IBM Security QRadar and ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM are two leading security information and event management systems. Users are happier with the pricing and support of IBM Security QRadar, but ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM offers superior features, making users feel it is worth the price.
Features:IBM Security QRadar is praised for its advanced threat intelligence and integration capabilities. Users also appreciate its robust log management and compliance support. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM is noted for its comprehensive cloud-native analytics and real-time threat detection. Users find ClearSkies offers innovative and user-centric features, extensive dashboard customization, and advanced AI-driven threat analysis.
Room for Improvement:IBM Security QRadar users suggest enhancements in scalability, flexibility, and reporting tools. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM users recommend better integration with third-party tools, more customization options, and improved user interface design.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:IBM Security QRadar offers a more straightforward deployment process but may require expert help for optimal configuration. Users report positive experiences with IBM’s customer service. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM, despite having a steeper learning curve, provides detailed documentation and proactive customer support, which users find beneficial for effective deployment.
Pricing and ROI:IBM Security QRadar is seen as more cost-effective upfront but may incur additional costs for advanced features and scalability. ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM's pricing is higher but justified by its advanced features and lower long-term costs, resulting in a better perceived ROI according to user feedback.
ClearSkies™ Software-as-a-Service is a fast, robust, scalable and flexible Next Generation SIEM solution. It provides real-time correlation of log data combined with evidence-based knowledge of emerging threats and vulnerabilities, thus allowing the early detection of and response to targeted attacks and data breaches.
IBM Security QRadar (recently acquired by Palo Alto Networks) is a security and analytics platform designed to defend against threats and scale security operations. This is done through integrated visibility, investigation, detection, and response. QRadar empowers security groups with actionable insights into high-priority threats by providing visibility into enterprise security data. Through centralized visibility, security teams and analysts can determine their security stance, which areas pose a potential threat, and which areas are critical. This will help streamline workflows by eliminating the need to pivot between tools.
IBM Security QRadar is built to address a wide range of security issues and can be easily scaled with minimal customization effort required. As data is ingested, QRadar administers automated, real-time security intelligence to swiftly and precisely discover and prioritize threats. The platform will issue alerts with actionable, rich context into developing threats. Security teams and analysts can then rapidly respond to minimize the attackers' strike. The solution will provide a complete view of activity in both cloud-based and on-premise environments as a large amount of data is ingested throughout the enterprise. Additionally, QRadar’s anomaly detection intelligence enables security teams to identify any user behavior changes that could be indicators of potential threats.
IBM QRadar Log Manager
To better help organizations protect themselves against potential security threats, attacks, and breaches, IBM QRadar Log Manager gathers, analyzes, preserves, and reports on security log events using QRadar Sense Analytics. All operating systems and applications, servers, devices, and applications are converted into searchable and actionable intelligent data. QRadar Log Manager then helps organizations meet compliance reporting and monitoring requirements, which can be further upgraded to QRadar SIEM for a more superior level of threat protection.
Some of QRadar Log Manager’s key features include:
Reviews from Real Users
IBM Security QRadar is a solution of choice among users because it provides a complete solution for security teams by integrating network analysis, log management, user behavior analytics, threat intelligence, and AI-powered investigations into a single solution. Users particularly like having a single window into their network and its ability to be used for larger enterprises.
Simon T., a cyber security services operations manager at an aerospace/defense firm, notes, "The most valuable thing about QRadar is that you have a single window into your network, SIEM, network flows, and risk management of your assets. If you use Splunk, for instance, then you still need a full packet capture solution, whereas the full packet capture solution is integrated within QRadar. Its application ecosystem makes it very powerful in terms of doing analysis."
A management executive at a security firm says, "What we like about QRadar and the models that IBM has, is it can go from a small-to-medium enterprise to a larger organization, and it gives you the same value."
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