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Senior Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 11, 2022
Scans our environment for threats, provides good reports, and has a lot of features and analytics
Pros and Cons
  • "SNYPR has a bundle of features. It has the UEBA feature that tells you about the behavior of a person or entity. In the tool itself, there is an incident management feature, which is definitely valuable."
  • "Sometimes, there is instability in the data in terms of the customization of the time. I have sometimes observed discrepancies in the data, which is something they should work on. They should bring more stability to time customization. If we are seeing a particular data, when we change the time zone, there should be the same data. There should not be any discrepancy."

What is our primary use case?

Securonix or SNYPR is a UEBA tool. It has all the features. It can work as a traditional SIEM as well as do behavior-based analysis. 

In terms of deployment, it is on the cloud. It is hosted with Securonix. We are using it as a service, however i have worked on premise deployements as well.

How has it helped my organization?

We have this tool to monitor all types of log activities. It can monitor whatever is happening. It can monitor traffic-related things, and it can monitor EDR and all types of logs. It has a set of use cases, and it can alert us if any abnormal activities are happening and if there is any suspicious and malicious traffic. It definitely does 24x7 monitoring of the activities happening in our environment and the type of possible attack that can happen in any of the environments.

It provides a lot of analytics. For handling alerts, we have a manual approach, and it is a team effort. Whenever there is a flag or violation, we check the behavior in the tool or in the UI itself. We can check each and everything in the tool itself. On the basis of that, we identify whether something is a false positive or not. If it is a false positive, we work on the policy condition.

An analyst's efficiency is all about the analytics present in the tool. They provide sufficient analytics. Recently, they have added one more analytics. They already have more than 15 analytics for threat detection purposes. They definitely help us to do more in less time. 

In our environment, we do not have external TPI integrated. So, we don't have any external sources for IOCs. With Securonix, all the IOCs are available in their Threat Lab. We are using that feature, and we are also receiving the reports. They check our environment against the IOCs available in their lab and provide us with the report. So far, we haven't got any high severity or medium severity issues. Whatever we got has been of low severity. Sometimes, we see traffic coming from a particular IP address continually, which is blocked in our fiber. We get to know that we have to be very careful about this external, malicious IP address that is trying to hit our environment. Because we do not have the external IOCs or TPIs integrated, we find this report very useful. 

It adds contextual information to security events, which is very helpful.

What is most valuable?

SNYPR has a bundle of features. It has the UEBA feature that tells you about the behavior of a person or entity. In the tool itself, there is an incident management feature, which is definitely valuable. It is a value-added item. It also has third-party TPI.

SNYPR is valuable for any organization because it is not only a traditional SIEM. It is also a UEBA tool. It does behavior analytics. As a UEBA tool, it has a lot of features. You can see a lot of things in the UI itself. It provides a lot of analytics. You can see how a policy is working and how it is giving you the flags if you want to reduce false positives. You can have all the visibility in the UI itself. You don't need to check anything in the backend for this.

It has a feature called Threat Model to identify a threat. For intelligence, it has a feature called Autonomous Threat Sweep that is valuable. 

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, there is instability in the data in terms of the customization of the time. They should work on stability on tool. However 6.4 jupiter version is much more stable.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with this tool since 2018 till today.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

They have improved it a lot over time. We don't see a lot of issues related to stability in our environment. Sometimes, we see instability issues, but they are not very regular.

Performance-wise, it is good. It has a lot of analytics. We see the value in having this tool. Our management is also happy with the tool. It is reliable. We had a lot of configuration mistakes in our environment, and we could detect them with the tool.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. We have 1,500 active users. We are operating in the US at three locations.

In terms of the integration of the data sources or the log sources with the Securonix tool, if the connectors are available, we never see any difficulty. I have integrated more than 50 log sources with Securonix. However, if they don't have a connector, we won't have any option for integration. This is common to all the SIEM tools. It isn't something that's specific to this. In any of the SIEM tools, if the connector isn't available, you won't have any option to integrate.

How are customer service and support?

Their support has improved it a lot, They do support us or they do reply to us, but they need to be very fast. They need to be very quick. I would rate them nine out of ten in terms of support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I started with Securonix itself. I have read about other solutions such as QRadar and Splunk, but I did not get a chance to work on these tools.

It was not at all difficult for me to use Securonix's interface. This is the first tool that I used. It was not difficult for me to learn. Its interface is very user-friendly, and I don't think anyone will face difficulty operating the tool. Everything is displayed nicely.

How was the initial setup?

When we have a cloud deployment or we take it as a service, we don't get involved in the deployment of the SNYPR application, but we do get involved with on-prem Remote Ingester. So, application deployment is done by Securonix, but the integration with other sources is done by us. We don't have any difficulties with the integration because we have been working with it for a long time. So, we're aware of the backend and how to integrate. It is quite simple and easy. We also have a call with Securonix SME twice a week.

The maintenance is handled by Securonix themselves. They sometimes do the monthly maintenance. We only get the notification, and we know of the maintenance window. After maintenance, we check everything. We just validate that everything is working fine. They also validate from their end, but we also validate. We haven't had any difficulty after the maintenance or upgrade. It always works fine. There are no issues.

The Securonix cloud-native platform helps minimize infrastructure management. We don't need to buy a server. We don't need to manage it. 

What other advice do I have?

It is a good solution, but it definitely requires some improvements. It has already improved a lot. They are upgrading it in every build, and it is getting better. They work on policy decommission. Whenever a policy gets old or replicated, they remove the policy. They work on the content refresh. For example, last year when we had the Log4j vulnerability, they immediately updated their content and applied the policy. They provided an update for the Log4j vulnerability.

I would definitely recommend this tool. It is really a good tool. It has all the features available. I don't know anything about the pricing. I don't know if it is more expensive or cheap as compared to the other tools, but as a UEBA tool, I would definitely recommend it to everyone.

Overall, I would rate it an 9.5 out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Head of Cybersecurity at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Oct 11, 2022
Provides flexible data ingestion and good optimization and data analysis
Pros and Cons
  • "We can customize our use cases with the tools provided by Securonix. It is an excellent tool that can ingest data in different ways and is very flexible."
  • "Securonix could open up information regarding the indicators of compromise or cyber-threat intelligence database that they use. The idea is that they share what threats they are detecting."

What is our primary use case?

We have customized the uses of the platform for our benefit. In general, we use it for failed access attempts, network issues, and allowed/blocked, and we have use cases for platforms such as Windows Server.

We are a service company and partners of various vendors. We provide support to customers. Our strategy is that each piece of equipment sold to customers comes with value-added service, and Securonix protects our customers.

How has it helped my organization?

It is an excellent tool that helps us optimize threat-hunting operations, detect intrusive events on the network, and respond to security incidents. It is a tool that helps debug false positives and eliminate noisy alerts. It helps us focus on the alerts that we should take into account for analysis.

Using old, traditional SIEMs did not provide us with the same responsiveness and ability to operate. And if they did provide us with something similar, we needed more staff to review things, event by event. That meant some risky events could occur unnoticed. With Securonix, those issues no longer exist. Securonix shows us information that we must consider as a threat and helps us know when to start an investigation to avoid an incident.

