AlienVault OSSIM vs. xAssets IT Asset Management Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AlienVault OSSIM
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
OSSIM leverages the power of the AlienVault Open Threat Exchange by allowing users to both contribute and receive real-time information about malicious hosts. AlienVault OSSIM is an open source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product. It is a unified platform providing: Asset discovery Vulnerability assessment Intrusion detection Behavioral monitoring SIEM OSSIM provides the basis for AlienVault's proprietary Unified Security…N/A
xAssets IT Asset Management Software
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
IT asset management software with large enterprise scalability and deep configurability to meet the complex requirements of large enterprises. The product provides highly scalable agentless network discovery software, full lifecycle asset management including software asset management, help desk, barcoding, procurement, receiving, disposal and obsolescence, contract management, financials and depreciation, spares, storage and this can be extended easily to new functional areas.
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Pricing
AlienVault OSSIMxAssets IT Asset Management Software
Editions & Modules
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Enterprise Edition
$0.00
Express Edition - free for one user
$0.00
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlienVault OSSIMxAssets IT Asset Management Software
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details—Express edition is free to qualifying customers for a single user. Pricing then depends on additional users and number of assets and discovered nodes. Enterprise edition provides enterprise level scalability, security and configurability suitable for medium and large enterprises.
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Features
AlienVault OSSIMxAssets IT Asset Management Software
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
AlienVault OSSIM
7.5
10 Ratings
4% below category average
xAssets IT Asset Management Software
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Ratings
Centralized event and log data collection9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
Correlation7.010 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
IT Asset Management
Comparison of IT Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
AlienVault OSSIM
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Ratings
xAssets IT Asset Management Software
9.1
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
License management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Asset relationship management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlienVault OSSIMxAssets IT Asset Management Software
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(10 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlienVault OSSIMxAssets IT Asset Management Software
Likelihood to Recommend
AT&T Cybersecurity
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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xAssets
We run a large environment where managing agents and clients would be difficult, but this software doesn't require either. We use it a lot from our iPhones accessing the software from anywhere in the office and even from home.
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Pros
AT&T Cybersecurity
  • 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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xAssets
  • Network discovery--with no agents to manage is great and its very fast
  • Reporting--custom reports, charts and PDFs; the software also emails monthly reports automatically
  • Users only see the data and menus they need, so no training needed and the UI is focused
  • No clients to install; we can use it from any browser and from our cell phones
  • Upgrades are done quickly; we've never needed to get involved, as they do it for us
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Cons
AT&T Cybersecurity
  • 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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xAssets
  • Looking forward to using their full endpoint management system, which is under development
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Usability
AT&T Cybersecurity
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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xAssets
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Support Rating
AT&T Cybersecurity
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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xAssets
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Alternatives Considered
AT&T Cybersecurity
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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xAssets
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
AT&T Cybersecurity
  • It satisfied a requirement of our audit team (internal and external).
  • Custom written alerts allow us to be proactive for some events.
  • Stable product means we don't spend a lot of time keeping it up and running.
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xAssets
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ScreenShots

xAssets IT Asset Management Software Screenshots

Screenshot of Home page can be any configurable dashboardScreenshot of Asset list with charts, filtering, sort and drilldownScreenshot of Asset entry with configurable formsScreenshot of Store any number of asset imagesScreenshot of Drilldownable pie and column chartsScreenshot of Software licensing report shows compliance at the summary level