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AlienVault USM

Overview

What is AlienVault USM?

AlienVault® Unified Security Management® (USM) delivers threat detection, incident response, and compliance management in one unified platform. It is designed to combine all the essential security capabilities needed for effective security monitoring across cloud and on-premises environments, including SIEM, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, as…

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Users have found AlienVault USM to be a valuable SIEM solution for centralizing and searching log data from a large number of network …
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MSSP Review

8 out of 10
October 04, 2021
AlienVault offers a different experience as opposed to other SIEM tools where it can be set up and configured properly in a shorter amount …
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Popular Features

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  • Centralized event and log data collection (8)
    8.5
    85%
  • Correlation (8)
    8.5
    85%
  • Event and log normalization/management (8)
    8.0
    80%
  • Custom dashboards and workspaces (8)
    7.0
    70%

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Pricing

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Essentials

$1,075

Cloud
per month

Standard

$1,695

Cloud
per month

Premium

$2,595

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security Information and Event Management is a category of security software that allows security analysts to look at a more comprehensive view of security logs and events than would be possible by looking at the log files of individual, point security tools

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Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is AlienVault USM?

AlienVault® Unified Security Management® (USM) delivers threat detection, incident response, and compliance management in one unified platform. It is designed to combine all the essential security capabilities needed for effective security monitoring across cloud and on-premises environments, including SIEM, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, as well as continuous threat intelligence updates. The vendor states that even for resource-limited IT security teams, AlienVault USM can be affordable, fast to deploy, and easy to use. It eliminates the need to deploy, integrate, and maintain multiple point solutions in the data center.

Smart, automated data collection & analysis: USM Anywhere automatically collects and analyzes data across the attack surface, helping to quickly gain centralized security visibility without the complexity of multiple disparate security technologies.

Automated threat detection powered by AT&T Alien Labs: With threat intelligence provided by AT&T Alien Labs, USM Anywhere is updated automatically to stay on top of evolving and emerging threats, so the security team can focus on responding to alerts.

Incident response orchestration with AlienApps: USM Anywhere supports a growing ecosystem of AlienApps, enabling the user to orchestrate and automate actions towards other security technologies, able to respond to incidents quickly and easily.

AlienVault USM Features

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Features

  • Supported: Centralized event and log data collection
  • Supported: Correlation
  • Supported: Event and log normalization/management
  • Supported: Deployment flexibility
  • Supported: Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
  • Supported: Custom dashboards and workspaces
  • Supported: Host and network-based intrusion detection

Additional Features

  • Supported: AlienVault Open Threat Exchange

AlienVault USM Screenshots

Screenshot of USM Anywhere NIDS Dashboard

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AlienVault USM Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal

Frequently Asked Questions

Splunk Cloud and Fortinet on IBM Cloud are common alternatives for AlienVault USM.

Reviewers rate Deployment flexibility highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of AlienVault USM are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have found AlienVault USM to be a valuable SIEM solution for centralizing and searching log data from a large number of network attached devices. This platform is being used for various use cases such as vulnerability management, scanning, malware detection, and monitoring malicious network traffic. It is considered a good SIEM solution for organizations new to security operational logging or those with a smaller staff and budget. The product has been praised for its integrated feature sets, including HIDS, NIDS, FIM, and security alerting capabilities. The inclusion of features like vulnerability scanning and file integrity monitoring has extended its value for organizations in the early stages of cybersecurity program development. Many users have experienced real-time alerts, enabling them to respond to security incidents and compromised passwords more quickly. Furthermore, AlienVault is used for a range of functions such as SIEM, vulnerability scanning, asset discovery, and investigations. It provides organizations with a centralized log collection site, allowing them to monitor and address new problems more effectively. The platform has been effective in helping organizations meet regulatory compliance requirements and improve SOC operations. Additionally, AlienVault is used to analyze network traffic, Windows Event Logs, and other security events, helping organizations improve network security and protect their customers. It solves security challenges related to device and software visibility, monitoring for anomalous events, and ensuring patch management. Users appreciate the simplicity of deployment and the robustness of the interface. The support team is highly responsive and knowledgeable.

AlienVault USM Anywhere is used by organizations to easily identify security incidents happening across their infrastructure and comply with PCI-DSS compliance requirements. MSSPs utilize AlienVault USM Anywhere to provide their customers with best-in-class threat monitoring and response services. It is also used to monitor cloud environments, scanning and alerting for any known vulnerabilities or activity on servers. AlienVault helps organizations with auditing purposes by monitoring cloud permissions and changes to security. Additionally, it is deployed to customers for monitoring and is used by NSOCs to monitor their networks. AlienVault has been implemented across organizations, covering server assets and providing granular logging on systems and networks. It helps in raising alarms/alerts and mitigating network-related activities. AlienVault collects and alerts on network and system activity across the entire organization, making it easy to filter for important data. The product centralizes log data and helps perform vulnerability analysis and threat detection. It assists in security patching and monitoring within AWS environments. Users appreciate the ease of use and configuration of the cloud-based panel. AlienVault is implemented and managed for clients as a recommended SIEM solution, collecting and normalizing logs from various data sources. It is used throughout organizations to gain insight into network and server events, manage and correlate logs, and recognize anomalous activity. Users have been able to set up alerts for specific events and policies, effectively managing systems and alerts in place, monitoring multiple client environments, and identifying issues that clients may have missed.

AlienVault USM Anywhere is praised for its cost-effectiveness compared to other SIEM solutions on the market. Users appreciate its threat intelligence capabilities, ease of use, user-friendly interface, and simplicity of deployment. The built-in correlation rules require minimal setup and provide high-quality results. Asset management and scanning features help users stay on top of monitoring assets, including dynamic and static asset lists. The integration of OTX into USM Anywhere allows for up-to-date threat intelligence and pulse subscriptions.

