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Fortra Digital Guardian

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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What is Fortra Digital Guardian?

Breaches are inevitable, losing data is not. Digital Guardian for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) gives you everything you need – the deepest visibility, the fine-grained control and the industry’s broadest data loss protection coverage – to stop sensitive data from getting out of your organization.

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Awards & Recognition

Fortra Digital Guardian won the following awards in the Data Loss Prevention category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Fortra Digital Guardian 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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+92 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 Fortra Digital Guardian?

5% Negative

6% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Over Delivered
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Environment Support

Email and IM Support

Application Monitoring

Optical Character Recognition

Forensic Analysis Support

Real Time Scanning

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Endpoint Support

Encryption and Decryption Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Data Discovery (DLP)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 87

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Fortra Digital Guardian Reviews

Derrick G.

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

A brilliant endpoint protection solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Fortra Digital Guardian from other similar products?

Affordability of the software and costs effectiveness compared to other endpoint protection solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The product is very straightforward in terms of use no need for training.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The software endpoint protection services are topnotch no aversion.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For an affordable and easy to use endpoint software, this is an appropriate product especially for beginners. The software is reliable and very customizable.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation

Suraj J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Underrated DLP solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Fortra Digital Guardian from other similar products?

Reliability, remote connectivity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Predefined policies

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of OCR feature

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Kindly consider this solution and give it a try by conducting POCs

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Obaidul R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Dynamic Functionalities

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Fortra Digital Guardian from other similar products?

Effectiveness in safeguarding all endpoints with single click

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of integrations with other tools

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to dislike so far.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To streamline operations use this tool

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Fortra Digital Guardian

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Fortra Digital Guardian Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Fortra Digital Guardian?

Pros

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

Environment Support Breadth of protocol support, cloud protection, peer to peer, Web 2.0, and virtualization environment support.

Email and IM Support The solution scans inbound and outbound messages for security violations.

Application Monitoring The solution monitors applications which may store sensitive data (e.g. clipboard).

Optical Character Recognition Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities to accurately extract sensitive data (e.g. SS numbers, credit card numbers) from images.

Forensic Analysis Support Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Real Time Scanning The solution scans content and context of files in real-time, 24/7.

Multiple Enforcement Actions The solution provides options for violations such as block, move, quarantine, and delete.

Endpoint Support Multiple operating system and device type support with offline protection, removable media, print screen, and copy and paste support.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies Centralized reporting engine with out-of-the-box policy support and custom policy creation with bi-directional workflow integration.

Data Discovery (DLP) Structured (content registration or data fingerprinting) and unstructured (keywords, lexicons, metadata tags, statistical analysis, etc.) data identification.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fortra Digital Guardian Reviews

Derrick G.

A brilliant endpoint protection solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Suraj J.

Underrated DLP solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Obaidul R.

Dynamic Functionalities

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Environment Support

Email and IM Support

Application Monitoring

Optical Character Recognition

Forensic Analysis Support

Real Time Scanning

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Endpoint Support

Encryption and Decryption Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Data Discovery (DLP)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training