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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Beats
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
LevelBlue USM Anywhere
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (27th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (26th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (33rd), Compliance Management (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1269834 - PeerSpot reviewer
I.T. Manager at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
A great addition to our security monitoring system
We haven't to this point had to scale very large, we want to continue to evolve, but it's a slow process for us. From what I've used so far, and my reading on it, I don't think we're going to have any problems scaling to really whatever size we need.
Kris Nawani - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited
Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of, and it's a very robust product."
"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"AlienVault gave our organization a centralized tool to manage our security with its intrusion detection, asset management, vulnerability assessments, along with all of its other features, it has become an invaluable asset for our small organization."
"This solution can identify many threats inside the organization (compromised endpoints, configuration issues), as well as "outside" threats (botnets, network scanners, web-attacks, etc)."
"The product is now stable and it is a Swiss army knife packed with lot of tools."
"Pricing was a very important consideration and lower than the other SIEM solutions evaluated."
"The low cost of entry SIEM functionality has increased due to network views and network traffic."
"It’s pretty easy to setup but to really take advantage you should have a dedicated person who will devote their time to customizing and utilizing the power this solution has."
"It allows for a lot of out-of-the-box features: vuln scanning, HIDS/HIPS, and IDS."
"The vulnerability scanning is helpful to identify the areas that need patching or fixes installed."
 

Cons

"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"At some level, the documentation, the information as far as the components, it's sometimes a little difficult to find the information necessary to implement aspects."
"Those tools could be improved because AlienVault is a SIEM, and it added all these other features."
"The only recommended changes I can think of is to have the ability to filter logs."
"The GUI needs to improve because it's not user-friendly."
"Source material on the forums to be more up-to-date with the changes happening within the product. Forums being out-of-date with information due to the changes makes troubleshooting a little more difficult - specific to the HIDS agents."
"The solution already has quite good tools, however, they need better integration tools for linking with Office 365, Google Suite, and so on."
"It would be nice to see some machine learning and monitoring of the configuration in network devices."
"Taking into account that server access credentials are controlled by the tool, some more management-focused actions could be performed from AlienVault."
"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It wasn't cheap, but it was cost-effective compared to many of the other solutions."
"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."
"Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."
"Negotiate the best package for your environment."
"It allows you to do a lot with a small price tag... The pricing is the best on the market."
"I don't know exactly, but I know it is based on the number of logs and the retention duration, such as 30 days or something like that. So, the smallest package is about 500 a month for 30 days of logs. There is a virtual machine. You need resources for it. It is a log collecting VM. They provide the software, and you just have to load a virtual machine. So, you're going to incur some CPU RAM and storage for wherever this log collecting appliance is running, which typically is in our cloud and on our platform for the customer."
"QRadar, ArcSight and Splunk are some of the most expensive SIEM products out there in the market and not everyone has the budget to buy them. In such cases, AV USM is a very cost effective alternative."
"Do the one month trial and try to work out the kinks during it, as it has free support and service hours."
"​The price point is good.​"
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Construction Company
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Outsourcing Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

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Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise25
 

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?
There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.
What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?
USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools.
 

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AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity
 

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