Wazuh Reviews

It is used primarily for event management in our organization, which falls into the category of an edge Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or host Internet protection system. Our company is not very large, with around twenty to thirty servers and approximately one hundred fifty to two hundred endpoints. Wazuh serves as a centralized platform for collecting security events and managing vulnerabilities across your systems. Its main purpose is to analyze and improve the overall security posture of our organization.

Before the deployment of Wazuh, we faced challenges related to vulnerability management and version change history. Vulnerabilities often went unreported, and there was no organized system for managing vulnerabilities. Since we implemented it, there has been a notable improvement. Vulnerabilities have significantly decreased, with nearly fifty percent of servers now reporting zero vulnerabilities. This positive change is attributed to regular reporting, remediation efforts, and frequent system updates.

It offers built-in modules for file integrity and vulnerability management. This provides the convenience of having these features integrated into one platform rather than using separate dedicated tools. Wazuh's comprehensive compliance with various modules aligns well with our organization's needs, making it a highly suitable and efficient solution.

It is an open-source tool with a strong community. We had positive experiences with community support, having received solutions for most of your inquiries in the past. However, it would be beneficial if Wazuh could provide clearer guidance or tutorials on how to add components to the user interface (UI), especially when integrating tools that aren't inherently supported by Wazuh. A more structured approach, perhaps with modular UI components, to facilitate easier integration and navigation within the Wazuh platform for such custom integrations would be beneficial.

I have been working with it for the last three years.

The stability capabilities are almost perfect. I would rate it nine out of ten.

It offers excellent scalability features. I would rate it nine out of ten.

Their customer support services are excellent. I would rate it nine out of ten.

We use other tools like SpamTitan and Fortis for specific purposes. SpamTitan is employed for email spam filtering and Fortis for client-related tasks. These tools complement our overall cybersecurity and client management efforts.

While generally straightforward, there were some challenges during the initial setup process, particularly when dealing with certificate-related issues. I would rate it seven out of ten.

The deployment took a total of five days, involving three individuals. Once deployed, the solution is efficiently maintained by just one person.

Wazuh is an open-source tool, which means it is freely available for use.

I recommend it for its flexibility and adaptability to specific organizational needs. I would rate it eight out of ten.

We use the solution for vulnerability metrics, auditing, and detecting SQL injection attacks.

The solution's most valuable feature is its SCA capabilities.

There could be a hardware monitoring tool for the solution. It helps reduce the cost of utilizing external resources for the same.

We have been using the solution for five to six months.

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. We have enterprise business clients.

We are currently evaluating the cost of the solution's support services.

We have multiple teams using the solution in the virtual environment. It was easy to deploy for a few teams while challenging for others.

I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. There needs to be monitoring for the hardware similar to Zabbix and Nagios solutions.

We use the solution for endpoint detection and response. It helps us detect malicious files.

The solution is easy to integrate with other SOC tools. Also, it has a lot of capabilities like active response, cloud security, etc.

The solution's configuration could be faster.

We have been using the solution for two months.

The solution is easy to install. However, it takes a long time to configure.

It is a stable solution.

It is an open-source solution.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it a seven. It has many features and integrates with other substitutes like QRadar, Hive, etc.

The solution can be used for monitoring changes on the endpoint of machines. It focuses mostly on endpoints and the dangers that may come through. 

They are very good for endpoint security monitoring. 

Windows machine monitoring is good. It's very easy to track threats. 

It's very capable of finding even low-level threats on endpoint machines.

If they support a solution, it is easy to do an integration.

The solution is stable and reliable.

It can scale.

There is lots of good documentation.

The setup is easy.

I don't have any notes for new features. 

When it comes to interfacing with some other applications, it could be better. It could have better integration capabilities. They need to go towards integrating with more cloud applications and not just OS like Windows and Linux. 

I've been using the solution for seven years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. There were no bugs or glitches when I used it. I haven't used it for a while. However, I never had trouble, and we had very minimal issues. 

The solution is very scalable. It can extend well. That said, it is not a solution for banks. There could be some limitations in different sectors. 

We primarily use the solution ourselves within our own teams. 

I've never contacted technical support. Most of the documentation is helpful, and that helps me avoid reaching out. 

I stopped using Wazuh for a while. I'm not a regular user, and I am changing companies. I may be using a new product.

