My main use case for Trellix Collaboration Security involves using Policy Orchestrator, email gateway, web gateway, and Trellix sensors, Security Manager, Network Security Manager.
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Centralized sensors have improved threat visibility and have reduced staffing needs
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I use Trellix Collaboration Security in my daily operations by utilizing different sites sensors and then integrating security manager, which controls network operations, traffic inspections, packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and SSL inspections.
The best features Trellix Collaboration Security offers include GTI threat intelligence and signatures upgrade database. Since I have integrated GTI and sensors along with network security manager, all sensors share information and reports effectively, allowing me to view attack reports from the dashboard easily.
I can customize dashboards in Trellix Collaboration Security to view information like top attacks, ransomware attacks, and critical high attacks. I can monitor sensor health, attacks, logs that generate, and customize these as per my needs, plus I can add emails and alerts.
I rely on Trellix Collaboration Security because the sensors are highly reliable and high-performance sensors that can handle traffic efficiently. CPU resources are effectively utilized while handling deep packet inspections and SSL inspections. Moreover, there are policies to be on networks, and there is a built-in firewall that I can use to block external attacks.
What needs improvement?
Trellix Collaboration Security can improve by addressing some zero-day attacks and enhancing VM-based protections.
I chose a nine out of ten because some improvements are required, especially concerning East-West traffic or zero-day vulnerabilities. To improve vulnerabilities, Trellix can use an automation process to check if the system is vulnerable.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have worked with Trellix Collaboration Security for over almost four and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Trellix Collaboration Security is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Trellix Collaboration Security scalability allows me to use sensors on-cloud, on-premises, inside premises, and in a hybrid environment. I can use VM-based environments to effectively stop East-West attacks.
How are customer service and support?
I have interacted with the customer support team of Trellix Collaboration Security. The support team is good overall, though my experience with the Indian support team was not as satisfactory since they did not provide adequate support to rectify issues. I managed to identify and resolve the problem myself.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously tried to use the Fortinet solution, but the Fortinet solution was not providing good performance, making Trellix Collaboration Security a better choice for me.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Trellix Collaboration Security; specifically, money was saved and fewer employees were needed because I do not need employees on different sites. I only need a Network Security Manager deployed centrally to control all these sensors from one location.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with Trellix Collaboration Security regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very good, and the setup cost was very cheap.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated other options, including Trend Micro-based sensors, but I found that Trellix Collaboration Security's performance is better.
What other advice do I have?
All is good with Trellix Collaboration Security.
I would rate Trellix Collaboration Security a ten out of ten.
My advice for others looking into using Trellix Collaboration Security is to ensure that data backup is performed before upgrading to the latest version, as Trellix should provide a proper plan for device upgrades and fallback options. Sometimes, if the sensors are located in different locations and the network security manager is positioned elsewhere, data may get corrupted during upgrades. Firmware files may become corrupt, leading to sensor instability, and I would have to go on-site to resolve this. Therefore, Trellix should develop options for sensors to restore firmware remotely in case of failures.
I have additional thoughts about Trellix Collaboration Security. Trellix has various security products working; however, it should improve its design and devices to effectively compete with Fortinet, which is a growing company with diverse, efficiently running products.
Real-time threat response has boosted detection accuracy and reduces manual investigation work
What is our primary use case?
I have worked with Trellix Collaboration Security for several years in different outsourcing services before Johnson & Johnson. At BNP Paribas Bank, a French bank, I worked with Trellix Collaboration Security. At Santander Bank, I also worked with Trellix Collaboration Security. Before the banking sector, I worked in a security operations center with Trellix Collaboration Security since the McAfee company.
At Johnson & Johnson, I am not currently using Trellix Collaboration Security. However, before Johnson & Johnson, I worked at Santander Bank where I participated in a project to implement the endpoint in different offices of the bank, coordinating the alignment and sending of policies, tasks, update tasks, and deployment of the new versions of the products.
What is most valuable?
Regarding threat intelligence, it helped us with signatures, IOCs, or reports related to geolocation, where we could use it to create correlation in the XDR to block and create a campaign to block different malicious activities based on the historical data published in the threat intelligence and based on reputation. It is very important because it is integrated, so it is not necessary to contact VirusTotal or put the hash in VirusTotal. Instead, I use the database and the threat intelligence from Trellix Collaboration Security. In the past, it helped me a great deal with detecting and confirming whether something was malicious or not.
