We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Iris Session Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Auvik and others in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)."Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"Overall, the implementation is very good."
"The feature that I have found the most useful is the decode of packets. It gives us a variety of information that helps us in figuring out what to look at. The networks are getting really complex, and without the information that we get from Iris Session Analyzer, we couldn't do our job. Its graphical user interface is also very easy to use and intuitive."
"A great feature is the memory utilization graph."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"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."
"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."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"They can increase flexibility in the search engine. Basically, I go with the information I have at the time. If I could just type in the parameter that I want to search for and its value, it might be easier than having to do the groundwork upfront before I can get my traces."
"Sometimes the network analyzer will show that a server is down when it's actually working."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 57 reviews while Iris Session Analyzer is ranked 13th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 2 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Iris Session Analyzer is rated 8.0. 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 Iris Session Analyzer writes "Provides a memory utilization graph and shows disk space and uplink utilization but could include smart navigation in next release". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Iris Session Analyzer is most compared with .
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