The Top 10 Endpoint Encryption Solutions

Bitdefender is a leading endpoint security provider, headquartered in Bucharest, Romania. Their endpoint solutions protect over 500 millions systems in 150 countries. GravityZone Full Disk Encryption is Bitdefender’s endpoint encryption module, which helps reduce loss or theft of data stored on fixed disks, and Windows and MacOS devices.

Bitdefender GravityZone Full Disk Encryption Features:

• Encrypts boot and non-boot volumes on fixed disks, desktops, and laptops
• Centralized management of the native encryption process (BitLocker and FileVault) for Windows and Mac devices, without the installation of any further agents or key management systems
• Cloud-based or on-prem admin console, which can be used to unify and manage Bitdefender’s entire GravityZone endpoint security stack
• Encryption-specific reports makes it easier to prove compliance with data protection regulations
• Pre-boot authentication prevents users from accessing data until their identity is verified

Pricing And Plans: GravityZone Full Disk Encryption is available as an add-on to any Bitdefender endpoint security solution. Pricing starts at £39.19/year for a minimum of three devices. Subscriptions are available annually, or for two- or three-year periods.

Expert Insights’ Comments: GravityZone Full Disk Encryption is a strong endpoint encryption solution that leverages the native capabilities of your device fleet, making it lightweight, quick to deploy, and easy to manage. We recommend Bitdefender’s solution to any organization looking for user-friendly endpoint encryption for Windows and Mac devices, which they can implement as part of a wider endpoint security stack.

Check Point is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. They provide a wide range of network, cloud, endpoint, and threat detection and response solutions, as well as IT compliance and management products. Checkpoint Full Disk Encryption (FDE) is available as part of their Harmony Endpoint (formerly SandBlast Agent) solution, which also offers antivirus, anti-malware, anti-phishing, VPN remote access, zero-trust application access, and a threat emulation sandbox.

Check Point Full Disk Encryption Features:

• FIPS-certified XTS-AES and AES-CBC encryption of user data, OS files, temporary files, and erased content across online and offline Windows and MacOS devices
• Multi-factor pre-boot authentication with support for smart card authentication
• Single sign-on (SSO) for pre-boot and OS logins
• Remote password changes and one-time logins for users that have lost or forgotten their access tokens, with a Self Help portal to reduce Help Desk tickets
• Central policy creation, enforcement, and logging from a unified management console
• Seamless integration with Check Point’s wider endpoint security suite, including media encryption, port protection, and document security

Pricing And Plans: Check Point FDE is available as part of the Harmony Endpoint Complete package (Check Point’s most advanced package). Pricing for Harmony Endpoint is available from Check Point upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Check Point FDE offers high levels of security, with strong user support options to help minimize downtime in the event a user is locked out of their account. It’s important to note that, while Harmony Endpoint is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux devices, FDE isn’t compatible with Linux and doesn’t support server encryption. Overall, we recommend Check Point Full Disk Encryption for mid-size and larger enterprises looking for encryption as part of a wider endpoint security strategy.

Headquartered in Texas, Dell Technologies is a provider of IT infrastructure and endpoint security solutions. Dell Data Protection | Encryption (DDPE) is their enterprise encryption solution for businesses, which enables organizations to protect data stored across a range of devices, operating systems, and external media.

Dell Encryption Enterprise Features:

• Software-based encryption enables IT teams to create and enforce flexible encryption policies for all data, including full-disk encryption of OS data and external media encryption
• FIPS 140-2-certified endpoint disk encryption
• BitLocker Manager feature enables central management of Dell encryption and Microsoft BitLocker drive encryption
• Multi-factor authentication support, with smart card compatibility
• Centralized management with reporting on encryption status and endpoint compliance
• On-premises and cloud deployment options

Pricing And Plans: Pricing for Dell Data Protection | Encryption (DDPE) is available from Dell Technologies upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Dell Data Protection | Encryption offers highly granular endpoint encryption, allowing admins to create and enforce policies for full-disk encryption and at the file-level. This granularity, however, does mean that the solution can be complex to configure. We recommend Dell Data Protection | Encryption as a strong solution for larger enterprises looking to secure their endpoint data—including external hard drives—against unauthorized access.

Digital Guardian (acquired by Fortra in 2021) is a cybersecurity provider based in Massachusetts, US, that helps businesses protect their data against loss and theft. Digital Guardian offers endpoint encryption as part of their cloud-delivered Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution, which offers a full suite of DLP capabilities, including control over all data movement, endpoint activity monitoring and logging, and risk-based incident response.

