We performed a comparison between Symantec XDR and Wazuh based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Wazuh and others in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)."The attack simulation is excellent; initially, this feature wasn't very robust, but Microsoft improved what we could achieve with it. We can now customize our practice phishing emails and include our company logo, for example. Attack simulation also helps integrate with third-party solutions where applicable and provides an overview of our security architecture through testing. The summary includes areas for improvement in our protection and what steps we need to take to get there."
"Setting up Microsoft 365 Defender is easy. It's a user-friendly solution that provides threat protection. It has good stability and scalability."
"I like that it's fully integrated with Windows, Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, and Outlook. It is better than other antivirus solutions because it's fully integrated with all Microsoft products. It's easy to integrate them and onboard all Windows devices from SCCM."
"I like Defender XDR's automation capabilities. XDR isn't automated by default, but you can automate it to respond. If an attack is performed anywhere within the organization, you can isolate that instance from the network. This is what I can figure out for it. When integrated with Sentinel, you can set up playbooks to automate all the alerts gathered on Sentinel from different Microsoft solutions. Sentinel has a wider range of capabilities than XDR."
"It gives a lot of flexibility in terms of configuration and customization as per the business requirements."
"The integration between all the Defender products is the most valuable feature."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is simple to upgrade."
"Many people don't realize that Microsoft Azure, Exchange Online, and the security and compliance portal all sync together. For instance, within the Azure portal you can set security restrictions and policies to help secure your tenants... The good part of it is that these products have already been integrated. When you sign on as an admin you have global admin rights and that gives you access to all these features."
"You can advise the solution and protect your environment."
"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."
"The tool is stable."
"The main thing I like about it is that it has an EDR."
"The product’s interface is intuitive."
"I like the features we use, including malware detection, inventory, detection of hidden processes, and activity logs. Inventory is probably the most important feature. It tells us when processes and packages were installed and what they are, which is helpful."
"Good for monitoring, active response, and for vulnerabilities."
"The log monitoring and analysis tools are great in addition to SIEM file activity monitoring."
"Some of the strengths of Wazuh that stand out for us include its scalability when deployed on Azure, its open-source nature, which allows for customization based on our needs, and its compatibility with various security solutions like threat intelligence platforms."
"Defender also lacks automated detection and response. You need to resolve issues manually. You can manage multiple Microsoft security products from a single portal, and all your security recommendations are in one place. It's easy to understand and manage. However, I wouldn't say Defender is a single pane of glass. You still need to switch between all of the available Microsoft tools. You can see all the alerts in one panel, but you can't automate remediation."
"Customers say they want absolutely seamless integration between other Microsoft solutions and Defender XDR, including the ability to change device settings within the Defender portal. They need to contact the IT team responsible for the device management tools to change some settings. They would prefer that those changes be initiated directly from the Defender portal or applied from Intune without involving the IT operations team."
"The support from Microsoft could improve. There are times I have to wait for a response from a qualified specialist."
"I personally have not seen much evidence of how Defender can enhance the story of zero trust for enterprises."
"The abundance of sub-dashboards and sub-areas within the main dashboard can be confusing, even if it all technically makes sense."
"Microsoft frequently changes the names of its products, sometimes even renaming entire portals or features."
"Stability could be improved by avoiding frequent changes to the interface."
"The user interface of Microsoft 365 Defender could improve. They could make it simpler."
"The solution should have better reporting."
"Adding the flexibility to integrate various plug-ins or modules into its core system would enhance functionality."
"The implementation is very complex."
"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."
"Wazuh should come up with more in-built rules and integrations for the cloud."
"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."
"While it is scalable, it can suffer from reduced latencies."
"Its user interface for sure can be improved. It is not so comfortable to use if you're looking for specific logs."
"Integration with Vyara could be better."
Symantec XDR is ranked 26th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 1 review while Wazuh is ranked 3rd in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 38 reviews. Symantec XDR is rated 8.0, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Symantec XDR writes "A scalable and stable solution with straightforward deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". Symantec XDR is most compared with , whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, Splunk Enterprise Security, AlienVault OSSIM and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks.
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