We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and NetWitness Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"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 of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"Overall, the implementation is very good."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult."
"The development of use cases on the SSA console is quite user friendly. This means that the security analyst or the researcher does not have to learn another language."
"The most valuable feature is the security that it provides."
"Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network"
"The most valuable features are its ingestion of logs and raising of alerts based on those logs."
"In my opinion, the solution's most valuable feature is its capacity to monitor network traffic, logs from devices within the network, and network captures. This capability extends beyond logs to include full network capturing."
"Offers a good wireless feature."
"It gives the ability to investigate into network traffic in the Net and the organization what we couldn't do before."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"If they can make this product more web-based, that would be amazing."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"Sometimes, it gives me static when integrating Windows-based systems. It should produce a precise log of sorts as to where the problem is. For example, a few days ago because of the McAfee application firewall, I couldn't get access to the particular Windows machine. So, my team and I had to figure out by ourselves that there was a virus responsible for the obstacle. This solution should trigger a meaningful log or message indicating the reason the user or implementer can't get into the machine."
"The tool's integration capability isn't so great."
"The log system is a bit complex and has room for improvement."
"We have encountered issues with unresolved crashes."
"I'd like to see improvement in its ease of use. It's basically unusable. It's overly complex."
"There is no support for this product in this country, so problems have to be resolved through global technical teams."
"The documentation is not as structured as I would like, personally, and I think that it can be improved and made much more user-friendly."
"More customizability is required, which is something that they need to improve on."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while NetWitness Platform is ranked 30th in Log Management with 35 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while NetWitness Platform is rated 7.4. 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 NetWitness Platform writes "Can find out if there is lateral movement, but integration and workflow need improvement". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas NetWitness Platform is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, RSA enVision, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Trellix Network Detection and Response.
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