Cisco Secure Network Analytics Initial Setup

JT
Development Manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I was involved with the initial setup, and it was quite straightforward to implement it into our specific environment. Because we were already using Cisco devices, we just had to configure the devices and direct the traffic to them.

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DB
Assistant Director of IT at University of Rochester Medical Center

The initial setup of this solution is complex. There is a lot to configure, and we're a big university so there is a lot of work that needed to be done.

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Senior Cyber Scientist at a government with 10,001+ employees

I think generally it was quite easy to deploy. It's a virtualized device, so I just put it on the hypervisor and the documentation is good. I think the research environment that we placed it in was an SD-WAN. We had physical IR1001s and they were a little bit more difficult to figure out. The documentation was a little bit all over the place for that specifically. We had to do a lot of cross-referencing. 

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Head of Integration Engineering / Enterprise Technology & Innovation at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

It was pretty straightforward. Once you get the template down, you get to the eye pop or an egress point, then you need one sensor. Deployment is easy.

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RH
Network Operations Manager at Philips Electronics

The initial setup was complex. There were just a lot of different pieces. We were trying to figure out what was needed to configure the device. We also use IPAM for host integration.

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JT
Former Employee of Orange Business Services as Head of Security Engineering at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

The complexity of the solution's deployment depends on the specific network infrastructure.

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Gerald Jimenez - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Supervisor at Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.

Setting up StealthWatch is straightforward, but you may need some specialists to integrate it with software solutions like pxGrid, DNAC, and ISE. It took us about two weeks to deploy StealthWatch, but that includes the staffing limitations due to pandemic protocols. In total, it took two months to integrate Cisco ISE, DNAC, and all our other services.

The deployment includes about five engineers—six including me.

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TB
Senior Director of Architecture and Engineering at Trace3

On a scale of one to ten, I'd call it a six out of ten. Do you need seasoned engineers to put it in? Yes. Do you need a rocket scientist? No.

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JS
Manager at Indiana University Health

The initial setup was complex, especially as it came to configurations.

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SK
Senior Operations Consultant at NNIT

The initial setup is quite easy. The deployment takes around two to three hours.

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AA
Director Network Services at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Installing the solution is straightforward, although the tuning can be complex. In our case, we didn't have any pre-training or the skills required before deploying it. So, tuning was a little complex.

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BS
Director of Network and Telecom Services at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was pretty complex because of the size of our environment. The product itself is complex. We had to have an advanced working knowledge of networks already before deploying the solution.

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AK
Sales director at Future Point Technologies

The initial setup of Cisco Secure Network Analytics was quite straightforward and user-friendly. The graphical interface makes it easy for anyone familiar with traffic management to handle the setup without much hassle. Explaining the concept to customers is a breeze, and they quickly grasp the key features. I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as a nine out of ten. The deployment typically takes a relatively short amount of time, from five to six hours.

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EF
Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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ML
Airway Transportation Service Specialist at Federal Aviation Administration

It was fairly easy to set up. It took us about 20 minutes to set it up. All we had to do was click a bunch of buttons and look through the documentation. The documentation is pretty straightforward. Overall, it took about 20 minutes.

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AR
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward for me, so when I work with our customers the setup is straightforward for them.

It is a basic, three-tier model that includes flow sensors, flow collectors, and the SMC (Stealthwatch Management Control). These are all named appropriately, so people can understand what is being talked about when they hear it.

After the installation is complete, it takes about a week for the machine learning component to learn your network.

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AM
Senior Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup for this solution is complex, at least in the beginning.

It is a really hard step from being a networking engineer and moving to that software component. You have to understand the software because the dependency on the actual programming is very important. That has been a learning curve.

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RU
Network Architect at Henry Ford health system

We deployed it ourselves. It was easy enough. The instructions were clear enough for us to be able to roll it out straightforward.

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SJ
IT Network Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was complex. Lancope was the owner of Stealthwatch until Cisco acquired them and there are still a lot of dependencies on Lancope, which makes the overview a bit difficult to get.

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ER
Forensic Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from NetFlow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization.

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JC
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is relatively straightforward from my standpoint, but I'm a networking guy. I imagine that there are security specific people who might find it a little bit more complicated to install. We're integrators so we carried out our own deployment. Deployment can take hours or months, depending on the size of the network.

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UN
Director of Operations at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup of this solution is complex. it wasn't necessarily the tool that was complex, but the environment. It had to do with the way our network is and the requirements that we needed to be implemented. This is where the complexity came from.

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FK
Architect at Atea A/S

The initial setup of this solution is complex. The most important thing is that the customer has good guidelines.

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MG
Network Operations Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

I wouldn't say that the initial setup was complex. It took us approximately one week, which included two days of off-screening and two days of prep.

It was more a case of red tape on our end in regards to getting it into production than anything else. It wasn't complicated at all.

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KP
Security Analysist at Amwins Group

I was involved in the deployment. The initial setup should have been easier than it was — fairly easy overall. I think my engineering department made it more difficult. We should have deployed it based on the exact specifications of the vendor. On our team, we've got people who think they know more than the vendor. Any trouble goes back to our entire team not following the directions to the letter during the setup. They should have made sure they followed the exact steps to get everything running, and then actually go dig into any other need they're trying to solve for specifically. After that make sure to get reporting to match issues that are important to solve for because that's what makes it useful.

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WR
Network Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our previous manager implemented our initial setup. I'm just a user. I can imagine it was difficult.

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VS
Network and Security with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was easy for me. I know that this solution quite well. That said, a person who implements it may need to understand not only Stealthwatch. They likely use it with Cisco ISE and Cisco DNA. There would have to be knowledgeable across solutions. We have everything integrated together in the fabric.

Typically, it takes one week to deploy the solution and get it up and running. 

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CK
Manager, Network Engineering & Telecommunications at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types. 

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JS
Network Engineer at Oracle Corporation

The initial setup for this solution was fairly complex. This was, in part, because of where we placed it in our network and the removal of our old system. It involved mapping it from the old to new so that it will be able to maintain the same functionality in our network.

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BG
Manager of Digital Communications at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

The initial setup was before I was at the company. It was over six years ago.

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JM
Sr Network Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The setup was of moderate complexity because of the Citrix environment.

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SD
Network Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy, the instructions were there. It was pretty straightforward to operate. Your learning curve could be a little bit difficult, but it's up and coming.

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JQ
Network Manager Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. It wasn't difficult.

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MM
PMO Department at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Its setup is easy. Its setup is not complex. Its implementation takes about one to two weeks. It takes about a week to gather the data, and after that, you can start doing an analysis of the gathered data.

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DK
Network Engineer at UC San Diego Health System

The initial setup was pretty straightforward and sufficient. It's good.

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RF
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider

Although I wasn't involved in the initial setup myself, it looked straightforward. 

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JW
Network Administrator at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. They explained the steps that they were going to do and they had it deployed within about two hours. It didn't take long and now we're just doing the baseline, which takes about three months.

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AM
Associate Director Network Services at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was complex. Sensor and controller installation was especially complex.

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MP
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The implementation of the Cisco Stealthwatch should be easier. It is not very complex but it could be made easier. We had the solution up and running in approximately one business day.

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JC
Service Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward. We simply followed the instructions on how to use it, and so far everything is working great. 

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it_user735195 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

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SA
Network Section Chief at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stealthwatch is just set up on a single network that we have. We're pulling primary data from anything that pops up out of the norm. We'll forward that information on to our cybersecurity guys and they'll track it down.

The initial setup is straightforward, but we're starting to fine-tune. We're getting more detailed information on the practical use of the product.

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RG
Infosec Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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LW
Network Engineer at a tech services company

The initial setup was a little complex since I haven't set it up before. 

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it_user631224 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was relatively easy, though different devices need different configurations for the flow exports.

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it_user734160 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant

Straightforward.

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RH
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The configuration of the solution was quite complex so I won't say that it is straightforward to set everything up.

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it_user983178 - PeerSpot reviewer
PIC for Cyber Security at a university with 51-200 employees

I think in order to master the network security issues it's complex. The deployment took a week or so.

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JH
Chief Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup of this solution is complex.

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it_user735216 - PeerSpot reviewer
Highly motivated Security Engineer incident Response, Vuln Mgmt, Malware Analysis, IDS/IPS, DLP, Network Security +more at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Very straightforward. They helped in every step of the installation.

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it_user1107381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's easy to set up. The deployment takes one or two days. You need to collect the data from a device and then direct it to the portal. 

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JB
Ingenieria at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The implementation is very easy and straightforward. 

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