TrustRadius Insights
Easy Configuration Process: Many users have expressed their positive experiences with the configuration process of SolarWinds, noting that …
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
Overview
What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?
SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.
Recent Reviews
Awards
Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards
Popular Features
- Centralized event and log data collection (17)8.585%
- Deployment flexibility (17)7.979%
- Event and log normalization/management (17)7.373%
- Custom dashboards and workspaces (16)4.949%
Pricing
N/A
Unavailable
What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?
SolarWinds LEM is security information and event management (SIEM) software.
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.solarwinds.com/products/pri…
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Would you like us to let the vendor know that you want pricing?
38 people also want pricing
Alternatives Pricing
What is Microsoft Sentinel?
Microsoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.
What is Sumo Logic?
Sumo Logic is a log management offering from the San Francisco based company of the same name.
Features
Return to navigation
Product Details
- About
- Competitors
- Tech Details
- Downloadables
- FAQs
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.
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
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Screenshots
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Video
Security Event Manager - Overview
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Competitors
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Downloadables
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 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).
Comparisons
Compare with
Reviews and Ratings
(120)
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!
- Pros
- Cons
- Recommendations
Easy Configuration Process: Many users have expressed their positive experiences with the configuration process of SolarWinds, noting that it is easy and straightforward. This indicates that the product provides a user-friendly interface for making necessary adjustments, making it convenient for users to set up and customize according to their needs.
Excellent Customer Support: Several reviewers have praised the expertise and effectiveness of SolarWinds' customer support team in resolving issues. They have found the assistance provided by the support team to be valuable in addressing any concerns or difficulties they encountered while using the product.
Efficient Log Collection and Normalization: Users appreciate the centralized log collection and normalization feature offered by SolarWinds. This functionality streamlines the monitoring and analysis process by efficiently collecting logs from various sources and normalizing them into a consistent format. This allows for easier management and analysis of log data, saving users time and effort.
Confusing User Interface: Users have expressed dissatisfaction with the confusing user interface of SolarWinds SEM, which has made tasks difficult to accomplish. Many reviewers have specifically mentioned that they struggled to navigate and understand the UI.
Limited Reporting Capabilities: Users have found the reporting capabilities of SEM to be limited and not intuitive. They have suggested the need for a better report generation tool that offers more flexibility and customization options.
Poor Integration with Other Products: Several users desired better integration between SEM and other products in the SolarWinds line, such as NPM. They mentioned difficulties in achieving seamless integration, which hindered their ability to effectively manage their network infrastructure.
Users have provided several recommendations based on their experiences with SolarWinds Security Event Manager. The three most common recommendations are:
-
It is important to have a detailed plan before deploying the tool. This will help meet expectations and ensure effective usage.
-
Users highly recommend SolarWinds Security Event Manager as a reliable security solution. It provides comprehensive log monitoring and is particularly useful for tracking equipment, communication lines, and backup programming.
-
Before making a decision, users suggest evaluating whether SolarWinds Security Event Manager meets the specific requirements of your company. Consider factors such as company size, data protection needs, scalability, user intuitiveness, ease of installation, and cost-effectiveness.
It's worth noting that while some users find the software easy to use and understand, others mention concerns about its pricing and suggest exploring alternative options like PRTG or OpManager.
Attribute Ratings
Reviews
(1-2 of 2)Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
December 09, 2020
SolarWinds Security Event Manager Review
SolarWinds Security Event Manager is utilized by the Information Technology department. Individuals on multiple IT teams have email alerts set up to notify them about events that require action. Additionally, the Security Event Manager is also utilized when there is a need to look at the logs to identify the root cause of a problem. For example, user account lockouts at a time the user wasn't in the office. It addresses multiple business problems by letting us know when something requires our attention.
- Easy to utilize--the rules are straightforward and pre-configured. You just have to customize them to fit your environment.
- Great customer service, which is incredibly useful when you want help with better utilizing the SEM.
- Easy and clear filters when looking for specific information without your environment.
- The SEM can be rather slow--an increase in CPU and RAM appeared to fix this problem fairly easily though.
- The SEM has lately required reboots for us fairly often. This is something we are currently working with support to resolve.
- The SEM could release additional graphic options to help better display data to management.
