Cisco SecureX vs. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco SecureX
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Cisco Threat Response automates integrations across select Cisco Security products and accelerates key security operations functions: detection, investigation, and remediation. Threat Response integrates threat intelligence from Cisco Talos and third-party sources, which adds context from integrated Cisco Security products automatically so you know instantly which of your systems was targeted and how.N/A
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Cortex XSOAR, formerly Demisto and now from Palo Alto Networks since it was acquired in March 2019, provides orchestration to enable security teams to ingest alerts across sources and execute standardized, automatable playbooks for accelerated incident response. Its playbooks are powered by hundreds of integrations and thousands of security actions, striking the right balance between rapid machine execution and nuanced human oversight.N/A
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Small Businesses
SentinelOne Singularity
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Score 9.1 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
CrowdStrike Falcon
CrowdStrike Falcon
Score 9.1 out of 10
Splunk SOAR
Splunk SOAR
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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SentinelOne Singularity
Score 9.1 out of 10
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco SecureXPalo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(12 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco SecureXPalo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
This is perfect for organisations with small or limited security teams who want to get more from their Cisco and third-party investments. With Secure Endpoint makes detecting and responding to threats much easier. Any organisation looking to overhaul its security infrastructure or even wrap around its cloud-first strategy with solutions such as Intune should seriously look at Cisco’s suite of products. I’ve implemented Secure Endpoint, Umbrella, and Duo for customers primarily using Intune for device management, and the cool new insight features in Cisco SecureX really help with visibility over their estate.
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Palo Alto Networks
XSOAR is well suited for phishing detection and response. Phishing alerts are as much of a
problem today as they were decades ago. This is because: ●Attackers Can leverage automation to launch high-quantity phishing attacks with the click
of a button.
●Spear Phishing attacks are sophisticated and sometimes indistinguishable from real
emails, resulting in compromise through human error.
●Security Teams aren’t able to follow set processes while responding to phishing alerts.
They must coordinate across email inboxes, threat intel, NGFW, ticketing, and
other tools. Each tool has different consoles, data conventions, and contexts,
making it difficult for security teams to fill in the gaps while minimizing
errors. XSOAR is less suited for analyzing traffic.
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Pros
Cisco
  • So the product enables end users to get visibility into their security environment, not only across the Cisco products but across the third-party products as well. The product also automates detection and response. So the product really offers end-user efficiency in the security operations center.
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Palo Alto Networks
  • Automation with immediate security responses.
  • Comprehensive phishing protection and increased email protection.
  • Analysis and reporting feature.
  • Intuitive and easy-to-view panels.
  • Alerts by email and sms of incidents for the administration.
  • Centralized monitoring.
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Cons
Cisco
  • Of course, many companies prefer to obtain security from the cloud; however, not all of them prefer it, which is why having a local implementation would allow these companies to also use said software as their ally for their security.
  • Working with this software can be simple, that is, any threat can be visualized with greater precision, but when it comes to managing its orchestration, it is a bit complex.
  • Its integration with other software can be simple but with others it is not, that is why it would be ideal if all of them could be carried out in the same way.
  • Integrating with a larger number of third party software would be of great help, to further enhance the analysis and detection of threats.
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Palo Alto Networks
  • The XSOAR bot creates a lot of noise on the summary page of any XSOAR incident. Although the filter is available to reduce the view, by default this should not be visible cluttering the whole scenario.
  • The interface has too much data on a single pane. I would love to have many buttons to just click and do stuff.
  • Also, I would love to have search areas more interactive and easier to navigate.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
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Palo Alto Networks
It has proven to be far to valuable and effective to consider getting rid of it. Until something better comes along, this is staying in our product stack.
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
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Palo Alto Networks
It was much easier than we all anticipated.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
A lot of the look and feel of both products is quite similar. There's several best practices on visualization that are followed in both and integration of common telemetry is comfortable and quick. But while Microsoft ATP offers deep insights into mostly the Microsoft environment and a limited view into other common sources, SecureX shines in all the non-client areas Microsoft's product seems lackluster in.
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Palo Alto Networks
The quantity of integrations with security solutions is highest in Palo Alto Solution. The capacity to identify anomalous events is much better in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR. The flexibility of increased storage area is better as well. The dashboard is very intuitive about showing the most important incidents and how to resolve them.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • It helps us easily Id the full extent of a threat
  • It saves time searching for data.
  • It only gives basic info I wish there was greater integration between all security offerings
  • It allows other techs to pick up where you left off.
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Palo Alto Networks
  • Demisto has Eased malware analysis and threat hunting
  • With Demisto, it is simple to create playbooks and scripts
  • This is helped automate policy configurations on our PA firewalls through Panorama
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