Re: Anti-Virus/Malware Enterprise Options

["Garmon, Joel" <garmonjs () WFU EDU>]

We have been using Microsoft’s System Center Endpoint Protection for a
while now.  It does a decent job at detecting virus.  But I agree that you
really need a competent SCCM team to use it.

Contact me directly if you want more information.


Thank you,

Joel Garmon
Director Information Security
Wake Forest University
336-758-2972

http://infosec.wfu.edu/


On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Brian Griffith <griffibw () whitman edu>
wrote:

> Hey Doug. We recently made the switch from McAfee to SCEP. In our somewhat
> limited testing, they performed similarly. I feel slightly better about
> McAfee (leftover bias against Defender from the early days, perhaps?), but
> not enough to justify the cost. We feel like the central administration of
> SCEP is better/easier (IF you already have SCCM up and running), and you
> get prettier reports out of the box. I'm also excited about the MS APT
> product as we transition to Windows 10.
>
> Brian Griffith
> Information Security Officer
> Whitman College
>
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 8:32 AM, Doug Brooks <dbrooks () PARKLAND EDU
> <dbrooks () parkland edu>> wrote:
>
> We are currently using McAfee as our AV solution but are evaluating other
> options.  We are upgrading to the latest McAfee Endpoint Security version
> for our enterprise but also want to consider other products including
> Microsoft’s System Center Endpoint Protection/Defender platform.  The
> latter would save us money but I’m not yet confident that it is a viable
> enterprise solution.
>
>
>
> I’d appreciate any feedback on McAfee, Microsoft or other enterprise-grade
> solutions that you are using.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Doug
>
> Parkland College
>
> dbrooks () parkland edu
>
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