The software plays a crucial role in monitoring and alerting when anomalies occur, aiding in threat detection, compliance management, log collection, and vulnerability scanning. It helps organizations stay up to speed on new vulnerabilities and supports agile business initiatives by aiding analysts in identifying cyber threats and providing access to threat cross-referencing data. AlienVault USM Anywhere is deployed to monitor AWS cloud environments, attain compliance, identify threats, and facilitate auditing of non-emergency configuration changes and vulnerability monitoring.

Overall, AlienVault USM Anywhere provides centralized security monitoring, incident response capabilities, compliance reporting features, vulnerability assessment tools, real-time SIEM functionality, as well as asset discovery and user activity monitoring capabilities. It has been widely adopted across various industries for enhancing security posture and gaining comprehensive visibility into network activities.

Based on user recommendations, AlienVault USM receives the following common recommendations:

  1. AlienVault USM is recommended for cost-conscious companies and small to medium businesses due to its affordability and effectiveness. Users find it to be a great tool for analyzing and reacting to threats, offering excellent value for the price.

  2. Users suggest exploring alternative SIEM choices and discussing functionality and configuration requirements. Logrhythm is mentioned as a possible alternate SIEM choice, especially for high-end functionality needs. It is advised to compare features and select the SIEM system that offers the best cost for desired features.

  3. To maximize the experience with AlienVault USM, users recommend taking advantage of training opportunities provided by AlienVault. Joining official training sessions allows users to learn best practices from other users and gain comprehensive knowledge of the product. Users also recommend utilizing forums, support, webinars, and videos offered by AlienVault to enhance understanding and achieve optimal results.

Overall, AlienVault USM is regarded as a cost-effective solution suitable for organizations with data privacy and security priorities. The product's flexibility, community-created intelligence, and continual improvement are also highlighted by users. While some mention areas for improvement, such as support stability and module quality, the general consensus is that AlienVault USM delivers reliable security enhancements and cost savings.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Christian Holton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have a few VMWare servers that use CPUs with the SPECTRE vulnerability. I had no clue what some of the alerts meant that were coming from USM. Panicked, I contacted support and they were able to explain exactly what the problem was and how USM was interpreting the log data, AND how to mitigate the problem until a suitable fix was released by Intel.

The support engineer walked me through the vulnerability though I did have an understanding already, sent me some links of Intel's plans on resolving the problem, walked me through some settings in vSphere to disable a feature that was generating the alerts, and fine-tuned the alert to reduce the number of false-positives it was generating.
Erlon Sousa Pinheiro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There was a situation where my sensor was outdated and auto update did not work. When you open a call, a member of your support team contacted you by scheduling a time to manually perform the update. At that time the service was done quickly with almost no problem and from there the automatic update came back working correctly.
December 28, 2017

Aliens to the rescue!

Farakh Hussain, CISSP, CISM, CEH, ISO LA, MCSA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
There have been a few times recently when AlienVault support did go out of their way to provide exceptional support. If they keep this up their customer satisfaction rates will no doubt go higher in the future.
Randy Kouns | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Every time we call (which isn't often) I would rate the service as exceptional. I have had no complaints with support at all and that alone says a lot, as I demand as much from vendors as I do from internal work force.
Mikhail Suleymanov | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We had an issue with our intrusion detection system and the support staff identified the issue and suggested a solution on how to resolve it. He even went above and beyond and offered to do a screen share to guide us through what to do on our alienvault platform.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
On first installation they contacted us and ran through various checks to ensure we were getting maximum benefit, then made a couple of suggestions to further enhance benefits.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Not sure if this an AlienVault thing directly or not. Working with our consultant Shawn he was able to create a custom plugin for our QNAP Enclosure to support my sys log from the device. It was crucial for us to read these logs and since all other event logs are going into AlienVault this was an ideal situation. After gathering some info logs from the QNAP device Shane had a plugin created for me in 2 days and deployed. That was an invaluable effort on the part of AlienVault and Shane.
Bilal Al Sabbagh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Best support can come during pre sales where we wanted to demonstrate how AlienVault can integrate with some technology vendor products. At that time the support team was exceptionally helpful and supplied us with the required plugins.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently have an issue with a firewall sending too many "events per second". The tech support person did a lot of research on how to remediate the problem and took it upon himself to escalate the ticket to the developer team. We now have a phone call lined up with a developer so he can better understand the problems we are facing with a single source of too many "events per second".
Dana Hancock | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
At one time the AlienVault system was falsely reporting that Adobe Flash Player was outdated on some of our systems. I contacted support and they contacted me the same day. They researched the issue with me and found that the newest AlienVault update would fix the problem. We installed the new update and the problem was resolved, quickly.
Ledan Patrick Masseus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I was having an issue where after i Upgraded to 5.1.1 where the video vanished. You would boot up see the bios and nothing after that. It turned out to be a Bug in 5.1.1 and 5.2. I opened a ticket and within an hour I believe i had a tech on the phone and he knew exactly what the issue was and the workaround. The speed to resolution was frankly amazing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I had a problem with major code upgrade where the system stopped responding in the middle. A time was scheduled where the technician spent a lot of time getting the system functional again. He then escalated the case to a developer who them when through the system again just to make sure everything was perfect. I was impressed with how much they cared about a small campus like us having their product functioning absolutely perfect.
Aaron Rothstein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When we encountered an issue with an upgrade, AlienVault support was able to connect remotely and resolve the package dependency problems to allow us to complete the upgrade.
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