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AlienVault OSSIM pros and cons

Vendor: AT&T
3.7 out of 5
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PROS

AlienVault OSSIM provides useful threat alerts that indicate harmful code and monitor network traffic.
AlienVault OSSIM has a supportive open source community that aids in resolving issues through online resources.
Compared to competitors like Qradar and Splunk, AlienVault OSSIM is noted for its stability.
AlienVault OSSIM offers an all-in-one functionality, integrating various security tools into a single platform.
AlienVault OSSIM offers effective threat detection and helps in identifying suspicious activities such as logins from multiple countries.

CONS

AlienVault OSSIM takes time to provide alerts for malicious traffic and has delays in incident reporting.
Integration with cyber intelligence systems and other environments is lacking, affecting real-time reporting capabilities.
AlienVault OSSIM is expensive and the cost is considered high compared to other options.
Initial setup and configuration are complex, requiring extensive reading and are not intuitive.
AlienVault OSSIM produces many false positives, particularly in user behavior analytics, indicating a need for improved detection models.
 

AlienVault OSSIM Pros review quotes

RK
Dec 5, 2018
The threat alerts it gives me from time to time on harmful code within the network, or if they are generating any network traffic, are very useful.
Aman Aijaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2023
There are a lot of people you will find using OSSIM since they are also offering OTX as a service
DL
Sep 12, 2019
OSSIM is the only solution that includes the large number of modules that we need: a vulnerability scanner, a network IDS system, a host IDS system.
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reviewer1140594 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 16, 2020
Inbuilt IDS, inbuilt integration with threat intelligence platform and with vulnerability assessment modules.
HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 19, 2024
Asset discovery is good.
SA
Jul 28, 2020
The threat policies of the solution are always very advanced and the best in the market. They are very persistent in terms of keeping up with security protocols.
MM
Aug 13, 2019
With AlienVault you get everything in one box.
JP
Feb 23, 2020
The dashboard is the solution's most valuable aspect. It brings everything into one central point where I can actually look at it and go, "Okay, I understand what's going on."
FJ
Jun 17, 2020
Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated.
TS
Feb 10, 2020
The most valuable features of this solution are the data correlation and vulnerability assessment.
 

AlienVault OSSIM Cons review quotes

RK
Dec 5, 2018
It takes some time. It does not give me a prompt response for any such [malicious] traffic. It takes time to get that alert from the AlienVault system.
Aman Aijaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2023
I don't like to work on OSSIM because it is unpredictable.
DL
Sep 12, 2019
We need more dashboards and we need more customization for dashboards.
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reviewer1140594 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 16, 2020
Lacking in depth of reporting.
HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 19, 2024
The solution is not scalable.
SA
Jul 28, 2020
There needs to be more support or some kind of training program so users can self-learn the system more effectively.
MM
Aug 13, 2019
Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved.
JP
Feb 23, 2020
I would like the solution to be able to integrate with my firewall, my IDS and my Honeypot solutions so that it can provide real-time reporting as things occur and then have alert sent to me on my phone when suspicious activity is happening.
FJ
Jun 17, 2020
GUI could be improved.
TS
Feb 10, 2020
The price of this solution is very high and it could be cheaper.