Item: NetWitness Network
Rating: 8
Author: Utkarsh Ahuja

Overall Satisfaction with RSA Security Analytics

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I worked for HCL technologies and was deployed at SBI IT headquarters for implementing their security operations center which involved implementing the tool. They used this tool to manage the security for their entire organizations web gateway . It had a capacity of close to 500000 events per second and had approximately 37000 various security devices linked to the tool .

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to use and understand
Provides extensive details to analyze the threat with more accuracy
It is a smart tool with graphical display of data for easier interpretation

Cons

The meta part to form the dashboards were a bit complicated
The user interface could be made more understandable

Return on Investment

Increased efficiency
Reduced the number of web attacks and data is more secured
Better customer service

Alternatives Considered

RSA enVision and HP Arcsight

It was more advanced and comprehensive . The personalized dashboards and view was the major likeable difference . The correlation could help us analyze better and was more effective , the drill down features gives more information at one go .

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System

Likelihood to Recommend

It is perfectly suited for large organizations aiming for providing web security to the customers or also if they are interested to setup their own security perations center . It is one of the leading security tools in the market and offers comprehensive capability in dealing with web attacks.

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