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Carbon Black EDR

Composite Score

5.9 /10

CX Score

5.5 /10

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What is Carbon Black EDR?

Carbon Black EDR is an incident response and threat hunting solution designed for Security Operations Center teams with offline environments or on-premises requirements. Carbon Black EDR continuously records and stores endpoint activity data so security professionals can hunt threats in real time and visualize the complete attack kill chain, using the Carbon Black Cloud’s aggregated threat intelligence.

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Carbon Black EDR Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

68 Likeliness to Recommend

73 Plan to Renew

58 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+53 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Carbon Black EDR?

26% Negative

0% Neutral

74% Positive

Pros

Includes Product Enhancements
Client's Interest First
Respectful
Trustworthy

Cons

Under Delivered
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Mac OS support

Cross Platform Integration

Kernel Monitoring

Host NGFW Functionality

Centralized Management Portal

Ransomware Recovery and Removal

Automated Remediation

Cross Platform Support

Port and Device Control

System Hardening

Application Containment Mechanisms

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 64

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

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Carbon Black EDR Reviews

Wakkas A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Submitted Jun 2023

Review of VMWare Carbon Black Endpoint

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With the help of VMWare Carbon Black Endpoint you can protect devices from Zero day attack. Also it provides good amount of data for threat hunting and alert analysis. You can also manage USB devices as well as vulnerability management with VMWare Carbon Black Endpoint.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I noticed that VMWare Carbon Black Team need to improve customer support service little bit otherwise no issue from product side.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure to deploy product in the phase wise. Also before implementation make sure IT staffs are familiar with the product so they can easy do administration.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Santosh K.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2023

It's a fantastic product to purchase

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

Carbon Black Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is geared more to security operation center teams (SOC) with hybrid or on-premises environments. Unlike CB Defense, Carbon Black EDR stores endpoint activity data. This feature helps security analysts visualize the attack kill chain.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

VMware Carbon Black App Control can provide three benefits to your organization — extreme protection, continuous compliance, and high performance. It is the perfect solution if you have data centers or critical systems that can be targeted because of valuable data.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Technical support of the product, insufficent sensor healthcheck system and product has only local authentication, no LDAP or similar.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Currently, the market opportunity for VMware Carbon Black is very competitive and is highly influenced by the growth of endpoint security market. The endpoint security market is primarily driven by the growth of network security systems.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Tim R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Feb 2023

Solid infrastructure for the modern enterprise

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Carbon Black EDR from other similar products?

Ease of installation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

End support is fantastic

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing seems deficient

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Slow implementation leads to rapid benefits

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Saves Time
Includes Product Enhancements

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Carbon Black EDR Ratings

68 Likeliness to Recommend

73 Plan to Renew

58 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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+53 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Mac OS support Endpoint security support to identify and block threats on Mac workstations.

Cross Platform Integration Open API and net sec appliance integration with NGFW, SIEM, IPS/IDS, Automated Network Quarantining, DLP, Data Discovery, and Threat Intelligence.

Kernel Monitoring Monitoring of processes, memory, and system files at the OS level.

Host NGFW Functionality Includes policy-based default-deny/whitelisting and application verification and trust (VPN/virtualization).

Centralized Management Portal Includes multiple client management, push install capability, comprehensive policies for different groups, and active directory integration and synchronization.

Ransomware Recovery and Removal Recover files removed and/or encrypted by ransomware.

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

Cross Platform Support Includes the variety of client devices and operating systems supported by the solution.

Port and Device Control Includes USB encryption and endpoint data loss prevention.

System Hardening Automated vulnerability patching and vulnerability assessment.

Application Containment Mechanisms Includes cloud based protection, sandboxing, and local containerization.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

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Carbon Black EDR Reviews

Wakkas A.

Review of VMWare Carbon Black Endpoint

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Santosh K.

It's a fantastic product to purchase

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tim R.

Solid infrastructure for the modern enterprise

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Mac OS support

Cross Platform Integration

Kernel Monitoring

Host NGFW Functionality

Centralized Management Portal

Ransomware Recovery and Removal

Automated Remediation

Cross Platform Support

Port and Device Control

System Hardening

Application Containment Mechanisms

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness