We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and NetWitness XDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the way the net flow is being merged together in a single pane. That's been extremely useful for us, because can see what's going on with traffic in one single place."
"The most valuable feature is the way it captures the traffic, and it contains every detail of the communication."
"It is very easy to use, and its usability is great. The use cases are also very easy. The visualizations of the use cases are magnificent. You cannot find this in any other solution. From my point of view, it is great."
"It is stable. We have been using it for some time, without any issues."
"RSA NetWitness does market analysis in a more granular form. It gives you full visibility."
"The stability of the RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very good."
"The interface of this solution is very flexible and easy to use."
"The log correlation is good."
"It's a scalable solution. We have around five to eight customers using RSA NetWitness Endpoint, and we hope to increase the number of users."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"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."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"The initial setup was complex."
"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."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"The threat intelligence could improve in RSA NetWitness Endpoint."
"I would like to see Security Orchestration and Response Automation (SOAR) integration."
"The contamination feature could be improved."
"Threat detection could be better."
"The initial setup requires a high level of skill."
"NetWitness Endpoint's blocking feature does not work properly - if there's a malicious process, it's not possible to kill it via a custom rule unless and until it's flagged as malicious."
"RSA NetWitness Network could improve on integration with non-native application integration."
"Its price could be improved. It is an expensive product. Its training is also too expensive. It would be great if they can have a better pricing scheme for the training."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 3rd in Network Detection and Response (NDR) with 57 reviews while NetWitness XDR is ranked 6th in Network Detection and Response (NDR) with 15 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while NetWitness XDR 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 NetWitness XDR writes "Beneficial single unified dashboard, good native application integration, and high availability". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas NetWitness XDR is most compared with Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal(x), CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. NetWitness XDR report.
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