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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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Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The business problem it addresses is derived from governance and compliance set by the USG and the DFARS regulations to have a SEIM. I have experience with paid products such as QRADAR and Splunk, and open source products such as Graylog/Elk/Wazah/security_onion. This is a department tool to consume the whole organization's security related data. We currently use it as the SEIM.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used by our Network Operations Center to monitor potential security alerts and suspicious activity. It is also used as an additional investigation tool if users or customers report potentially malicious activity.
Christian Holton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use AlienVault across the org, with accumulator appliances in two offices and in our cloud infrastructure. These devices are syslog targets and are used to scan traffic in each location. In addition, I also have deployed the AlientVault USM agent script to all servers and user systems. AlienVault sometimes notifies me of problems within integrated systems such as Sophos before that service itself. Notifications as simple as an improperly configured SSH config or something as significant as signs of SPECTRE traffic are delivered to my inbox so I may deal with these alerts ASAP.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AlienVault is used to monitor and assess corporate resources to help maintain system integrity and PCI compliance. We use it to monitor critical system files and resources and to help analyze multiple event logs in a single user easy to manage interface. It gives our administrators the ability to set up alerts so that we are notified of potential security vulnerabilities.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AlienVault is used to monitor traffic in our offices and the VPN for suspicious activity. Additionally, deployed agents monitor event-logs and several streams from our Syslog to ensure we can see any bad-auths. AlienVault helps to identify bad traffic, suspicious user behavior and outdated software on those hosts with the agent deployed.
October 25, 2019

Get it!!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used by the Security Team in IT Department for log collection and correlation. Currently we feed logs from all our security devices including on-cloud, cloudtrail, cloudwatch, s3 access and Load balancer event logs, we've also incorporated other external vendor sources e.g end point protection, web content filtering logs using proxies.
Ranjith R | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have procured AlienVault USM Anywhere for Monitoring and Triggering alarms/notification on the suspicious traffic and attacks. It is being used within the infosec/infra department to take necessary actions on the security events. It majorly helps us to find the real-time attack and traffic events to our organisational assets and also it helps us on finding the vulnerabilities on a specific asset.
October 25, 2019

Good for startups

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use alienvault as our SIEM, by collecting all events coming from the physical network and the cloud one, allowing us to overview everything (from a server, a firewall down to an endpoint).
It is primarily used by the security team.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We're using the USM product as its intended use case of a SIEM. Sensors are deployed into our hybrid cloud at various points and push logs to the USM dashboard. With our MSSP monitoring, AlienVault USM meets our needs of 24/7 security monitoring
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AlienVault is being used to monitor our Cloud environment. It scans and alerts us for any know vulnerabilities or activity on our servers. Monitoring the cloud permissions and any changes to our security is extremely helpful to us for auditing purposes as well.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AlienVault USM is being used as a SIEM solution in our organization for internal use within the company. It's helping us to easily identify security incidents happening across our infrastructure and helps us comply with PCI-DSS compliance requirements.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it to monitor security logs across our various SaaS apps. It is the central hub for our security incident program. It is primarily being used by our Information Security Department. This tool addresses our need to be able to make actionable decisions, across various SaaS platforms, from a single pane of glass.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Alienvault USM is used by the internal IT department to monitor activity from lots of different sources across the organisation. From O365 and Azure, AWS, on-premises servers and network equipment, and others we track vulnerability status, correlate unusual activity and monitor for IOCs from Alienvault's Intelligent Cloud.
September 27, 2019

AlienVault does the job

Mario Martinez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use AlienVault USM to monitor our AWS cloud environment and the individual assets within that environment. AV also provides us with alerting and reporting that helps us attain and maintain compliance with several standards, but, more importantly, helps me sleep better at night as our Information Security Officer. An easy to overlook benefit is that It makes it easier for us to shore up process deficiencies. We can more easily audit that we documented and approved all non-emergency configuration changes within our cloud before they are applied. We also use the AV agent to monitor individual instances for vulnerabilities and the software they run.

This all gives us confidence that we are keeping our systems as secure as possible and meeting promises to keep our customer’s data secure.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AlienVault USM is being used throughout our organization to monitor our multiple AWS VPCs and limited internal infrastructure. It provides us with a central management console where we can see everything from our hardware firewalls' traffic, to our Azure AD logs to AWS activity such as GuardDuty, Security Group and IAM events. It has helped us identify threats without which would have gone unidentified and is extremeely useful as part of our IT security and compliance standards.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have deployed AlienVault USM throughout the entire organization. The IT department is responsible for monitoring and making necessary configurations. This has immensely improved our visibility in regards to the daily activities of all networks and devices. It has recognized anomalies and notifies my IT department.
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