McAfee Secure Alternatives?

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Posted by ebmasterway, 10-30-2012, 05:52 PM
I'm starting a small business and am looking for a service that will scan my server to ensure it is PCI compliant, and also just to make sure there aren't any security vulnerabilities. Since McAfee Secure seems to be popular I called for a quote, but to my shock I was told the service would cost over $2,000 per year, and this is for a small business which hasn't even launched yet. I'm trying to investigate other companies to find a viable alternative and have been looking at these: http://www.verasafe.com/pricing http://www.sitelock.com/products.php http://www.symantec.com/verisign/trust-seal Does anyone have any experience with these companies or services? Do you have any other recommendations? Appreciate your advice.
Posted by Ricky-GWS, 10-30-2012, 06:27 PM
You could try Security Metrics if you're just after the PCI scanning. I think Mcafee do a PCI scan only option, which is a lot cheaper. WHMCS users get Mcafee PCI for $99.95 per year! I found this a while back which offers free Mcafee PCI scanning. http://applications.cpanel.net/free-...mcafee-secure/
Posted by ebmasterway, 10-30-2012, 06:33 PM
Hi, thanks for your reply. I found a link on the PayPal website that gave me McAfee's PCI scanning service for free, actually The problem is that it only scans every couple of months and I want a much more frequent scan then that. It also does not allow me to use the McAfee Secure logo on my website.
Posted by BestServerSupport, 10-31-2012, 11:48 AM
As an alternative of McAfee, please have a look at offers from trust-guard.com.
Posted by kevincheri, 11-01-2012, 08:42 AM
My suggestion would be to choose Security Metrics or Trustwave as they offer quarterly scans.
Posted by Jo_ritter, 01-16-2013, 12:33 PM
From what I understand VeraSafe is more of a trusted/verified business program, rather than PCI. It sounds like they are probably your best best for a all around trust & business verification program (and its a bargain)... but for strictly PCI, you are looking at several $1,000 from most places. If you are just looking for the trust seal - get VeraSafe. If one of the free PCI scanners won't do it for you, then get McCafee as well as the VeraSafe seal, and your sales figures will thank you.