Splunk Enterprise Security Reviews

Its integration is most valuable. Its UI is also pretty much easy.

Its setup is a little bit complex for a distributed environment. 

Their support can also be better. If we raise a case with Splunk support and by any chance we missed to respond for more than a week, they usually close the case. Sometimes, it can take us more than a week to reply. In that case What they can do is they can send a followup mail before closing.

I have been using this solution for a year now.

It is very stable haven't encounter any glitches or bugs till now.

It is very much scalable. I am acting as an admin, and we have more than a hundred users of this solution in our company. We use it on a regular basis. We currently don't have any plan to increase its usage.

I would rate them an eight out of ten. Their response speed is okay, but if, by any chance, we miss the response for more than a week, they usually close the case. Sometimes, it can take us more than a week to reply.

This is the only solution that we have been using.

Its setup is pretty much easy for standalone, but for a distributed environment, it is a little bit complex.

I would recommend this solution to others, but it should meet their needs and architecture.

I would rate Splunk a nine out of ten.

We use it to do SIEM. 

It can log more logs than other solutions. It's a good way to troubleshoot problems.

Splunk is a good solution to collect more events than other solutions. It's a good solution, for me, for this reason.

Cybersecurity and infrastructure monitoring have room for improvement. 

On a scale from one to ten I would rate the initial setup a seven for its complexity. 

We also looked at AlienVault.

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

Splunk is more efficient than other solutions but it's also more expensive. 

• SIEM
• Security information 
• Event management

The tool itself is very difficult to configure. It's great for its number of inputs, for the different types of systems devices, and things that it could collect information from. To actually make good use of it, you need a fairly dedicated team of people that have some reasonably good programming or modeling skills to be able to do the things that you need to do with it. Whereas a lot of the other tools are better packaged for that, and so require a lot less training and a lot less dedication.

What they need to do more than anything else is, they need to take a serious look at purpose-built modules like the SIEM and put a lot more effort into making them more robust. If they did that I think they would have a better chance on the market. The base tool was great, and if the organization that they're looking to sell into requires a good, solid logging solution then they would have a very good sales statement to make because you could get the logging solution you need that could give you the SIEM at the same time.

It's extremely scalable. It's a very robust solution and certainly has the capability of handling far bigger data requirements than a lot of the other tools. Generally what ends up happening with me is that my clients tend, for the most part, to be mid-tier organizations where the cost of that solution would be accompanying requirements for people just becomes way too prohibitive. Especially considering the model that they use for costing, which is based on the volume of data. Of course, they're going to put everything including the Coke machine as the ability to collect data off of it, because of course the more they can put through the tool the more money they make.

• AlienVault
• LogRhthym
• ArcSight
• QRadar

I've used a whole bunch of different solutions. For a SIEM based solution, they are more purpose-built for that function. Where Splunk is purpose-built for a general logging and data capture solution so you'd be able to capture a lot of different information.

Anything that's not out of the box requires codding. Even up until recently when they finally released their SIEM or their security add-on. Before then there was not security stuff at all. I would actually have to go in and code that within the system to able to do the necessary searches to pull that information. Where a lot of the other tools, they already have those preconfigured which means I don't have to go and recreate the wheel. Now, we finally figured that out to a certain degree, and started putting the new tool in a place that gives you some SIEM functionality.

As a logging solution, I would say it's probably an eight or nine. If you're talking about the SIEM I'd say it's probably about a five. For logging, I think they would have to change the costing model. The costing model is way out of line. It's built for very large organizations.

We use Splunk for infrastructure monitoring, application monitoring and in the security space for our organization as well as for our customers.

Since Splunk is a platform for data, we can ingest and correlate data from virtually any type of system.

It has a fast turnaround time for setting up monitoring/alerting and forecasting of trends as per our customers' requirements.

The following are top three features that I find quite valuable:

1. Capability to expand the functionality through custom code for data inputs, commands, visualization, alerts, and machine learning.
2. Quick turnaround time for setting up monitoring and alerting with built-in capabilities, plenty of enterprise grade apps available on Splunkbase, and custom coding based on Splunk development skill level.
3. Free Splunk license for PoCs on personal machines and the ability to scale the PoC to an enterprise level app.

• Scheduled PDF generation does not work well for all visualizations, and it does not work for custom visualizations.
• While scheduled reports can be embedded, Splunk dashboard can not be embedded directly without enabling cross origin.
• Missing capability for audio/video and image processing.

Great Log management capabilities with flexible and comprehensive search capabilities. Scalable and Easy to use.

Operational Workflow, Use Case Framework, and ticketing systems to make it suitable for SOC environments

3 years

Splunk is extremely scalable with the limit being the hardware in use.

If you get the right people engaged, support can be a bliss.

Setup is simple and straight forward.

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Because I'm security focused, I prefer the security features such as Splunk Phantom and Splunk Enterprise Security.

We need to get a Splunk Cloud instance inside South Africa's borders. At this stage, we are pushing Splunk Cloud, but it is not yet within South Africa's borders. So we've got data sovereignty issues, especially with government organizations.

Technical support could be improved as well.

Splunk can be an expensive solution. I think that they need to change their pricing model. At present, it is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. Their competitors are now starting with a pricing model where you pay per device talking back. If Splunk could have a similar alternative, it would then allow people to choose the data model they want such as set data or a set number of devices.

I have been using Splunk for three years.

The technical support here in South Africa hasn't been great, but I understand why as we make up less than 3% of Splunk's total revenue in the world.

The initial setup isn't overly complex, but it's not easy either.

The pricing model is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. So it can be an expensive solution.

Plan your requirements properly from the beginning so that you can get the most value in a shorter space of time.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Splunk at six.

• Log collection and analysis
• Reporting for the whole enterprise environment.

Improved visibility.

Log search and alerting/reporting.

Code understanding requirement is complicated for most users.

• Collects data from any source
• Powerful search, analysis, and visualization
• Easy to build system on any platform
• API and easily integrated search
• Action script

We have over 7000 devices in our network infrastructure for monitoring, maintenance, and performance assessment.

We achieve this by collecting data and applying the analysis.

I have used this solution for one year.

We did not encounter any issues with scalability. Everything is normal with no bugs.

It’s easy to obtain support from Splunk for technical issues. We also have enough knowledge ourselves to apply fixes.

We used to deploy Elastic Stack. The search language of Splunk is easier and friendlier than Elastic Stack. It has helped me to search quickly and easily. Based on the results, it’s easy to visualize and add results to a previously built, personal dashboard.

Licensing is free. Pricing is based on usage.

We evaluated Elastic Stack and Sumo Logic.

If you are an enterprise and you need the best service for critical business analysis, Splunk would be one of the best choices.