Great product but out of the box it needs a lot of work.
May 20, 2021

Great product but out of the box it needs a lot of work.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User

Software Version

USM Anywhere (SaaS)

Overall Satisfaction with AlienVault USM

Implemented in a SaaS company with resources in colocation and AWS. All server assets are covered however workstations are not. We like that it provides the opportunity of granular logging on all systems and networks.

Pros

  • UX/UI responsive and easy to navigate.
  • Covers wide variety of systems and devices.
  • Ease of getting sensors up and running.

Cons

  • More simplified dashboards would help not overwhelm new users.
  • Use more industry-standard terms for items.
  • Tech support that actually reads your questions prior to replying with canned responses.
  • Update their KBs to reflect real-world scenarios. We've ran across several places where NxLog's settings in the KB were incorrect and support had no idea, kept telling us that we were wrong despite demonstrating to them the correct settings.

Do you think LevelBlue USM Anywhere delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with LevelBlue USM Anywhere's feature set?

Yes

Did LevelBlue USM Anywhere live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of LevelBlue USM Anywhere go as expected?

No

Would you buy LevelBlue USM Anywhere again?

No

  • Positive - Increased accountability for account auditing.
  • Negative - Increased management of devices since discovery still doesn't work correctly.
AlienVault provides a much simpler implementation than Zabbix but of course the cost is much lower. While both do a good job, AlienVault USM does the best for vulnerability scanning and reporting but Zabbix excels much better with integration with Splunk for alerting.
AlienVault is well-suited for the customer that needs compliance reports for PCI/HIPAA/etc. The price will hinder some customers from being able to afford it. This tool does the same thing that dozens of others do, so concentrating more on security scanning, vulnerability, and threats would prevent it from too much overlapping of features. Every vendor who tries to do a "single pane of glass" and be a "single source" always does this poorly.

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