Sophos SafeGuard Encryption Reviews

Using BitLocker and doing all the heavy lifting in the background.

Nothing. I've honestly never had such ease deploying encryption.

Absolutely go for it. Excellent, easy to use and effective.

Quick and easy deployment of device encryption has been a real time saver.

Safeguard gives us the peace of mind knowing our laptops and mobile Windows devices are encrypted. Easy key management from the console provides relief when a user has had a mishap with logging into their device or lost the encryption password. Ability to track status of devices with encryption is a plus.

User interface could stand to be modernized. Uses older Microsoft style of panes.

By using Safeguard, it make being HIPAA compliant with encryption easy.

Easy to use tool, a layer more protection to have confidential documents in the cloud, protected documents, makes interesting the tool to be able to see the documents of special protection in any device.

In virtualized environments only allows VMware, not other virtualization solutions.

Yes, versatile product, secure documents in the cloud, this makes it possible to access documents from either side and is properly protected.

It has been possible to establish policies for the protection of the information in the mobile devices, laptops, Smartphone tablets, to be able to store confidential documents in the cloud

I like that Sophos is keeping you posted throughout the day letting you know that you are being protected and have the latest updates.

First getting started can be a bit confusing,

Keeping payroll information at bay, with high security encryption, protecting vital data and complying with rules and regulations.

I love that fact that Sophos Safeguard Encryption is applied to the entire hard drive and not just to a specific file or folder. I have to physically enter a password to just start the boot process. I live with the peace that if my laptop is stolen, all of my data is encapsulated with the vault that is Sophos Safeguard Encryption. Whilst in operation, you don't even know that the software is there and protecting you in the background.

When I first started using Sophos Safeguard Encryption, I had a normal hard drive. The boot up time of the computer was incredibly slow, and functions within the operating system were also much slower than compared with a non-encrypted drive/pc. I upgraded to a solid-state drive, and away went all the speed problems. Other than the speed, the only other thing I dislike is the logon interface which pops-up before the PC starts to boot, I feel this could be a lot nicer, and not as plain as it is presented (but this is obviously limited by graphic performance in the boot sequence).

If you do decide to go with Sophos Safeguard Encryption, having hardware that uses a solid-state drive is really a big plus, then you will never notice any performance downgrade.

The business problems that are solved by utilising Sophos Safeguard Encryption are very obvious; your data is full protected, and the failure is single point if it ever does get out (being based on a username and password). Stolen hardware is no longer a concern, as the thief will be unable to access the computer, nevermind the data.

The interface is easy to use and knowing the laptops in the field are protected lets me sleep at night.

The version we are using is not cloud based, so we have to host it ourselves. There is a cloud version using Sophos Central, but we have not yet moved to it.

Go with the Sophos Central. It has self service for users so you don't get that call at 2:00 am.

Since Windows 7 Professional Computers don't include bitlocker. this is the product to use. The centralized management was also important for remote users.

The software does what it needs to do without any interaction from me. It just works without any hassle. You install the software once, and forget it is running in the background.

There really isn't anything I dislike about this software as it is currently implemented

security,

Seamlessly integrates with your OS to encrypt all your data and keep it safe

Sometimes slower response from HD when combined with the native Windows 10 bitlocker

Keep important data encrypted in case of losing a device

The ability to decrypt clients using the master encryption key.

The time it takes to activate the encryption process.

Keeping user data secure.

Does what it is supposed to do - safeguard and encrypt. Has a three-click policy option.

Might be a little overzealous as times - could use some other encryption algorithms for different use cases.

Migrate from BitLocker after a security breach.