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Cisco Secure Network Analytics pros and cons

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PROS

Cisco Secure Network Analytics features anomaly detection, highlighting unexpected activities within the network.
It is easy to deploy, typically requiring only one to two days for setup and integration into the network.
The system enhances the ability to resolve network issues more rapidly by improving the mean time to resolution.
Visibility is significantly enhanced across the network, allowing for effective monitoring and analysis of network activities.
Cisco Secure Network Analytics enables robust Threat Intelligence integration and provides detailed reporting and mitigation capabilities.

CONS

Stealthwatch requires extensive on-premises hardware to run.
Stealthwatch is still maturing in AI and requires more accurate predictions.
Better integration between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Workload would be beneficial.
Initially, Cisco Secure Network Analytics lacked integration with Splunk.
Stealthwatch can improve by offering bundled packages for popular add-ons.
 

Cisco Secure Network Analytics Pros review quotes

Rainier S. - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 22, 2018
Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it.
Richard Payne - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 13, 2023
The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools.
JD
Jan 14, 2021
It has definitely helped us improve our mean time to resolution on network issues.
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TB
Jun 17, 2019
The most valuable part is that Stealthwatch is part of a portfolio of security devices from Cisco. Cisco literally can touch every single end point, every single ingress and egress point in the network. Nobody else has that.
AR
Jun 17, 2019
The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows.
JW
Jun 17, 2019
The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of.
AyoubAkhtar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2024
The most valuable feature of the solution is that it helps you gain visibility for your application.
MP
Feb 22, 2022
Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box.
ML
Jul 8, 2021
From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it.
WR
Jun 17, 2019
The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice.
 

Cisco Secure Network Analytics Cons review quotes

Rainier S. - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 22, 2018
Reliance on Java. Get away from that.
Richard Payne - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 13, 2023
The customizability of the UI should improve.
JD
Jan 14, 2021
Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run.
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TB
Jun 17, 2019
I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it.
AR
Jun 17, 2019
It would be better to let people know, up front, that is doesn't give you nice, clear information, as seen in the demos, without Cisco ISE installed.
JW
Jun 17, 2019
One thing I would like to see improved is if it could automatically be tied through ISE, instead of you having to manually get notifications and disable it yourself.
AyoubAkhtar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2024
The expensive nature of the tool is an area of concern where improvements are required.
MP
Feb 22, 2022
Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product.
ML
Jul 8, 2021
We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required.
WR
Jun 17, 2019
I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI.