LogRhythm SIEM Reviews

LogRhythm SIEM is primarily utilized for cybersecurity analysis and incident management.

Its most valuable features include robust dashboards and effective alerts. I find LogRhythm's log management capabilities to be beneficial.    

We integrate multiple credentials and feeds from various sources to enrich customer data. However, we haven't extensively explored its capabilities for compliance reporting as it hasn't been a priority for our clients.

Regarding identifying potential security incidents, LogRhythm's preconfigured alerts are quite effective in detecting vulnerabilities. As for the impact of LogRhythm's log management capacity on security posture, it largely depends on the deployment type. The analytics and intelligence features, particularly the correlation functionalities, have proven valuable in catching complex cyber security threats.

I have been using LogRhythm SIEM for 1.5 years.

We haven't encountered any significant problems, so it effectively keeps our processes running smoothly. I'd rate it an eight. It's generally stable, though we haven't faced any major stability issues.

I'd give it a 6 because appliance-based setups can sometimes pose scalability issues, but otherwise, it's fine. 

We have specialists, and whenever we need technical support, we can easily get it.

LogRhythm SIEM is a factor in our capabilities, particularly for incident response and insurance management.

The incident response times have improved since implementing LogRhythm SIEM.

On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate the pricing of this solution as a seven - not too expensive but not cheap either.

Regarding licensing costs, it varies depending on factors like being a partner or an end user, but there are no additional costs aside from standard licensing fees for the basic SIEM solution.

My advice for someone considering implementing LogRhythm SIEM would be to start with proper controls and understand the value it provides.

Before installing the solution, users should consider factors like EPS calculations and endpoint support to ensure proper sizing, especially if not going for an appliance.

Overall, I'd rate this product an 8 and would recommend it to others due to its cost-effectiveness, value for money, and user-friendly nature.

In my company, we use LogRhythm SIEM for integrations. We use the product for SOC use cases. If we have SOC implementations, LogRhythm is the SIEM solution we use since it can also offer a SOAR solution.

The most valuable features of the solution are network monitoring, user behavior analytics, and log collection. Our company uses almost all the features offered by the solution.

The console installation is an area with a shortcoming in the solution that needs improvement. If LogRhythm SIEM can offer a web console, it would be great. Since the product does not offer a web console, my company must rely heavily on the client console. There need to be some improvements in design. I want LogRhythm SIEM to be more user-friendly.

The File integrity monitoring (FIM) features offered by LogRhythm are great, but it is not competitive with the other solution offering the same feature.

I have experience with LogRhythm SIEM for two years. My company is a reseller of cybersecurity solutions. I use the solution's latest version.

It is a pretty stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

My company caters to three customers who use the solution. Mostly our customers are enterprise-sized businesses with a few hundred or thousands of people.

I rate the technical support as an eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was easy. I rate the setup phase an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The solution is deployed on-premises.

For deployments, it can take about two to three weeks. It could take more time when it comes to tuning or fine tuning needed in the solution, and it is not the case for LogRhythm alone but the same for all SIEM solutions. The deployments and the initial configuration can take around a month.

There are two aspects when it comes to the steps involved in the deployment phase, which are organizational and technical. Our company starts the deployment with the organizational aspects first, where we have to understand the company's context, to understand the company's use cases, and where we have to implement. Then, we start with the technical stuff, like installing solutions and configuring the use cases we have already discussed with the customers.

On a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high, I rate the pricing between six and seven. Price-wise, it is not a solution for small businesses. My company works in the African market, and in African markets, LogRhythm SIEM could be very expensive for small enterprises. There are annual charges to be paid for using LogRhythm SIEM. There are no extra charges in addition to the licensing costs of the solution.

To those planning to use the solution, I suggest they get trained before starting the use and deployment of the solution.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.

LogRhythm works within the core of our SOC. It's where our analysts work every day and where we do all of our investigatory work for security incidents.

It created our security posture. It is the central component of all of our security tools and it is the heartbeat of our SOC and our daily operations. It sets the tone for everything that we do.