The solution is pretty straightforward. All solutions of this nature have a very similar setup. The length of time depends on the number of endpoint machines. 

I can often do the setup by myself. However, I sometimes ask the network engineers for support. That said, doing the installation itself only really takes one person. 

I can do the initial setup by myself. 

It's a good solution for SMEs. It may not be ideal for enterprise-level companies. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

We use Wazuh as a SIEM tool for log aggregation and understanding different compliances. If there are vulnerabilities in the operating systems, that can be traced using Wazuh.

I like that the solution is on top of the Kubernetes stack.

The biggest part that's missing is threat intelligence. It isn't inbuilt, and if a sudden incident occurs, we don't get that feedback inside the SIEM tool. That's a big gap, I see. It would be better if we could get the threat intelligence feeds integrated with the SIEM tools. That would help us push value solutions to the clients in a big way.

We have been using Wazuh for six to eight months.

Wazuh is stable after some tweaks. 

Wazuh is scalable. One of our customers is using Wazuh and has about 98 endpoints. So, we could say 98 servers, and it's been integrated.

The initial setup is straightforward. I don't see that much of a challenge, especially on the Wazuh cloud. Even Wazuh's on-prem solutions are pretty comprehensive.

It takes about three to four hours to set up Wazuh manager on-premise. After that, the client installations are very straightforward. For a client, it might take about five minutes.

We implement this solution for our clients. Maintenance and management depend on how many clients, how many different instances, or how many different projects you are maintaining. One technical staff is more than enough if it's for a single setup because there's not much maintenance required. You can set up all the policies on Wazuh itself. Like all the lifecycle management solutions, all that is inbuilt.

Wazuh is totally free and open source. There are no licensing costs, only support costs if you need them.

I would recommend this solution to potential users. It's a simple solution you can try for free, and you can get support. I would recommend Wazuh because people can test it, understand how it works, and then decide if they want to continue using it.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Wazuh a six. 

I use Wazuh as an open-source solution for SIEM and file integrity monitoring. I have conducted a few POCs in the bank sectors, as well as demos specifically regarding SIEM. 

In Pakistan, we have a state bank that controls the regularities. The banking sector wants to save money and is only interested in compliance. Our company helps them with this. Wazuh is used for file integrity monitoring on Unix, Linux, and Windows systems.

Wazuh is available on the cloud, however,  it depends on the customer. I work with the financial sector, which does not want its data to be on a public or private cloud.

I find the PCI DSS feature the most valuable, along with the feature that monitors the compliance of Windows and the CIS benchmarks on other devices like Unix or Linux systems. 

There are three other features I find valuable. First, Wazuh helped me harden the appliances. Second, Wazuh gives me the opportunity to check the hardness through the CIS benchmarks and the other controls, such as Windows auditing policies. On the other hand, I have found it to be more useful for the PCI DSS compliance as it gives a very clear view regarding the benchmark of the PCI DSS. Last, Wazuh is most famous for the SIEM. The solution gives integrity monitoring for the specific file and updates on the real-time monitoring if the hashes change.

Wazuh has a drawback with regard to Unix systems. The solution does not allow us to do real-time monitoring for Unix systems. If usage increases, it would be a heavy fall on the other SIEM solutions or event monitoring solutions. 

We found a workaround by reducing the frequency, so it would give us some sort of real-time monitoring.

I have been using Wazuh for four months. 

Wazuh is stable, however, at the start, I did face many difficulties managing the solution. We have a private lab in our office and the server is turned down each day. At the start of the next day, I would face an issue with our Elasticsearch not completely being loaded and the Kibana not loaded.

The solution is quite scalable. 

The initial setup of Wazuh is straightforward. I was able to implement this by following the documentation. I downloaded the CentOS OS appliance, which takes a few minutes, and then another ten to twenty minutes to upload and give it the IP address and network. It takes only one integrator like me to deploy everything.

Implementation of Wazuh depends on the organization, specifically, if the organization is on Azure Active Directory, or if it's just a normal Active Directory. 

When I implement the solution, I will never go on the agent-based implementation, I will do centralized implementation which is provided by Wazuh. Using the create agent part, I have a power shell script for Windows or a different script for either Linux or Unix. 

