Cisco Secure Malware Analytics vs. Symantec Content & Malware Analysis

Overview
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Cisco Secure Malware Analytics
Score 6.6 out of 10
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Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) combines advanced sandboxing with threat intelligence into one unified solution to protect organizations from malware. With a context-aware malware knowledge base, the user can understand what malware is doing or attempting to do, how large a threat it poses, and how to defend against it. On June 16 2014 Cisco completed the acquisition of ThreatGRID, a New York, NY based company that offers dynamic malware analysis and threat intelligence…N/A
Symantec Content & Malware Analysis
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Symantec Content & Malware Analysis is an application which provides advanced threat detection and threat hunting through advanced machine learning, based on intelligence gathered from ProxySG, threat intelligence services, and other sources.N/A
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Testimonials
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Cisco
Great for Endpoint Security.
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Broadcom
If you have Symantec based environment including Symantec proxy and endpoints, Content and Malware Analysis is the obvious choice. You can't run the CAS-MAS as a standalone deployment, you need proxies or ICAP supported devices capable to send the files/URLS. It's not a network security device where you can flow/direct the traffic to C/MAS. It does not have UBA, NBA or NTR features, it is just working for analyzing files as expected.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Deep malware analysis
  • You will get transparent integration
  • Faster investigation and response
  • Always prioritizes threats
  • Scalable visibility and security analytics
  • Extend your visibility
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Broadcom
  • 0 day detection and prevenion
  • Flawless integration with Symantec Ecosystem
  • Integration with other vendors supporting ICAP is also working
  • Custom and golden image support
  • High performance on busy environments
  • Many threats are already detected and prevented through the CAS, it improves the performance drastically.
  • Already builtin virustotal integration
  • Reference to updates and updates information where I can see the product/service detecting which APTs
  • Multiple Antivirus engines which you can select/subscribe
  • Manual submission of file is supported through the gui
  • URL manual submission is also supported
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Cons
Cisco
  • More training on how to do things.
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Broadcom
  • API support is lacking
  • Symantec/Broadcom security vision in general
  • Symantec support is not perfect
  • You can't run the product as a standalone network device
  • No packet capture capabiliy or work in span mode
  • You need a dedicated hardware to make it run
  • You need to buy
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
We have never used any other products besides this
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Broadcom
We have been using many solutions even tested nearly all available 0day sandbox solutions in the market. We choose Symantec CMA as we have already Symantec endpoint protection/EDR on the client, Symantec proxy for the web access, SCMA fits our environment. We have a big bargain when we puchase lots of equipment from the Symantec. Detection and prevention is very good at SCMA but some constant issues; like the product is not designed for heterogeneous environments, we can not integrate the SCMA with WAFs, it's lacking in api and request/reply calls. There's no file scanning, discover the option. SIEM integration is not smooth. I can not run some of the SOAR playbooks through the SCMA.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Greater security posture.
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Broadcom
  • 0-day and APT risk is covered by the SCMA
  • As the SSL is inspected and analyzed at Bluecoat proxy servers, hidden threats, malicous files are passed to SCMA to be analyzed.
  • Getting full visibility at file trajectory level
  • As it's a full proxy and ICAP integration, we are sure that the files are to analyzed and scanned for malicious activity. This is a big plus compared to NGFW analyze concept, as the NGFWs have special failsafe mechanisms allowing bypass of file analysis. SCMA fully catches the hidden threats.
  • Flawless integration with Bluecoat systems is a big plus, customers are getting the same type of messages within their browsers.
  • A negative impact is the standardization when I deploy SCAM to one of our locations. Then the auditors demand the same coverage within other areas and it comes with the cost. Especially maintaining these devices on premise environment has a significant cost.
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