We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and IBM Security Network IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"The solution has increased our threat detection rate. Cisco Stealthwatch has not reduced our incident response times. It has not reduced the amount of time it takes us to detect immediate threats. It has reduced false positives."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The initial setup was complex."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"I would like to see interoperability with other Cisco products because we have ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, and others. The interaction among these is important to us."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"We are continuing down the road of ACI and ISE with Cisco, so we would like to see the continuation of Stealthwatch integrating into ISE for exchange of information, and also, more into the ACI environment too."
"In the future, I would like to see a hybrid option so that we can work both on-premises and in the cloud."
"I'd like to see more integration with other tools and technologies."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while IBM Security Network IPS is ranked 24th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 4 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while IBM Security Network IPS is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Security Network IPS writes "User-friendly and has a good blocking feature but is quite expensive". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas IBM Security Network IPS is most compared with Darktrace and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention.
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