It's very good at adding contextual information to security events. It has reduced the time spent by admins on the dashboard. They can now see information connected to attack risks or even users. The single dashboard alerts them and quickly reports if there is any threat.

It has helped us to better understand what is happening in our network through the indicators of compromise. We have saved days of work. And it optimizes the time that analysts take to review events, compared to other tools that do not have as much intelligence and as many indicators. With Securonix, the information automatically enters and adds intelligence to the indicators. This saves a lot of time that would otherwise be spent reviewing noisy data. It saves our analyst between four and eight hours when analyzing events.

When it comes to advanced threats, it shows us the threats or events that have been detected, with their risk level. It shows us a vulnerability bar and that helps us see who is looking at us, who is trying to deliver certain information to our systems, who exploited us, or if there is any alert due to someone extracting certain information. The automation of information delivery has facilitated everything, saving us three or four days.

What is most valuable?

For optimization and data analysis, it has a good evaluation engine for repeat offenders and that has helped us to detect, on time, what other basic SIEMs did not detect. Those other solutions needed more time to detect at that same level.

We can customize our use cases with the tools provided by Securonix.

It is an excellent tool that can ingest data in different ways and is very flexible.

What needs improvement?

Securonix could open up information regarding the indicators of compromise or cyber-threat intelligence databases that they use. The idea is that they share what threats they are detecting.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Securonix Next-Gen SIEM for about a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable, both in the cloud and on the servers. We have never had access problems or experienced any performance issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scaling is flexible. If we fall short in terms of EPS, we would simply increase the EPS. And if the RIN server has low resources, as it is a virtual machine we could increase the resources according to the data quantity.

It is an excellent option for the cloud in terms of scalability. It is flexible for both us and our clients. We have plans to increase usage for certain customers.

How are customer service and support?

The support is excellent. At the service level, they attend to us quickly. We have a post-sale person who follows up in some cases. He can also see the tickets and can escalate something according to the urgency.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used a traditional SIEM where everything was very manual. It did not have threat intelligence or threat hunting of compromises, while Securonix has those features.

We changed because we wanted a good tool to automate certain manual processes so that everything is more flexible. With Securonix, you have the option of integrating with other indicator-of-compromise services, and that helps create a more powerful platform and eliminate false positives.

How was the initial setup?

I started the process of design and continued with onboarding and implementation. The initial implementation was simple, but we had some delays because we had new solutions and we had to create new templates. But in general, if you have traditional solutions that have a template, it is easy to implement. It would take a week.

As for our implementation strategy, the tool that we had previously had a forwarding functionality, so what we did was deploy information to the RIN and, from there, sent the information to the cloud. After that, we created a pipeline and sent the rest of the events so that we could take the previous SIEM out of production.

The sources took a month to incorporate. It took us a month to get access to the teams because we do not manage certain teams. It was a bureaucratic process.

Securonix does the maintenance. It doesn't require work from us. They send us emails indicating that the system is going to have a brief reboot and it takes a short amount of time. 

What about the implementation team?

We hired an onboarding engineer from Securonix who helped us with the implementation of the RIN. He explained the process to us until we understood everything.

Our experience with the onboarding engineer was good. He helped us with any questions we had and followed up through emails.

For the implementation of Securonix, we only needed one person from our side. I was the point of contact with our other areas.

What was our ROI?

Where we see our best return on investment is in the time and manpower we save. Before Securonix, our staff had to investigate events constantly. Now, one engineer with some expertise is enough to speed things up and give the rest of the admins time to do other things.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is fine compared to the market but I think that at some point the competitors will catch up on price. It would be good if, for example, there were an option to offer customers who have used the solution for more than a year some kind of additional trial or service.

There is no cost outside of the standard licensing fee, other than an initial installation service charge. Otherwise, there is simply a monthly cost for the service.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We were thinking about Splunk, QRadar, and Rapid7. One of the drawbacks of those systems would be the infrastructure. Many of the other platforms, including McAfee, need boxes or deployment servers in our infrastructure or our clients' infrastructures and, in many cases, the infrastructure is growing continuously.

With Securonix, that does not happen. It is a cloud solution that only requires a small deployment server with low resources, depending on how many events are received. And all that information is stored in the cloud as well.

The cost, compared to other solutions, is better.

Compared to other platforms, it is very simple yet, at the same time, it is very efficient because it packs information into a glance. After that, it gives you the option of hunting threats and that can be initiated on the dashboard.

It is very intuitive. A person who has a certain notion of cyber security can move quickly since it gives you information about any attack. It gives you a summary and it gives you links to receive information. And if you don't have much knowledge of the tool, you can always take the courses that are free on the web. Doing so helped us understand the solution.

What other advice do I have?

This is a solution that will help you a lot in hardware processing and in optimizing the time it takes to review events, which is what admins often spend their time doing.

There are things on the network that you can't see with traditional tools. There are tools that don't give you the visibility that Securonix gives you.

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¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?

Hemos personalizado los usos de la plataforma para nuestro beneficio. En general, lo usamos para intentos de acceso fallidos, problemas de red y permisos/bloqueos, y tenemos casos de uso para plataformas como Windows Server.

Somos una empresa de servicios y socios de varios proveedores. Brindamos soporte a los clientes. Nuestra estrategia es que cada equipo vendido a los clientes venga con un servicio de valor agregado, y Securonix protege a nuestros clientes.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

Para optimización y análisis de datos tiene un buen motor de evaluación de reincidentes y eso nos ha ayudado a detectar, a tiempo, lo que otros SIEM básicos no detectaban. Esas otras soluciones necesitaban más tiempo para detectar al mismo nivel.

​​Podemos personalizar nuestros casos de uso con las herramientas proporcionadas por Securonix.

Es una excelente herramienta que puede ingerir datos de diferentes maneras y es muy flexible.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

He estado usando Securonix Next-Gen SIEM durante un año aproximadamente.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

El escalado es flexible. Si nos quedamos cortos en términos de EPS, simplemente aumentaríamos el EPS. Y si el servidor RIN tiene pocos recursos, al ser una máquina virtual podríamos aumentar los recursos según la cantidad de datos.

Es una excelente opción para la nube en términos de escalabilidad. Es flexible tanto para nosotros como para nuestros clientes. Tenemos planes para aumentar el uso para ciertos clientes.

¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

El soporte es excelente. A nivel de servicio nos atienden rápido. Contamos con una persona de post venta que da seguimiento en algunos casos. También puede ver los tickets y puede escalar algo según la urgencia.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo.

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Usamos un SIEM tradicional donde todo era muy manual. No tenía inteligencia de amenazas o búsqueda de amenazas de compromisos, mientras que Securonix tiene esas características.

Cambiamos porque queríamos una buena herramienta para automatizar ciertos procesos manuales para que todo sea más flexible. Con Securonix, tienes la opción de integrarte con otros servicios de indicadores de compromiso, y eso ayuda a crear una plataforma más poderosa y eliminar los falsos positivos.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

Comencé el proceso de diseño y continué con la incorporación e implementación. La implementación inicial fue simple, pero tuvimos algunos retrasos porque teníamos nuevas soluciones y tuvimos que crear nuevos modelos. Pero, en general, si tiene soluciones tradicionales que tienen un modelo creado, es fácil de implementar. Tardaría una semana.\

En cuanto a nuestra estrategia de implementación, la herramienta que teníamos anteriormente tenía una funcionalidad de reenvío, entonces lo que hicimos fue desplegar información al RIN y de ahí enviamos la información a la nube. Después de eso, creamos una canalización y enviamos el resto de los eventos para que pudiéramos sacar de producción el SIEM anterior.

Las fuentes tardaron un mes en incorporarse. Nos tomó un mes tener acceso a los equipos porque no administramos ciertos equipos. Fue un proceso burocrático.\

Securonix hace el mantenimiento. No requiere trabajo de nosotros. Nos envían correos electrónicos que indican que el sistema se reiniciará brevemente y normalmente no tarda mucho.

¿Y el equipo de implementación?

Contratamos a un ingeniero de incorporación de Securonix que nos ayudó con la implementación del RIN. Nos explicó el proceso hasta que entendimos todo.

Nuestra experiencia con el ingeniero de incorporación fue buena. Nos ayudó con cualquier pregunta que tuviéramos y nos dio seguimiento a través de correos electrónicos.

Para la implementación de Securonix, solo necesitábamos una persona de nuestro lado. Yo era el punto de contacto con nuestras otras áreas.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

Donde vemos nuestro mejor retorno de la inversión es en el tiempo y la mano de obra que ahorramos. Antes de Securonix, nuestro personal tenía que investigar eventos constantemente. Ahora, un ingeniero con algo de experiencia es suficiente para acelerar las cosas y dar tiempo al resto de los administradores para hacer otras cosas.

¿Cuál es mi experiencia con los precios, el costo de configuración y las licencias?

El precio está bien en comparación con el mercado, pero creo que en algún momento los competidores alcanzarán el precio. Sería bueno que, por ejemplo, hubiera una opción para ofrecer a los clientes que han utilizado la solución durante más de un año algún tipo de servicio adicional.

No hay ningún costo fuera de la tarifa de licencia estándar, aparte de un cargo por servicio de instalación inicial. De lo contrario, simplemente hay un costo mensual por el servicio.

¿Qué otras soluciones evalué?

Estábamos pensando en Splunk, QRadar y Rapid7. Uno de los inconvenientes de esos sistemas sería la infraestructura. Muchas de las otras plataformas, incluida McAfee, necesitan cajas o servidores de implementación en nuestra infraestructura o en las infraestructuras de nuestros clientes y, en muchos casos, la infraestructura crece continuamente.

Con Securonix, eso no sucede. Es una solución en la nube que solo requiere un pequeño servidor de implementación con pocos recursos, dependiendo de cuántos eventos se reciban. Y toda esa información también se almacena en la nube.

El costo, en comparación con otras soluciones, es mejor.

Comparado con otras plataformas, es muy simple pero, al mismo tiempo, es muy eficiente porque empaqueta la información en un vistazo. Después de eso, le da la opción de cazar amenazas y eso puede iniciarse en el tablero.

Es muy intuitivo. Una persona que tiene cierta noción de ciberseguridad puede moverse rápidamente ya que te da información sobre cualquier ataque. Te da un resumen y te da enlaces para recibir información. Y si no tienes mucho conocimiento de la herramienta, siempre puedes tomar los cursos que están gratis en la web. Hacerlo nos ayudó a comprender la solución.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Esta es una solución que ayudará mucho en el procesamiento de hardware y en la optimización del tiempo que lleva revisar los eventos, que es a lo que los administradores suelen dedicar su tiempo.\

Hay cosas en la red que no puedes ver con las herramientas tradicionales. Hay herramientas que no te dan la visibilidad que te da Securonix.

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Cyber Security - Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 20, 2022
The built-in management tool has improved our security teams' efficiency
Pros and Cons
  • "I rate the technical support a nine out of ten. They're friendly. Whenever we have a P1 issue, we write an email and our issue is resolved in one or two hours."
  • "It takes too long to generate Spotter reports. For example, a 90-day report is around 100 megabytes. That takes a while, but a one-day report can be generated in a few seconds. We would be happy if they sped up the process."

What is our primary use case?

We use Securonix to monitor attempted malware attacks. It sends us alerts, so we can investigate suspicious entities. We'll refer it to the consent team, who will give their solution or comments. 

We have a server where all the data is stored. The Securonix people will take the data from that server, encrypt it, and send it back to the application. From there, we can work on the alert and monitor the data.

How has it helped my organization?

The product reduced our investigation times by about 85 percent. Data and geolocation enrichment are the two essential components of the detection part. When there is an IPS alert, we generally need to check to see where the IP is located. Securonix will tell you where the IP is located in the city and country. Securonix helped a lot when the Log4j cybersecurity attack broke out last year. It enabled us to investigate that threat deeper. 

The behavioral analytics features reduce our false positive rate compared to traditional antivirus and cut the time spent detecting and responding to threats by about two hours each week. 

Next-Gen SIEM provides valuable contextual information about security events. We are adding all the information, like user data, from Active Directory. Whenever a user is terminated or retires, we will get an alert stating that the user has separated. 

The built-in management tool improved our security teams' efficiency. You can raise a ticket with one click when you see something suspicious. You can work on it and do your analysis in the backend. It will open a ticket and send it to the teams. 

The analysis will be completed in 15 to 25 minutes. The solution will email the consent team to tell them they need immediate action. In other tools, we have to go to another third-party tool to raise a ticket, and we need to escalate the issue ourselves. There is typically another procedure, but Securonix has a built-in management tool. This reduces a process that would typically take an hour to about 15 or 25 minutes.

It also helped us avoid data loss because we integrated SharePoint into Securonix. We get a notification when someone deletes files in Sharepoint that reports the SharePoint link, the user, deleted files, etc. We will investigate whether it's a legitimate activity or something else. 

What is most valuable?

The most attractive feature of Next-Gen SIEM is UEBA. The solution creates a user baseline and detects spikes and outliers. Before we started using Next-Gen SIEM, we used traditional signature-based detection. Signature-based detection checks whether a malware signature exists in the database, whereas behavioral detection analyzes all the data.

For example, let's say a given user accessed a device ten times in the last 30 days during regular business hours on weekdays. Next-Gen SIEM will send an alert if the user accesses the device on the weekend or 20 times in a single day. Based on that, we will investigate and email the manager.

The correlation rules and the Spotter carriers are essential in any SIEM. One new feature I like is the Autonomous Threat Sweeper. We will get a notification that a recent attack has entered the environment. They'll provide all the information we need to investigate. It's an excellent feature, but we've only been using it for three to four months. Threat Sweeper does the job in the background whenever we all have some other work. We go through the notifications and decide whether they're essential or not. 

Threat Sweeper is handy. It will clearly show where the anomaly in the data occurs. There is clear information about the IOCs, IP addresses, domain names, etc. We can easily run it in the background and forward the same threat detection report to the other consult teams, like the network and server teams. Another new feature is XDR. I haven't used it, but I've heard it uses signatures and behavioral analysis efficiently.

