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SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Overview

What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?

SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.

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Ideal SolarWinds Security Event Manager For Small/Medium Companies At Easy-To-Get Pricing

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 17, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager checks a few different boxes: 1. Consolidated events from a huge variety of log sources. 2. A good presentation layer for #1. 3. Applies to m...
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Director
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)5 years of experience

Set-and-Forget with as needed functionality

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 30, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use SEM on a daily basis in our environment as per our built-out rules. We are notified of certain security events as they happen. Aside from that, we access SEM to run que...
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Kendal Goodrich
Engineer - Information Technology
System Engineer II
South Central Regional Medical Center
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)5 years of experience

SEM: great software if you're already invested in SolarWinds

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 11, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SolarWinds SEM is currently being used to aggregate all our event logs for our secure on-premises systems into one place for auditing and security purposes. It allows for easi...
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Alex Giralias
Engineer - Information Technology
System Support Engineer
Capita Plc
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)1 year of experience

Solarwinds - great product with a few small flaws.

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 8, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SolarWinds has been implemented across our network as a systems management platform for server, applications and high value workstations. I assisted it's implementation with t...
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Joseph Crook
Analyst - Information Technology
Technology Specialist II
Portland Community College
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)1 year of experience

SolarWinds Security Event Manager Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 13, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have a deployment of SolarWinds SEM that monitors our Windows and Linux servers currently for login attempts across the whole organization. This allows us to see any possib...
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Brandon Demko
Employee - Information Technology
Systems Administrator
SEKISUI SPI
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)1 year of experience
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What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?

SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.

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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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Product Details

What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (previously know as Log & Event Manager) is presented by the vendor as a powerful and award-winning SIEM. It is an on-prem deployed tool that collects, consolidates, and analyzes logs and events from firewalls, IDS/IPS devices and applications, switches, routers, servers, operating system logs, and other applications.

The main applications are threat detection, automated incident analysis and response, and compliance reporting for IT infrastructure.

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) 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

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Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.

Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform, and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer are common alternatives for SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM).

Reviewers rate Deployment flexibility and Host and network-based intrusion detection highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Solarwinds working for you again!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
August 17, 2020
Verified User
Manager in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is being used across our Presort division. It allows us to monitor daily issues and hiccups so that we can address them from anywhere in the country. With it, I'm able to track my local facility while still traveling to the other facilities in the country. It is a lifesaver when I need to be flexible and have the ability to travel or even stay home.
Pros
  • Centralized log collection and normalization.
  • Automated threat detection and response.
  • Integrated compliance reporting tools.
Cons
  • Auto report sending alerting.
Likelihood to Recommend
The initial install is the first step and shows you some compliance issues that you may not even be aware of.

The SolarWinds SEM: Cost effective centralized log management tool that helps your audit and security.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 08, 2020
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The Solarwinds SEM is used for our client for 24/7 incident monitoring and reporting. The primary use is for account events, such as lockouts, disablement, and enablement to both user and computer accounts. It really works well in correlation and helps to stick with the audit and compliance. With a user-friendly web interface and automation modules, SolarWinds is an overall excellent cost-effective SIEM product if the intention is just to monitor for security incidents by manually created correlation rules.
Pros
  • Has a nice user-friendly interface. Some SIEM can be daunting to learn how to use and get acclimated to, but LEM has an intuitive layout and is very easy to pick up and use.
  • The logging agent in the source device is really simple to deploy and integrate.
  • Monitoring and reporting the account disablement with detail to whoever disabled an account for audit and compliance.
Cons
  • Some logs are not parsed well, happen to depend on the external log parser tool.
  • The update method needs to be made even simpler, auto update would be better.
  • The email alert features with SolarWinds will send a large number of emails if the number of alerts email. The duplication of email alerting needs to be reduced.
Likelihood to Recommend
The Solarwinds SEM will get your logs collected and analyzable, especially for Windows servers or workstations, it can be a good solution. Alerting and reporting need to be done manually, but once you have it set up the way you want, it will work solidly. If you are looking at a log collection solution that has any of its own smarts and analytics, Solarwind doesn't have such machine learning features, maybe in the future. If you want out of the box reporting and alerting, that won't happen. They need to create and fine-tune the rules more.

SolaWinds SEM--Worth every penny!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 11, 2020
Verified User
Administrator in Engineering
Utilities Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SolarWinds Security Event Manager is used to collect, review, and analyze system logs from servers, workstations, and network devices. Used by one department, it solves the problem of having to go through long log files trying to find and make sense of an event. It also helps with reporting for compliance purposes.
Pros
  • Graphs showing important events
  • First-time setup and addition of new devices is easy and organized
  • Performance is excellent
Cons
  • Reporting could allow for more customization
  • Better integration with other products of SolarWinds line
  • More alert options
Likelihood to Recommend
SolarWinds Security Event Manager is best suited for environments with many devices that need to be secured and are high availability, where any down time needs to be resolved quickly and the cause of a failure needs to be investigated and determined with good degree of precision. It's also suited for environments that need to be kept in compliance according to several standards. Many standards and policies require the keeping and review of logs for several years back.

SEM - Good product, reasonable price point

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 04, 2020
KS
Kim Schroeder
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
Education at Work (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Solar Winds Security Event Manager (SEM) across our entire organization. It enables our company to monitor and manage events and provide reporting required for PCI and ISO compliance initiatives.
Pros
  • Brings together security events from multiple system sources.
  • Allows IT to review and manage security related events.
  • Provides convenient filters/views allowing us to narrow down the data we want to see.
Cons
  • Some improvements in user documentation could be helpful.
Likelihood to Recommend
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) works well for a company our size, and we think it will enable us to grow without having to change out the system. We've also implemented Solar Winds Service Desk.

SolarWinds SEM is easy to setup and (mostly) manageable

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 28, 2022
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it as an internal SIEM tool and we also train others how to use it.
Pros
  • Process Syslog/trap and event messages
  • Provides an easily understood dashboard
  • easily processes events from agent and non-agent devices
Cons
  • Reporting uses Crystal Reports which is very limited and not intuitive
  • Process for building custom filters needs more in-context help tools
Likelihood to Recommend
PCI and DISA STIG monitoring and compliance are a strong point for SEM. There are a fair number of out-of-the-box filters for both. Developing a monitoring approach which is entirely custom and not bound to a particular regulatory framework is cumbersome due to the limited assistance with filter and rule construction.
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