Splunk User Behavior Analytics Other Advice

NS
Senior Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

From my experience and from the security perspective, I recommend this product for all the people that need good security for investigation. The Splunk team and products are good for those purposes.

The storage gets better priced with the amount you use. The storage is very expensive if you take some of the license options from the company. We won't be using unlimited storage for how much data will be imported from our bandwidth. I think the unlimited license is good because we will use a lot.

On a scale from one to ten when one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Splunk User Behavior as a nine. I didn't give them ten because Splunk does not provide something for the professional investigation. There is something that prevents you from using data the way you want to use data for in an investigation. Sometimes with Splunk, we cannot bring the data out in a better form and some users cannot understand it exactly. What I am talking about is options for a more professional investigation, not for normal behaviors. If you want to just look at normal behavior the program will give all you need. But sometimes you need other use cases to see the action.

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BD
Consultant at Kienia

I would rate Splunk User Behavior Analytics a nine out of ten.

Generally, due to its usefulness and benefits, we find this to be an excellent product.

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Sharath Chander - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Transformation specialist at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

I rate Splunk User Behavior Analytics seven out of 10. There is still some room for Splunk to incorporate new capabilities and automate workflows. It's a solid solution for protecting against external threats like bots and unauthorized access. If you've experienced cybersecurity issues in the recent past, Splunk could help you develop a predictive approach based on user behavior. 

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AE
Security PS Supervisor at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm a system integrator, which provides the solution to end-users and customers.

We handle the on-premises deployment model.

I would recommend the solution because of the ease of use, the simple administration, the good level of support, the predefined use cases, and the predefined user behavior analytics.

I would rate the solution seven out of ten.

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GH
Owner at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We're just end-users. We don't have a business relationship with Splunk.

I'm not sure what version of the solution we are on currently. I believe it's about a year and a half or so old.

This product is the easiest way to check if the work's correct.

It works well. It does what we need it to. I'd rate it a ten out of ten.

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CO
Head of cybersecurity at NOVARED SA

The solution works very well with large data sets. 

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. 

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MA
Director of Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

If I had to rate Splunk from one through ten, one being the worst and ten being the best, 
I would give it a nine. There's always room for opportunity, but I think it's been working pretty good. 

I rate it a nine because I think that the ease of use with the product, like the installation and the support that we receive. From what I hear everything goes well. There's nothing that stands out. We haven't had any vulnerabilities or compliance issues with the product, and we do with others, so those are the reasons why I'd rate it a nine.

Anyone else looking for a product that can consolidate logs this product does what it says it will do.

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CC
Global Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We're simply customers. We don't have a business relationship with Splunk.

We're using the latest version of the solution. I'm not sure of the exact version number.

I'd recommend the solution to other companies.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate it at a seven. If the cost was more reasonable, I might rate it a bit higher. It's not too expensive, but it could always be better.

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AK
CISO at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

I will rate this product a seven out of ten, and I would definitely recommend it to others.

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FH
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

I wouldn't buy Splunk because of the cost, because you can't budget for it. You think you can and then you find out later you can't.

The company is still using it, but they're adding other pieces in to reduce the cost of Splunk. They're spending money to buy another product to pre-process so then they can save money on it.

We've been improving and the maturity's pretty great. This is just one small piece in the overall platform. And the overall platform, from a cybersecurity maturity perspective, is doing well. If you look at it from that perspective, it's had a positive impact, it has not been a drag.

The product itself is a seven out of ten. It's somewhat efficient, if you have the right staff and if everything's working properly. You have to have at least one person do care and feeding at the backend to make sure the infrastructure's working.

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MM
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

We have been using Splunk for a while, and we were looking for some solutions that incorporate a lot of ML and AI to get insights into the activities that are going on in the user's end devices. We feel that UBA was a much better solution than other options. There are different products, however, we went with Splunk as we have been using other Splunk tools for a while now.

I'd recommend the product to others. 

I would rate the solution eight out of ten due to the lack of custom search and the fact it is sort of disconnected from the complete Splunk environment.

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AT
Managing Director at Hayyan Horizons

We use the on-premises deployment model of the solution.

The more types of clusters you have feeding into Splunk, the better the results you have. If you have a customer environment in which you have diverse solutions and technologies, which cater to a large network of applications you are able to inject more value for the customer. One of the key lessons from using Splunk is to have adequate hardware and pre-plan the implementation. It is reasonably balanced, in terms of how much it uses a CPU and the amount of memory it needs.

It's important that you start with good infrastructure when you implement Splunk, or you may run into issues.

Also, make sure to have trained people working on the solution. Otherwise, it will be a waste of investment. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. I would recommend the solution to others.

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MH
Information Security Specialist at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

After more than three years of using this solution, I would recommend this solution, especially for environments that have a big volume of data. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. It is a really great product. 

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WL
Sr. CyberSecurity Solutions Architect at a security firm with 11-50 employees

The biggest lesson that I have learned from working with this product is that it is priced high, and you can achieve much of what it does through other methods. That combination makes it hard to sell.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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KR
Security Operations Center Manager

It helps us make decisions faster.

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AZ
BS Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It is a helpful tool, especially for customers who deal with the service industry.

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MF
IT Consultant at Red Hat

There is a lot of potential in the product. We have seen the product grow over time. There is potential to grow a bit more and become more proactive than it is right now.

First assess the use cases. Then, assess the scale and complexity of the use cases that you are trying to solve before implementing the solution. Do not try to find a solution which fits the use case after the implementation.

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Buyer's Guide
Splunk User Behavior Analytics
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Splunk User Behavior Analytics. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.