When I started to use Securonix, I was a little confused, but I could pick it up after a week. Everything is UI-based, and all the information is available on one page, so you don't need to go to different tabs to get what you need. It's very user-friendly. With a click, you can open all the reports you want and generate as many queries as you need. There's no need to use commands.

What needs improvement?

It takes too long to generate Spotter reports. For example, a 90-day report is around 100 megabytes. That takes a while, but a one-day report can be generated in a few seconds. We would be happy if they sped up the process. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Securonix for about a year and a half.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We can rely on Securonix. Whenever we get a new solution or new part, we'll always follow the vendor's suggestions, and they will give us an idea about what is happening or what we have to do.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Securonix is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the technical support a nine out of ten. They're friendly. Whenever we have a P1 issue, we write an email and our issue is resolved in one or two hours. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used McAfee's SIEM solution. I switched because I shifted to another project using Securonix. Securonix is faster and more user-friendly. McAfee takes five minutes to load, whereas Securonix will load in the blink of an eye, and I never face any slowness in the application in Securonix. It takes an hour to generate a report on McAfee. It's no competition for Securonix.

How was the initial setup?

I joined after the implementation, but it requires very little maintenance after deployment. We have one or two hours of downtime for quarterly maintenance. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Securonix Next-Gen SIEM nine out of ten. If you plan to implement Securonix, I recommend buying it now because they're offering a limited-time discount. It's an excellent SIEM, and anyone can afford it right now. 

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SOC Leader at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Aug 14, 2022
Less false positives, good detection and integration capabilities, and good pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "The detection of threats and reduction of false positive alarms as compared to other solutions are valuable features. It has improved threat detection response and reduced a lot of noise from false positives as compared to our previous SIEM solutions."
  • "The incident response area should be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for monitoring firewalls, Windows operating systems, some Linux operating systems, active directories, and some of the solutions in the cloud such as Office.

In terms of deployment, everything is in the cloud. Our licenses are on the cloud. We don't deploy anything on premises except the RIN.

How has it helped my organization?

We are a managed service provider, and we offer this service to third-party clients. Most of our clients are very happy with the solution. We can detect a lot of threats, which are not false positives, and we can describe the threats very well. A lot of information can be obtained from this SIEM, and we can provide very good incident reports to our clients.

We were using another solution previously. The other solution couldn't compete with the features and functionality that we were looking for as a managed service provider. Some clients ask for specific features, and we couldn't complete those needs with other products. They were more about calculations, such as events per second (EPS). With Securonix, it is easier to sell the product and make quotes for our clients. It has helped us a lot at the administration, commercial, and operation levels.

It provides actionable intelligence on threats related to our use cases. It can detect violations and reduce false positives. This actionable intelligence is one of the most important parts because we have suffered with some of the other solutions in terms of receiving a lot of events and alarms where most of them were false positives, which made it a bit difficult for us to investigate and generate incident reports. Securonix is handy for engineers and the security operations center.

Its analytics-driven approach is pretty good at finding sophisticated threats and reducing false positives. When it comes to monitoring network devices, such as firewalls, it can detect behaviors that would be difficult for other solutions to detect or for normal engineers to detect manually. It has a lot of violation policies, and it is very handy and helpful at this level.

It adds contextual information to security events, which is one of the most important points. We can fill a lot of information into our reports for our clients.

Everything is saved for us and indexed. We can review any event we need within three or six months. We can review even when the data is in the cold phase. We never faced any case where we lost any event data. When clients asked about some events in the past, we could find them very easily and without any issues by using the queries.

It improves analysts' efficiency to do more with less time. Spotter is one of the best tools for me for searching and visualizing various things such as policies. With the Spotter language, you can search for whatever you need. You can search for any endpoint, any IP, any hostname, or any violation name. Even though it is not very fast, it is fine for us. Splunk or Elasticsearch is faster than Securonix because this is their job. Even though Spotter is not as fast, it has been helpful for us.

What is most valuable?

The detection of threats and reduction of false positive alarms as compared to other solutions are valuable features. It has improved threat detection response and reduced a lot of noise from false positives as compared to our previous SIEM solutions. This was one of the reasons we decided to try or move to Securonix. Other products generated thousands of events, and a lot of them were false positives, which made it difficult for us to handle all the events. For example, we were monitoring a firewall internally, and that firewall generated about five million events per month. The previous product detected almost 1,000 to 1,500 events as positive events, whereas Securonix generates less than 200 events, and most of them are not false positives.

It can integrate with a lot of solutions. Being able to ingest all our log sources when investigating threats is one of the good points of Securonix. After we started to use Securonix, we could integrate a lot of solutions, which we couldn’t do previously. It works with many devices, platforms, and cloud solutions. It is pretty good in terms of integration.

What needs improvement?

The incident response area should be improved.

It is more difficult than other products, but overall, it is good. The platform has a lot of options and functionality. So, you need to check almost everything. For new engineers or people who don’t have much experience with this kind of platform, it is a bit difficult, but for experienced engineers, it is not that difficult.

When you have been doing a lot of work for about one or two hours, and you have a lot of tabs open, it slows down or gets stuck. There is a delay of 10 to 15 seconds in opening tabs or dashboards. I don't know why this happens, but for me, it is not a big issue. I just wait, and that's all.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable, but it slows down or gets stuck when you have a lot of tabs open.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Overall, it is scalable, but when you are investigating a lot and you have a lot of tabs open and are involved in big work, it sometimes becomes slow or gets stuck.

In terms of its users, our SOC team has three engineers, and I am the fourth one. We have three clients for now for Securonix. We use it internally to monitor our company. Overall, there are five or six users using the interface, investigating, and reporting to the clients.

How are customer service and support?

Most of the time, their support is very good, but sometimes, we had to escalate the issues. Sometimes, we opened a ticket, and we immediately received an answer for fixing the issue, but at other times, we got a response after one, two, three, or even seven days. I guess it is based on the impact or severity, but when we have an urgent issue or problem, Securonix solves it very fast. I would rate them an 8 out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were previously using Splunk, and we wanted to continue, but when we did the evaluation, we found Splunk to be more difficult to implement than others. It is fine to operate it, but its implementation is more difficult. It also had fewer features than Securonix. Securonix is dedicated to security information event management, but this is not the main functionality of Splunk. Even though Splunk is very strong in security, and we have been using it, when it comes to, for example, machine learning, Securonix has pre-configured policies. So, we don't have to spend that much time, whereas when it comes to Splunk, we have to configure everything. We have to install the applications and configure the dashboards. Considering the functionalities, features, and pricing, we felt that Securonix would be the best option.

It is better than previous solutions in terms of threat investigations and onboarding. That's because most of the other solutions are based on rules. Sometimes, there is no intelligence when it comes to detection, whereas Securonix has policies that are a collection of rules. Securonix doesn't only extract the log and tells us that it is a low-impact event or informative event. It also tries to correlate most of the events according to the policies and takes us to the main point. This is how Securonix has helped us to reduce a lot of false positives. Other solutions only worked with rules, and they only sent us events. We had to review most of those events, which is not the case with Securonix. It has a lot of policies for all types of detections. There are almost 1,000 policies, and Securonix can correlate various types of behaviors and pieces of evidence to detect advanced threats. It is good at this level.