Digital Guardian Endpoint DLP Features:

• AES 256-bit encryption for Windows, MacOS, and Linux endpoints
• Encryption of removable devices and media, with the option to assign access permissions to these devices and limit file transfers by size and type
• Central management console from which admins can define encryption policies, manage encryption keys, and view encryption or compliance reports
• Advanced data classification allows for the real-time monitoring of sensitive data such as PII and PHI, with alerting should this data be accessed or copied
• Cloud-delivered and powered by AWS for fast, on-demand scalability
• Integrations with other third-party security tools, including Amazon Macie, Splunk, Cisco’s Web Security Appliance, and Microsoft Information Protection (MIP)

Pricing And Plans: Pricing for Digital Guardian Endpoint DLP is available from Fortra upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Digital Guardian Endpoint DLP offers robust encryption features alongside its other DLP capabilities. One of the platform’s greatest strengths is its data classification feature; this enables IT teams to receive alerts should sensitive information be accessed. This feature is particularly useful for organizations that need to comply with strict data protection standards such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS. We recommend Digital Guardian Endpoint DLP as a strong solution for any sized organization looking for cross-OS encryption to secure sensitive data stored on their endpoints.

Headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia, ESET is a cybersecurity provider known globally for their lightweight solutions that protect against known and zero-day cyberthreats. ESET Endpoint Encryption is their cloud-based full-disk encryption solution. It enables IT teams to easily and centrally create security policies and manage encryption processes for all their users devices.

ESET Endpoint Encryption Features:

• Compatible with MacOS (through managed FileVault 2) and multiple Windows OS versions
• Centralized key management
• FIPS 140-2-validated, AES 256-bit encryption for endpoint data, including protection for files, folders, emails, and removable media
• Robust auditing and reporting capabilities make it easy for admins to monitor who has accessed encrypted data
• Serverless deployment enables admins to secure remote endpoints

Pricing And Plans: ESET Endpoint Encryption is available as a standalone solution; contact ESET directly for pricing information. ESET also offers full-disk encryption with the Advanced and Complete packages of their PROTECT solution. This also offers endpoint and file server security (plus cloud app security, email security, and threat detection and response for Complete).

Expert Insights’ Comments: ESET offers a robust endpoint encryption solution that gives you a high level of security, while still being easy to deploy, configure, and manage. The platform is completely transparent for end users, whilst providing a comprehensive level of protection for data across multiple levels. Overall, we recommend ESET Endpoint Encryption as a strong solution for SMBs looking to secure the data stored on their users MacOS and Windows endpoints—including those working remotely.

Headquartered in Washington, US, Microsoft is one of the world’s largest tech companies, offering a wide range of hardware and software products for consumers and businesses of all sizes. BitLocker is Microsoft’s free, built-in encryption solution for their own line of Windows operating systems.

Microsoft BitLocker Features:

• Seamless integrations with Windows operating systems
• AES 128-bit and AES 256-bit encryption for specific files, folders, or entire drives
• Uses Trusted Platform Model (TPM) to create a recovery key, which can be stored in Active Directory
• Support for multi-factor authentication, including smart card and USB authenticators
• Intuitive, navigable interface that’s easy to use for IT teams used to managing Windows devices
• Powershell integration enables automated encryption

Pricing And Plans: BitLocker comes free with the Pro, Enterprise, and Education versions of Windows 10 and 11. It’s also included with Windows Server 2016 and above.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Because BitLocker is already built into all modern Windows operating systems, it’s highly easy to set up and configure. It offers a strong level of encryption (though we recommend that users utilize the 256-bit encryption algorithm), and requires no additional licensing. However, it doesn’t offer the extensive reporting capabilities of some other endpoint encryption solutions and is only compatible with Windows devices. As such, we recommend Microsoft BitLocker as a strong full-disk encryption tool for SMBs that want to secure the data on their users’ Windows devices.

Sophos is a cybersecurity provider based in Abingdon, UK. It offers a wide range of endpoint, network, email, web, and cloud security solutions. Sophos’ solutions specialize in using artificial intelligence to analyze existing threats and predict emerging ones. Central Device Encryption is Sophos’ full-disk endpoint encryption solution.  The solution is cloud-based, making it lightweight and scalable. As it is cloud-managed, admins can centrally monitor and secure their infrastructure from anywhere.

Sophos Central Device Encryption Features:

• Full-disk encryption for Windows and MacOS devices, with extended management for BitLocker and FileVault encryption systems
• File-level encryption for cloud data and removable storage devices
• Files are protected with an HTML wrapper, which ensures only authorized users can open them, enabling secure file sharing
• Central encryption key storage with Windows endpoint recovery in the event a key is lost or forgotten
• Self-service portal reduces helpdesk tickets by enabling users to troubleshoot their own encryption-related issues, such as resetting their own passwords

Central management console enables admins to remotely deploy encryption on user endpoints

Pricing And Plans: Pricing for Sophos Central Device Encryption is available from Sophos upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Sophos’ encryption solution requires an agent to be installed on each endpoint. While this means it takes some time to set up, the same agent can be used to manage endpoint security delivered by Sophos. The platform is highly intuitive, with a modern, friendly UI, and extends the management capabilities of BitLocker and FileVault, particularly in terms of reporting. We recommend Sophos Central Device Encryption for any sized organizations looking to encrypt their Windows and MacOS endpoints.

