Keysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye) vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor

Keysight BreakingPoint Cloud is a Software-as-a-Service Cybersecurity Assessment Platform which ensures optimal configuration of DDoS protection services and performs regularly scheduled validations using an always up-to-date library of DDoS attacks. BreakingPoint Cloud has intelligence of more than 20 years of leadership in network security testing to reveal your security exposure across public, private, and hybrid networks.

Incentivized

On its own, it's a solid choice for an SMB or Mid-size Enterprise if you're price sensitive and looking primarily for core functionality. SolarWinds has a large family of products that can also be leveraged in conjunction with SWNDM. Turning the product loose on a very large environment for discovery and mapping should be done with care and concern for a number of reasons but including the performance of the product for this task. If you're looking for an all-in-one product with some presumed supporting features built in (config manager, etc.) you'll need to look elsewhere.

Incentivized

• Scalability
• DDoS Protection
• Data Security Compliance

Incentivized

• Monitor for and record network device configuration changes.
• Allow for the creation, or modification, of hardening standards for multiple vendors' network devices.
• Automate the creation of alerts that can be sent to owners for correction of compliance violations.
• Allow you to organize a visualization of your network devices.

Incentivized

• Cost Effective
• Multi Vendor Support
• Private Cloud support

Incentivized

• More security put into the product, the Orion hack was not good news.
• More frequent releases to address small bugs rather than big releases that are rare.
• More IPv6 related features to make it easier for people familiar with IPv4 to learn IPv6.
• Ability to edit dashboards using JSON or another similar language.

Incentivized

Keysight Breaking Point stacks up against others as it has an intelligence for more than 20 years. It gives evidence to document DDoS protection compliance to comply the regulatory compliance. To eliminate attacks, Keysight’s Breaking Point Cloud provides a real time IP validation, confirming you can simulate DDoS tests only against resources on your Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.

Incentivized

MS is meant for windows monitoring and up/down for mostly everything else. Moved away from MS System Center. Now we have better visibility and management can get reports. The other teams have added Linux to Solarwinds and also see improvements in monitoring. Whether you use snmp (v3), wmi or some other credentials to connect to you system, Solarwinds will more than likely be able to manage and monitor it.

Incentivized

• Data Center Micro Segmentation
• Scada Network Security
• Application and Threat Intelligence

Incentivized

• Reduced site visits and recurring issues by 25 to 35%
• Enables proactive warning, thereby reducing downtime caused by unforeseen issues
• Provides a central panel for monitoring the entire network at a glance
• Allows for SLA management thereby increasing accountability by 50%
• Reduced time to repair by 35% as techs are more informed of root cause

Incentivized