NetWitness Platform vs RiskIQ Illuminate comparison

The compared NetWitness and RiskIQ solutions aren't in the same category. NetWitness is ranked #32 in Log Management , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 0.9% mindshare in the category. RiskIQ is ranked #33 in ASM , and holds a 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution.

NetWitness Platform

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75% willing to recommend

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303 Comparison Views

0% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (32nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (34th)

RiskIQ Illuminate

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Attack Surface Management (ASM) (33rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. NetWitness Platform is designed for Log Management and holds a mindshare of 0.9%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
RiskIQ Illuminate, on the other hand, focuses on Attack Surface Management (ASM), holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.

Log Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetWitness Platform	0.9%
Splunk Enterprise Security	6.6%
Wazuh	6.1%
Other	86.4%

Log Management

Attack Surface Management (ASM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
RiskIQ Illuminate	0.9%
CrowdStrike Falcon	6.3%
Darktrace	4.4%
Other	88.4%

Attack Surface Management (ASM)

Featured Reviews

reviewer2256927

Head of Information Security, Cyber Defense and IT Risk Management at HCT. at a transportation company with 201-500 employees

A solid SIEM solution that should improve technical support and online resources to be easier to use

A big problem with the product is that we don't have much professional experience in Israel installing, implementing, and integrating this product. There is not enough of a knowledge base. There is no support for this product in this country, so problems have to be resolved through global technical teams. We like to work locally because of the language, and when the product is only supported outside the country, it's a little difficult to implement and use this product. Moreover, AI is something that must be added immediately. Artificial intelligence is a part of the competitors' products, and it's not been implemented for us.

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SimonClark

Cyber Security Advisor - Director at Fort Net UK

Able to discover unpatched servers, offers good stability, and scales very well

A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful. This could be useful for insurance companies offering cyber insurance to enterprise customers, providing the insurer with a valuable way to unobtrusively, quickly, and frequently assess their customers and apply appropriate premiums for the level of risk. This would also be useful for enterprises. They could, for example, assess companies prior to a merger or acquisition. What would also be useful for any enterprise would be if their supply chain has some kind of direct digital access to parts of their network.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is reliable."

"The most valuable feature of RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets are the alerts and correlations tools."

"It gives the capability for the incident response team to correlate logs to identify any kind of problem like malware and incidents in a general sense, both for logs and packets."

"Once it is deployed and you are used to it, you can do whatever you want."

"The development of use cases on the SSA console is quite user friendly, which means that the security analyst or the researcher does not have to learn another language."

"The product has a user-friendly interface and a valuable feature for threat intelligence integration."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to write rules and triggers for network communication, and then being able to investigate based on that."

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"The solution is stable with 12 years of established historical data."

"Attack Surface Management provided our customers with visibility on everything in their network and domains - anything publicly-facing on the internet - and shows where they have potential vulnerabilities."

Cons

"I believe they could improve their support, there are often delays."

"The log system is a bit complex and has room for improvement."

"The initial setup is complex. It requires some knowledge in order to set it up."

"It is not so easy to customize this product."

"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."

"Health monitoring of the event sources and devices."

"More customizability is required, which is something that they need to improve on."

"But the 11.3 version is a complete disaster. You cannot analyze anything."

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"A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful."

"The product scales from small to enormous, however, the pricing is not suitable for very small companies."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"There is a licensing fee and the customer can choose whether he wishes this to be subscription-based or perpetual."

"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

"We are on an annual license for the use of the solution."

"The NetWitness Platform may be affordable only for enterprise-level customers, as it may not be within the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."

"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."

"It’s cheaper to run virtual machines in a VMware environment."

"The product is expensive."

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Comparison Review

Vinod Shankar

Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 26, 2015

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

12%

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	20

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.

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What is your primary use case for NetWitness Platform?

I use NetWitness Platform ( /products/netwitness-platform-reviews ) in the financial industry as a good product with excellent capabilities and integration with various devices.

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

RSA Security Analytics

RiskIQ Digital Threat Management

Overview

NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

NetWitness

Threats are as vast as the internet. Defending your attack surface is a challenge of continuous change and global scale. RiskIQ Illuminate Internet Intelligence shows cyber threats relevant to your critical assets through connected digital relationships. It is the only security intelligence solution with tailored attack surface intelligence to uncover exposures, risks, and threats against your unique digital footprint, pinpointing what’s relevant to you—all in one place.

RiskIQ

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DocuSign, Outbrain, The Economist Group, Rackspace, The Citizen Lab

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