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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NetWitness

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ANetWitness Platform is a security operations platform for detecting, investigating, and responding to threats across IT and operational technology (OT) environments. It combines network, log, endpoint, and user-behavior telemetry to help analysts reconstruct attack activity and coordinate response.N/A

    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.N/A
    Pricing
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
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    Pricing Offerings
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Considered Both Products
    NetWitness
    Chose NetWitness
    It was more advanced and comprehensive . The personalized dashboards and view was the major likeable difference . The correlation could help us analyze better and was more effective , the drill down features gives more information at one go .
    Incentivized
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

    In the past I have used Qradar, McAfee ESM, and RSA Security Analytics.

    PROS:

    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of NetWitness and SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Feature
    NetWitness
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    Ratings
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    8.9
    18 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Splunk SOAR
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
    Score1.1 out of 10
    Microsoft Sentinel
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NetWitnessSolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NetWitness
    If an organization has all the best breed cyber security tools are in place & want to know the holistic security posture of the organization, they need to best security program or SOC than RSA NetWitness Incident Response and Cyber defense Services is the best solution. The bottom line is not only buying the best solution but it is also about establishing an effective security program that brings together security expertise, process, and technology to improve an organization's ability to prevent detect and respond to attacks.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Optimal for SolarWinds Security Event Manager needs for smaller companies - it is a very cool product but has some limitations around EPS (which gets chewed up quickly if you're doing it the right way & adding servers/storage/FW & other network devices)... Also pricing model is GREAT (not consumption-based, which is the greatest grift the SIEM industry has created).
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    NetWitness
    • Threat prediction and network forensics are the most useful features. It's possible for me to see who received and clicked on any malware on the network, for example. This is the feature I enjoy the most.
    • In addition, the capture packet provides a wealth of information.
    • The support.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • It does a great job of notifying us when accounts have been locked out. We can then find out the device on the network where the login attempt occurred.
    • Searching for incidents is now a lot faster with the implementation of the HTML 5 interface.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    NetWitness
    • Lacking out of the box best practice templates etc. It relies heavily on customization.
    • Lack of up to date threat feeds.
    • Difficult to learn and use initially.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • All SolarWinds product suffer from slow response times in management portals. SolarWinds SEM is no exception. While it is much preferred over a "thick client" there is much room for improvement in speed.
    • If you use the email alert features with SolarWinds make sure to prepare you staff and team for the large amount of emails they could receive. Make sure to reduce the number of alerts so your team does not ignore the alerts.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NetWitness
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    It is pretty likely that we will renew SEM when the time comes up. It is easy to use and maintain so there isn't much of a need to replace this product. It is also a pretty fair price for the capabilities provided by the SEM
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    NetWitness
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    If you are familiar with SolarWinds then you can use this product it's as easy as that. If you have never used a SolarWinds product then it will take a minute to get how they do reports and make dashboards but that being said the tool is great and can make things very easy once you get a feel for how it works and get everything setup how you like it.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    NetWitness
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    The quality of support can vary depending on whom you end up speaking with. I was fortunate enough to work with a support representative who was very familiar with the product. He had even authored some of the support documentation on the website. On the flip side, I had two other experiences where I was simply directed to online training material.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    NetWitness
    ES offers the single pane of glass for investigation and monitoring needs, however, to get everything onboarded can be daunting. The identiy and assets enrichment was not as straightforward and required a lot of manual work to make them work. For it to be optimized for full benefit, there is a layer of complexity that needs to be managed along the journey post deployment as well
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Fortianalzyer can only do logs from FortiGate so usefulness is limited. Elasticsearch was a lot slower than Solarwinds and the filters were a lot harder to set up and use. The connectors for SEM were far more stable.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    NetWitness
    • The tool is great and an important part of my tool box
    • The level of administration needed is a little too high
    • Support relationships have to be customer led and prompted
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • For the price, it produced a decent value. It did a lot of the easy stuff well. I can't give any specific data given the objective of the product was to monitor very basic events in the environment.
    • There are free options that can do a better job.
    Incentivized
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