I give the script to the administrator and request them to push it directly on the systems, so within a few seconds I can see on the Wazuh dashboards that the agents are active. This allows me to manage them through centralized groups. It would not be recommended to push every script and change every file on the final device.

Wazuh is open-source, therefore it is free. You can purchase support for $1,000 a year.

My advice to someone considering Wazuh would depend on if they are using the open-source solution or not. If they are using open-source, I recommend that they purchase the support from Wazuh. Be prepared to be patient and wait for the services to be completely up. Once it is up, you are free to use it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Wazuh is used for event information and management. We have several events that are of interest, and Wazuh lets our folks know if any of them trigger.

My company implemented Wazuh because it was relatively inexpensive. They could quickly get their hands on it to check a box for some audit and compliance.

There's not much I like about Wazuh. Other products I've used were a lot more functional and user friendly. They came with reports and use cases out of the box. We need to configure Wazuh's alerts and monitoring capabilities manually. It'd be nice if we could select from templates and presets for use cases already built and coded. 

I've only been with the company since November, but I believe they've been using Wazuh for maybe five years.

I haven't had issues with stability.

Wazuh can scale up, but it doesn't scale easily. It's extensively used. We have about 30 people in our company using it. 

Wazuh is an open-source solution, so there isn't any support. We look for answers in the knowledge base and on user forums.  

I wasn't with the company during the initial installation, but Wazuh does require some maintenance. We don't have the resources to take care of it, so it tends to get out of date and require updates. We have an administrator, but maintaining Wazuh is only one of his responsibilities. 

Wazuh is open-source, but you must consider the total cost of ownership. It may be free to acquire, but you spend a lot of time and effort supporting the product and getting it to a point where it's useful. 

There are more advanced and robust offerings out there like QRadar that we should try instead of upgrading to a new version of Wazuh.

I rate Wazuh four out of 10. It can do the job, but you need to invest a lot of time configuring it for your use case.

It's very easy to integrate Wazuh with other environments, cloud applications, and on-prem applications. So, the advantage is that it's easy to implement and integrate with other solutions.

Wazuh doesn't cover sources of events as well as Splunk. You can integrate Splunk with many sources of events, but it's a painful process to take care of some sources of events with Wazuh. It's hard to really go into what Wazuh should add. If we call for Wazuh to improve one thing, then many things have to be improved. So if Wazuh's primary purpose is to cover the logs, then we can't really keep asking them to cover endpoints as well. And Wazuh doesn't have threat intelligence, to my knowledge. It can integrate with other sources of threat intel, but I haven't seen a native threat intel platform. Many people subscribe to Splunk for this platform. You can integrate threat intelligence from other solutions, but I haven't seen this feature in Wazuh.

I only started working with Wazuh recently. 

It seems like they're constantly updating Wazuh, and it causes some instability. So you get a lot of updates after a short while, and there are so many things that Wazuh is trying to implement. When I see these rapid changes, it means the Wazuh team is trying to implement some of the things that are not yet implemented. So when you implement new features, you only have to understand that it's not covering many sources of events. That's where I would say stability becomes an issue.

Wazuh is not easily scalable. You have to consider the sources of events and maybe the amount of traffic. I think it's still a solution that's not easily adaptable to a massive amount of information.

Our current clients are happy with Wazuh support. One client upgraded from the basic open-source package to a support subscription, so I haven't heard any complaints from that person since.

Wazuh is a straightforward platform to set it up in a new environment. I wouldn't say it's complex. Another platform I used had a lot of licenses that were a pain to implement. Of course, after I implemented these licenses, it was very nice to work with. But Wazuh and Splunk are effortless to deploy.

Wazuh is open-source, so I think it's an option for a small organization that cannot go for enterprise-grade solutions like Splunk.

I would rate Wazuh a six out of 10. It's hard to compare Wazuh to commercial solutions like Splunk. It's fairer to evaluate the open-source tools together. So if I were to rate Wazuh alongside other open-source platforms, I would say it's the best in that category. 

