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SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
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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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- 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%
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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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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
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SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
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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 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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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:
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It is important to have a detailed plan before deploying the tool. This will help meet expectations and ensure effective usage.
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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.
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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.
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October 23, 2020
SEM review of a SolarWinds fanboy at heart
- 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.
October 13, 2020
SolarWinds Security Event Manager Review
- It allows us to see in real-time events as they happen, saving us time.
October 13, 2020
Slick UI, great features, just a little difficult to set up
- It has not been operational long enough to determine ROI.
October 02, 2020
Very good product, easy to install!
- Less staff to check the logs.
- Less time to spent looking for suspicious activities.
- More affordable than competition.
September 11, 2020
SoalrWinds SEM - great value
- ROI is favorable as it checks off auditing requirements.
- Right after installation, SEM usually uncovers various of issues, which the clients love to see. One client uncovered thousands of failed logins from an employee who had left the company years ago.
August 17, 2020
Solarwinds working for you again!
- Setup is required alerts.
- Protect windows servers before attacks.
- Our organization has significantly reduced the time spent to gather log data across multiple network and security segments.
- Our organization gained better visibility and control of the network/systems/storage and security log data.
April 03, 2020
SolarWinds Security Event Manager Review
- Reduced amount of time spent unlocking accounts.
- Reduced amount of downtime on critical applications.
- Initially SEM is a significant investment to get started, but after it has been fully configured the amount of time spent on operational tickets has been reduced.
January 31, 2020
SolarWinds Security Event Manager: A "log" above everyone else
- SolarWinds Security Event Manager can be expensive for larger organizations.
- If you don't have a log and event manager, SolarWinds Security Event Manager will get you on your way to being more secure.
- The price is very reasonable for all the features and customizations SEM has. I especially like that pricing is based on node sources rather than the number of logs or rate of log ingestion.
- Needing to buy separate log parser tool is a negative.
- It saves a lot of time when we had issues trying to figure out where the user account lockout was coming from.
- With it being an affordable SIEM, we are able to have the ability to do the actions associated with a SIEM and the advantages of not “breaking the bank account”.
November 17, 2019
These Events will "Blow" You Away!
- SolarWinds SEM has allowed my network team to have confidence that we have an eye on changes in our AD environment, and that if we miss something we can investigate quickly.
November 16, 2019
SolarWinds SEM Review
- Hasn't helped us accomplish any business objectives. Negative ROI.
October 09, 2019
SolarWinds LEM: Useful and Low Cost SIEM Solution for SMBs
- For the price, it produced a decent value. It did a lot of the easy stuff well. I can't give any specific data given the objective of the product was to monitor very basic events in the environment.
- There are free options that can do a better job.
March 15, 2019
SolarWinds Log & Event Manager: Exactly as Advertised
- Increases productivity by pinpointing most account lockouts, allowing our helpdesk team to focus on other incoming issues
- Provides details on account disablement for audit purposes.
February 28, 2019
LEM, your one stop shop for Security Event and Incident Management!
- LEM provides users the ability to reduce administration and operations cost by consolidating log management into one system.
- LEM allows various IT departments such as server and network to work together using normalized common events. This increases operational efficiency and reduces event correlation time.
- Customers should expect a high learning curve for personnel when the product is first implemented. Network management will need to plan on some ramp-up time cost up front.
- We did not have to purchase Cisco's successor to MARS, that is a large ROI.
- We did not have the ability to know when users locked their accounts by bad password attempts, now we know before they call us.
- It has helped to give us an insight into our accounts and has been valuable to alert us to attacks.
- It has been valuable to manually correlate logs after there have been incidents and server issues.
- For the price, it has not given us any preventative analytics. Some of our alerting is based off of events that caused problems after the fact, so not really helpful at the time.
March 21, 2017
LEM pulls event data from across our network
- LEM has not made a positive impact on ROI. Instead it has provide required information (compliance requirement) and useful data for ensuring security and other standards are maintained.
February 16, 2016
LEMme tell you about Solarwinds LEM!
- Faster turnaround when investigating access issues. LEM's search function allows you to quickly identify which ACL policy may be blocking a user's access - and as a result quickly resolve the issue.
- Regulatory compliance. If you have regulatory compliance requirements for security monitoring, this product will likely check off a few boxes.
- Stronger security posture. Not every company can afford a 24 hour Security Operations Center. Intelligent technology like LEM can help fill in those gaps to strengthen your security posture, and even allow for complex automated responses to threats during non-business hours.