Symantec Encryption Reviews & Product Details

Laptops and removable media devices have provided today’s mobile workforce the freedom to work anywhere. With this freedom comes a greater risk of a data breach through lost or stolen devices. Symantec Endpoint Encryption combines strong full-disk and removable media encryption with centralized management to protect sensitive information and ensure regulatory compliance. Symantec provides maximum protection by encrypting each drive, sector-by-sector, ensuring that all files are encrypted. In addition to protecting laptops and desktops, Endpoint Encryption supports various types of removable media including USB drives, external hard drives, and CD/DVD/Blu-ray media. With Symantec, removable media users can access their data on any Windows or Mac system, even if encryption isn’t installed on the machine.

Seller

Broadcom

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Symantec Encryption Community

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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3 months

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Symantec Encryption Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 01, 2026

What is Symantec Encryption, and what problem is it built to solve?

Symantec Encryption is used to protect sensitive information across email, files, and endpoint devices. It helps organizations reduce the risk of data exposure and support security and compliance needs.

What company sizes and industries is Symantec Encryption the best fit for?

Symantec Encryption appears most relevant to organizations protecting information across a range of company sizes, with the strongest concentration in larger and mid-market environments. The industries represented most often include technology, insurance, and healthcare.

Company size: Enterprise organizations with more than 1,000 employees and mid-market organizations with 51–1,000 employees.
Industry: Information technology and services, computer software, and insurance.

What customer support options does Symantec Encryption provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

The support experience is mixed: some users find the product dependable enough to need little assistance, while others describe difficulty getting effective help. Support-channel details are not part of the available product information.

Is Symantec Encryption considered safe and secure for handling data?

Symantec Encryption is used to protect email, files, and full disks, including data on laptops and removable storage. Users describe it as helping safeguard sensitive information and provide reassurance if a device is lost or stolen, though encryption can come with performance delays and key management or recovery challenges.

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Flavio S.

Cyber Security

Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/3/2016

"best choice in encryption"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

I use Symantec Encryption for encrypting applications, files stored on the local hard disk, and email encryption to protect sensitive data. It is great for increasing enterprise security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

I noticed a slowdown in disk performance, especially in the transfer of files. Encrypted files are more secure while reducing performance. In the past, I have had problems with the configuration of Symantec Endpoint Encryption with VMware. The virtual network adapter should not be VMXNET3, otherwise it generates problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Encryption:

An important feature is the management through Encryption Management Server to centralize the creation, distribution, and management of data security policies and reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have clients who have used it to encrypt external drives. They use it to back up the local PC. They are able to use them independently without intervention by the network administrators. It is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/21/2015

"Powerful product and meet all the compliance requirements"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

Rich reporting and easy to manage. The product can easily set up with AD authentication including multi domains, with few simple click, an administrator can create a detailed report on the encryption status on the firm inventory. Centralized management console with SQL database, an administrators can easily create customized report and allow the auditors or end users to get the drive encryption information without accessing to the management console. Flexible on the Pre Boot Authentication and lockout, an administrator can create separate client package or use GPO to manage high risk system with PBA mandatory and set the lockout interval, a lost computer will be locked out after certain time not communicating with the management servers, Removable storage device encryption with great deal of configuration and management options.Multi platforms support, such as Windows and MAC, the product is capable of managing the FileVault and BitLocker encryption, as well as the self encrypted hardware encryption.. . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

There is no way we can create client package without upgrading the management server. hardware compatibility issue on the new emerge hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Encryption:

Yes, I would recommend other customers to consider SEE as encryption solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you?

Legal and compliance requires to have all the desktops hard disk encrypted and provide the complete inventory to demonstrate the encryption are covered on all the computers in the firm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel M.

Technical Support Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/7/2016

"Works fine"

4/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

Scans are accurate and notifications to admins about users getting malware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

Short scan doesn't usually find anything, full scan takes a while Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2016

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Encryption"

5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

E-mail, file and whole disk encryption which are excellent features, which gives great protection for customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

Reporting in PGP Universal server are very limited. Need to improve product on reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/4/2016

"Secure for laptops"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

can not recover data with any bootable cd Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

can not decrypt through console compare to other encryption solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/28/2016

"Great Product and Great Security."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

E-mail, file and whole disk encryption which are excellent features, which gives great protection for my environment. It has great reporting tool and easy to manage, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

I wish it could use other databases like Oracle and so on. I would like the same to be on a lower cost side.... Better and cheaper...Can this be in real world? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/16/2015

"Good product, Still getting better."

4/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

The management of encrypted assets have been easy (knock on wood). The biggest challenge is providing Whole disk discovery tokens to users who forgot their password. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

Needs to be more granular when it comes to managing external storage devices such as usb drives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Encryption:

This is a great product that will provide encryption for multiple scenarios. Definitely worth evaluating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you?

The encryption on assets have helped provide peace of mind in multiple situations of assets being lost or stolen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 12/1/2015

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Symantec Endpoint Encryption 11"

5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

The user experience and the robust combination of PGP and SEE to make SEE 11 has been outstanding. I hope to see Fileshare encryption and Command Line added into SEE 11 in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

The limitation of GPO for Removable Media encryption and the multiple installation packages needed to get everything installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Symantec Encryption:

I found the following video on Symantec Connect very helpful.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/symantec-encryption Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Symantec Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were needing to encrypt laptops and USBs to protect sensitive data. We found that SEE 11 was very user friendly and was easy to rollout to our remote workers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sean G.

Chief Executive Officer

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/3/2015

"Customers get a confidence boost"

5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

Symantec is very customer focused, makes implementation seamless and is solidly built. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

nothing major that I can think of at this time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael F.

Senior Technical Account Manager, Team Lead

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/30/2012

"Excellent Security Suite"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Symantec Encryption?

The full suite has e-mail, file and whole disk encryption. These are excellent features that are often underused, but can prevent data loss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Symantec Encryption?

It is very costly, and there are many free tools that do the same things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.