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AlienVault: A good tool for the organization with enough resources.
October 25, 2019

AlienVault: A good tool for the organization with enough resources.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

USM Anywhere (SaaS)

Overall Satisfaction with AlienVault USM

Only used with Information Security. We use [it] to monitor various segments of our network. We have used this to aggregate logs and monitor assets.
  • Very easy to read the logs.
  • This tool has been relatively easy to deploy and maintain.
  • It's a good tool to use for monitoring assets.
  • Several times we lost connectivity and didn't know it. It would be helpful if there was better support when this happens.
  • It would be helpful if there was a better way to ensure line of sight into the entire network. We were never 100 percent confident that we were seeing everything. Discovery tools would help with this...i.e., set it and forget it.
  • An "out of the box" recommendation on what are the most important things for us to look at would be helpful.
We didn't look at other products. Instead, we are exploring outsourcing this function.
I think AlienVault USM is well suited for an IT/IS department that has more than three information security professionals to assist with the deployment and operations of the product. We are a lean shop and are not in a position to stand up a security operations center. I felt that this product was too much for us.