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    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)

    Score4.1 out of 10
    N/AAlienVault OSSIM was an open source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). AlienVault was acquired by AT&T Cybersecurity, now LevelBlue, and OSSIM is no longer available for sale.N/A

    Exabeam Fusion

    Score4.1 out of 10
    N/AExabeam headquartered in San Mateo, Exabeam Fusion, a SIEM + XDR. The vendor states the modular Exabeam platform allows analysts to collect unlimited log data, use behavioral analytics to detect attacks, and automate incident response. The Exabeam platform can be deployed on-premise or from the cloud. Exabeam can also integrate information from the Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service, or into a third-party SIEM.N/A
    Pricing
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Exabeam
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued) and Exabeam Fusion
    Feature
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Exabeam Fusion
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection9.49 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Correlation6.910 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management8.110 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.210 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.36 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.49 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection9.29 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data integration/API management5.32 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining5.42 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds5.33 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation6.32 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.44 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching6.43 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (10 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Exabeam Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Exabeam
    As a SIEM tool for investigations, Exabeam is the best in class. The AI assigns numeric values to observed logs them presents high scores to the analyst in a simple dashboard. We can see what is a real threat and ignore so many false positives. Exabeam is the best SIEM was used from an alert fatigue perspective. The simple interface allows other teams not just InfoSec to utilize the tool; helpdesk for asset diagnoses, HR for staffing questions, etc.
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    Pros
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    • 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.
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    Exabeam
    • Fast search times, unlike other competing solutions.
    • The ability for engineers to obtain access to the command line interface for troubleshooting, at least for on-premise deployments.
    • License is suitable for organisations with lots of logs to ingest.
    • Hardware required for on premise deployments is well supported.
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    Cons
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    • Creating custom rules is a bit complicated
    • Reporting could be improved
    • Agent has caused conflicts with a couple of our other applications
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    Exabeam
    • More and better drop-down menus, some items in threat hunter require you know subsets.
    • Less dashboards, combine AA and DL without having separate logins.
    • More complete playbooks are already built out. You have the structure set up for templates like malware and phishing, go further and completely build them out from start to finish, most companies would just use them and not personalize their configurations.
    • Quarterly health checkup diagnostics of systems sent out to users.
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    Usability
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    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.
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    Exabeam
    Exabeam is very good at processing lots of logs without excessive licensing costs. It has a professional support team that's very quick to resolve any issues and provides custom parsers quickly and enables our analysts to search vast data sets without having to wait long for results to be returned. The product is getting more mature with new features every major release.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Everything is done through MSSP and installation pro services. Once those hours are burned up, then you're on your own without a lot of help. Typically the pro services hours aren't enough to get past 60 days and MSSP are hit and miss. We had a miss for installation helpers.
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    Exabeam
    Exabeam Fusion has so many diffferent out reach meetings, webinars, community virtual coffees, and events that you can always stay abreast of what if happening and get new ideas for use cases. Their support actually answers their phones and can respond in chat instantly. With our cloud deployment Exabeam support teams can instantly see our systems and help us.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Originally my organization leveraged alien value due to the lower cost of entry and ability to manage it as a service provider. Unfortunately, after several years of working with this tool, it became unwieldy to use as it felt that almost every useful report had to be created by hand. As other tools have come out with the ability to do automated responses such as Stellar Data processor, we have begun to evaluate alternatives.
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    Exabeam
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • It's difficult to put a monetary value on security, but with proper monitoring and alerting, incidents will be easier to avoid.
    • Helps with your compliancy, as it automatically alerts you for critical events.
    • Collects logs in the cloud, so protected from local issues, like SAN failures.
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    Exabeam
    • Reduced time to triage alerts.
    • Reduced number of alerts which need escalation to senior tiers.
    • The ability for analysts to quickly run playbooks for additional information and enrichment.
    • Ability to retain data for longer periods for forensics purposes.
    • Improved search performance compared with other SIEM solutions.
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