How was the initial setup?

We have the cloud license of Securonix. Everything is on the cloud. We only implement RIN on-premises, which is straightforward. You just download the executable, give it permission, and execute it. You provide the information it asks. There are a few packages that you need to install previously, but overall, it is very handy and straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

I implemented it on my own. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Its price is fine. We found it to be cheaper than LogRhythm, Exabeam, Splunk, as well as Elastic Security. A few months ago, when we were comparing Securonix with Elastic Security, we found Securonix to be cheaper than Elasticsearch. We were pretty surprised that Elastic Security is more expensive than Securonix because Elasticsearch is just starting, and it cannot compete with Securonix at this time. So, the pricing of Securonix is pretty good for now.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We tried to evaluate some of the other products, but we decided to go with Securonix for the business part. It was easier for us to meet the needs of our clients related to calculations.

We evaluated LogRhythm. The first problem that we faced with LogRhythm was that it would have been pretty difficult for engineers to handle in terms of the user interface. As compared to Securonix, it was also very expensive. Securonix had most of the features or functionalities that we were looking for. We also evaluated Exabeam, and we had the same problem with the price and features.

What other advice do I have?

It has somewhat reduced the amount of time we require for investigation. It hasn't probably helped in detecting advanced threats faster along with lower response times because there is this gap between the RIN receiving the information and then sending this information to the cloud. This gap makes it a little bit late as compared to other solutions. Other than that, it is good.

I would rate it a 9 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Rafael-Barrios - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity SE at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 14, 2022
Reduces our investigation and response time, and it is very easy to use and integrate
Pros and Cons
  • "Its console is very easy to use and configure. It is very intuitive for our use cases. App integrations are also pretty nice."
  • "It could be improved a little bit more for admin users. There should be more administrative options related to security for admin users. For example, for forensic purposes, the admin should be able to stop a specific user from erasing some information. I would be helpful in certain situations, such as during an internal fraud."

What is our primary use case?

We mostly use it for user-behavior analytics. It is used for all the behaviors related to users. In terms of the environment, there are multiple connections at different sites and locations, and there is also integration with other platforms. For some endpoint use cases, I have to do integrations with different customers who already have the platform.

Its deployment is hybrid. The cloud providers are Amazon and Google Cloud Platform.

How has it helped my organization?

When we have an endpoint threat, we have to move very quickly. We detect it through another tool that is associated with Securonix, and automatically the endpoint is isolated from the network. We also get some information for investigation and forensics allowing us to understand the type of threat. We get to know whether it is related to the endpoint or user behavior. We can get information on web-application firewalls and other solutions connected to Securonix, which allows us to understand the depth of the threat for a specific use case.

It provides actionable intelligence on threats related to our use case. After the alerts, we can isolate the endpoints and make some modifications. We can also do some searches about the related IP on the internet and intelligence platforms. That's very nice.

This actionable intelligence is pretty important. When we integrate different platforms, Securonix provides a lot of visibility and allows us to see the whole environment, not just a part. I have been working mostly on the endpoint side, but other people who are working on wider use cases can see all the dashboards and improve the security posture with Securonix.

Its analytics-driven approach to finding sophisticated threats and reducing false positives is very important. With other similar tools, we have to work a lot to reduce or manage false positives. We have to improve the rules and integrations because there are a lot of false positives. With Securonix, we have fewer false positives, and there is also automatic recognition for false positives allowing us to move very quickly.

It adds contextual information related to the use cases. My use case is very specific, but my partners and other teams get a lot of contextual information related to the whole company. It provides a lot of analytics related to a threat in terms of user behavior, environment, and target applications, such as databases, which is very important.

It has saved a lot of investigation time. As compared to other solutions, it has saved more than 50% time.

It has improved the threat detection response and reduced noise from false positives as compared to our previous SIEM solutions. The improvement in the response time is dependent on the scenario, but generally, it is about 40% more effective. When it comes to false positives, it is about 60% more effective.

It has been helpful in detecting advanced threats faster and lowering response times, but I don't have the metrics. 

What is most valuable?

Its console is very easy to use and configure. It is very intuitive for our use cases. App integrations are also pretty nice. 

What needs improvement?

It could be improved a little bit more for admin users. There should be more administrative options related to security for admin users. For example, for forensic purposes, the admin should be able to stop a specific user from erasing some information. I would be helpful in certain situations, such as during an internal fraud.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for two years separately, in 2020 and the last year, 2021.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Its stability is pretty nice because we don't have too many problems with it. The complexity is related to what we want to see. There are no issues with the performance. We have not experienced any performance issues when the solution is ingesting all of our log sources. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is 100% cloud. So, its scalability is pretty nice. We have all the capabilities and options to grow. Our environment has more or less four locations with about 1,000 devices. We don't have any plans to increase its usage in the near future.

How are customer service and support?

I have had to call support three or four times, and I would rate them a ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have worked with Splunk and LogRhythm. I am using Securonix because, in this company, most of our clients are using Securonix. So, I had to learn how it works and understand its architecture and capabilities. It is very easy to understand for anyone who has worked with similar solutions. It is 90% easier than Splunk, which has a lot of code. Securonix is very radical and intuitive.

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't involved in its setup and onboarding process, but I would assume that it is very quick. That's because it is very simple to use for my use cases, and they have nice support and help.

Its maintenance is pretty lightweight. We have another team that is in charge of that. There are most probably two people who take care of SIEM and cybersecurity solutions.

Securonix cloud-native platform helps to minimize infrastructure management. It allows us to focus on threats versus engineering or managing the platform.

What was our ROI?

We have surely seen an ROI when we look at multiple threats that we have been able to prevent.

It improves analysts' efficiency to do more with less time. By using the contextual information that it provides, we can be more accurate in our investigation. It has saved about 30% time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Its pricing is quite similar to others and is very competitive. The other solutions have different types of licensing, but when you do the math, it is competitive.

What other advice do I have?

You should know your environment and connectivity requirements very well. You should understand the analytics that Securonix is providing for the team. You can make a lot of improvements based on those analytics.

I would rate it a ten out of ten.

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reviewer1924686 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 7, 2022
Playbooks integrations, incident management features, and threat hunting services saved time and streamlined investigations
Pros and Cons
  • "Risk scoring was nice. We could exactly see which user had the highest risk score, and then we could pick it up and work on it."
  • "When they did upgrades or applied patches, sometimes, there was downtime, which required the backfill of data. There were times when we had to reach out and get a lot of things validated."

What is our primary use case?

We were using it for data loss prevention and data acceleration. We wanted a platform with a proper ticketing facility, and as and when we reviewed a user, we also needed a proper documentation setup. Securonix provided that. We were able to integrate playbooks and a lot of other modules so that we not only looked at a particular problem area but also at other factors. We didn't only want to look at exfiltration but also at any lateral movement inside the company by a user. We wanted to look at the outliers in a better way, not only in terms of a user's activity but also in relation to the peer activity to show that it is not a team; it is just a team member doing something wrong.

We most probably were using version 6.0.

How has it helped my organization?

It was very easy for us to do our manual threat hunting. We had a lot of instances where we found our internal users exfiltrating data. We were able to see that they were exfiltrating data. We could confirm that through the platform by taking a deeper look, which was very nice. It is user-friendly and handy. It allowed us to look at all kinds of activities and logs.

