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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ACisco now offers advanced security analytics via the eponymous Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics, a solution that delivers Cisco AnyConnect endpoint data to prebuilt Splunk analytics and dashboards. The vendor states that the service provides deep endpoint insight that even EPP and EDR solutions don't address.N/A

    FortiAnalyzer

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAs part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiAnalyzer provides security fabric analytics and automation to provide better detection and response against cyber risks.N/A

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASplunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Endpoint Security AnalyticsFortiAnalyzerSplunk Enterprise
    Considered Multiple Products
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
    Chose FortiAnalyzer
    FortiAnalyzer is significantly cheaper and a better value for the money especially if you have FortiGate firewalls in the datacenter or in the cloud. FortiAnalyzer manages physical, virtual, and cloud firewalls in a single pane of glass providing a wholistic enterprise view of …
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Endpoint Security AnalyticsFortiAnalyzerSplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics and FortiAnalyzer and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
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    Splunk Enterprise
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings00 Ratings8.081 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings00 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings00 Ratings7.865 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.529 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Endpoint Security AnalyticsFortiAnalyzerSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    (0 ratings)
    -
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    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Endpoint Security AnalyticsFortiAnalyzerSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics is best suited for larger environments that need a window into basic logs of what users are experiencing. It provides adequate protection. We have had some issues with false positive detection of apps that are common, especially when downloading program setup files and such. Overall, it is a decent product.
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    Fortinet
    FortiAnalyzer is a must have when you administer multiple FortiGate firewalls in a defense in depth enterprise environment. Total visibility can be achieved across multiple physical and virtual firewalls. Complete analysis of your threat landscape is possible along with real time detection, compliance reporting, and wholistic firewall rule analysis and reporting. Eliminating shadow rules, tuning unnecessarily permissive rules, automation and other analysis are built in to this easy to deploy software.
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    Cisco
    I'm liking the newer products, and I'm looking forward to how they integrate with the overall product when they come together. Just log in and be able to query a large number of systems for similar issues or a unique one. That is a great fit for Splunk Enterprise, looking for a simple case or a simple String or something of that nature across multiple machines. It's a great fit for that to identify issues or particular software, whatever your scenario is, String, to find it across any particular server or group of servers, so that you can update or do a deployment or whatever it is you're looking to do.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Provides details about what apps are being used
    • Threat detection
    • Analytics
    • Budget friendly
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    Fortinet
    • Custom dashboard
    • VPN traffic monitoring
    • Internet traffic monitoring
    • Users behavior analysis
    • Integrate well with the FortiGate firewall
    • Log analysis
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    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • False positive detection of files and apps that should be whitelisted
    • Needs a better interface for administration
    • Could be easier to deploy
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    Fortinet
    • Administrative Domains and Software Versions are difficult to maintain
    • managing different FortiOS versions gets complicated quite easily
    • Administrative Domains must be well architected from the beginning
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    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics is semi easy to use. However, the reports are sometimes a bit lacking in detail. We do get alerts when someone encounters something malicious. However, it would be nice to see a bit more detail as to where the malicious file came from so that we can better protect our network.
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    Fortinet
    It allows to have only one security log dashboard, we dont have to connect to a lot of firewall we can summarize quickly global issues. We got a lot of native reports that could be used. As we had a lot of clusters, we can create specific perimeter and allows specific perimeter to tiers people and allow them to check logs if they want
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    Cisco
    You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics is easier to use than any of these products and seems to offer a better level of security. Symantec has failed to deliver any kind of support or updates since the Broadcom acquistion. The other products seem to be more geared to home or small office use. We chose Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics because we trust the brand and it seems to offer more features than the competition.
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    Fortinet
    FortiAnalyzer stacks up as one for the best solutions and comes in at an affordable price point when talking education budgets. We've have looked at other solutions but ultimately the ecosystem we prefer to use is Fortinet. This ecosystem meets out everchanging needs well without having to change our internal procedures dramatically.
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    Cisco
    A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be anything from the native logging that you find in other Cisco products. It's easier to use Splunk to draw the data that you're looking for as opposed to going to the individual's products themselves to get the logs that you're looking for.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
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    Fortinet
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    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Has prevented malware/virus infiltration
    • Product has given insight into apps on the network
    • Provides a basic level of oversight
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    Fortinet
    • We are able to report to the management the real-time attacks on the network
    • User behavior analysis has become easy
    • Achieving a favorable return on investment (ROI) is easily attainable, given that the product cost is relatively moderate. Without the product, the amount of human work time required is significantly higher, further emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of its implementation.
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    Cisco
    • Splunk has allowed developers to diagnose production issues when access of control was taken away from them to be allowed to view items in production environments and I believe that is invaluable.
    • At times some developers weren't super happy about using it, but it was more of the fact that they were used to having production access and not creating their splunk queries to get information.
    • Going one place to view logs was very beneficial to have.
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