Cisco Secure Network Analytics Reviews

We use Cisco Stealthwatch to monitor network traffic and make network traffic analytics on east, west, north, and south traffic in our company.

Cisco Stealthwatch has improved our organization because it has brought visibility that we didn't have previously before implementing it. We have information about all of the devices on the network, which include network devices, such as routers, firewalls, et cetera, and endpoint devices, such as users' laptops or servers. The information that we can receive includes what network traffic the user processes. For example, what network traffic gets to our servers and the network traffic that originates from our laptops and user machines.

We have a better understanding of the network which allows us to tweak our security policies from the information we receive.

Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box.

The solution has a lot of add-on features available.

Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product.

I have used Cisco Stealthwatch within the last 12 months.

The performance of the Cisco Stealthwatch is good. We haven't encountered any issue regarding performance, or that it cannot handle all the traffic that it receives.

The solution is scalable, it can be done easily. I don't see any problem with us expanding our network and for the solution to be able to accommodate our needs.

Our company has approximately 1,000 people employed and they all use Cisco Stealthwatch. We have administrators that can access it and do work on a daily basis in order to see alerts and inspect all the potential problems in the network.

We haven't had any issues with somebody from Cisco assisting us with any technical needs.  We have attended several workshops during the time that we wanted to implement Cisco Stealthwatch. We were at the workshops to get a full perspective on the solution and see what they have planned for the future for new features. The training workshops were not something that we specifically asked for. It was not tailored to us. It was open for Cisco partners, which we are as well. We haven't had any technical issues in our contact with Cisco technical support for any of our needs.

We have not used a previous solution because Cisco Stealthwatch is a relatively new concept on the market and we haven't used or looked into any other similar solutions from that category.

The implementation of the Cisco Stealthwatch should be easier. It is not very complex but it could be made easier. We had the solution up and running in approximately one business day.

We did the implementation of the solution ourselves. We did not need any assistance from any integrator.

One person is enough for maintenance, patching, and overall support of the solution. As we follow best practice, we use two people, because having two sets of eyes it's better than having just one. However, it is able to be maintained by one person. 

The licensing model for Cisco Stealthwatch can make it difficult for using to get the most out of the solution.

We looking or determining if Cisco Stealthwatch is an expensive or inexpensive solution is difficult because it is relative. However, the licenses are able to be purchased at different intervals, such as annually or every three years. The licensing is generally based on, features or sub-product categories.

There are additional licenses needed for the number of so-called network flows. It's hard to plan the number of flows you need in the network, this is a problem. The price of the Cisco Stealthwatch is relatively inexpensive.

I would recommend Cisco Stealthwatch to others.

The advice I would give others is to think about what they want to achieve from the Cisco Stealthwatch, whether it's monitoring their traffic in the data center or monitoring their endpoint users. When they make this plan or have it clear in their mind, then purchase all the necessary items in order for the solution to work according to their needs. This is one of the key points that the people or customers need to know before they delve into purchasing this solution.

I rate Cisco Stealthwatch an eight out of ten.

We are resellers, we provide solutions for our clients.

We use Stealthwatch for network segmentation use-cases, data analytics around exfiltration, encrypted threat analytics, map phishing, scans. and as a tripwire on top of all of the other security controls that are available.

We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen. Once you have a fully deployed Cisco enterprise agreement, we can turn on Stealthwatch and usually catch the last little bit.

Their response capability and the ability to push out responses along with changes in the network is important. This is something lacking, they don't have a lot of that, it's a passive tool.

Cisco Stealthwatch is reliant on NetFlow and IT6. If this platform could integrate with other sources of knowledge and true threat intelligence it would help them.

It's a good solid solution but integration with Network Access Control products with Cisco ISE would be good.

Cisco's ISE NAC is more of a detection and analytics tool. There are several pivots where it allows you to push policy, but those integrations are not very strong. It's an area that needs some improvement or attention.

Anything that they could do that would be a more action-oriented process out of Stealthwatch and pushing into the network program would be valuable.

The interface is an area that needs a bit more work, it's always been clunky.

I have been working with Cisco Stealthwatch for approximately seven years.

I would rate Cisco Stealthwatch a seven out of ten.

We are a system integrator and I have implemented this solution for one of our customers.

This solution is normally used for anomaly detection and malware detection.

It is deployed on-premises.

The organization now have a better overview how their traffic is flowing.

The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally.

The usability of this solution needs to be improved.

The initial setup of this solution can be simplified.

The stability of this solution is good.

We have three people who are using this solution.

I would rate technical support for this solution highly.

We used Darktrace before.

