Exabeam Fusion vs. Securonix Next-Generation SIEM

As a SIEM tool for investigations, Exabeam is the best in class. The AI assigns numeric values to observed logs them presents high scores to the analyst in a simple dashboard. We can see what is a real threat and ignore so many false positives. Exabeam is the best SIEM was used from an alert fatigue perspective. The simple interface allows other teams not just InfoSec to utilize the tool; helpdesk for asset diagnoses, HR for staffing questions, etc.

Incentivized

The best part of Securonix is it's architecture which makes it scalable and allows it to add any new feature to match the requirement. Securonix is well suited for enterprises who are mid to large size and are looking for a quick time to value, do not want to put upfront capex and invest less on the service layer. It becomes little costly for a small sized organisation.

Incentivized

• Fast search times, unlike other competing solutions.
• The ability for engineers to obtain access to the command line interface for troubleshooting, at least for on-premise deployments.
• License is suitable for organisations with lots of logs to ingest.
• Hardware required for on premise deployments is well supported.

Incentivized

• A robust automated response mechanism via Playbooks.
• Thorough documentation on search query syntax.
• Built-in Graph/chart creation based on query results.
• A quick and responsive support team.

• More and better drop-down menus, some items in threat hunter require you know subsets.
• Less dashboards, combine AA and DL without having separate logins.
• More complete playbooks are already built out. You have the structure set up for templates like malware and phishing, go further and completely build them out from start to finish, most companies would just use them and not personalize their configurations.
• Quarterly health checkup diagnostics of systems sent out to users.

Incentivized

• There is a steep learning curve for the platform.
• Developing your own analytics can be challenging due to the depth and complexity of the analytics engine.

Exabeam is very good at processing lots of logs without excessive licensing costs. It has a professional support team that's very quick to resolve any issues and provides custom parsers quickly and enables our analysts to search vast data sets without having to wait long for results to be returned. The product is getting more mature with new features every major release.

Incentivized

Securonix Next-Generation SIEM provides loads of features that can be utilized as per business requirements. With the Securonix Jupyter update, the feature set is fine tuned for efficient implementation. The SOAR platform will complete the product for automated response on top of the alerting capabilities. The primary factor for selecting a SIEM will include the support model. While implementing and currently using Securonix Next-Generation SIEM in our environment, we have experienced the best support provided by the SIEM team in all aspects.

Incentivized

Exabeam Fusion has so many diffferent out reach meetings, webinars, community virtual coffees, and events that you can always stay abreast of what if happening and get new ideas for use cases. Their support actually answers their phones and can respond in chat instantly. With our cloud deployment Exabeam support teams can instantly see our systems and help us.

Incentivized

Securonix acts with urgency to support day to day operational issues & queries and shows a real commitment to us as a partner. I rate this an 8 because there are still some bumps in the road, instances where communications can be sparse or unclear.

Incentivized

I have worked with the Securonix PS team and they have done a good job so far.

Incentivized

• Reduced time to triage alerts.
• Reduced number of alerts which need escalation to senior tiers.
• The ability for analysts to quickly run playbooks for additional information and enrichment.
• Ability to retain data for longer periods for forensics purposes.
• Improved search performance compared with other SIEM solutions.

Incentivized

• Securonix Next-Generation SIEM has reduced the amount of overhead required for environment monitoring by 15%!