This solution improves our organization daily. It saves us countless hours doing correlation work and reduces our investigatory process from days to hours. It routinely brings issues to the forefront using the AI engine and the use cases that we've built that need investigating. We constantly find new sources of logs to bring into the system to continue to make it better. 

LogRhythm does a very good job of helping SOCs manage their workflows. Our SOC is very young and we're not leveraging that feature yet. I've seen other companies' SOCs and watched them use the workflow features and it's incredibly well done. We're not mature enough yet to use it. 

For cybersecurity exposures, the one downside from LogRhythm's perspective is that it can only tell me about use cases that I've already defined. It cannot identify unknown cases at this time. However, we have just recently purchased the NDR solution and that does have this capability.

This solution is our principal mechanism for doing all investigatory work. When we get alerts from LogRhythm, we'd go back to the logs and trace those events back to their source. This is is how we shut down attacks. 

One of the features that we use the most and find the most valuable includes the Web Console. My analysts really like the interface and the ability to build queries using point-and-click without having to write Query languages. My favorite feature is the actual Admin Console and the ability to monitor all aspects of the SIEM's health and the ability to build new use cases for my analysts to work with.

We also use the Machine Data Intelligence feature for classifying and contextualizing logs. It does struggle with unknown log sources and we've had some challenges over the years getting new log sources incorporated into the MDI Fabric.

The ability to authenticate successes and failures using MDI is incredibly easy. For the log sources that we bring into the SIEM, that work is pretty much done for us by the MDI. We don't have to do any additional work.

One of the challenges of the SIEM for the LogRhythm 7 platform is the amount of time it takes to bring new log sources into the MDI. We've waited a couple of years on some sources before they were incorporated. Writing our own custom MDIs is very challenging because it requires expert-level regex in order to write those rules and to make them efficient. Bringing in sources that aren't natively understood is where we've struggled the most.

We have been using LogRhythm SIEM Solution for six years.

The stability of the solution, if it's deployed properly with the right resources, is rock solid. We have not experienced any performance issues. When we first bought the SIEM, we undersized it, and the performance was compromised. 

This is a scalable solution. I've load-tested the SIEM at its current resource allocations up to four or five times as much as my daily ingest and the system handled it just fine.

Their technical support is second to none and is one of the reasons why we continue to invest in and consider LogRhythm as a strategic partner. Their support team are really good at their jobs and they always come through when we need them. I would rate their support a ten out of ten. 

Positive

LogRhythm is the first SIEM I have used and the only SIEM I have a lot of experience with. I've demoed other SIEMs and we've gone to market twice to look at whether LogRhythm was still the right decision. Both times we concluded that it was.

The setup of the SIEM is complex in its own right. LogRhythm typically recommends professional services assistance to deploy the SIEM properly. My company did not purchase those professional services so I had to figure it out for myself. Their support structure was so good and they helped me so much that we were able to get it working without professional help. 

LogRhythm is an out-of-box solution and this was why we bought it. I had no experience with SIEM when we bought it six years ago. I needed something that I could plug into the network, get up and running and get value out of immediately.

We get a vast amount of ROI from this solution. We get way more out of it than we put into it. One of the metrics that I track pretty closely in our SOC is the mean time to detect. Prior to the SIEM, the mean time to detect was measured in weeks and it's now measured in minutes.

LogRhythm's pricing and licensing are extremely competitive and it's one of the top three reasons we continue to invest in the platform. 

We looked at Securonix, Azure Sentinel, IBM's QRoC, and QRadar on Cloud. What really won us over with LogRhythm was the ease of use of the interface and the simplicity of the underlying architecture. It really lends itself to being a low-cost solution to own over time.

The nice thing about LogRhythm is that they continue to innovate and come up with new capabilities like their NDR solution that we recently invested in. They continue to stay relevant. 

I would rate LogRhythm a nine out of ten. The on-prem version of the solution is fantastic and is the core of my SOC. It's our daily tool for all of our investigations. 

We have a lot of use cases. Originally, it started out pulling in a bunch of the logs so we could get some ideas on network traffic. More recently, we have proceeded with pulling in logs from some of our other vendors. This really helped out a lot with our AV, which didn't always notify us as quickly as we wanted it to. LogRhythm made it possible for us to get notifications faster so that we can remediate things faster. We've been expanding it more and more as we've gone through the years to include more traffic, giving us more insight into our network.

LogRhythm really gave us a better understanding of what our overall risk is within our network and has opened our eyes to include other products that helped address different types of issues. Whether it's getting into vulnerability scanners or different pieces of other software, it's opened the door to what's out there. It helped us to turn on different features or other products along the way and helped us to identify what we need to improve on and present it to our executive team.

One of the main features that I like about LogRhythm SIEM is that there are a lot of pre-built pieces. Like with our AV, we didn't have to tell it how to read the logs; they already had it pre-made. So, we essentially just had to follow their guide to get the logs imported in and set up some rules for it. We've only had to manually create the parsing rules for a few of our vendors so that we could interpret the logs correctly. Most of them had already been pre-created for us.

We use the Event Log Filtering feature a lot. We use it for simple troubleshooting tasks like when a user is logged out, to more important tasks like trying to investigate a threat. As far as its effect on productivity, we can go and search instead of trying to troubleshoot and guess what is causing an error. We can identify what the program is or where the hiccup is.

LogRhythm helped us to identify a lot of blind spots. Originally, we didn't have a SIEM tool. We had auditors say that this is something that we should be doing. My management team asked me to go and find a product, and I researched a bunch of them and found LogRhythm. It really opened our eyes to see how much traffic we have, whether it's other IP addresses that are scanning us or external users trying to hit certain ports that could then get closed. It helped us tighten down some of those firewall rules that may have been left open unintentionally through other changes. It helped us a lot early on to identify who was trying to communicate with us or, essentially, who was trying to attack us.

As far as our overall security posture, our SIEM tool was the initial push that really got us going into identifying where all of our threats were. We expanded over the seven years that we've had it, and I implemented at least eight other products that are all security related because the SIEM tool indicated the need to identify other risks. It really helped us as an organization to identify risks and move forward to a more secure environment.

When we originally got LogRhythm, their tech support was fantastic, and I loved them. Now, we don't quite get as quick of a response. I've been disappointed in the more recent tech support. When you call in, they'll say that they will get you somebody, and you'll finally get someone who will contact you back a day or so later. Whereas before, I would get help right away.

We've had LogRhythm for almost seven years now.

It's very stable. We've been on the same system for the seven years that we've had the product. We've had no issues and haven't even had to upgrade any of the systems or increase anything hardware-wise up to this point.

I haven't really had much of a chance to do any scalability because we haven't had to scale anything up. Ours is a virtual instance, and if we needed to scale up, we could just shut the server down, add some more resources, spin it back up, and it would be good to go.

Initially, tech support was a solid ten out of ten when we first started. Over the last couple of years, they have changed how they handle tech support requests, and the response time decreased from what it used to be. You call in, they'll take your information, and then they'll call you back later. That can take 24 hours or more. When you actually do get somebody on the phone, they're very good and know exactly what they're doing. They'll take care of you.

In terms of response time, I'd give tech support a six out of ten, but in terms of how good they are as tech support, I'd give them a seven or eight.

Neutral

We didn't have a designated security person on staff, and our auditors came in and said that we should be doing this. As a help desk person, I looked for something specific that was going to give me the flexibility I need but also allow me to spin up and run while doing the rest of my duties, and LogRhythm was the best one that I found that could do that.

It's pretty complex to set up, in a way. However, now that I've done it and have done an upgrade as well, it doesn't seem as bad.

I did something wrong on one of the initial upgrades, and it threw an error. I called in support, and they immediately jumped in and started working on a lot of the backend pieces that I don't normally touch. It's pretty complicated if you have to get into that, and that's where the tech support comes in.

With this last upgrade, I did not run into any errors, and it went through just fine. I thought that I was going to be doing this for six hours throughout the day, and I got it done within two or three hours.

I set it up and upgraded it twice, once with help from LogRhythm and once all by myself.

We're on a perpetual license, but they're trying to move us to a subscription-based license. We've been with them for so long, and we'd like to keep it the way it is rather than switch to a subscription-based license.

We looked at four products including QRadar and Rapid7 InsightIDR. We did POCs for all four solutions, and LogRhythm was the best solution for our needs.

One of LogRhythm's distinguishing features was its AI engine which analyzed the tools and allowed it to alert for specific events, instead of me having to dig down and create all these rules. It came with pre-created rules.

Another piece that was really important was the implementation. They had a lot of pieces for third-party vendors as well. We could pull in the logs. All we had to do is just create a rule that says, "alert." It came pre-programmed with a lot of alarms that would automatically correlate with our AV, along with our firewall. We didn't have to create them because they just came in pre-made, and that was a big feature that we looked for. Just implementing it or adding to it didn't take up too much time.

If you are one who thinks that SIEM is an outdated security tool, I would be very curious to know what other solution would be better than a SIEM to accomplish the same goals. A SIEM tool gives you such an open perspective into what is going on in your network and gives you the ability to dig in if you really need to. Whereas if you have a completely managed solution or one that uses AI and does everything for you but doesn't provide you the logs, you might know what's wrong but won't know what else is going on out there. With a SIEM tool, you can dig in as far as you want to, and specifically with LogRhythm, you can be as hands-free as you want to be. It'll tell you what's wrong, and you can address those problems. You have a lot more flexibility with LogRhythm SIEM.

Overall, I'd rate LogRhythm SIEM a nine out of ten. I really enjoyed the solution. If you have to program anything yourself, there is a little bit of a learning curve. They've got lots of guides that you can use, and depending on your skill set, you may be able to figure it out sooner rather than later. The resources are all there, and the community is there to help you, which makes the product really great and easy to use.

My customers use the solution for user behavior analytics and as an anti-malware and anti-threat kind of tool. My customers are in finance-related areas. I deal with some gambling companies, and in my country, it is categorized under the finance sector.

The solution's features include good visibility of events, faster response to threats, and advanced ability to analyze events and data. In general, the visibility of events and advanced analysis of events are good.

The tool needs to improve the implementation part and have a virtual list of files for a virtual appliance or something like that because it is a very complicated area when it comes to implementation. There are a lot of pieces that need to be installed and prepared, and, of course, there is a need for virtual resources. The tool must offer better virtual resources and prepare some virtual appliances with some ISO or VMDK files. I don't care, but the solution must do something to improve the product. There are too many things that are complicated during the implementation phase.

I have been using LogRhythm SIEM for a year. I use the solution as a partner.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

It is a highly scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

From LogRhythm's perspective, my company deals with small to medium businesses.

The solution technical support team provides quick answers to any request. The team's knowledge and way of resolving issues are also fast. We haven't had any problems reaching out and getting the support we need for the tool. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.

Positive

The product's initial setup phase is pretty complex. The tool offers good guidance, and everything else is clear, but there are a lot of steps involved in the implementation. From the client's end, there is a need to include a lot of people, like system admin, DB admin, and network admin. Sometimes, I think the tool needs to improve something in the area of the setup phase so that there aren't difficulties during the implementation process.

If ten means easy setup and one means difficult, I rate the product's installation phase a four out of ten.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

If everything is prepared already, the solution can be deployed in one or two days. In the end, there are a lot of things that you need to prepare before starting the tool's use, so it takes two to five days for the initial deployment, but after that the installation processes take just two days.

For my customer, I think the tool is reasonably priced. I think the tool is reasonably priced. There is a need to pay per year towards the licensing costs of the tool. From what I heard, the tool has a very reasonable price, and users pay on a yearly basis for its licensing charges.

