Change Auditor for Windows File Servers and Snare compete in the file server auditing field. Despite Snare's superior feature set, Change Auditor seems to have an advantage with better pricing and support satisfaction.
Features: Change Auditor for Windows File Servers provides real-time monitoring, detailed auditing, and intuitive alerts. Snare stands out with its integration capabilities and robust reporting features, appealing to users needing comprehensive analysis tools.
Room for Improvement: Change Auditor for Windows File Servers could improve log management, scalability options, and user interface. Snare could enhance its configuration processes, issue resolution times, and initial setup intuitiveness.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Change Auditor for Windows File Servers is known for its straightforward deployment and reliable customer service. While Snare requires more initial customization, it is supported by responsive customer service.
Pricing and ROI: Change Auditor for Windows File Servers offers competitive pricing appealing to budget-conscious organizations with a solid return on investment. Snare has higher pricing but is viewed as justified due to its extensive analytics features, providing a long-term ROI in line with its capabilities.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Change Auditor for Windows File Servers | 0.4% |
| Snare | 0.6% |
| Other | 99.0% |
Change Auditor for Windows File Servers helps you control and audit changes to Microsoft Windows file servers efficiently and cost-effectively. It proactively tracks, audits, reports and alerts on vital changes in real time and without the overhead of native auditing.
You will instantly know the “who, what, when, where and originating workstation” details, and get the original and current values for fast troubleshooting. You can then automatically generate intelligent, in-depth forensics for auditors and management, reducing the risks associated with day-to-day modifications and ensuring confidence at your next audit.
Snare customers consistently tell us that as the financial and reputational consequences of data breaches, cyber threats like malware and ransomware and the constant risks from insider threats increase that they have urgent and ongoing requirements for maintaining regulatory compliance, auditing and managing cyber threat detection and response. They also tell us that existing solutions like SIEM are often complex to implement and maintain, require specialised technical resources or are increasingly unaffordable or variable in their pricing. As a result of these increased requirements Prophecy International has created the Snare product suite.
Compliance requirements can include any number of regulatory mandates including PCI-DSS, Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, NERC, GDPR and more. This makes Snare a high value solution for companies in the Government, Defence and Military sectors, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Retail, Health, Energy, Oil & Gas markets.
Snare is a complete suite of Centralised Log Management (CLM), Security Analytics and SIEM tools.
Created by ex military personnel for military use it offers the highest level of security.
Designed to work as part of your security ecosystem Snare also integrates with most other SIEMs including SPLUNK, QRadar, ARCSight and many more. With over 3,000 customers worldwide using Snare for compliance, auditing and threat response, Snare is the name you can trust.
From Enterprise Agents for Windows, Unix, Linux, OSX, Flat files and Databases to a complete forensics and long term log storage platform, agent management console, multipoint log reflector, advanced log analytics and next gen SIEM capability. Either hosted or on prem with both Opex and Capex pricing models, Snare is a one stop shop for CLM and SIEM. Snare product suite is broadly split into two areas:
Centralised Log Management incorporates and 4 core technologies
Snare Analytics incorporates another 4 core technologies
These products can be bought independently or combined into a compete solution. You can also “mix and match” with your current security technologies ensuring that you can leverage your existing investments.
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