Another feature I believe is very important is the real-time response capability. It is possible to collect artifacts, run scripts, kill processes, and isolate machines all without leaving the interface. For me, this serves as a bridge between detection and reaction, and it truly makes a difference in the tool.
In my view, Trellix Collaboration Security and other XDRs can help the company elevate the trust in operations. Of course, it is necessary to create automations and integrations with pipelines with CSVs, inventory, normalization of data, and automatically raising incidents for the agents and endpoints. In my view, this reduced manual activities significantly and increased the precision of the indicators. Everything helped the operations team and the engineering team respond more quickly to malicious activities detected. It helped us reduce risks, avoid silent failures, and improve the health in general in the environment. Another important point is that we have an improved security posture because it is possible to treat the findings, adjust policies, and block malicious hashes. With that, we reduced the noise according to the detections, increasing the capacity of prevention and detection. We also improved the resilience of the security tools inside the company.
What needs improvement?
One thing I really do not prefer in Trellix Collaboration Security is not related to the console. I am a McAfee fan since the McAfee tool, and I find the console of Trellix Collaboration Security to be very user-friendly and easy to use. However, I do not know if it is related to the architecture of the product. Of course, we have modern threats based on behaviors and zero days. We have today CrowdStrike and SentinelOne, where we have better results based on threats and behavior, where it is possible to create a simulation environment based on the file detected and based on it, confirm if it really is malicious or not. In general, I believe Trellix Collaboration Security improved the console based on the last console of McAfee, but I think it is possible to improve more. It really is a good product, but in my view, it needs to improve detection based on behaviors.
Regarding automations, I have implemented Trellix Collaboration Security here at Johnson & Johnson, and I implemented it in the same situation at Santander Bank and BNP Paribas Bank, where I created automations to export data for different metrics, including malicious detections, compliance, baselines, scans, last scans based on the seven days, and checking of patterns. I export everything to CSV files. Based on that, I create Power BI dashboards, and in these Power BI dashboards, I have a more executive view for different metrics to provide to myself, my manager, or director to create an executive view based on it. Another important point we use here at Johnson & Johnson and other companies is a data hub or a SIEM solution, such as Elastic or ArcSight, where we select some logs to be sent and use it to build reports and metrics.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Another aspect is the unified detection and analysis of sandbox, URL, file inspection, and threat intelligence. This creates a more robust increase for a horizontal solution. It creates a good range of use because it really helps a lot. In my view, the limitation about scalability may be related to license and costs. When you include other modules and services, of course, you increase the cost, and because you need to adjust.
How are customer service and support?
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
What about the implementation team?
What was our ROI?
We also saw a major reduction in noise. After tuning the ENS and aligning the threat intelligence with real detections, we dropped false positives around 20 to 30%, which directly reduced the number of tickets escalated to security operations. The real-time feature is a good capability, and we had good results in the past based on it because it prevents lateral movement and avoids more expensive downstream impacts, such as re-imaging and downtime.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
Regarding integrations, Trellix Collaboration Security has good integration with a large list of products, and it is possible to integrate. Performance and integration are good, and support in my experience has provided good results during telephone calls and email requests. For public and private cloud, we had good results, but I prefer to work with the console of Trellix Collaboration Security as a SaaS solution, and it helped in the deployment for cloud, hybrid, or on-premises environments. It depends on the internet link, but in my last experience with Trellix Collaboration Security, I did not have issues related to deployment using the security solution in a cloud environment. We reached a good result during the deployment of new versions and new products without creating a saturation of the link.
Regarding deployment, we used AWS as the main solution here and at Santander Bank. It is the same at BNP Paribas. In the last three experiences I have had, we used AWS.
My review rating for Trellix Collaboration Security is an 8 out of 10.
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If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Email protection solidifies threat coverage and fulfills customer needs
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
For how long have I used the solution?
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
How are customer service and support?
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
What about the implementation team?
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
Provides strong data protection with virtual patching and vulnerability assessments
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use it to monitor database access, particularly in banking and similar environments. It ensures that IT personnel and others do not create unauthorized accounts or users. Collaboration security assists in tracking database access and alerts in case of suspicious activity.
What is most valuable?
