Symmetry Alternatives

4.6(67 Ratings)

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1. Cyera Platform

4.6

The Cyera Classification Engine offers a greater degree of quality than other competitors in the field. They don't rely on pure regex, nor do they try and manually enumerate the entire corpus of data elements that exist in the entire world (two fundamentally flawed approaches in other systems). Their ability to detect and classify business context (aka not just "name", but "customer name") and their ability to automatically detect and create new data element types opens up new avenues for compliance and governance workflows. Furthermore, they can handle the large datasets I handle across multiple data storage locations. Their agent-less deployment has made it easy to cover my entire stack quickly. I have found their policy engine to be a little brittle in comparison to the high quality classification engine, and forming the right policies to align them with my company goals is a manual labor process that will hopefully soon be automated. I have also had some issues with aligning on the complete size of my data before contracting, since they contract around raw data size. But their emerging AI functionality and the ability to have high level introspection into my entire data stack are quite valuable, and I look forward to keeping my partnership with Cyera going strong.Read all insights and reviews for Cyera Platform

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2. Varonis Unified Data Security Platform

4.8

After completing an extensive proof of value and using the Varonis platform successfully for the past eight months, we can confidently say that it has delivered meaningful, measurable value for our data security and governance programs. The POV process was extensive, and the Varonis team was highly engaged and responsive. It was well-structured, practical, and focused on real risks rather than theoretical use cases. By the end of the evaluation, Varonis clearly demonstrated visibility into where our sensitive data resides, who has access to it, and where our highest exposure existed. This made the purchasing decision very straightforward. In production, the platform has been stable, scalable and effective. Varonis provides clear, actionable insights into data access and risks, allowing us to move from reactive discovery to a more proactive approach. The ability to quickly identify overexposed data and prioritize remediation has been particularly valuable for governance, compliance and information security. Support and customer engagement have been extremely strong. During the POV and production implementation, the Varonis team has been knowledgeable, responsive, and invested in our success. Read all insights and reviews for Varonis Unified Data Security Platform

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3. Concentric AI Semantic Intelligence

By Concentric AI

4.8

My company underwent an extensive PoV process and although it was close between Concentric and another vendor in this space, we ultimately selected Concentric since they had a couple key capabilities we needed to meet our requirements and use cases. The sales/sales engineering team was outstanding and their customer success offering is at a negligible cost versus the competition. We have only just begun to implement the solution following recent procurement, and during the holidays at that, so we have a ways to go before we can confirm a successful partnership, but based on what we saw during the PoV and given their recent strategic acquisitions to address data access governance and GenAI data protection/gov, we have every reason to feel optimistic.Read all insights and reviews for Concentric AI Semantic Intelligence

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4. AvePoint Confidence Platform

4.6

Overall, the experience has been really good. We had some issues with features that were missing, and licensing has been a pain to keep updated, but the project went well to implement, and the product works as expected.Read all insights and reviews for AvePoint Confidence Platform

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5. Sentra

4.9

Sentra has been the most effective data protection platform we evaluated and eventually adopted.Read all insights and reviews for Sentra

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6. BigID Next

4.7

BigID provides a comprehensive data security toolset - it provided the functionality needed to ensure we could meet our data protection goals.Read all insights and reviews for BigID Next

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7. Cortex Cloud

By Palo Alto Networks

4.4

We were able to get into Cortex Cloud during its early access period. This product has come a long way from where it was, and it's road map is continuing to look impressive. With it's integrations with XDR, SOAR, XSIAM, and Prisma Cloud, it's made incident response and investigation much simpler. Read all insights and reviews for Cortex Cloud

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8. Securiti Data Security Posture Management

4.7

The presence of a dedicated CSM who is able to provide solutions and guidance is great. Read all insights and reviews for Securiti Data Security Posture Management

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