Symantec is a cybersecurity company that was acquired in 2019 by California-based technology provider, Broadcom. Symantec provides a comprehensive suite of endpoint security solutions that protect endpoint against malware, viruses, zero-day attacks, and unauthorized access. Symantec Endpoint Encryption allows IT teams to encrypt their users’ devices at whatever level they need to, with the solution’s various components available to deploy standalone or as a unified encryption suite.

Symantec Endpoint Encryption Features:

• FIPS 140-2-validated encryption for Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS devices—with extended management of BitLocker, FileVault 2, and OPAL-compliant self-encrypting storage drives
• Encryption at a file and folder level, with options for external hard drives, removable media, and emails
• Centralized management console from which admins can create and enforce encryption policies, view out-of-the box, compliance-based reports into encryption status, access audit trails, and manage encryption keys
• Self-service and admin-assisted recovery options
• Single sign-on support
• Active Directory sync for easier deployment, and automated key management and policy controls

Pricing And Plans: Pricing for Symantec Endpoint Encryption is available from Broadcom upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Symantec Endpoint Encryption provides high levels of security with granular encryption policy configurations. The solution can slow the performance of some older operating systems due to a strain on resources, as well as taking time to completely configure. However, once configured, Symantec offers comprehensive encryption, including for mobile devices. We recommend this solution to larger enterprises looking to implement encryption across a diverse endpoint fleet.

Trellix is a cybersecurity company the was born of the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye. Now headquartered in California, US, Trellix delivers a broad suite of security and intelligence tools for cloud, multi-cloud, and on-prem environments. Trellix Data Encryption enables IT teams to protect the data stored on their users’ devices, external storage, and shared servers against unauthorized access.

Trellix Data Encryption Features:

• FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria EAL2+ certified encryption for Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Android devices
• Full-disk, file, folder, email, removable media encryption, and encryption for data moving to cloud storage services such as OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox
• Central management of BitLocker and FileVault 2 encryption mechanisms
• Integration with Active Directory, Novell DNS, and PKI allows IT teams to sync their security policies
• Admin console provides central management of encryption policies, plus advanced reporting on encryption activities that can be used for compliance
• Multi-factor authentication, including support for smartcards

Pricing And Plans: Trellix Data Encryption is available as a part of two products. Management of Native Encryption allows IT teams to create and manage consistent policies using the in-built encryption on their devices. File and Removable Media Protection enables teams to encrypt files, folders, cloud storage, and removable media. Pricing for both products is available via Trellix upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Trellix Data Encryption lets IT teams encrypt data at every level across their endpoints and offers protection for mobile devices and removable storage devices as well as Windows and MacOS devices. This makes it particularly well-suited to companies with a large number of remote workers. The platform’s security certifications and robust reporting capabilities also make it a strong option for larger enterprises that need to be able to prove compliance with strict data protection standards.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Trend Micro is globally recognized as being a market leader in endpoint security. Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption is their endpoint encryption solution, which allows IT teams to secure data across a wide range of corporate-issued and user-owned devices to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive company data.

Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption Features:

• Provides visibility into—and central management of—BitLocker and FileVault encryption mechanisms
• Central key management system
• Compatible with Windows and MacOS desktops and laptops, and removable media (USB/CD/DVD)
• Policy-based, FIPS 140-2-compliant, AES 256-bit encryption of files, folders, emails, and full volumes, with support for self-encrypting drives (TCG OPAL and OPAL 2 SED)
• Pre-boot authentication and support for multi-factor authentication
• Active Directory sync enables easier deployment, while empowering IT teams to configure rules for account lockouts and failed login attempts
• Granular reporting into encryption and compliance status, with real-time auditing and historical audit trails
• Remote lock and data wipe options in the event a device is lost or stolen
• Seamless integrations with Trend Micro’s full suite of endpoint security solutions

Pricing And Plans: Pricing for Trend Micro’s Endpoint Encryption solution is available from Trend Micro upon request.

Expert Insights’ Comments: Trend Micro offers flexible encryption options for a diverse range of device types, with granular encryption policy configurations and comprehensive security. Compliance-based reporting features give you visibility into your network and security events. We recommend this solution to larger enterprises looking to encrypt a diverse endpoint fleet, which would benefit from policy-based encryption that can be fine-tuned to meet compliance needs.