It provides actionable intelligence on threats related to the use cases. After you have done the configuration, it triggers an alert for any incident. This actionable intelligence is very important because it allows us to respond in time without missing the window of being able to take an action. Sometimes, threats are small, and the indicators do not pop up, but with manual analysis, we can get a complete view. So, it is very important to have real-time triggers.

We have been able to find a few true positives. Based on the triggers from the tool, we got to know that people have been exfiltrating data over a period of time. They had been doing it in small amounts, and that's why it went unnoticed. After the tool notified us, we discovered that one or two users have exponentially exfiltrated data over a period of time. Without the solution, just by looking at the logs, we wouldn't have known that. The tool understood the behavior and triggered a notification, and we got to know that. The users were not just sending our data to themselves but also to another vendor. They were contractors, and they were exfiltrating the data to another vendor. They were about to leave the company, and we were able to catch them before they left.

It reduces the amount of time required for investigations. If I had to check logs from different log sources or tools from different vendors and create tickets, it would have taken time. With SNYPR, we were able to perform a lot of actions within the same platform, and we were also able to push tickets to our SOAR management tool. Everything was in one place. We didn't have to navigate between different things. It was helpful for incident management. It took time for analysts to check whether an alert was a false positive or not and provide the right evidence. Having incident management within the tool reduced time in creating and closing some of the incidents. Instead of 30 minutes before, it was reduced to 10 to 15 minutes per incident. We didn't have back-and-forth navigation. Everything was in one place. 

It saved us a couple of hours of our day-to-day activity because everything was consolidated. Once I logged in, one or two hours were enough for me to look at everything and identify things to take an action on.

It has definitely helped us with threat management. Because of the sample use cases that we saw from Securonix, we were able to design a few of our own use cases. We would not have thought of those use cases in the past. We were able to add use cases that were helpful for our data internally. We were able to understand logs even better and create our specific use cases. It was good learning.

What is most valuable?

It is user-friendly. Its user interface is better than the other tools.

I like the playbook integration. In the beginning, we had a few hiccups because the tool was developing, but after that, the threat intelligence tool that we integrated got more accurate and better. The whitelisting and blacklisting of IPs, domains, or users were also working. 

Risk scoring was nice. We could exactly see which user had the highest risk score, and then we could pick it up and work on it. 

Securonix accommodates customer requests in the upcoming versions very well. They do their best to bring in the features required by a customer. We were able to have custom widgets for different departments or specific use cases. All tools do not provide such customization. Securonix was good at taking a request, reviewing it, and if it made sense, adding it. We got at least one or two features added. 

What needs improvement?

When they did upgrades or applied patches, sometimes, there was downtime, which required the backfill of data. There were times when we had to reach out and get a lot of things validated. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about 2.5 years. Right now, I'm not using it, but I have used it in the last 18 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Initially, during patch management, we did see a few downtimes, which required a backfill of data. Before I moved out of the previous company, patch management and upgrades had improved, and the tool had become stable. The queries we were running weren’t breaking the tool. We were able to fetch reports for more roles and data as compared to when we started.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The company that I was working with was midsize. We didn't have a huge amount of data. We were accommodated pretty well. We didn't have any thresholds or limits, but I cannot speak for companies that have a huge amount of data. 

Their archiving and deletion policies also worked well for us. We didn't see any performance issues when the solution was ingesting all log sources. Its scalability was pretty nice. We started with six to seven data sources, and then we moved on to add a few more. It could easily accommodate any increase in the number of users or data. We didn't have to just stop at a particular point.

With on-prem, customers have control over the infrastructure, and they can tweak it, but a cloud solution is more simplified. You don't have the headache and overhead of maintaining your resources. So, it is definitely scalable. They partition you based on how big the company is. So, even if you move to a bigger scale, more resources get added to make it work better. It is seamless. We didn't have many issues. We had a few slowness issues at times, but they were resolved. We didn't have to deal with them for a long period of time.

How are customer service and support?

Their support was pretty good. We didn't have any issues there. They were pretty fast. Anytime we had downtime or any issue, we were certainly helped. We got emails telling us how long it will take, and they would stick by it. There were a few times when there was a one-day or two-day delay in response, but eventually, it all worked out. We didn't have major issues. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

They also provide a review with their content team. For the initial few months, they did a lot of threat hunting and showed us why they think a user is doing something in the company and why it is something that is worth taking a look at. It was helpful to have analysts from their side and see how the users are doing it and what are the patterns.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have only worked with this solution.

How was the initial setup?

We had another engineering team that took care of its deployment. My involvement in its setup was only for providing the type of data that we need to pull into Securonix. Some log sources took a while in terms of the data format that we wanted and accommodating it with the APIs on the Securonix end. We only had issues with a few data sources. It wasn't a very difficult process, but it did take some time. It took about two months.

Overall, its onboarding was pretty smooth because we were on SaaS. In terms of the strategy, we had to provide the data sources that we needed. They were divided into three levels. We first integrated one or two data sources, and when we saw it triggering, we integrated a few more. We also worked on fine-tuning it for false positives with their content team. They trained us on various use cases and algorithms behind those use cases. If there was any incorrect trigger, they explained the reason for it. It did take quite some time to configure it for our own custom use cases. This phase took more time than the initial integration of data sources. It took at least two to three months to onboard all the sources.

Because it was a SaaS solution, they did the maintenance. It didn't require any effort from our end. It minimizes infrastructure management. In case of downtime or outage, they used to notify us and fix the issue. It did not require our intervention, except monitoring and checking if things are running fine.

They provided flexibility in terms of features and patches. If we wanted to stay on a particular patch or have a few features in the next version, they were able to accommodate that. They were able to add our features even when other customers did not need them. 

What about the implementation team?

There were two people on the engineering team from our side, but I am not sure how many people were there from the Securonix side. For integration, two people were there, and then there were four analysts at the beginning to support the tool and give feedback.

What was our ROI?

We most probably did see an ROI. I was working only at the analyst level. I do not have the numbers, but it did improve the efficiency to do more in less time. In the beginning, we were hesitant to use a new tool, but it soon became our go-to tool for checking and verifying any issues. We started engaging with the tool quite a lot, and it probably saved four to five hours a day. Documentation and ticketing were the biggest challenges, and it helped in having everything in one place. We could just click on a ticket and see everything.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I had heard that it was much cheaper than Splunk and some of the other tools, and they gave us a nice package with support. They accommodated the number of users and support very well.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

My team had definitely looked at other tools, but I was not involved in the PoC. 

What other advice do I have?

I would advise having a look at it. The user experience or the user interface is definitely better than other tools, but you need to see how it interacts with your data sources and how easy it is to integrate it with those data sources.

It took us at least four to five months to realize the benefits of the solution from the time of its deployment. It depends on the log sources you are concentrating on and want to fine-tune. Most SIEM tools, including Securonix, have a lot of use cases that can be tied to Windows, VPN, etc. Modifying and tuning just one log source is not enough. You should tie different log sources so that you get an idea about any lateral movements. Everything that flows into a SIEM solution has to be tuned. If I'm sending a raw log in any format, it needs to be properly sanitized and tuned for my security requirements, which takes time. We had to go back and forth and get a lot of things fixed. It takes a while for the tool to understand and start triggering based on a specific activity.

