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    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)

    Score4.2 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

    Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/APowertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i from HelpSystems allows users to reduce the risk of unauthorized and unaudited server access with system access monitoring, tracking and control software for IBM i.N/A
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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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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
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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
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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
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    Features
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued) and Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
    Feature
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
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    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining5.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds5.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AlienVault OSSIM (discontinued)Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
    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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    Fortra
    As specified earlier, the product is very helpful to monitor the FTP, ODBC, JDBC, SQL and remote commands. What queries are coming to the system and who is issuing the commands so that we can analyze the and restrict their access if its not required. It helped us catch [a lot of] unauthorized users.
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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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    • Restricted FTP users
    • ODBC/JDBC connection restrictions
    • Exit Point Security Performance, Flexibility
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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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    Fortra
    • Adding a user to the exit point manger and then specifying the same user to restrict for particular service is bit complex i feel, instead of that making only one entry to restriction would be good.
    • All Features are good
    • Can maintain all systems from central system.
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
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    Alternatives Considered
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    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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    Fortra
    Helpsystems was one of the best leading third-party service provider in the Market for IBM i. Since we are already customer for the Helpsystems and their support is awesome. We need the best products in market and Helpsystems has all the good tools that suits to my environment. All we need is the best support when its required which Helpsystems support team doing at its best.

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    Return on Investment
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    • 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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    Fortra
    • Controlling of unauthorized access
    • Monitoring the exit point manger logs to restrict data access only to authorized people.
    • Monitor of FTP, ODBC, SQL, Remote Commands and block attacks on IBM i DB2
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