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NetWitness Platform vs Trellix Helix comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

NetWitness Platform
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
24th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (23rd)
Trellix Helix
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
31st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Security Incident Response (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of NetWitness Platform is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Helix is 0.5%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Abanoub Alfy - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps prevent email attacks, like phishing and email spoofing attacks
We use Trellix Helix for protection against network attacks, TLS, and SSL attacks. We also use the solution for user behaviour accesses Trellix Helix helps prevent email attacks, like phishing and email spoofing attacks. Trellix Helix's configuration and learning could be improved to identify…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It gives the ability to investigate into network traffic in the Net and the organization what we couldn't do before."
"I can have enterprise security, email security, next generation firewall security log, HIDS and NIDS logs, etc. all on the same dashboard. It makes it easy to pinpoint or correlate our server to this. I can find out if there is lateral movement. This is the biggest advantage of this solution."
"NetWitness Platform is valuable for creating rules that the solution must detect."
"It's fully scalable. There is no limit. Of course, the license limits per day the number of terabytes. In my opinion, it's very flexible."
"The solution is really scalable for the high-end power, enterprise customer."
"Offers a good wireless feature."
"The most valuable features are its ingestion of logs and raising of alerts based on those logs."
"The most valuable features are the packet decoder, log decoder, and concentrator."
"Trellix Helix helps prevent email attacks, like phishing and email spoofing attacks."
"As far as its core functionality goes, it’s spot-on."
"I like that it's easy. It's got the protection set up, and we can see whatever is required. We write our own rules and the rules that we can input. I think it is good."
"It is kind of simple and very easily deployable. You can start working with it very fast."
"The integration is very useful and very easy. You can have an API connection with any cloud and I'll be able to do both ways of communication with the help of APA."
"The product offers very strong automation. Our cyber security analysts don't have to correlate the information to detect problems. They only need to analyze problems that have been identified by the platform."
"We have started working with various customers, one of whom is particularly concerned about adjacency. We have identified several use cases where automation is possible."
"FireEye Helix's best features are its speed and use of an easy-to-understand language to send queries to the raw logs."
 

Cons

"It should have a monitoring feature. It would help us analyze the current state of attacks faster from a single platform."
"Security needs improvement."
"Health monitoring of the event sources and devices."
"It is not so easy to customize this product."
"The system looks like it is a mix of a bunch of different systems, and nothing looked like it was quite together."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The multi-tenant capabilities are lagging compared to IBM QRadar."
"Lots of competing products have vulnerability protection built into their products, and this solution would be improved by including that support."
"Trellix needs to address the price for the product to be more appealing to customers."
"It should have more cloud connectors. It could also be cheaper."
"Integrations could be improved, and the dashboard could be a little better."
"We often rely on Martins to create logs and provide professional threat services rather than basic support."
"There is room for improvement in the integration capabilities of third-party tools."
"Sometimes the rules are disabled by FireEye, and we basically get it after the patch. I think there needs to be a better way of creating the application rules. I would like to see better pricing for our licensing."
"We have certain challenges with integrating the SOAR platform with multiple vendors."
"Trellix Helix's configuration and learning could be improved to identify normal traffic from abnormal and to identify trusted domains."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."
"The product price was reasonable for my region and the market."
"We have yearly licensing costs. The license fee can be based on the volume of EPS. Some organizations may have, as a gentlemanly gesture, 10,000 EPS and get a 3,000 EPS license but actually use 5,000 EPS."
"Our license is for one year."
"There is a licensing fee and the customer can choose whether he wishes this to be subscription-based or perpetual."
"It provides tools to assist in selecting the appropriate license and usage scenarios."
"We are on an annual license for the use of the solution."
"FireEye Helix is a little expensive."
"It could be cheaper, but that applies to every product."
"I rate Trellix Helix a five out of ten for pricing."
"The price could be better. But I think it's rightly placed when we buy everything in one shot, and we get some discount for that. That's how we basically plan our deployment, and it's holistic. We pay for the license yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Insurance Company
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What do you like most about FireEye Helix?
Trellix Helix helps prevent email attacks, like phishing and email spoofing attacks.
What needs improvement with FireEye Helix?
There is room for improvement in the integration capabilities of third-party tools. It has no problem connecting all solutions to Helix. Right now, we only connect one of Trellix's appliances to th...
 

Also Known As

RSA Security Analytics
FireEye Helix, FireEye Threat Analytics
 

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Sample Customers

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Police Bank, Verisk Analytics, Teck Resources
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