We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The solution reduces the amount of time it takes to detect and remediate threats."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"Fortinet FortiSIEM has its own validated and authentic IP database that marks malicious IP attacks against the firewall and generates an alert for the same."
"It works well with medium to large-scale enterprises."
"Easy alert setup which enables different alerts in different categories."
"The stability is very reliable. It offers very good performance."
"We have many application systems, and I can set up Fortinet FortiSIEM for users to monitor their systems."
"FortiSIEM provides a single PIN to monitor SOC and NOC. It's a nice tool for integration and monitoring. It provides multiple categories for monitoring based on security designations like low, medium, and high."
"It's easy to manage. There's a web interface and a command line, depending on what the user is comfortable with. There's a large knowledge base available, and the support is timely."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiSIEM are the SD-WAN, Global LAN, and application controls."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"I would like to see better filters."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"It's a good solid solution but integration with Network Access Control products with Cisco ISE would be good."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"FortiSIEM is not a market leader in the SIEM space."
"The backup and recovery process for this solution needs improvement."
"The product does not have Security Orchestration and Automation Response, I would recommend adding this feature."
"I would like to see easier implementation in the future."
"The solution's interface could be modernized and improved."
"Its training can be improved. Its price also needs to be improved."
"There is no proper guide for integration or configuration."
"FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh and LogRhythm SIEM. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM report.
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