Great product with a steep learning curve
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
It is being used by the outsider IT company who does Level2 and Level3 support. We use it to audit network device logs with it (Palo Alto Firewalls and Juniper switches). Also we use it to audit Active Directory logons. It is easier to keep these logs in a single place.
- Customizable dashboards, where you can see everything you want.
- Easy to set-up connectors.
- Fully customizable event filters.
- Unable to set up some legacy equipment (Zyxel switches).
- Not an easy to product to learn from scratches.
- Unfortunately I can't really rate the financial perspective.
It is a bit hard to compare, since Cortex XDR is kind of a different starship, with endpoint protection and such, and not really great for auditing Windows Event Logs.
ELK stack on the other hand is free in some of it's editions but seems much similar then Cortex. SolarWinds SEM has better premade dashboards and event filters.
ELK stack on the other hand is free in some of it's editions but seems much similar then Cortex. SolarWinds SEM has better premade dashboards and event filters.
Do you think SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)'s feature set?
Yes
Did SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) again?
Yes