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Fortinet FortiSandbox vs NetWitness Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiSandbox
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (4th), Threat Deception Platforms (7th)
NetWitness Platform
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (25th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Fortinet FortiSandbox and NetWitness Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiSandbox is designed for Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and holds a mindshare of 11.2%, up 8.8% compared to last year.
NetWitness Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Log Management, holds 0.4% mindshare, down 0.5% since last year.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Kiarash Heydari - PeerSpot reviewer
Light and powerful solution design; useful to have
My impression is that the initial setup process is quite straightforward. If you know what you're using it for, the initial setup can be quite easy and the solution is not that hard to use. When it comes to the steps taken for the implementation, you would select the OS you're using and when the files are sent to the appliance you check, and in the appliance configuration, it must be like the visual governance environment. You must set up the OS you have so that appliance can scan or analyze your file. To maintain this solution, you must always have at least one all-around person tuning this solution.
MdZaman - PeerSpot reviewer
Really scalable for enterprise customers
The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms. The API is nearly open and scalable, so the solution can integrate with many platforms. The solution has more than 200 log sources in the scalability to support, but this is its limit. Installation is pretty easy. However, there are a couple of modules involved, so it is not as easy as it could be. We are talking about a distributed module, not a single-module type. This is what makes things a bit complex, instead of easier. I rate it as a seven out of ten on its installation and configuration capabilities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The dynamic behavior analysis is excellent. We have many attacks caught by the FortiSandbox as zero-day attacks. Additionally, the administration is simple and can be customized to fit your companies needs."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox puts suspicious files in quarantine, analyzes for virus risks, and lets them out of quarantine if it detects no risk."
"Overall, it works fine. Its interface is also fine."
"The solution is easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiSandbox are the analysis options, artificial intelligence, and the many interfaces it provides."
"The most valuable features for me when it comes to Fortinet FortiSandbox are the integrity of the Sandbox and the power of the analyzing tool of the solution."
"The adapter is beneficial as it allows integration with various devices, not just Fortinet."
"The most valuable feature is the protection and the way it works, the technology is what I like the most."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to write rules and triggers for network communication, and then being able to investigate based on that."
"It gives the ability to investigate into network traffic in the Net and the organization what we couldn't do before."
"NetWitness Platform is valuable for creating rules that the solution must detect."
"The most valuable feature is the security that it provides."
"The most valuable feature is that we can create our own connectors for any application, and NetWitness provides the training and tools to do it."
"The most valuable features are the integration and ease of use."
"The newer 11.5 version that my team is using has found it to have good mapping."
"Their technical support responds quickly and are knowledgable."
 

Cons

"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiSandbox is complex. You cannot only deploy Fortinet FortiSandbox without deploying the stack of Fortinet solutions. The implementation and integration are challenging tasks with the device and placement in the network. We needed to do POC and offloading testing."
"Product could include a user interface and be made simpler for customers to configure."
"In general, maybe they are not updated to cover risks."
"I would like to have machine learning added to the solution in a future release."
"I don't know if it is viable to do an improvement like this. When there are passwords in the password-protected files, it can't scan them or do things like this. I don't know if an algorithm or something else could make it better. Nowadays, many legitimate office documents have passwords."
"The reporting tools could be improved in Fortinet FortiSandbox."
"There could be more templates and a higher number of simulated VMs to configure more use cases. Sometimes we need to configure many use cases in many different environments, and if the number of VMs that we configure is limited, we have to remove some and reconfigure the environment if we need another environment."
"The delivery feature in my country is extremely bad."
"Health monitoring of the event sources and devices."
"I'd like to see improvement in its ease of use. It's basically unusable. It's overly complex."
"There are instances where you try to run the reports and then it does not give you the desired outcome."
"Its technical support could be better."
"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."
"Lots of competing products have vulnerability protection built into their products, and this solution would be improved by including that support."
"The solution should have more integration capabilities with different platforms."
"Nowadays, their support is a little subpar compared to other solutions. I rate RSA support six out of 10."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."
"There are additional costs, which isn't included in the licensing fee."
"The price of Fortinet FortiSandbox is expensive."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox is a nominally priced product, so I would not say that it is a very cheap tool."
"The price is competitive."
"The solution is unavailable at a lower cost and can be difficult to deploy."
"There is a license to use this solution."
"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."
"The new pricing and licensing mechanisms are fair. I would advise always to get the full solution (i.e., not only Logs)."
"The licenses are good but the cost is very expensive."
"Compared to the competition, the is price is not that high."
"This is a pricey solution; it's not cheap."
"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."
"Our license is for one year."
"We have a perpetual license, so the total cost of ownership is not very expensive. It's a good investment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
8%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSandbox?
The real-time analysis capability of FortiSandbox is beneficial for email analysis.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSandbox?
I am not familiar with the pricing because my role is strictly technical.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSandbox?
It would be better if we could integrate FortiSandbox with endpoint security solutions. This would allow us to scan files opened by the endpoint user and not just over the network.
What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?
The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?
The product price was reasonable for my region and the market.
What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?
From an improvement perspective, the NetWitness Platform needs to release new features and improve in areas like log correlation. The tool needs to have easier integrations with the cloud. Building...
 

Also Known As

FortiSandbox
RSA Security Analytics
 

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Sample Customers

Lush, Barnabas Health, Options, Riverside Healthcare, Hillsbourough County Schools, Columbia Public Schools, Schiller AG
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