SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Reviews & Ratings 2023

Name: SolarWinds Security Event Manager Overview
Uploaded: 2019-05-23T20:51:20.000Z
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Description: Security Event Manager - Overview

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

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Overview

What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?

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

Easy to install and easy to use

10 out of 10

May 02, 2022

We use SEM (formally LEM) to log changes that are made in our switching environment and who made them. SEM also logs all changes in our …

SolarWinds SEM helps system administrator analyze issues on network and server

8 out of 10

April 19, 2022

We use SEM to collect and analyze events from servers and routers. We can find the issues, like incorrect user logon and most port visit …

Set-and-Forget with as needed functionality

7 out of 10

March 30, 2022

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. …

SEM - a great product that's even better if you can dedicate the time to learn it.

8 out of 10

March 30, 2022

I use SolarWinds Event Manager to provide visibility and insight into network activity/use. We use SEM to address regulatory needs such as …

SEM - Powerful and Affordable

9 out of 10

March 29, 2022

We use SEM as our primary logging solution for all network infrastructure devices (switches, routers, WLCs, etc). The software allows us …

Security Event Manager (SEM) - An intuitive and inexpensive product if you need a reliable Syslog manager in a classical network deployment

9 out of 10

March 28, 2022

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) is our dedicated syslog for network devices, providing a higher set of features, search …

SEM provides easy, affordable SIEM appliance

8 out of 10

March 28, 2022

Main SIEM All feeds to this

SolarWinds SEM is easy to setup and (mostly) manageable

8 out of 10

March 28, 2022

We use it as an internal SIEM tool and we also train others how to use it.

Superior Product, Easy to Implement and Very Reliable!

10 out of 10

March 26, 2022

We have a group of servers that reside in Microsoft Azure as well as on-premise. SEM allows us to centrally manage these servers for both …

Easy product for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

8 out of 10

March 19, 2022

This tool is very beneficial for securing our network environment and systems from any defects in our companies. This tool is our main …

S-Short E-Effective M-Monitoring Solution!!!

6 out of 10

March 13, 2022

Utilize SEM for log aggregation purposes on network devices. The primary scope of your use case is to log, monitor, and investigate for …

A boring review. It just works.

8 out of 10

March 11, 2022

The windows installer had issues installing remotely, so we ended up using PowerShell to script the install, with no real reason from …

Log Police - The Best at Logging Events and Collection

10 out of 10

January 28, 2022

At the university I work we use SolarWinds Security Event Manager. It is used to collect logs from firewalls, routers, switches, wireless …

Review of SolarWinds Security Event Manager

10 out of 10

January 19, 2022

I use SEM to Centralize log collection for my domain controllers, file servers, NPS servers, and Firewalls. Using SEM we are able to have …

Great for Continental Enterprises

10 out of 10

July 26, 2021

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) was included in the short list of SIEM solutions for our SOC solution. SolarWinds Security Event …

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Awards

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Popular Features

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Centralized event and log data collection (18)
8.5
85%
Deployment flexibility (18)
7.9
79%
Event and log normalization/management (36)
7.3
73%
Custom dashboards and workspaces (34)
4.9
49%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Logging network account changes and who is making them
Behavioral analytics

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Engineer in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

SEM traffic type sort report is useful tool to control unnecessary network usage
wish SEM could update by itself

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Administrator in Information Technology

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing

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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.

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

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Product Demos

SolarWinds Security Event Manager Overview

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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

7.6Avg 7.8

8.5
Centralized event and log data collection
(18) Ratings
Effectiveness of real-time centralized event and log data collection
7.6
Correlation
(15) Ratings
Correlation of logs and events to pinpoint significant threats
7.3
Event and log normalization/management
(36) Ratings
Ability to normalize event syntax so that logs can be compared and are machine-understandable
7.9
Deployment flexibility
(18) Ratings
Ability to tune system to maximize threat detection and minimize false positives
7.9
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools
(13) Ratings
Integration with access control tools like Active Directory and LDAP
4.9
Custom dashboards and workspaces
(34) Ratings
dashboards that can be customized to meet the needs of specific groups
9
Host and network-based intrusion detection
(4) Ratings
Ability to detect both endpoint intrusion and network ingress detection

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Product Details

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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.