False positives will always exist. They won't completely go away. When we first deployed it, it used to trigger alerts for 500 to 600 users, which had come down to 20 to 30. It needed continuous fine-tuning, but as an analyst, I was no longer overwhelmed by hundreds of alerts. It took a while to get to that stage and involved a lot of blacklisting and whitelisting. Even though the false positive rate had come down to a pretty good number, we still had to intervene and verify whether it was a false positive or not, but it was easier to do.

It hasn't helped to prevent data loss events, but it has helped to reduce further loss of data. We got to know about an event only when it had already started to happen. When the tool identified that something was happening, it would alert us. If an analyst was active enough to understand that and put a stop to it, it could have prevented any further loss, but I am not sure how much a data loss event would have cost our organization, especially in intellectual property. However, we figured out that about 40 to 50 GB of data was sent over a period of time. It was sent in small bits, and it included confidential reports, meeting keynotes, etc. We would not have known that if the tool had not notified us.

I would rate it a 10 out of 10 based on the experience I had. We didn't have any major issues related to slowness or querying the tool. Querying was pretty simplified, and there were also documents to know the processes. Their support was good, and they were also good in terms of the expansion of the tool. When we wanted a new data source, they were there to review it and modify it with us. They provided good assistance.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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NELSON  COIMBRA DA SILVA - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Sales Engineer Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Reseller
Jul 26, 2023
Efficient use of resources, allowing more work to be done with fewer personnel and highly scalable solution
Pros and Cons
  • "The scalability is one of the remarkable qualities of this product, which makes it very effective, especially when we are dealing with substantial data volumes in the cloud."
  • "One aspect that could be improved is the pricing of the product in Brazil."

What is our primary use case?

From my experience, clients have been enjoying the product because it enables faster threat detection. We use it daily for hunting and developing strategies, which are much more extensive compared to the results from a traditional SIEM.

How has it helped my organization?

With Next-Gen SIEM, we are achieving more with less effort. We can gather more information from the logs and organize it in a different product view, which reduces the need for a large workforce. So we can achieve more with fewer people, and this is particularly advantageous in my line of work, where we need to hire additional staff as we sell more products. However, with this kind of solution bringing in more information about threats and improvements for the organization, we can handle the workload with fewer personnel.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect is the ability to automate tasks, particularly user behavior analytics. It streamlines processes and makes it very efficient to work with, both for me and the users in my company.

What needs improvement?

I work in Brazil, and the solution is not very well known here. The market for technology in Brazil, not related to the quality of the product, is not very favorable yet. I see this as a challenge. We need to invest more effort in raising awareness and educating people about the product's capabilities. 

Additionally, one aspect that could be improved is the pricing of the product in Brazil. It is reasonable, but when compared to similar tools or products that are more common in Brazil, it tends to be a bit higher.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started to use this solution about two years ago; my company started to work with Next-Gen SIEM.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

To say the truth, neither I nor my colleagues who work with me have encountered any complaints about stability. As the leading company in Brazil for Securonix or the biggest seller of Securonix in Brazil, we have had no issues with stability up to this point. It has been very reliable, and there have been no instances of lagging, crashing, or any significant downtime reported.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is highly scalable since it operates in a public cloud environment. This allows us to store and process a large amount of information as needed. The scalability is one of the remarkable qualities of this product, which makes it very effective, especially when we are dealing with substantial data volumes in the cloud.

How are customer service and support?

Since I work in the sales team, I didn't need technical support. My role is mainly focused on discussing and selling the product to customers, highlighting its advantages.

So, if any technical assistance is required, it would be handled by the partner or someone else in the client-facing team. I have mostly been involved in the sales process, and I haven't had the need to engage with the technical support team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I work with two options for Securonix. I use the Legacy and the Advantage versions. The Advantage option is beneficial because it includes the features of the Legacy version at the price of the Legacy package. However, it gets complicated when dealing with User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UBA) and other additional features. The EPS (Events Per Second) quantity grows significantly, leading to the need for more resources to handle the workload when using UBA and other advanced features. 

If Securonix aims to grow more and improve its position in the Brazilian market, it might need to consider adjusting its pricing to be more competitive. Currently, as we work with AI solutions, the price might need to go down to better grow its presence in the Brazilian market.

I believe in the quality of the product, so I would rate the pricing as a seven out of ten, where one is low pricing, and ten is high pricing.

When we talk about SIEM, it's important to understand how it brings the necessary information to the company and how we can apply the right intelligence to extract insights about threats and other relevant aspects. I suggest investing time to clearly define what you want to achieve with the SIEM solution. If you don't have a clear understanding of your objectives, the results may not meet your expectations. Take the time to thoroughly understand your requirements to make the most out of the system.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

In my market and environment, I compete with Splunk, QRadar, and IBM. I've also heard about Hexabeam, but it's not a major competitor here in Brazil. Another one we're considering, which has posed some challenges, is Google Chronicle. However, the two biggest competitors for me are Splunk and QRadar.

When comparing Securonix to Splunk, one issue is the pricing; I believe even Securonix is on the higher side. However, in terms of working with cloud environments, Securonix has an advantage as it performs exceptionally well in the cloud. Unlike Splunk, which struggles in cloud setups, Securonix handles it perfectly. Additionally, in terms of crunching work in the database (DB), Securonix performs better and more efficiently than Splunk, making it a better choice for such tasks.

Other products seem to have a more established market presence, and people are familiar with them, but they might not be as acquainted with Securonix. However, I am confident about the quality of Securonix, and when I get the chance to demonstrate how it works, people tend to like it.

Furthermore, in comparison to IBM, I don't encounter any technical problems with Securonix. The quality of Securonix is solid, and I have no issues discussing its capabilities. When it comes to pricing, Securonix offers a more competitive solution. Even if it's only ten percent better than Splunk in some aspects, the overall value makes it a better option in the end. If the price difference is not as significant, it's more likely that customers will choose Securonix over other options.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

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Dec 21, 2022
Enrichment of event data via connectors to Third Party Intelligence had made investigations more efficient
Pros and Cons
  • "The UEBA functionality indicates a lot about behaviors that are not found through a traditional SIEM. We have exploited that more than anything since we started using it."
  • "It seems to me that within Securonix there is no option for completely visualizing the types of sources or if there is any loss of logs. I've heard that they have an additional module to validate those types of cases, but in terms of the platform itself only, I can only see how often it sends data but not any specific detail."

How has it helped my organization?

Securonix provides us with a fine-tuned environment. It helps eliminate false positives with certain parameters.

It is a SIEM that works automatically when it comes to behavior and the analysis of certain parameters that we did not have visibility into before. It is very productive for our business. So far, from what we have seen, Securonix is very useful.

Securonix provides "enrichment" of event information thanks to connectors with Third Party Intelligence and that has helped to make us more efficient in our investigations. Threat hunting that used to take two to three hours can now be done in less than one hour because we have certain graphs configured within the platform that allow us to search for more detailed events in a shorter amount of time. The training we have received has been absorbed quickly by our analysts and we have managed to do more in less time.

Another benefit is that, as a SaaS environment, it allows us to free ourselves from support issues. We escalate everything directly with Securonix.

What is most valuable?

Among the most valuable features are its

  • reporting capacity
  • graphics 
  • UEBA analytics.

The UEBA functionality indicates a lot about behaviors that are not found through a traditional SIEM. We have exploited that more than anything since we started using it.

The autonomous threat sweeper also seems very good to me. It is a very striking and productive tool for our business. It's highly important to implement ATS because it allows us to scan for specific events that may happen.

Also, the ease of searching that the Spotter tool offers us is a welcome feature and the data insights have been very useful for our research work.

What needs improvement?

It seems to me that within Securonix there is no option for completely visualizing the types of sources or if there is any loss of logs. I've heard that they have an additional module to validate those types of cases, but in terms of the platform itself only, I can only see how often it sends data but not any specific detail.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Securonix Next-Gen SIEM for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not had any major problems with the platform since we started working with it. There has only been one problem that had to do with something that did not load on the platform, but that was it.

We have had no problems ingesting all our log sources.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Being a cloud environment, it gives us unlimited scalability. When we have integrated larger sources we have not experienced any problems.

How are customer service and support?

We have had some slightly delayed response times from technical support, but it is nothing out of the ordinary.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use platforms such as RSA enVision, QRadar, and McAfee. We have not eliminated these platforms but we are more inclined toward Securonix because it provides us with UEBA analytics, which is something that we have not been able to exploit as much on other platforms. The solution's UEBA data analysis is what caught our attention.

How was the initial setup?

I was involved in a certain part of the implementation that focused on the RING installation. The implementation was simple. They shared an interactive manual with us and there were no problems. Onboarding the sources was not such a complicated process. We needed three to five employees for the implementation.

They also provided guided training in which a representative from Securonix helped us with the queries we had.

Maintenance is mostly managed by Securonix. We are hardly involved in it.

What was our ROI?

More than anything, we have seen ROI thanks to the metrics we get from Securonix.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Securonix is very user-friendly and intuitive. In terms of nomenclature, it is very easy to understand where the information you want is located. Compared to other platforms, there are several UI qualities in favor of Securonix. It puts everything at your fingertips and the options tab is very accessible.

In terms of reducing false positives, we have not seen much difference between Securonix and other platforms at the moment.

What other advice do I have?

Information about Securonix is all available within the online documentation and it enables you to get to know the platform independently. It is very beneficial if you're looking for a high-quality SIEM.

The most important thing I have learned by using Securonix is the exploitation of UEBA analytics. I had not seen that in another SIEM and it has been a definite benefit for me.

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¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

Securonix nos proporciona un entorno optimizado. Ayuda a eliminar falsos positivos con ciertos parámetros.

Es un SIEM que funciona de forma automática en respecto a comportamientos y análisis de ciertos parámetros que no eran visibles antes. Es muy productivo para nuestro negocio. Hasta ahora, por lo que hemos visto, Securonix es muy útil.

Securonix proporciona un "enriquecimiento" de la información de eventos gracias a conexiones con Third Party Intelligence, esto nos ha ayudado a ser más eficientes en nuestras investigaciones. La búsqueda de amenazas que antes tomaba de dos a tres horas ahora se puede hacer en menos de una hora porque tenemos ciertos gráficos configurados dentro de la plataforma que nos permiten buscar eventos más detallados en menos tiempo. La formación que hemos recibido ha sido absorbida rápidamente por nuestros analistas y hemos conseguido hacer más en menos tiempo.

Otro beneficio que tiene es que, como se trata de un entorno SaaS, nos permite liberarnos de los problemas de soporte. Escalamos todo directamente con Securonix.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

Entre las características más valiosas se encuentran..

  • capacidad de reporte
  • gráficos
  • analíticas UEBA.

La funcionalidad de UEBA indica mucho sobre comportamientos que no se encuentran a través de un SIEM tradicional. Eso lo hemos explotado más que nada desde que empezamos a usarlo.

El barredor de amenazas autónomo también me parece muy bueno. Es una herramienta muy llamativa y productiva para nuestro negocio. Es muy importante implementar ATS porque nos permite buscar eventos específicos que puedan ocurrir.

Además, la facilidad de búsqueda que nos ofrece la herramienta Spotter es una característica beneficiosa y la información de los datos ha sido muy útil para nuestro trabajo de investigación.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

Me parece que dentro de Securonix no hay opción de visualizar completamente los tipos de fuentes ni tampoco si hay alguna pérdida de logs. Escuché que tienen un módulo adicional para validar ese tipo de casos, pero en términos de la plataforma en sí, solo puedo ver la frecuencia con la que envía datos, pero ningún detalle específico

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

He estado usando Securonix Next-Gen SIEM durante seis meses.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

No hemos tenido mayores problemas con la plataforma desde que empezamos a trabajar con ella. Solo ha habido un problema que tenía que ver con algo que no cargaba en la plataforma, pero eso fue todo.

No hemos tenido problemas para ingerir todas nuestras fuentes de registro.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

Al ser un entorno en la nube, nos brinda una escalabilidad ilimitada. Cuando hemos integrado fuentes más grandes no hemos experimentado ningún problema.

¿Y el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

Hemos tenido algunos tiempos de respuesta ligeramente retrasados por parte del soporte técnico, pero no es nada fuera de lo común.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Utilizamos plataformas como RSA enVision, QRadar y McAfee. No hemos eliminado estas plataformas, pero nos inclinamos más por Securonix porque nos brinda análisis UEBA, que es algo que no hemos podido explotar tanto en otras plataformas. El análisis de datos UEBA de la solución es lo que llamó nuestra atención.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

Estuve involucrado en cierta parte de la implementación que se centró en la instalación de RING. La implementación fue sencilla. Compartieron un manual interactivo con nosotros y no hubo problemas. Incorporar las fuentes no fue un proceso tan complicado. Necesitábamos de tres a cinco empleados para la implementación.

También brindaron capacitación guiada en la que un representante de Securonix nos ayudó con las consultas que teníamos.

El mantenimiento es administrado principalmente por Securonix. Apenas estamos involucrados en eso.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

Más que nada, hemos visto el Retorno de Inversión gracias a las métricas que obtenemos de Securonix.

¿Qué otras soluciones evalué?

Securonix es muy fácil de usar e intuitivo. En cuanto a la nomenclatura, es muy fácil entender dónde se encuentra la información que buscas. En comparación con otras plataformas, hay varias cualidades de interfaz de usuario a favor de Securonix. Pone todo al alcance de tu mano y la pestaña de opciones es muy accesible.

En términos de reducción de falsos positivos, no hemos visto mucha diferencia entre Securonix y otras plataformas por el momento.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Toda la información sobre Securonix está disponible en la documentación en línea y te permite conocer la plataforma de forma independiente. Es muy beneficioso si estás buscando un SIEM de alta calidad.

Lo más importante que he aprendido usando Securonix es la explotación de análisis UEBA. Eso no lo había visto en otro SIEM y definitivamente ha sido un beneficio para mí.

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