IBM Security QRadar and Fortinet FortiSIEM compete in security information and event management (SIEM). QRadar is strong in detection accuracy and incident response efficiency, while FortiSIEM has an edge in user experience and ease of use.
Features: IBM Security QRadar is noted for its effective threat intelligence, advanced analytics capabilities, and powerful correlation engine. Fortinet FortiSIEM is praised for its automation, scalability, and extensive integration with other Fortinet products.
Room for Improvement: IBM Security QRadar could improve in ease of use and initial deployment complexity. Users suggest better documentation and enhanced support for third-party integrations for Fortinet FortiSIEM.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Security QRadar is considered complex and time-intensive to deploy but has highly rated customer service. Fortinet FortiSIEM is appreciated for its relatively straightforward deployment process, though its customer service could be improved.
Pricing and ROI: IBM Security QRadar has a higher initial setup cost but delivers strong ROI through its accurate threat detection and robust incident response. Fortinet FortiSIEM is cost-effective with good ROI due to its automation capabilities and lower initial setup costs.
FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.
Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:
IBM Security QRadar is a security and analytics platform designed to defend against threats and scale security operations. This is done through integrated visibility, investigation, detection, and response. QRadar empowers security groups with actionable insights into high-priority threats by providing visibility into enterprise security data. Through centralized visibility, security teams and analysts can determine their security stance, which areas pose a potential threat, and which areas are critical. This will help streamline workflows by eliminating the need to pivot between tools.
IBM Security QRadar is built to address a wide range of security issues and can be easily scaled with minimal customization effort required. As data is ingested, QRadar administers automated, real-time security intelligence to swiftly and precisely discover and prioritize threats. The platform will issue alerts with actionable, rich context into developing threats. Security teams and analysts can then rapidly respond to minimize the attackers' strike. The solution will provide a complete view of activity in both cloud-based and on-premise environments as a large amount of data is ingested throughout the enterprise. Additionally, QRadar’s anomaly detection intelligence enables security teams to identify any user behavior changes that could be indicators of potential threats.
IBM QRadar Log Manager
To better help organizations protect themselves against potential security threats, attacks, and breaches, IBM QRadar Log Manager gathers, analyzes, preserves, and reports on security log events using QRadar Sense Analytics. All operating systems and applications, servers, devices, and applications are converted into searchable and actionable intelligent data. QRadar Log Manager then helps organizations meet compliance reporting and monitoring requirements, which can be further upgraded to QRadar SIEM for a more superior level of threat protection.
Some of QRadar Log Manager’s key features include:
Reviews from Real Users
IBM Security QRadar is a solution of choice among users because it provides a complete solution for security teams by integrating network analysis, log management, user behavior analytics, threat intelligence, and AI-powered investigations into a single solution. Users particularly like having a single window into their network and its ability to be used for larger enterprises.
Simon T., a cyber security services operations manager at an aerospace/defense firm, notes, "The most valuable thing about QRadar is that you have a single window into your network, SIEM, network flows, and risk management of your assets. If you use Splunk, for instance, then you still need a full packet capture solution, whereas the full packet capture solution is integrated within QRadar. Its application ecosystem makes it very powerful in terms of doing analysis."
A management executive at a security firm says, "What we like about QRadar and the models that IBM has, is it can go from a small-to-medium enterprise to a larger organization, and it gives you the same value."
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