Item: Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In the new trend of working from remote locations, the majority of folks have opted to work from home. With the facilities of having the machines and system presented at their home, the security and vulnerabilities have also increased along with the threats. The Mandiant Threat Intelligence is a very powerful and comprehensive SaaS platform that provides security-relevant cyber threat intelligence in order to focus more on security and provide a protected environment to work.

Pros and Cons

accelerated threat response feature, prioritizing threats according to requirement.
Optimization of the threat intelligence , and can be integrated with 3rd party tools.
Features like - Breach ,Adversary, Machine and Operational Intelligence.
Mandiant dynamic host and the malware views along with indicators.

A bit hectic and Complexity can be observed in architecture and while implementing.
Processor Intensive, as it puts strain on CPU sometime when a scan is running.
Support system could be improved after moving towards a portal system.

Return on Investment

Improved defenses by providing the security a step ahead of threats and vulnerabilities.
Safety by prioritizing the vulnerable exposures and the rate of risks.
Accelerated response to the risks and external threats.
Reports and data analysis on the risk factors.

Alternatives Considered

CrowdStrike Falcon

The Mandiant Advantage Threat intelligence can evaluate and find the holes in the existing security countermeasures, giving the option to detect vulnerabilities and threats in advance. We can do device health checks periodically, making it possible to identify the weaknesses along with detailed reports. It provides the countermeasures according to the attack detections and reports on what changes can be improved to existing security.

Usability

On looking at both the Pros and Cons perspective, there are very few negatives, like initialization and performance-related issues. But the features, facilities, and overall functioning overcome it all, making it a good security wall to be used within an organization making a more secure healthy environment. The data analysis and reports could be used to analyze the loophole and possible threat vulnerabilities in advance, giving a step ahead of others.

Key Insights

Do you think Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence's feature set?

Yes

Did Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence again?

Yes

Other Software Used

CrowdStrike Falcon, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention

Likelihood to Recommend

The feature that could be appreciated is that when Threats are trying to attack infrastructure, the Threat intelligence alerts in advance, giving plenty of time to prepare and providing detailed information about the attacks and tactics. The responses to these threats are Accelerated with an informed cyber defense strategy. Mandiants data intelligence gathering enables them to obtain threat details ahead of others.

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Overall Satisfaction with Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence