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IBM X-Force Exchange vs. VirusTotal

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM X-Force Exchange

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM experts provide the X-Force threat intelligence suite of services, including X-Force Research and X-Force Research Publications, and the X-Force Exchange platform for sharing threat intelligence knowledge and best practice with industry experts.N/A

    VirusTotal

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AChronicle, a security company supported by Alphabet (Google), offers VirusTotal, a malware scanning and threat intelligence service.N/A
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    IBM X-Force ExchangeVirusTotal
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM X-Force ExchangeVirusTotal
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM X-Force ExchangeVirusTotal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
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    IBM
    IBM X-Force is well suited for organizations with medium to large SOC's and run IBM Qradar as their SIEM.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    VirusTotal is perfectly suited as a tool to help security professionals analyze files and URLs that require further analysis to determine security risks in the environment. It truly is a must-have in this world we live in!
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Ready made security research on threats.
    • Security Intel
    • Integrate threat intel feeds with SIEMs.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Fast file scanning
    • No agent required
    • Available from anywhere
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Pruning of IOC to reduce false positives.
    • Add more flexibility to integration on SIEMs to allow users to compare UserAgents, Compromised users/domains like HIBP.
    • Only watch vulnerabilities for selected vendors.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • I'm not sure VirusTotal can improve this themselves but just keeping up with the evolving "known" threat landscape is tough so even though VirusTotal is very good, nothing is 100% effective in this space.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM X-force is community-based and crowd strike is not. Community-based will always be best-effort quality.
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    Google
    Honestly, we have always used VirusTotal, its a leader in the industry and meets our needs perfectly so we have never had the need to look elsewhere
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Threat Intel - Low Confidence IOC - Overhead.
    • Lack of integration with IBM Qradar+Vulnerability via X-Force.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Extremely useful to confirm if a file is suspicious or not
    Incentivized
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