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    Forescout Platform

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AForescout Technologies headquartered in San Jose actively defends the Enterprise of Things by identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every connected thing. Forescout boasts a widely deployed, enterprise-class platform at scale across IT, IoT, and OT managed and unmanaged devices. Forescout arms customers with device intelligence, in order to allow organizations across every industry to classify risk, detect anomalies and quickly remediate cyberthreats without disruption of critical…N/A

    Symantec Advanced Threat Protection

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Advanced Threat Protection is a single unified solution that uncovers, prioritizes, and remediates advanced attacks. The product fuses intelligence from endpoint, network, and email control points, as well as Symantec’s massive global sensor network, to stop threats that evade individual security products. It leverages existing Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Email Security.cloud investments, so it does not require the deployment of any new agents. It includes functionality…N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    User Ratings
    Forescout PlatformSymantec Advanced Threat Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    6.7
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forescout PlatformSymantec Advanced Threat Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forescout Technologies
    I strongly recommend using it in networks where many machines enter, it is essential to have a capture of all ids, mac etc to prevent and detect unauthorized machines.We are in the technological era and there is a lot of technological robotization looking for weak systems to enter.Invest in greater security and that does not happen to you.
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    Broadcom
    It is valuable software for when it comes to a large or medium organization, since it helps to protect the endpoints, but as the number of servers increases its value increases. However, it is important to keep in mind that when it comes to low end devices, its protection can affect their performance. This is because it is not a software with a very light agent.
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    Pros
    Forescout Technologies
    • Network Access Control does a great job of identifying unmanaged devices on the network and "quarantining" them.
    • The inventory feature of CounterAct is a handy place to see what version of applications are running on which machines on our network.
    • Policies can be very intricate.
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    Broadcom
    • The incident management piece is the heart and soul of the product. A single area where all data in relation to network and email protection is available.
    • Works well in conjunction with the standard Symantec Endpoint product.
    • URL Protection is advanced and very helpful
    • Technical support is great and definitely the best I have ever seen for a "anti-virus" type product.
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    Cons
    Forescout Technologies
    • They should have more training for the versions of applications they update.
    • It would be great if the GUI would be more aesthetic in appearance.
    • Nothing else as the application is amazing.
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    Broadcom
    • I don't like that I have to maintain the client and keep it up to date. Updating the client is not a very easy process.
    • Deploying the client could be easier. They have a deployment tool, but it doesn't really get to all PCs, which means I still have to manually deploy it.
    • Because the product has so much customization, it can also be very difficult to set up and understand.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forescout Technologies
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    Broadcom
    Symantec Advanced Threat Protection has done a sufficient job at identifying true positives. However, the UI could be improved and the amount of false positives is a little too frequent for my liking
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    Usability
    Forescout Technologies
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    Broadcom
    There is a small learning curve, but compared to other AV products it is fairly simple and easy to catch onto
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    Support Rating
    Forescout Technologies
    They are prompt in their response with a complete resolution once they have identified the problem. Other OEM's generally give stop-gap arrangements and then later come with new upgrade versions. This gives downtime tasks to customers often, which isn't appreciated. Given the criticality of this software, their support is prompt.
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    Broadcom
    Support responds fast for higher priority issues, they have always been good at solving the problems we encounter.
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    Implementation Rating
    Forescout Technologies
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    Broadcom
    No, besides to review documentation prior to beginning. That is what helped lead to a smooth implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forescout Technologies
    Better intergration with patch management tools. Forescount Platfform (CounterAct) is easily compatible with diverse network infrastructure to offer better service and efficiently ensure seamless operations. Its automation capabilities have also enabled us to depend less on the operations teams hence saving time as it's faster and also saving the operational cost of having people around in case of threats.
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    Broadcom
    Frankly, the other products were too expensive to make the change from Symantec so we continued with the tried and true protection. We don't have the funding to move to a more expensive product and the manpower that it would take to implement a new solution.
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    Return on Investment
    Forescout Technologies
    • We've managed to automate our cybersecurity to impressive extents, now the IT security team puts focus on more important things.
    • We've attained successful assets risk mitigation for our clients.
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    Broadcom
    • Some digital assets were lost due to failures to detect various threats.
    • We had to use other products in combination in order to trust that all threats were actually detected, taking extra time. We couldn't use just SATP.
    • Ability to quickly manage/deploy via AD made maintenance of the application itself quick and easy.
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