Alert Logic: An awesome layered defense product
January 28, 2019
Alert Logic: An awesome layered defense product
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Alert Logic Network Threat Detection
We use Alert Logic Network Threat Detection to augment our on-premise staff who are engaged in other duties. The service was fairly easy to implement, and management of the product was quite easy. We would get a call anytime we were seeing attacks of any type, usually 2-3 times a week for something more than a script kiddie trying to probe our network defenses. In conjunction with Akamai, who we use for WAF functionality, the Alert Logic product was a solid companion.
- The managed solution took the detection of network threats off of our very full plates.
- Required little intervention from me as a network engineer once it was in place.
- The staff at Alert Logic were top notch, and we felt as though they were an extension of our team.
- When we chose Alert Logic, they did not have an IPS solution but intended to use another product to protect our environment and web farm.
- The product relies on someone to call you after the attack starts.
- There are no protection mechanisms once an attack is noticed to shut it down. However, using a layered defense as we do, it did not affect us nearly as much as without.
- Positive: Staff Augmentation allowed our staff to focus on priorities that are key to our company's success.
- In conjunction with Akamai WAF, we saw a 95% drop in malicious traffic hitting our web front ends.
- This product is not effective at blocking attacks without another layer. You need to be aware of this going in.
How well the Alert Logic team, and ours integrated; plus costs were the biggest factors in selection. Ease of implementation and someone watching our back 24/7/365 made the selection of this product easy. Secondly, it helped us keep our WAF vendor honest on what types of attacks they were and were not catching.