61.66666666666667%
6.2
- Able to keep our systems with a higher uptime, due to being able to resolve issues faster.
- Able to be alerted on key issues, making us more proactive.
- Able to research issues more easily in one central location.
I have additionally used Netwrix Auditor, which has some similarity with SolarWinds SEM. I use both hand in hand, but typically use the SEM first since it is easier to manage. With Netwrix custom searches are more complex than customer searches in the SEM. The SEM makes it easy to save custom filters, which makes future similar research very easy.
No
- Price
- Product Reputation
Our IT team has a few products with SolarWinds so the SEM was the first product considered. The brand reputation is the main factor that lead to purchasing the SolarWinds Security Event Manager. Additionally, the price is always a factor that is taken into close consideration at our company.
5
Information Security and Systems Team are the main users of the SEM. A few other teams get alerts from the SEM, but aren't in the SEM interface or familiar with the platform. Only a handful of employees actually handle the management and configuration of the SEM in our environment. But a good amount of our IT team has alerts set up for them.
3
Supporting the SEM has required working with the command line a little bit and being able to enter the back end of the SEM. Having a team member willing to do that, is essential when it comes to things like needing to reboot the SEM or upgrade it. However, most things are handled by one person and then escalated as needed.
- Filters to check for issues (that you don't want email alerts for)
- Email alerts for major issues that require user action
- Automation of actions based on certain alerts
- Checking for failing service accounts
- Being able to review account logon failure reasons
- Alerts that we didn't plan on putting in SEM
- Research problems to find who caused a specific change
No
We have just regular support, which is enough to resolve issues. I turn to the SolarWinds Thwack community for a lot of things. There is lots of documentation and informative information there that can prevent even needing to open a support ticket. I always check documentation, Thwack, and then open a support ticket if those options didn't answer my questions.
No
I watched a SolarWinds webinar and months later the SolarWinds rep is still willing to help me out with any questions. Every once in the while, I will send him a quick question regarding configuration or a new feature of the product. He always replies fast and gives great detailed answers.
- Search function
- Setting up filters
- Monitoring node status
- Setting up alerts
- Reducing alert noise
October 23, 2020
SEM review of a SolarWinds fanboy at heart
We are currently using it within our Operations team to monitor events and alert others of security events and anomalies that it detects. I would like to recommend this product to any business needing to increase their security posture and get better alerts and more reliable data to look at to assist with the root cause and security monitoring.
- Automated threat detection
- Log collection
- Live filtering
- Custom rules
- Alerting can be confusing to configure
- The dashboards and widgets look a little old as with all SolarWinds products
- The initial setup can take a lot of time
- It has given our helpdesk and ops team more capabilities with less training and access.
- It gives a lot more insight to what the users are doing now that they are working from home
- Allows for a central tool that works with our other SolarWinds products to give a better view of our entire ecosystem of computers.
- DivvyCloud, by Rapid7, Meta Networks and from Proofpoint
We picked SolarWinds because of the better price point, integration with other SolarWinds products, and the ease of training. Because we were already familiar with the SolarWinds way of doing alerts and reports, it made this product a nice fit for our company and it has great capabilities built in to give our team a feeling of being more secure and to help deter possible attackers.
No
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
- Analyst Reports
We decided to use the SolarWinds product because we are really satisfied with the SolarWinds product line and they always make great products. I would recommend this product to anyone especially those who are familiar with other SolarWinds products and have prior experience with SolarWinds. Security event manager is a great addition to anyone already using SolarWinds or even for people who have never used SolarWinds before.
4
Our organization has 4 people that monitor this on a daily basis and they all work in our Operations center they monitor all of the SolarWinds events. They monitor our similar products to watch for intrusion and unpatched machines along with seeing traffic patterns by the users and server traffic.
2
We have 2 people that monitor it and they are utilizing the SolarWinds training to learn how to better use the product.
- Monitor for security incidents
- prevent major network outages
- keep everyone notified about potential issues
- Fix minor issues before they become major issues
- train more users to help with monitoring
- alerting and automation to resolve issues
I would add a few more people to watch the product demo and maybe have more than 3 products I am reviewing. I am also partial to SolarWinds so I kind of limited myself and my options without realizing it. I would suggest getting a vendor who is agnostic to suggest multiple products to compete with it.
No