Speaking about how LogRhythm SIEM influences operational costs, or if it does have any security efficiency, I would say that I don't work with the tool every day to know what the operational cost benefit is. In any case, with fewer people, the tool has better visibility. There is a need for three or four people in a team for SIEM. The tool ensures better efficiency of the team by improving costs, but I am not very sure how to explain it as the tool has centralized events as it is spread out geographically with a lot of branches. We get a better understanding of the networks in different countries with the centralization part, improving the efficiency of the SIEM team.

With LogRhythm SIEM, there is a need to deal with a lot of customized services. The tool spends a lot of time with professional services for customization. The good part is that the support team finishes their job very quickly and offers very good responses when it comes to the area of customization. There was a little disappointment since the tool did not have some of the parsers for some systems in the environments, like IBM, which was a surprise. In any case, support did the job, as there were tons of customizations needed. We were able to deal with the customization area and resolve the issue around it, making it a very customizable tool. It is a very flexible tool. I spend a lot of time with the support team doing the customizations. Customizations take a lot of time, but they are still a plus.

I have not noticed any AI elements in LogRhythm SIEM.

I recommend the tool to others.

It is a perfect search engine, and every report is analyzed really quickly and in a straightforward manner. The tool has an easy GUI, and it is the perfect choice for security analysts. The tool has consoles, including an administrative console and a web console. For some people, that can be a problem. I think it is really good when you have administrative guys who deal only with the solution and analysts who deal only with the analyzed part without some preparation for the core configuration. Everyone can deal with the day job. For me, the tool is advanced, but maybe for others, it can be an issue. In any case, it is really visible to others for documentation. The tool is scalable and really operational. The tool is easy to use and for sizing. In the end, it is a good tool. In the Serbian market, most of the tools demanded are on-premises. When it comes to the on-premises solution, I think LogRhythm is one of the best tools. We are a little different than the other parts of the world. Everyone wants to go to the cloud, but here, everything wants to be kept on an on-premises model. The market in Serbia is very strange because we aren't a part of the European Union, and so, with regard to compliance, we always have some problems. The companies in Serbia like to have on-premises solutions because most financial institutions, banks, or government institutions have data centers, so they won't go to the cloud. In Serbia, we don't like to deal with cloud solutions, especially when the data needs to be consumed somewhere in the cloud because the biggest problem is the cost of cloud solutions for SIEM tools. Most of the applications and everything is also hosted on-premises in Serbia. Normally, the SIEM tools are used in an on-premises model.

I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

We operate a Security Operations Center. We have to provide internal security to our client base and intel. That's why we use it.

We mostly deal with phishing email attacks from our Intel-related clients. So, most of the cases are related to using the SIEM. And we receive the logs in our database to do all those things.

In Sri Lanka, we have a local SIEM supplier. And in addition to that, if we need some more calibration or help with incidents, we raise a ticket to LogRhythm, and they will give us their support.

It is good for us. 

The price could be improved.

In future releases, I suppose if they can give us some training related to LogRhythm, that would be very beneficial. I suppose the training is not enough.

And the product might be a little bit complex for non-experienced people

I have been using it for two and a half years. 

It is good. 

Positive

Our Security Operations Center (SOC) and our SIEM use LogRhythm. We have to renew our license and are looking for another SIEM. We are doing a comparison with Elastic.

The initial setup is complex. There's a complexity, actually. We have received some training in the last two and a half years. We got training from our local supplier. Actually, we haven't received any training before from [LogRhythm], so I suppose they should provide training for that.

I suppose there's a very high cost in that. So that's the main reason we are trying another solution.

I would recommend it to others. Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

LogRhythm SIEM is a cybersecurity solution that we use to protect our network and devices from external and internal threats or attacks. It's part of our overall cybersecurity strategy, which includes SIEM, EDR, and DLP solutions.

LogRhythm SIEM offers advanced features such as AI engine modules, machine learning, and threat intelligence integration, which help reduce false positives. Advanced analytics streamlines incident response processes, enabling incident responders to prioritize and automate alerts.

