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Cofense Intelligence ThreatHQ vs Mandiant Advantage comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cofense Intelligence ThreatHQ
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (81st), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (60th)
Mandiant Advantage
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (24th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Cofense Intelligence ThreatHQ is designed for Email Security and holds a mindshare of 0.1%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
Mandiant Advantage, on the other hand, focuses on Extended Detection and Response (XDR), holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Email Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cofense Intelligence ThreatHQ0.1%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36511.4%
Proofpoint Email Protection8.2%
Other80.3%
Email Security
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Mandiant Advantage1.0%
CrowdStrike Falcon12.3%
Wazuh10.2%
Other76.5%
Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
 

Featured Reviews

MohamedShaker - PeerSpot reviewer
Secures the business for customers quickly and accurately
It secures the business for the customers. For instance, if any phishing emails come into the environment and employees see it, we direct the email to Triage. The Triage system will investigate it through AI technology to see if it's a phishing email or not. If it is a phishing email, it will quarantine it and erase it from the environment.
SameepAgarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
In-depth traffic analysis and proactive support reduce investigation time
The live IOC feed identifies the type, technique, and tactics used. This becomes handy since then I know what to refer to from the playbook. For instance, if I take a use case of someone with Mimikatz installed on their system, knowing the nature beforehand reduces investigation time. I can quickly apply the playbook to resolve incidents in less time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For instance, if any phishing emails come into the environment and employees see it, we direct the email to Triage. The Triage system will investigate it through AI technology to see if it's a phishing email or not. If it is a phishing email, it will quarantine it and erase it from the environment."
"The feature I have found most valuable is directory monitoring. We experienced an instance of threat actors trying to ensure a complex and massive attack against our customer's infrastructure on the forum. That is, they were animating people on a formum. The solution alerted us to this two days ahead of the attack, which gave us plenty of time to prepare for it."
"The scalability of Mandiant Advantage deserves a ten out of ten."
"Mandiant Advantage is excellent at providing the full context and all the information, where the information was found, and the full data, including the raw data that was uploaded onto the Internet."
"It is so valuable to have someone performing these functions outside of our business hours when we don't have staff in the building. We've seen a lot of solid metrics on the amount of malware that it's detecting and resolving. We're pleased with it so far."
"The advantage of the solution is being able to go look up threat actors and get a lot of detailed information about different attacks and different tactics and general information about threats."
"The live IOC feed identifies the type, technique, and tactics used."
"I have never faced stability issues."
 

Cons

"If they continue improving and enhancing this solution, it could be even faster and more accurate."
"I think that the data query that is used for data cloud language should be improved. It's really hard to query actual data from the platform."
"Sometimes Mandiant Advantage becomes noisy when dealing with widely recognized companies due to false positives."
"Collaboration of data in my view becomes a bit clogged, requiring effort to understand visually."
"They could have better support. Now that they've merged, they are moving towards a portal system, which isn't very helpful."
"Mandiant's on-prem client is too processor-intensive, so it's putting a strain on the local device's CPU. When a scan is running on the device, the other processing tasks slow to a crawl. We're still trying to figure out the correct settings for the client."
"I have already given them feedback that their UI needs improvement since sometimes there is a lag. The side-by-side depiction of request response and action clogs the screen."
"Sometimes Mandiant Advantage becomes noisy when dealing with widely recognized companies due to false positives."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Mandiant Advantage?
Sometimes Mandiant Advantage becomes noisy when dealing with widely recognized companies due to false positives. More fine-tuning is required to handle famous company names. It also handles alerts ...
What is your primary use case for Mandiant Advantage?
I use it for cyber threat intelligence. I gather information about newly created domains around the Internet that can be related to my managed company. I monitor these domains for any phishing acti...
What advice do you have for others considering Mandiant Advantage?
I would advise exploring multiple functions because there are many different capabilities of Mandiant Advantage. For small organizations, try every feature included in the package. Use known source...
 

Also Known As

Cofense Intelligence, PhishMe Intelligence
Mandiant Threat Intelligence
 

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Sample Customers

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Stater Bros. Markets, Rush Copley, Blackboat, CapWealth
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