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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Snort

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASourcefire developed Snort, an open source intrusion prevention system capable of real-time traffic analysis and packet logging. Snort was acquired (and is now supported) by Cisco in 2013.N/A

    Elastic Security

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AElastic Security equips analysts to prevent, detect, and respond to threats. The free and open solution delivers SIEM, endpoint security, threat hunting, and cloud monitoring. The solution encompasses Elastic SIEM, which brings Elasticsearch to SIEM and threat hunting. The Elastic Agent (or Elastic Endpoint Security based on the former Endgame security product acquired by Elastic in late 2019) brings signatureless malware prevention to endpoints, as well as security data collection for…N/A
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    SnortElastic Security
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    Pricing Offerings
    SnortElastic Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    SnortElastic Security
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
    Score8.4 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SnortElastic Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    SnortElastic Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    If a colleague was looking to tighten down their network I can easily recommend Snort to them. It gives you some more peace of mind knowing that its always scanning traffic for malicious looking code. Even things your major firewalls and security hardware might miss, Snort has picked up. Its an easy recommendation for me.
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    Elastic
    I believe Endgame is well suited to organizations that have their own Cybersecurity department. Its not well suited for organizations that don't have a Cybersecurity department.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • IPS detection.
    • DoS detection.
    • Packet logging.
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    Elastic
    • Identify 0-day malware.
    • Provides a few forensic details on endpoints.
    • Very easy to administer.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • At times can be unstable with Cisco bugs, require frequent upgrading.
    • FTD images that are being pushed for ASAs are less efficient from an administration standpoint, no CLI.
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    Elastic
    • I would love that it provided more memory analysis details.
    • Being able to edit sensor profiles after creating them.
    • I would love it if it provided more automation features.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Elastic
    Even though their support is good, I think there are some areas where they need to provide more thorough solutions to issues, some of their solutions are pretty basic and have already been tried.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    For our organization, the Cisco defense in depth concept works the best. While Cisco can be made to work with other vendors, we have found the best in depth protection by integrating Cisco products for maximum visibility. We had a Barracuda Web Filter, but it was difficult to maintain when you had limited scope on what you could block, so we created a whitelist only setup which required a lot of additional manpower. This wouldn't have covered new threats with DNS spoofing and the like. Sourcefire also integrated with our anti-malware platform (Cisco AMP) for even better visibility on what may be happening on the end users workstation. We are planning on adding in Cisco ISE to complete the approach and possibly stealthwatch to cover our bases in the future. The Palo Alto gear was interesting, but it was priced far out of our range.
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    Elastic
    Endgame is based on the MITRE framework which has proven to be a successful framework to identify various attack patterns that attackers use. Also, compared to the others it's easier to administer and manage.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Being open source, ROI on free is hard to beat for something that works.
    • I believe it greatly enhances the security of my network.
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    Elastic
    • Being able to identify threats we couldn't identify before.
    • Easier management of endpoints.
    • Being able to immediately isolate endpoints remotely that have high severity threats.
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