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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Splunk Cloud Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Cloud Platform is a data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts.N/A

    Symantec Content & Malware Analysis

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Content & Malware Analysis is an application which provides advanced threat detection and threat hunting through advanced machine learning, based on intelligence gathered from ProxySG, threat intelligence services, and other sources.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Splunk Cloud Platform and Symantec Content & Malware Analysis
    Feature
    Splunk Cloud Platform
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Symantec Content & Malware Analysis
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation8.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility7.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools7.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces8.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSymantec Content & Malware Analysis
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Splunk Cloud PlatformSymantec Content & Malware Analysis
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Splunk is excellent when all your data is in one location. Its ability to correlate all that data is intuitive (once the hurdle of learning the query language is overcome). It is also easy to standardize the presentation of information to the company. When data is siloed/standalone, other systems can be cheaper and faster to implement.
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    Broadcom
    If you have Symantec based environment including Symantec proxy and endpoints, Content and Malware Analysis is the obvious choice. You can't run the CAS-MAS as a standalone deployment, you need proxies or ICAP supported devices capable to send the files/URLS. It's not a network security device where you can flow/direct the traffic to C/MAS. It does not have UBA, NBA or NTR features, it is just working for analyzing files as expected.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • This SIEM consolidates multiple data points and offers several features and benefits, creating custom dashboards and managing alert workflows.
    • Splunk Cloud provides a simple way to have a central monitoring and security solution. Though it does not have a huge learning curve, you should spend some time learning the basics.
    • Splunk Cloud enables me to create and schedule statistical reports on network use for Management.
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    Broadcom
    • 0 day detection and prevenion
    • Flawless integration with Symantec Ecosystem
    • Integration with other vendors supporting ICAP is also working
    • Custom and golden image support
    • High performance on busy environments
    • Many threats are already detected and prevented through the CAS, it improves the performance drastically.
    • Already builtin virustotal integration
    • Reference to updates and updates information where I can see the product/service detecting which APTs
    • Multiple Antivirus engines which you can select/subscribe
    • Manual submission of file is supported through the gui
    • URL manual submission is also supported
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The SPL programming language that the queries are built in is not very intuitive.
    • There should be a better repository of pre-built queries for what I would think of as common Active Directory usage monitoring.
    • I would like to see more free training/familiarization information made available.
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    Broadcom
    • API support is lacking
    • Symantec/Broadcom security vision in general
    • Symantec support is not perfect
    • You can't run the product as a standalone network device
    • No packet capture capabiliy or work in span mode
    • You need a dedicated hardware to make it run
    • You need to buy
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    Ease of use and have all the features we need
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    Broadcom
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is good tool, as I said, it is really useful for educational purpose, taking in its hands small and simple tasks (ex:small query dashboard,...), but it's not a ten because the contextual memory for complex issues/dashboarding/reports etc can be limited, and can sometime suggets none optimized query which are not always checked by teammates and can cause issue on the long term.
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    Broadcom
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Splunk Cloud support is sorely lacking unfortunately. The portal where you submit tickets is not very good and is lacking polish. Tickets are left for days without any updates and when chased it is only sometimes you get a reply back. I get the feeling the support team are very understaffed and have far too much going on. From what I know, Splunk is aware of this and seem to be trying to remedy it.
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    Broadcom
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Vs elastic: - SPL's statistical functions superior to KQL for complex correlations - Better enterprise support, less operational overhead - Splunk Cloud Platform's detection engineering more mature vs Sentinel: - SPL more powerful than KQL for custom analytics - Better cross-platform visibility (non-Azure environments) vs Datadog - SPL enables deeper forensic Investigations - Superior compliance/audit capabilities
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    Broadcom
    We have been using many solutions even tested nearly all available 0day sandbox solutions in the market. We choose Symantec CMA as we have already Symantec endpoint protection/EDR on the client, Symantec proxy for the web access, SCMA fits our environment. We have a big bargain when we puchase lots of equipment from the Symantec. Detection and prevention is very good at SCMA but some constant issues; like the product is not designed for heterogeneous environments, we can not integrate the SCMA with WAFs, it's lacking in api and request/reply calls. There's no file scanning, discover the option. SIEM integration is not smooth. I can not run some of the SOAR playbooks through the SCMA.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • End-end visibility across your departmental silos
    • Strengthen the overall global monitoring posture
    • Move from Reactive to Proactive Monitoring
    • Highly secure environment at your finger-tips
    • Takes you away from managing infrastructure/administration, allows saving time & money. Reduce the overall TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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    Broadcom
    • 0-day and APT risk is covered by the SCMA
    • As the SSL is inspected and analyzed at Bluecoat proxy servers, hidden threats, malicous files are passed to SCMA to be analyzed.
    • Getting full visibility at file trajectory level
    • As it's a full proxy and ICAP integration, we are sure that the files are to analyzed and scanned for malicious activity. This is a big plus compared to NGFW analyze concept, as the NGFWs have special failsafe mechanisms allowing bypass of file analysis. SCMA fully catches the hidden threats.
    • Flawless integration with Bluecoat systems is a big plus, customers are getting the same type of messages within their browsers.
    • A negative impact is the standardization when I deploy SCAM to one of our locations. Then the auditors demand the same coverage within other areas and it comes with the cost. Especially maintaining these devices on premise environment has a significant cost.
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