We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Fortinet FortiSIEM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"It has definitely helped us improve our mean time to resolution on network issues."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The most valuable part is that Stealthwatch is part of a portfolio of security devices from Cisco. Cisco literally can touch every single end point, every single ingress and egress point in the network. Nobody else has that."
"Our customer did not have security monitoring in the first place. With this solution, it provided security posture management and visibility about the security landscape and threats that they had."
"The solution is very stable. It's run for years without the need to do anything except, add new patches when they are available, which are always a good idea to install."
"We find the solution to be stable."
"The most valuable feature is the anomaly-reporting alarms."
"I like the various options, including the option for CMDB and the easier access to create rules, playbooks, or use cases. It's also easier to use for creating dashboards and reports."
"Real-time monitoring makes life quite easy for me."
"It is used as an alerting platform."
"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Better integration between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Workload would be beneficial."
"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."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"It would be good if the solution offered even more configuration options, especially in relation to the VPN so that it continues to be a very flexible option."
"Patching is not great - we're not getting the support we'd expect."
"It lacks a "wizard" that shows a particular user's activity or particular circumstance. I think the interface is intimidating because there's so much information there."
"The product does not have Security Orchestration and Automation Response, I would recommend adding this feature."
"Our team tried configuring MS SQL database logs with Fortinet FortiSIEM, but it did not work for some time."
"The graphs on the user interface could be improved as we often experience glitches."
"There is no proper guide for integration or configuration."
"An improvement would be if FortiSIEM's licensing was based on the number of nodes rather than the EPS."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 8th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 63 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6. 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 Fortinet FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, LogRhythm SIEM and Wazuh. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Fortinet FortiSIEM report.
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