ObserveIT Reviews

Name: ObserveIT
Brand: Proofpoint
Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

Vendor: Proofpoint

4.2 out of 5

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The biggest security problem today is people. Insiders are responsible for 90% of security incidents, per the 2015 Verizon DBIR Report. Organizations need to manage security risk from vendors, privileged users and high-risk users. ObserveIT captures video playback of policy violations and comprehensive metadata related to what people are doing, with this information, you can easily search and see what happened without translating logs or investigating across multiple systems.

ObserveIT is the #2 ranked solution in top User Activity Monitoring solutions and #16 ranked solution in top User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) solutions. PeerSpot users give ObserveIT an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. ObserveIT is most commonly compared to Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): ObserveIT vs Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine). ObserveIT is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 64% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 23% of all views.

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it_user223041

IT Senior Director, IT Risk & Compliance at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 14, 2015

Real time recording and investigation of suspected policy infractions. Ease of implementation and configuration. Knowledge, availability and responsiveness of ObserveIT technical team to support our implementation Has allowed us to provide level of assurance of compliance to complicated business…

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reviewer1271289

Cyber Security Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Feb 2, 2020

The biggest and strongest use case is to monitor the behavior patterns, in terms of any malicious activity, like downloading unauthorized files from the internet The most important feature is the expectation that the solution has to have a minimum of false positives. This depends both on the…

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it_user121395

ITSM & AntiFraud Consultant with 51-200 employees

Aug 22, 2015

It is the best enterprise product that captures user activity. Its main advantage over its competitors is the way it records data. The most valuable features are the user recording, the textual log audit, and the ability to integrate with SIEM and ticketing systems All my clients are very…

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ObserveIT market share

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As of March 2024, the market share of ObserveIT in the User Activity Monitoring category stands at 15.6%, marking a decrease of 50.7% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"ObserveIT is small, easy to use, easy to deploy, and is not complicated, so it's more generally suited for only SMBs. It's a good value with a cheaper price."

Room for Improvement

"ObserveIT is not scalable and it's not for the medium to large corporations. It's for the smaller environments. For the larger corporations, we have other scalable solutions."

These insights are based on the in-depth reviews provided by peers to help you make a better buying decision.