|  | McAfee® LiveSafe | Secure Home Platform |
| Product Info | Award winning Anti-virus Security suite that offers protection for an unlimited number of Windows PCs, Macs and Android and iOS devices, along with a Web dashboard.
LiveSafe lets the user install the security suite on every PC, Mac and mobile device you have. This does not provide protection at a router level. | Secure Home Platform is a solution based on a set of software packages designed to be installed on a consumer home router and provides protection at a router level.
Automatically protects internet-connected devices on the home network from a variety of threats. Attacks are blocked at the router level, delivering robust security features that can be controlled from an easy-to-use mobile app |
| User Access | User can download McAfee® LiveSafe from the website, register for a subscription and start using LiveSafe for all his devices. | Secure Home Platform ships on existing router OEMs through retail and ISP channels working together with existing ecosystem to bring security to the connected home. |
| Installation | MLS requires installation on each and every connected device separately for protection to be active. | SHP does not require installation of software application on every device in the network. The SHP admin app works connecting directly to the cloud, which implies that it is going to work even outside of the home network. |
| Web/Mobile Access | Apart from iOS, Android, MLS also has a web interface for PC. | SHP can only used via a mobile app currently available only on iOS and Android platforms. |
| Protection for All Devices | Guards against viruses and online threats, helps avoid risky websites and prevents dangerous downloads. | SHP offers two levels of protection:
Protection at router level- The home gateway acts as a gatekeeper for every other device in that network. The Global Threat Intelligence database helps to protect devices from accessing malicious websites.
Protection at cloud level - Security needs are different based on device type and user (child vs adult). SHP offers flexibility to set up different security policies on different devices in home network. |
| Virus and Threat Protection | Yes. Helps keep identity and data secure with real time anti-malware, a two-way firewall, and a next-generation scanning engine. | Threat protection is provided at the routerlevel for all connected devices. User can install MLS from the SHP application to provide further device level virus protection. |
| Mobile Security | Helps safe guard mobile devices from data loss, theft with remote backup, locate and wipe features. | SHP does not have data loss and anti-theft protection as core offerings. User can take advantage by installing MLS from the SHP application for specific mobile devices. |
| Password Manager | Provides enhanced password management via True Key. | Not available as part of SHP. |
| Secure Cloud Storage | Personal Locker securely stores sensitive documents in cloud with biometric authentication. | Not available as part of SHP. |
| IOT Device Protection | No specific feature available as part of MLS for IOT device vulnerabilities. | SHP protects the growing number of connected home devices. Irregularities are identified and users are alerted via their mobile app. |
| Parental Controls | Does not allow user to block specific web categories or exercise time restrictions. Limited features. | Parental controls make it easy to protect each family member with content filtering that gives the user the ability to block sites based on easy-to-follow categories. Users can also exercise time restrictions by device or by user – all from the mobile app. |
| Pause Home Network | Not available as part of MLS | Users can put internet access on hold with one tap from the mobile app to encourage families to put down their devices |
| Device Isolation | Not available as part of MLS | With Device Isolation, the user can control which devices are granted guest access to the home Wi-Fi, protecting the home network from untrusted or unwanted devices. |
| Kill Switch | Not available as part of MLS | When users want to stop a device from connecting to the internet, a kill switch can cut off its access and resume when appropriate. |
| Router Management (Security) | Not available as part of MLS | User can make certain changes to router security settings via SHP for enhancing protection of network and connected devices. |
| Email Anti-Spam | Blocks annoying and dangerous emails with Anti-SPAM | Not available as part of SHP. |
