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BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity vs Elastic Security comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

BlackBerry Cylance Cybersec...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (27th)
Elastic Security
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (5th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (16th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity and Elastic Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity is designed for Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and holds a mindshare of 1.3%, down 1.6% compared to last year.
Elastic Security, on the other hand, focuses on Log Management, holds 5.3% mindshare, down 8.3% since last year.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Sooraj Makkancherrry - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 10, 2024
Doesn't have daily updates, which is important for healthcare IT
I face challenges with the exclusion policy - it still scans folders we told it not to, causing issues. When we contact support, they tell us to update the latest agent, but we can't do that immediately due to medical device protocols and validation testing. I wish support would try to understand our issues better instead of giving this standard response. The machine learning feature they use often tells us to upgrade the agent or add things to the exclusion list, which isn't unacceptable. It's a very good and new technology as a tool and antivirus. But sometimes, it doesn't work properly with our medical devices and products, quarantining files it shouldn't even after we add them to exclusions. This is tricky for us.
Gajewski Marek - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2024
Provides good anomaly detection and connectivity reporting
I use Elastic Security to aggregate all logs from different devices in one place. It works pretty well and provides one overview of everything The solution's most valuable features are anomaly detection and connectivity reporting. Elastic Security also has many automation capabilities, which can…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"What I like best about CylancePROTECT is its accuracy, as it doesn't give many false positives."
"The solution is very quick at easily changing the levels of protection for each computer and the server."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are script blocking and macros within Word documents for stopping unwanted applications from running in the background."
"The initial setup of CylancePROTECT is very easy."
"It does a good job of protecting us."
"The platform's most valuable features are the malware detection capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of CylancePROTECT is the support."
"I can look at events from more than one source across multiple different locations and find patterns or anomalies. The machine learning capabilities are helpful, and I can create rules for notifications to be more proactive rather than responding after something has gone wrong."
"I like the indexing of the logs."
"The feature that we have found the most valuable is scalability."
"It is very quick to react. I can set it to check anomalies or suspicious behavior every 30 seconds. It is very fast."
"It's open-source and free to use."
"It can handle millions of loads at a time, and you can always use the filters to find exactly what you are looking for and detect errors in every log message you are searching for, basically."
"ELK Logstash is easy and fast, at least for the initial setup with the out of box uses."
"The intelligence of the system has been very impressive. It's not quite AI, but the technical bit where it correlates information, based on the seen attacks within an organization is good."
 

Cons

"I would like to see them fix the alerting system so that the endpoint reporting is a bit more streamlined."
"The security scripting needs improvement. It needs deeper security for scripting."
"I would say one thing that they might need to bring in is protection for mobile devices."
"Additionally, their channel management has been lacking, with a notable disregard for small and medium-sized businesses, focusing primarily on large enterprises and very large MSPs."
"Making the dashboards a bit modern to make them easier to search would also be helpful."
"The solution needs better dashboards that are easier to use."
"An area for improvement in CylancePROTECT is its pricing, as it's a bit costly."
"It should have better support for Windows and Mac."
"Elastic Security's maintenance is hard and its scalability is a challenge. There are complications in scaling and upgrading. The solution needs to also provide periodic upgrade checks."
"Email notification should be done the same way as Logentries does it."
"The solution does not have a UI and this is one of the reasons we are looking for another solution."
"The solution should generate an automatic product that integrates with ELK Stack to use artificial intelligence."
"It could use maybe a little more on the Linux side."
"Elastic Security has a steep learning curve, so it takes some time to tune it and set it up for your environment. There are some costs associated with logging things that don't have value. So you need to be cautious to only log things that make sense and keep them around for as long as you need. You shouldn't hold onto things just because you think you might need them."
"Their visuals and graphs need to be better."
"It's a little bit of a learning curve to understand the logic of searching for things and trying to find what you're looking for in Elastic Security."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is around the same as most EDRs but slightly behind some of the major ones."
"The licensing part of the product is too expensive compared to other solutions in the market."
"We pay our license on a yearly basis and have just renewed for two years."
"We would just add more if there are new users, but right now you just need one license for per user."
"It is expensive, but not unreasonable."
"CylancePROTECT's pricing is reasonable, at about €18 per user, per year."
"Review closely how many endpoints you actually need before buying into a pricing level. Deal and deal with the VAR of your choice."
"It's not so heavily priced; rather, it's average and decent."
"Affordable but with additional costs"
"The solution is not expensive and costs around ten dollars a month."
"I find it better than Splunk in terms of cost-effectiveness. For cost-effectiveness, I would rate it a nine out of 10."
"This is an open-source product, so there are no costs."
"There is no charge for using the open-source version."
"The tool's pricing is flexible and comes at unit cost. You don't have to pay for everything."
"Elastic Stack is an open-source tool. You don't have to pay anything for the components."
"Compared to other tools, Elastic Security is a cheaper solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Blackberry Protect?
It is a good endpoint solution. It is very easy to manage and detect the threat immediately. It will take the necessary actions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blackberry Protect?
The price is reasonable for us at the moment. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Blackberry Protect?
I face challenges with the exclusion policy - it still scans folders we told it not to, causing issues. When we contact support, they tell us to update the latest agent, but we can't do that immedi...
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What do you like most about Elastic Security?
Elastic provides the capability to index quickly due to the reverse indexes it offers. This data is crucial as it contains critical information. The reverse index allows fast data indexing because ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Security?
Compared to other tools, Elastic Security is a cheaper solution.
 

Also Known As

Blackberry Protect
Elastic SIEM, ELK Logstash
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Panasonic, Noble Energy, Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Charles River Laboratories, Rovi Corporation, Toyota, Kiewit
Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care
Find out what your peers are saying about BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity vs. Elastic Security and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.
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