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McAfee Global Threat Intelligence [EOL] vs USM Anywhere comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee Global Threat Intell...
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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USM Anywhere
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (46th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (31st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (52nd), Compliance Management (13th)
 

Featured Reviews

Chetankumar Savalagimath - PeerSpot reviewer
Informative dashboards and integrates well with other products, but it needs artificial intelligence for more advanced threat detection
The product can be developed by bringing in AI and ML-based logic to learn from external emerging threats. This would help to keep the feeds real-time and secure the client's environment. Furthermore, it should use automation to notify customers or remediate the environment. The analytics and big data platform integration can be improved to provide better visibility of past data to look for existing threats or missed threats. It will be better able to predict future threats and be resilient against new threats, risks, or attacks. A cloud-based solution can be bought in to look for wider issues in external users or technologies.
Kris Nawani - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"All of the feeds can be enriched by using the predefined content pack, which can be deployed and used by SOC operations, threat hunting teams, and engineering teams."
"This is a USM, so being able to get all the features under one roof makes it a good product with good new features."
"The best feature of this product is the ease of use. It is extremely easy to set up and get going. This is a very useful tool for a small organization."
"It has powerful threat detection, incident response, and compliance management."
"The most valuable feature is threat intelligence."
"I can easily check (in one place) all the logs and data in relation to attacks. It also gives me an overview if a server is not configured properly."
"The setup is very easy and straightforward."
"The ease of implementation is the most valuable feature."
"The other big selling feature for us was its integration capabilities with all the other security-based products."
 

Cons

"The analytics and big data platform integration can be improved to provide better visibility of past data to look for existing threats or missed threats."
"The solution already has quite good tools, however, they need better integration tools for linking with Office 365, Google Suite, and so on."
"One area that has room for improvement is storage. AllienVault is a good place to put logs, but sometimes it's a tough place to go get logs... The logger can only hold so much data. If they improved that, that would help."
"Search performance can be slow. The Raw Logs feature is painfully slow. And if we're talking about the newer, the Anywhere product, you can't even schedule reports on the thing. There are probably a dozen other features I'd really like to see there, but that would be one of the biggies."
"We develop additional rules and scripts to make it more usable."
"There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks."
"This solution could be easier to use."
"Reporting is convoluted and difficult at times, although they claim to have hundreds of pre-built reports, very few of them are actually useful for anything but what the USM is doing."
"More complimentary training needs to be done for use with this tool. If you get into a bind, then it will cost you."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is affordable and it also depends on the usage of the toolset."
"The pricing is a good value. The key thing is that for the new product, the licensing of it, is subscription-based and it's based on data. Clients need to be really careful when thinking about that, because odds are they're going to need to put a lot more data into it than what they initially estimate, which is going to drive their subscription costs up."
"Its price is in the medium to upper range."
"Use the AlienVault team. They are helpful and the documentation that they provide is second to none."
"The ROI is quite good."
"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."
"They are a little more expensive than Microsoft."
"So far, it has been a good solution for a tight budget."
"It is a product that is priced in a medium range, making it neither a cheap nor a costly product."
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Comms Service Provider
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Financial Services Firm
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Educational Organization
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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?
The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful.
What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?
There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.
 

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AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
 

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