Great for Continental Enterprises
July 26, 2021
Great for Continental Enterprises
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) was included in the short list of SIEM solutions for our SOC solution. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) dashboard was comprehensive and the UI was intuitive and easy to customize. The 'out-of-the-box setup was easy and hit the floor running with minimal configuration when paired with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor or Server and Application Monitor.
- SOC Dashboard
- Compliance Reporting
- Node Health
- User Logon Events Dashboard
- Poor Performance for 10,000+ elements
- Poor Performance for real-time dashboard when over 10K nodes
- Poor database performance for extra large global enterprise
Do you think SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)'s feature set?
Yes
Did SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) again?
Yes
- Total Network Visibility
- Capacity Planning Tools
- Poor Performance for large datacenters across the globe
- High Availability Features can be improved
- NTT Managed Security Services (MSS), Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager (formerly HP Arcsight), Splunk Enterprise Security and Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
We found that SolarWinds performed poorly when the Architecture included many large data centers spread across the globe. When evaluating the SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) solution we quickly realized that we needed a distributed architecture with log aggregation to a Managed Security Services vendor. For this reason, we did not go with SolarWinds SEM however, it is an ideal solution for large enterprises with continental data center reach. Coupled with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Application and Server Monitor, and other SolarWinds modules make this is an excellent solution for Enterprises looking for an end-to-end IT Operations tool.