The initial setup of this solution is complex.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this solution is to know the whole infrastructure before beginning. Also, before starting, you have to know about the licensing of the equipment.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is for it to run our call center 24/7 365 days a year. 

There's a lot of stuff on the new version we haven't had the chance to work with yet. 

We're trying to upgrade to the newest release. We're running a version that's three versions behind. 

So far we've had a good experience with stability. We've run into some issues with the configuration. 

It's not scalable due to our own implementation. Everything that I read though, indicates that it can be scalable. 

Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with.    

We've used Cisco for around ten years. Prior to that, we were using Nortel. We had a relationship with a Cisco account manager prior to the collaboration products. 

We had engineers that set it up. There were some problems that Cisco support came to fix. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

Check the vendors and the options out there to see how they can meet your needs. 

Our primary use case for Stealthwatch is endpoint security.

Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job.

It has reduced our incidence response time by around 30%. The solution has improved our efficiency in operations around 30% through basic cost-cutting. It has reduced the amount of admin support time by around 15%.

The most valuable feature is its ability to track anomalies in real time. It increases our time-to-value ratios.

They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release.

It's stable.

It's challenging to scale as big as our environment.

I highly recommend their technical support.

We knew we needed to switch because we had a gap in visibility. We picked this solution because we're a Cisco shop.

The setup was of moderate complexity because of the Citrix environment.

We used a reseller for the deployment called Presidio. We had a good deployment with them.

We also looked at FortiGate.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cisco HyperFlex HX a six only because of the challenges we had with Citrix.

You need a dedicated team to manage all of these products and their integration together.

Our primary use case for this solution is to work on it so that we can learn enough about it to sell it to our customers.

This solution has improved our organization because it allowed us to find a lot of stuff we could look deeper into, like strange traffic patterns, and clean it up. It hasn't really improved our threat detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution. It has also reduced false positives. 

The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight into my network. It has great analytics and threat protection capabilities to detect faults and find viruses and trions. I can definitely say that this solution saves us time, money and administrative work.

When it comes to time to value, it gets new insights, so it's worth the time and it allows me to know more of what's going on in the network.

We are still running it but so far it has been really stable.

We are a very small company, so scalability isn't a problem for us. But I believe it is scalable.

Although I wasn't involved in the initial setup myself, it looked straightforward. 

We installed the solution ourselves because we are Cisco partners.

The issue of network security is growing daily and we are dealing with all the Cisco products. We have the Duo, the Firepower Soft and we plan to extend. 

I will rate this solution a nine out of ten because I have very deep insights. But I don't see any room for improvement yet. I would advise others to do a proof of concept first.

Our primary uses for this solution are threat management and traffic management.

Our network visibility is pretty significant right now, where we use it within our data centers and even on the OT side of the house. It’s given us pretty good visibility.

This solution has increased our threat detection rate by forty to sixty percent.

Using this solution has helped us to improve threat-remediation timeframe.

It has reduced your incident response time. We use the solution's encrypted traffic analytics. It has significantly improved our capabilities. 

The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure.

It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works.

In our environment, the way we've implemented in phases, the stability is good.

We're going to be looking at this, and I'm hoping that it is scalable across our environment.

I would rate the technical support for this solution extremely well. The professional services have been really good for us.

We did not use another solution prior to this one, and we choose this solution based on Cisco's recommendation after they reviewed our requirements.

The initial setup of this solution is complex. it wasn't necessarily the tool that was complex, but the environment. It had to do with the way our network is and the requirements that we needed to be implemented. This is where the complexity came from.

We had a partner to assist us with the deployment.

Cisco was the only vendor that we considered for this solution.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this solution is to have your requirements identified very clearly before you start.

The analytics and threat detection capabilities are pretty extensive. We still need to use other tools and mechanisms to analyze data, but it does the job that we’re looking for.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is for troubleshooting network issues.

This solution has improved my organization because when I have users who are having issues with patching slowness it gives me the ability to be able to proactively troubleshoot and determine what the issue is.

The most valuable features are its abilities to analyze data streams and determining what is inside those data streams to troubleshoot a problem. It is also easy to use. 

I would like to see better filters. You should be able to filter the data out to more rapidly find what you're looking for.

It's very stable. 

Stealthwatch is very scalable.

Their technical support is very good. The turnaround has been great. 

We used them when we had a bug and the data stream was showing us data reports that weren't accurate. The support helped us with that. 

We switched and chose this solution because of the reseller's recommendation. 

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy, the instructions were there. It was pretty straightforward to operate. Your learning curve could be a little bit difficult, but it's up and coming.

We used a reseller for the deployment called SEBok Limited. 

I have not seen ROI yet. 

Stealthwatch was the only choice. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it.