is pretty easy.

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In my experience, the installation has been straightforward.

The only major issue is that if a client is going to have his ePO on the cloud, his management server will be on the cloud. So I will need to push agents to lots of machines. There is no automated deployment from the cloud to on-premises machines. That means that I need to download the McAfee agents and have to take care of the deployment and the automation on my own.

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Maytee Malabanan - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant at Ask4key Sdn Bhd

The setup is not that complex. It takes five to ten minutes to set up. It's mostly this is our old devices.

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JD
Information Security Manager at SPXFLOW

The deployment was easy.

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RE
Solution Architect at PentechSolution Sdn Bhd

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment time depends on the number of devices. It ranges from a few days to a couple of weeks. It is suitable for small as well as enterprise businesses.

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RT
Manager at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The main deployment is very simple because it's related to the deployment of an OVA file. The physical deployment is no problem.

But the deployment needs some special knowledge about the quick console.

Deployment tales about one week or less.

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HL
Information Technology Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The installation of this solution is straightforward from my perspective.

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MC
Region Head - S1@Dimension Data India at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Our own team performed the installation. I didn't hear any complaints, so I guess it's pretty simple.

To deploy and maintain, we have a team of two administrators and one manager.

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Murali Krishnan L - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager (SOC Operations) at Novac Technology Solutions

It is easy to deploy. It took us a month to deploy. 

Deployment may take more time based on the architecture and the environment. With some vendors, it took us some time to analyze because there were things that we wanted to monitor, which depended on the production. Therefore, we installed it step by step, not in one step at full force.

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MO
product manager at MCS

The setup was straightforward.

Our deployment and implementation strategies have to remain agile. Every customer requirement is different. Some implementations require a direct connection and so it will take, for SMB customers, a day more or less. For larger enterprises according to the distribution and the need for more trenches with lots of internet gateways, it could take up to five days. E.g., the deployment could take two to three days with 500 users.

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it_user1395708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Executive at Digitaltrack

The initial setup sometimes has to be done manually because of issues with Active Directory. That said, it is not normally complex. Complexity can come from using export files because McAfee does not have a policy-editing console.

One of the recent deployments we completed required three of us 15 days. This including training people in different locations.

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PJ
CIO & Information manager at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees

I did not complete the installation myself.

We have a team of five to maintain and deploy this solution.

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GS
Cyber Defense Advisor | Founder Executive at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

It was pretty straightforward. Its deployment took half a month. It was quite a big deployment. We had quite a lot of end-user devices. We deployed it for 10,000 devices. We had around 20 security operations staff members at that time.

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LL
IT Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's not a difficult solution to set up. It's pretty straightforward and simple. 

I don't recall how much time did it took. It was one of my team members that actually was occupied with the task. It was a while ago as well. I don't know anymore.

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KS
Executive Officer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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Buyer's Guide
Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.