LogRhythm SIEM can improve its user interface. The current interface is quite complex and can be challenging to navigate. While it offers many valuable features, understanding how to access and utilize them efficiently takes time. Simplifying the client console's user interface would significantly enhance the user experience and make it more user-friendly.

I have been using LogRhythm SIEM for the past five years.

I would give it a nine out of ten in terms of stability, as the support and tech teams are reliable and efficient in resolving issues.

Considering its capacity and ability to meet requirements, I would rate LogRhythm SIEM around seven out of ten.  As a service provider, we cater to multiple users and organizations.

The technical support for LogRhythm SIEM is good.

Positive

The setup for LogRhythm SIEM can be rated eight out of ten in terms of ease. It's an on-premises deployment and typically takes about ten to fifteen days for a basic setup. Still, depending on the complexity of log sources and integration needs, it could extend to twenty and twenty-five days.

We’ve integrated LogRhythm SIEM with various systems, such as Cisco switches, databases, PAM solutions, and Trend Micro ADA solutions. AI integration plays a significant role in enhancing security monitoring efforts by automating tasks and detecting zero-day attacks.

I would rate LogRhythm SIEM an eight out of ten and recommend it to others.

We use the product for server and event management for the financial sector.

The product's stability needs improvement.

We have been using LogRhythm SIEM since last year.

We encountered some system downtime issues.

The product is scalable. Its scalability is based on specific licensing plans. It is suitable for enterprises. It has a lot of advantageous features for SIEM.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

We used SolarWinds before. We switched to LogRhythm because of specific requirements regarding log information and SOC activities, particularly for government contracts. In comparison to products like IBM and HP, LogRhythm is a cost-effective alternative.

The initial setup process is very user-friendly. It takes 15 days to complete.

Compared to other products,  LogRhythm SIEM generates a return on investment in terms of ease of use.

The product is inexpensive than other tools like IBM, QRadar, etc.

We evaluated six products as per our client’s requirements. They decided to go for LogRhythm, which solves business purposes and has economical pricing.

I rate LogRhythm SIEM an eight out of ten. In comparison, IBM has more features that are essential at the moment. However, it costs three times more than LogRhythm SIEM.

There are multiple use cases for the solution, such as long log formatting, log consolidation, data isolation, malware detection, identifying suspicious attacks, and locating ISU records across the network.

The GUI is very intuitive and the solution has good integration.

The built-in functionality of the solution for NDR, SOAR, SIEM, and EDS has room for improvement.

The price of the solution has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

The solution is stable.

I give the scalability an eight out of ten.

The technical support is good.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I give the price a six out of ten.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

The solution can meet the most mature customer's requirements.

We are consultants providing governance solutions for the banking sector. We have a lot of use cases. We have more than 400 use cases for the client side.

Its ease of use is valuable. It has improved a lot from the previous versions. It had a lot of issues before, but now, it's way better in terms of integration, the console part, report creation for use cases, false positive numbers, and so on. Its AI engine is a lot more advanced in the latest version.

The web and on-premise console interface should be the same instead of having a separate engine for each. 

I hope that they remove the console and have only one GUI. There should be one engine for both the web and the console. They shouldn't have two different engines for each one of them.

There should be easier deployment status, and like Splunk, there should be a more professional way to write the search. There shouldn't be only a drop-down menu. It'll be a good thing to add.

I have used LogRhythm for about three years now.

LogRhythm SIEM is stable.

LogRhythm SIEM is highly scalable. We have more than nine users working with this solution.

The technical support depends on the technician you get. Some are good, but some aren't.  We had multiple sessions with one person for over a year with no results. Other engineers are excellent. 

Setting up LogRhythm is complex. It took our team more than a month to deploy. We have a large team in my company because we are working with dozens of clients. Our BS team is almost 15 people. 

Its implementation is handled by a different team. We have a very big team in our company because we are working with a lot of clients. Our implementation team has almost 15 people.

There don't seem to be any costs in addition to standard licensing.

I'd recommend LogRhythm SIEM to others. I'd rate it an eight out of ten.