Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR vs. Symantec XDR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Symantec XDR
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Symantec XDR, from Broadcom is a solution to provide protection across all control points designed to enable cross-control-point visibility, correlated threat intelligence, and automated response so that security investigators can focus and act on only the most urgent threats.N/A
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User Ratings
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOARSymantec XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(8 ratings)
7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOARSymantec XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Broadcom
It really helps with building upon end point security. Symantec XDR builds on endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms by adding telemetry streams from multiple control points into a unified incident detection and response platform.
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Pros
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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Broadcom
  • On prem security
  • Cloud security
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Cons
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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Broadcom
  • Better update support
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Broadcom
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Implementation Rating
Palo Alto Networks
It was much easier than we all anticipated.
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Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
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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Broadcom
It has better security solutions, and the UI is much more intuitive compared to the Trend Micro Managed XDR
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Return on Investment
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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Broadcom
  • Helps with security certification
  • Costly
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