If customers are considering Wazuh, they should think about what kind of coverage they want. If they're focusing on the logs and threat monitoring, maybe Wazuh is okay by itself, but it's not something that provides traffic monitoring. Still, you can root out threats on your network using the logs. It's valuable information. So if you are looking to cover that scope, that's well and good. And if you're not familiar with this product, it's essential to have support. You can buy a subscription for support. So you need to know that Wazuh only covers logs and you need to consider if it suits your needs in terms of scalability. If you are comfortable with these few things, then Wazuh is okay. The solution is good. And if you need something for endpoint protection, Opex is another open-source tool used to monitor the endpoints for anything suspicious

My company specializes in providing SIEM as a service. We leverage Wazoo for that. Since Wazoo is open-source, I hosted it on Azure.

We provide Wazuh as a service to our customers. Currently, we have three clients whose environments are integrated with our Wazuh server on our CRM system. We handle the typical CRM use cases, including security alerts and advisories, and monitor their environments through our Wazuh server.

It allows you to aggregate all your logs in one place and provides a unified view to monitor your security environment. Unlike other solutions, Wazuh is open-source, so you don't need to invest in significant capital expenses. You can easily set up a server on Azure or your infrastructure. While you will need specialized personnel to operate it, this is true for any SIEM solution.

One of Wazuh's most significant advantages, aside from being open source, is its flexible dashboards. Integrated with Elasticsearch, Wazuh allows you to create customized dashboards if you have an in-house developer. This level of customization isn’t available with Fortinet, which offers only pre-made dashboards. Wazuh lets you design any dashboard you need.

Wazuh doesn't have native support for some enterprise solutions. It requires an agent installed on the server, whether Windows Server or Linux, to collect logs. While you can gather information via SNMP or Splunk logs, this isn't natively supported. Some decoders are available, but they are community-built rather than officially supported. It relies on its community to create these decoders as an open-source platform, so they may not be fully integrated.

It's pretty stable. If it's not properly implemented, you don't have stability problems if you follow the documentation and do it as detailed documentation.

Wazuh is highly scalable. You can install it on-premises, in Azure, or using Docker. The architecture allows you to separate the dashboard, index, and node servers.

Wazuh offers technical support, but you need to pay for it. If you are using the open-source solution, you'll need to rely on the extensive documentation and the community itself.

Positive

The initial setup is complicated. You need a specialist in the technology to make good use of it. You can do it on-premises. You can do it on Azure. You can do it on the hybrid cloud as a docker. So it's very flexible.

We use Azure, which we currently use as a single server. We will migrate it to our partner using Azure.

It takes two months to deploy completely.

You save on licensing, and you need to invest in people.

When Wazuh is properly implemented, it runs smoothly without causing many problems. However, if it's not set up correctly, you might encounter issues that require weekly maintenance. These can include database and disk issues because, as a VM solution, Wazuh collects a large amount of logging data. Proper implementation prevents these problems, but they can arise if you're unsure how to do it.

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

We use Wazuh for the onboarding of both Windows and Linux machines, as well as for firewall and SIM configuration. The IP address is automatically blocked if a server has multiple wrong passwords.

Wazuh can integrate with various open-source and paid products, allowing for flexibility in customization based on use cases. Wazuh supports multiple use cases, allowing for in-depth customization. Additionally, Wazuh incorporates detection mechanisms such as tracing, shared internal suites, and leveraging third-party feeds. Machine learning mechanisms are also built to enhance detection capabilities, helping identify suspicious or anomalous behavior. It is open-source nature, which allows for widespread adoption and community support. The growing community contributes to its continued development and improvement.

I have built some rules that produce duplicate alerts two or three times. Therefore, these rules should be consolidated. Alerts should be specific rather than repeatedly triggered by integrating multiple factors. This issue needs improvement to create a more efficient alert system.

I have been using Wazuh as an end user since 2023.

The product is stable.

The solution is scalable. In the Bangladesh market, several banks are now actively considering Wazuh. They become fully compliant with compliance issues. Earlier, they were struggling to obtain approval and maintain compliance standards.

I have used Elastic Security. There are some customization needs in Wazuh. We cannot customize it.

The initial setup is easy. Log management plays a crucial role in using Wazuh to its full potential. Assessing the volume and nature of the data is essential to determine EPS. This calculation is pivotal, as it dictates resource allocation, such as access, RAM, and storage specifications.

The product is an open-source platform.

Wazuh can onboard multiple customers onto a single deployment through its multi-tenancy feature. Each customer can have their own interface with the same deployment location.

The solution’s maintenance is easy.

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