McAfee Endpoint Security can be used for threat protection, for malware protection, and for data loss prevention by encrypting the end user devices using full depth encryption.
We are using the latest version minus two because we generally update the antivirus to the current version after testing it. So generally it is two versions behind.
We have three versions in our network, one is the latest version, then we have a minus one on critical machines and minus two on the endpoints.
The most valuable feature of McAfee Endpoint Security is that it is stable. It is a good product.
In terms off what could be improved, it is a little bit slow.
Additionally, the encryption part definitely needs to be improved.
We have faced certain issues recovering the data from systems which could not be fully encrypted by McAfee and then the decryption was a nightmare, it took a lot of time. Some could not even be recovered. That was one issue.
The endpoint protection and anti malware features are good. But encryption and decryption are a bit slow and it's a tedious job.
The second issue is that the public dashboards are out-of-the box kinds of features, so they need to be configured, which takes a lot of time.
Finally, there is an issue with the device timing features for allowing certain devices within the network for what we call USB protection. For master devices or static Bluetooth devices which need to be connected, the white-listing of those devices needs to be more straightforward, it is currently highly technical.
The dashboard and encryption should be improved.
There is a cloud-based environment available from McAfee which is called MOVE. If the customer has already implemented it on-premises, it should be integratable with the MOVE version. We discussed this with McAfee and they said encryption data can not be moved to cloud. This means if I move my antivirus server to the cloud, I still need to maintain a separate encryption server within my network. That is the challenge.
We would like to see all the features available on cloud.
I have been using McAfee Endpoint Security for three years.
McAfee Endpoint Security is a stable product.
In terms of scalability, as of now, we have licensing for 2000 users. We originally purchased it for 1800 users. Now we have renewed it for another year for 2000 users.
It's not scalable now because we have endpoint detection and response, the new technology which has been released by many companies, including McAfee. If we need to move to EDR, we will need to remove this and to implement the EDR across different products.
We require three people to deploy and maintain the solution.
Before switching to McAfee Endpoint Security, we were using Trend Micro.
The initial installation went on for two and a half months.
It was straightforward for Endpoint Protection Antivirus for encryption, but it took some time. This McAfee encryption had some issues with Windows 8 and Windows 7 older versions. For new versions it runs smoothly.
When we implemented three years back we used a system integrator, our partners, for doing the installation.
We have 1700+ systems so we needed to be setup with this solution.
I think the costing is fine compared to other products. Cost-wise you definitely get value for your money.
We have already recommended it.
On a scale of one to ten I would rate McAfee Endpoint Security as a seven.