One of the most valuable features is the protection against vulnerabilities, particularly through virtual patching. This ensures that I am safe from potential threats affecting database security.
Another significant feature is the vulnerability assessment, which is effective for overall data protection.
What needs improvement?
There is a need for improved integration with totally different products, such as a rapid server. This is currently challenging since the management console becomes overloaded with logs, which complicates troubleshooting.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Trellix Collaboration Security for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Sometimes, integration can be challenging, impacting its stability, which is why I rate it a five out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate it an eight out of ten. Scalability benefits me by allowing for growth, although sometimes adding users can be difficult due to licensing.
How are customer service and support?
The support isn't bad, but there is room for improvement in response time. Initially, I must generate a ticket, and then it gets escalated through tiers if the issue isn't resolved.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
For me, setup is easy because of my extensive experience. I rate it ten out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is high at eight out of ten. It is quite expensive and should be reconsidered.
What other advice do I have?
Before installing, consider potential challenges with system performance, especially when integrating multiple tools, which could slow down performance. Overall, I rate the solution with an eight due to its impressive performance, however, integration with other systems needs improvement. My overall product rating is an eight out fo ten.
Out of data and hard to manage
Trellix Enterprise Security Manager helps us to detect the malwares and Threats and help mitigate
McAfee Enterprise Log review
It is having instant access to log data from various sources
And it is filtering options to quickly identify specific events or patterns
It can able to handle large volume of log data from diverse sources
It integrates with other McAfee solutions and third party tools
It is having features enabling security teams to monitor investigate and respond to the security incident
It is difficult to effectively communicate insights to the non technical stakeholders
It requires significant training and expertise for new users
Large volume of lock data can impact search performance leading to slower query results
Integration with diverse log sources and customization of dashboards and reports can be time consuming and require technical expertise
Offering centralised flat form for law collection analysis and reporting improving security teams
Identifying potential security threats in real time
It is giving incidence response enabling rapid investigation and analysis of security incident
Has an easy implementation phase to deal with for users
What is our primary use case?
Ideally, I don't manage the installation, but I do manage the security part. I am responsible for defining security-based best practices and implementing them in our company's environment.
I know about Trellix (formerly FireEye) Endpoint Security HX. I use Trellix Network Security (NX) for network security and devices, while Trellix (formerly FireEye) Endpoint Security HX is used for email security requirements.
What is most valuable?
My experience with the product is good. One of the valuable features of the product stems from the fact that it is easy to implement the tool in our environment.
What needs improvement?
Technology is an area that is evolving every day. As changes are introduced on a day-to-day basis, I feel that my company should evaluate the products we use. In general, our company should make the tool more robust to protect our systems.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Trellix Collaboration Security for more than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Considering the number of people on my team, which is huge, I feel the scalability part is good.
Around 2,00,000 people use the product in my company.
The product is extensively used in my company.
Whether my company plans to increase the number of users of the product or not is something that depends on the growth of the organization.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good and supportive when it comes to my interactions with them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also use Office 365 and Exchange Online Protection (EOP).
How was the initial setup?
The product's implementation phase is easy. When it comes to the implementation part, it is always better to go with some kind of automation process. Automation process can ensure a 100 percent implementation success rate in our company's environment.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When it comes to the licensing model, my company mostly purchases the five-year license model. I rate the product price as nine out of ten, where ten is the most expensive, and one is the cheapest. There is no need to pay any extra charges apart from the licensing costs.
What other advice do I have?
I primarily use the product in our daily security operations since it is implemented in all of our company's systems and is used in our environment.
Normally, email security tools like FireEye or Trellix help to protect ourselves from spam, malware, and other email-oriented threats. The tool is used extensively in our company's environment. It is more like a collaboration email security that is used in our company.
Whether my company plans to increase the number of users of the product or not is something that depends on the growth of the organization.
I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.
The product is stable and reliable, considering the results my company gets out of it.
When it comes to Trellix or FireEye Endpoint Security (HX), the tools offer antivirus as well as the modern real-time security feature, which is used to automate the detection and protection of the endpoints against all the security threats that are currently there in the industry.
I don't see any challenges with the integration part of the product, but since a different team manages it, I don't have visibility into it.
In terms of the value offered by the product, the solution does help our company protect data and the complete infrastructure.
I rate the tool a nine out of ten.