Trellix

What it does

Trellix (formed from the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye) is an enterprise cybersecurity company providing XDR, endpoint security, email security, and network security with AI-powered threat detection. AI capabilities include AI-powered threat intelligence from FireEye's Mandiant research, ML endpoint behavioral detection that identifies advanced malware and attack techniques without signatures, AI-driven XDR correlation that connects endpoint, network, and cloud security telemetry into coherent attack narratives, automated threat hunting that proactively searches for threat indicators across the security estate, intelligent alert prioritization that surfaces the most critical security events for analyst attention, and AI security operations automation that executes response playbooks when threats are detected.

Strengths

• Mid-market security teams use Trellix for AI-enhanced endpoint and XDR security - ML threat detection and Mandiant threat intelligence providing enterprise-grade protection.
• Large enterprises use Trellix for comprehensive XDR - AI correlating security signals across endpoint, network, and cloud with Mandiant's advanced threat intelligence enriching detection.
• Trellix (formed from the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye) is an enterprise cybersecurity company providing XDR, endpoint security, email security, and network security with AI-powered threat detection.

Watch-outs

• Integration of McAfee and FireEye products still maturing: Trellix was formed from two separate security companies — buyers should evaluate product integration completeness and roadmap clarity before making long-term security platform commitments.
• CrowdStrike has stronger EDR market position: CrowdStrike Falcon is the market leader in endpoint detection — Trellix must demonstrate advantages in threat intelligence depth and XDR breadth to compete for enterprise EDR decisions.
• Brand recognition building from scratch: Trellix is a relatively new brand combining legacy products — organizations evaluating endpoint security may have less awareness of the combined platform's capabilities versus established brands.

Pricing

Trellix enterprise contracts not published. Mid-market and enterprise pricing negotiated. Annual contracts.