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Likelihood to Recommend
AlienVault OSSIM
If this is your first experience with a SIEM, this one can get you started. Take the time to learn the ins and outs of the product and you'll most likely be satisfied with it if your company is an SMB. If you need compliance reports, OSSIM is too small for you, you'll need to go with USM or USM Anywhere.
Technical Services
GB Advisors, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
Retina Network Security Scanner is well suited for any environment and infrastructure that would like to expose security deficiencies across their network as well as visualize vulnerabilities as they pertain to assets in their environment. I cannot think of any scenario that would not be appropriate for this product. Since the product carries over to pretty much all assets in your environment, I don't know off the top of y head what it wouldn't be appropriate for.
Director Of Information Technology
Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
AlienVault OSSIM
7.6
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Centralized event and log data collection
AlienVault OSSIM
8.3
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Correlation
AlienVault OSSIM
7.3
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Event and log normalization
AlienVault OSSIM
7.0
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Deployment flexibility
AlienVault OSSIM
7.7
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
AlienVault OSSIM
8.9
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Custom dashboards and views
AlienVault OSSIM
6.1
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Host and network-based intrusion detection
AlienVault OSSIM
8.1
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Pros
AlienVault OSSIM
- Asset discovery. Once installed in a centric, network-accessible server, OSSIM can poll all your endpoints with common protocols (SSH, SNMP, WMI) to detect and discover site-wide assets to monitor. You only need to group them by your own criteria once added to the product.
- SIEM Event Correlation. You can define quite complex correlation rules to detect possible suspicious or malicious actions or attempts in your network, in order to categorize them as real threats or as false positives, thus streamlining your risk assessment and management.
- Ease of installation. The entire AlienVault OSSIM is self-contained in an ISO file, which can be burned into a DVD or just mounted in your server of choice (physical or virtual) for deployment. The installation process is automated and quote verbosed, with options for static IP, email messaging and others.
- Ease of access. Being AlienVault OSSIM a self-contained appliance, it can be accessed via web by any device that supports a web browser, being that desktops, workstation, mobile devices, etc. The OSSIM dashboard and other features are automatically rearranged to adapt to the particular device being in use.
Support Services Manager
GB Advisors, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
- Scanning, network discovery.
- Does a good job at scanning without taking up network resources.
- Does not consume a lot of bandwidth.
Application Penetration Tester
Secure Consulting Solutions LLCComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Cons
AlienVault OSSIM
- The reports are clunky and a bit tedious to parse through.
- Sometimes there's so much noise it's hard to tell what a true positive is. There are lots of false ones that trigger alerts but are normal behavior in many environments.
Director of Information Security
Memorial Hospital of GulfportMedical Practice, 5001-10,000 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
- I do not have any obvious cons to report at this time.
Director Of Information Technology
Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees
Usability
AlienVault OSSIM
AlienVault OSSIM 8.0
Based on 1 answer
AlienVault OSSIM is far easy to use and manage - provided you know what you're doing. As any SIEM application, there is some background knowledge required in order to take advantage of the product's functionalities, such as the log correlation and analysis. Other than that, the application is quite usable and robust.
Support Services Manager
GB Advisors, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Support Rating
AlienVault OSSIM
AlienVault OSSIM 7.9
Based on 4 answers
AlienVault OSSIM support has been very good. I have not had an issue that they were not able to quickly identify and provide a fix for. They are very quick to respond to open cases and are very knowledgeable in the product, which makes troubleshooting issues fast and solutions are provided quickly.
Help Desk Manager
Black Hills Federal Credit UnionBanking, 201-500 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
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Alternatives Considered
AlienVault OSSIM
Best bang for the buck. Darktrace did not perform even close to AlienVault. I ran them concurrently. AlienVault consistently found issues that Darktrace didn't pick up, and the Darktrace incidents were false positives. At one point, Darktrace stated I had 2,000 servers and I have 112.FortiSIEM is an awesome package but it's more then I need (or can afford). I would need to add staff, for at least the first year or so, just to get it setup and configured correctly.
Director of Information Technology
Council Rock School DistrictEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
I've evaluated Nessus and multiple other products. I'd say Retina is right there with Nessus. At a certain point, it's not about if the product "finds" more vulnerabilities, it's about how easy it is for the end user. All scanners right now find about the same amount of vulnerabilities, but some are harder for users to use. Retina has a pretty well-designed user interface.
Application Penetration Tester
Secure Consulting Solutions LLCComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
AlienVault OSSIM
- The only investment here is setting it up and I think seeing it's performance it's a fantastic tool and has a great positive ROI!

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employeesBeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
- The product is extremely easy to deploy, extremely positive.
- If you take full advantage of this product as I did, you will maximize your ROI quickly as we did.
- We were able to visualize our vulnerabilities efficiently and effectively and maintain scheduled scans that allowed us to maintain a continuous improvement atmosphere while securing our investments.
- The ability provide reporting allows our IT department to prioritize issues and remediate as required without chasing down low risk issues over high risk issues that need immediate attention.
Director Of Information Technology
Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
AlienVault OSSIM
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No