Symantec 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…
I think Symantec ATP is more of a medium or large-scale product where a company has a lot of endpoints. It is burdensome for smaller companies with limited IT support to try and get the product up and running. In addition I feel the new own, Broadcomm, is also trying to angle their product more to the large customer base. A medium or large scale customer in the need of end-to-end protection for their network really cannot go wrong with the product once configured correctly.
It was easy to install on machines in an active directory environment, and maintain/update whenever we needed without having to physically go to clients.
The interface was pretty well locked down for clients, which was good in order to stop accidental meddling.
Symantec has good online resources for current threats, including messages or warning signs and what to do/where to find them on a machine in case SATP cannot deal with it on its own.
Supplier support - Really dire. Technical support off shore was passable, but account management was non existent. Really reflects on Symantec poorly given our spend per annum with them.
Cost per annum. At the upper end of protection systems. With little or no account support this was poor value.
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
Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection is a software with a high potential to detect and respond quickly to threats that target email, however Symantec Advanced Threat Protection provides a more complete protection that protects the entire network or devices and endpoints that are managed on a daily basis and has incredible ease of use. While Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection is not a software that is very easy to use, it requires high maintenance and its protection is based on attacks that enter through email; this is why Symantec Advanced Threat Protection was finally chosen.
