We performed a comparison between Cortex XSIAM and Microsoft Sentinel based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Securonix Solutions and others in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)."It operates on a single, extensive database which enables it to excel in detecting threats and anomalies across the network and endpoints, delivering a highly effective and comprehensive security solution."
"The most valuable features of Cortex XSIAM are the machine learning used to identify threats, the complexity of the environment of products, and efficiency."
"It is an effective solution in terms of performance and functionalities."
"Its ability to deliver a substantial amount of security intelligence greatly enhances and optimizes our security operations program."
"The solution offers a lot of data on events. It helps us create specific detection strategies."
"I like the ability to run custom KQL queries. I don't know if that feature is specific to Sentinel. As far as I know, they are using technology built into Azure's Log Analytics app. Sentinel integrates with that, and we use this functionality heavily."
"Sentinel uses Azure Logic Apps for automation, which is really powerful. This allows us to easily automate responses to incidents."
"It's pretty powerful and its performance is pretty good."
"The UI of Sentinel is very good and easy to use, even for beginners."
"The ability of all these solutions to work together natively is essential. We have an Azure subscription, including Log Analytics. This feature automatically acts as one of the security baselines and detects recommendations because it also integrates with Defender. We can pull the sysadmin logs from Azure. It's all seamless and native."
"Azure Application Gateway makes things a lot easier. You can create dashboards, alert rules, hunting and custom queries, and functions with it."
"The main benefit is the ease of integration."
"The platform isn't very developer-friendly and it should provide more flexibility and ease."
"Further integration capabilities with various other software products that can seamlessly tie into Cortex XSIAM would be advantageous."
"The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
"The support could be a bit faster."
"I would like to see more AI used in processes."
"At the network level, there is a limitation in integrating some of the switches or routers with Microsoft Sentinel. Currently, SPAN traffic monitoring is not available in Microsoft Sentinel. I have heard that it is available in Defender for Identity, which is a different product. It would be good if LAN traffic monitoring or SPAN traffic monitoring is available in Microsoft Sentinel. It would add a lot of value. It is available in some of the competitor products in the market."
"Currently, the watchlist feature is being utilized, and although there have been improvements, it is still not fully optimized."
"When it comes to ingesting Azure native log sources, some of the log sources are specific to the subscription, and it is not always very clear."
"They can work on the EDR side of things... Every time we need to onboard these kinds of machines into the EDR, we need to do it with the help of Intune, to sync up the devices, and do the configuration. I'm looking for something on the EDR side that will reduce this kind of work."
"I think the number one area of improvement for Sentinel would be the cost."
"It has been a challenge with Azure Sentinel to onboard the Syslog server from FortiGate. Azure Sentinel can work better on that shift between the Syslog server and a firewall."
"Microsoft Sentinel is relatively expensive, and its cost should be improved."
Cortex XSIAM is ranked 7th in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) with 4 reviews while Microsoft Sentinel is ranked 1st in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 85 reviews. Cortex XSIAM is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Sentinel is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cortex XSIAM writes "A robust security operation that ensures achieving automation, stability, and scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Sentinel writes "Gives a comprehensive and holistic view of the ecosystem and improves visibility and the ability to respond". Cortex XSIAM is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, IBM Security QRadar, CrowdStrike Falcon and Exabeam Fusion SIEM, whereas Microsoft Sentinel is most compared with AWS Security Hub, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Splunk Enterprise Security and Microsoft Purview.
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