IBM Security QRadar Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

Software6a29

Software Trainee at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 7, 2018

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Senses, tracks, and links significant incidents and threats

Pros and Cons

"Senses, tracks, and links significant incidents and threats."
"The tool is already automated in many ways, but there are some additional functions which should be automated, like sending an email, mobile notification, and integration of XFS."

What is most valuable?

Almost every feature is useful. In particular:

Sense and detect fraud, both insider and advanced threats.
Sense, track, and link significant incidents and threats.

What needs improvement?

The tool is already automated in many ways, but there are some additional functions which should be automated, like sending an email, mobile notification, and integration of XFS.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I love this product.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user805179

Solution Architect with 201-500 employees

Jan 21, 2018

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Improved our organization's total cost of ownership

Pros and Cons

"Improved our organization's TCO."

"GUI needs to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

Users' behavior analytics
Monitor leakage for data
Payment card industry compliance
Integration with end points management system
Integration with Incident Response and Ticketing System

How has it helped my organization?

Easy to deploy
Time to value
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Deployment options for on-premise
SaaS
Hybrid

What is most valuable?

X-Force feed
Watson for cyber security
App Exchange
Scalability and licensing model
Vulnerability and risk management on network topology

What needs improvement?

Needs to be improved:

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Multi-tenancy and domain(s) segregation.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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it_user5160

IT Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Nov 15, 2015

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It captures and processes large volumes of event data, and scales to support them in a unified database. But, it'd be good to have a default configuration to meet PCI requirements.

Valuable Features:

It's very helpful in meeting compliance monitoring and reporting (PCI DSS, PA DSS, ISO, SOX) requirements.

Improvements to My Organization:

It captures and processes large volumes of event data, and scales to support hundreds of thousands of events in one unified database.

It also offers high-availability and disaster-recovery options.

There's very high quality in reporting suitable to all most all compliance requirements.

Room for Improvement:

We use it mostly for purchases and regulatory requirements of that process. It would be good, therefore, if there was a standard configuration by default that was offered or proposed during install or configuration to meet PCI requirements, e.g. log archive duration set by default to one year for each device added.

The event Information display might prioritize event ID, user, destination, source, and date/time as the first info gathered in the report.

Use of Solution:

We're only using the Log Manager.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer1382016

Pre-Sale Consultant (Technical) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 17, 2020

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Easy to set up, but we have had some problems with the networking support

Pros and Cons

"We are using the platform version, which I like."

"We have had problems with networking."

What is our primary use case?

We are a system integrator and IBM QRadar is one of the security and monitoring products that we implement for our clients. It is used for monitoring applications such as Windows virtual desktop access (VDA) and computer-managed instruction (CMI).

What is most valuable?

We are using the platform version, which I like.

What needs improvement?

We have had problems with networking.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using QRadar for about half a year.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not tried to scale because it is installed all in one machine.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy and it took one day to install it.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I like this product and I think that the features are good enough.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.