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Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics [EOL] vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Secure Cloud Analytic...
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (34th), Security Incident Response (8th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (37th), Ransomware Protection (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

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Security Analyst at Orange España
Efficiently generates alerts for suspicious activities and scales easily
There are two areas of improvement. Firstly, extend the log retrieval limit to at least three months. For example, there is a limit on the number of log messages that can be received. So, I would like to expand the log retrieval limit. And another thing, if we migrate these things to an event or send us an email if there is any critical event, I would like to configure these things on the initial launch. Because if a system is compromised, there will be a lot of data movement from one post to another post to the outside. Then, we should also get an alert on email as well. We have since we have integrated these things. But a direct email for critical alerts should be there. So, I would like to enhance the critical event configuration. If a new user wants to learn how it should work, how policies work, and where we can configure policies, there should be some learning material for this product.
reviewer2689206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VP, Technology & Leading Technology Office at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Behavior analytics has strengthened threat prediction yet still needs to improve overall standing
Regarding the real-time monitoring feature with VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, it is helpful in addressing unseen threats. I find the behavior analysis feature beneficial. I assess VMware Carbon Black Endpoint's machine learning capabilities in detecting unknown threats as fantastic. The behavior and analytics feature employs machine learning, and these are features which make the product and give that distinguishing, differentiating factor. The intelligent threat hunting capabilities have impacted my customers' cybersecurity efforts by giving them the edge to be prepared well in advance. Whenever this feature provides prediction, you know what action to take. You are aware of a possible attack and what kind of attack it may be, so you are much better prepared.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Monitoring the traffic, making sure you have the visibility."
"The logs in Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud are very good when doing the API integration in the team. It is able to give you important information for the correlations."
"It tells you if there is any communication going to command and control servers, or if there is any traffic that violates your internal policy, or if any data hoarding is happening where data is being dumped from your machine to outside of the environment. It provides all such meaningful reports to help you understand what's happening."
"We were able to prevent an electric fraud of almost $200,000."
"When it comes to scalability, there's no size limit. It varies based on licenses and requirements."
"Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud is scalable because it is on the cloud."
"My advice to others is Cisco has great solutions and I would recommend them."
"I would recommend Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud 100 percent."
"During the company’s transition, we had a memory scraper infiltrate our network, and with the help of Carbon Black, we isolated the outbreak to a few point of sale machines."
"It uses machine learning and behavioral analytics for advanced threat detection and response."
"The capabilities of this tool are almost limitless."
"The tool is pretty stable."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The initial setup was fairly easy."
"Carbon Black Defense has a higher detection ratio because it's cloud-based and it also does a lookup to virus total."
"One of the most valuable features is that it will block vulnerable sites."
 

Cons

"The initial setup is a bit complex in terms of deployment and configuration"
"The initial setup is a bit complex in terms of deployment and configuration."
"The initial setup of Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud is complex."
"The product's price is high."
"When I used to work on it, I just didn't see anything new happening for about a year and a half. Providing newer data and newer reports constantly would help. There should be more classifications and more interesting data."
"If we migrate these things to an event or send us an email if there is any critical event, I would like to configure these things on the initial launch. Because if a system is compromised, there will be a lot of data movement from one post to another post to the outside. Then, we should also get an alert on email as well. We have since we have integrated these things. But a direct email for critical alerts should be there. So, I would like to enhance the critical event configuration."
"The product needs to improve its user-friendliness. It is very tricky and you need to study it before using the standard functionalities."
"Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud could improve the graphical user interface. It could be a more user-friendly graphical user interface. so that. Not everybody's a cyber security professional, most of the customers that I deal with are not very skilled. The terms that they use in the solution are quite understandable for a normal CIO."
"The directions for Splunk are spot on, but it is difficult to find anything on integration with AlienVault,"
"This product should be cheaper."
"Stability is one thing that's not robust. Other products are faster, but as far as the CB Defense, it's slow."
"This product should be cheaper."
"The endpoint machines need improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The local technical support is very poor, but the support from headquarters is very nice."
"It could be a bit complicated. You have to be very familiar with Carbon Black to understand what it is doing and why it is doing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is quite expensive."
"The price of Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud is expensive."
"Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud is an expensive enterprise solution."
"The price for the solution is completely at government level, meaning one which is very high."
"The platform is expensive."
"The product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."
"The pricing is annually based and operates through another department than mine."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"The licensing cost is on the more expensive side, but I thought it was worth it because they did a good job. It was one of the vendors I truly didn't have to worry about too much until this latest upgrade."
"Overall, it was cost-effective too."
"It's reasonable in price"
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
13%
Performing Arts
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
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Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise33
 

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Also Known As

Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud, Observable Networks
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

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