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NetWitness Platform pros and cons

Vendor: NetWitness
3.7 out of 5

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PROS

NetWitness Platform offers real-time correlation and alerting capabilities, which are highly valued for threat detection.
The platform allows for scalable deployment with flexible resources, including cloud integration.
NetWitness supports comprehensive logs and packet ingestion, which enables advanced incident investigation and response.
Users appreciate its ability to create custom connectors and rules, enhancing integration and security monitoring.
Technical support is responsive and knowledgeable, providing effective assistance when needed.

CONS

NetWitness Platform has a complex system architecture that can complicate troubleshooting and implementation.
Technical support for NetWitness Platform is considered subpar compared to other solutions.
Initial setup and log aggregation in NetWitness Platform are deemed complex and time-consuming.
More integration capabilities and multi-tenant support are required for NetWitness Platform.
Licensing models in NetWitness Platform are perceived as complex and in need of improvement.
 

NetWitness Platform Pros review quotes

it_user619134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Direct Sales Director at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 7, 2017
Possibility to investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets, such as extracting files sent over the network
it_user365328 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
May 22, 2017
Alerting Module: It provides real-time event processing language on all the logs/packets stream for advanced alerting, i.e., using SQL LIKE statements.
MH
Team Leader & Head of MSSP at We Ankor
Nov 6, 2018
It gives the ability to investigate into network traffic in the Net and the organization what we couldn't do before.
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AV
IT security specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Dec 25, 2018
The most valuable feature is the correlation. It can report in real-time and monitor the management.
AV
IT security specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Feb 11, 2019
Their technical support responds quickly and are knowledgable.
SrManagee3c6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager InfoSecurity at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 11, 2019
The most valuable features are its ingestion of logs and raising of alerts based on those logs.
MH
Team Leader & Head of MSSP at We Ankor
May 22, 2019
The most valuable feature is the ability to write rules and triggers for network communication, and then being able to investigate based on that.
HL
Information Technology Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 25, 2019
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.
RD
Senior Cyber Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 9, 2020
The most valuable features are the packet decoder, log decoder, and concentrator.
AM
RSA Specialist at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 4, 2020
The most valuable features are the integration and ease of use.
 

NetWitness Platform Cons review quotes

it_user619134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Direct Sales Director at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 7, 2017
The system architecture is complex and sometimes it’s hard to troubleshoot potential problems.
it_user365328 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
May 22, 2017
Health monitoring of the event sources and devices.
MH
Team Leader & Head of MSSP at We Ankor
Nov 6, 2018
We have encountered issues with unresolved crashes.
Learn what your peers think about NetWitness Platform. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
879,443 professionals have used our research since 2012.
AV
IT security specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Dec 25, 2018
The implementation needs assistance.
AV
IT security specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Feb 11, 2019
The initial setup was complex because it takes a lot of time to complete the implementation.
SrManagee3c6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager InfoSecurity at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 11, 2019
I'd like to see improvement in its ease of use. It's basically unusable. It's overly complex.
MH
Team Leader & Head of MSSP at We Ankor
May 22, 2019
The system looks like it is a mix of a bunch of different systems, and nothing looked like it was quite together.
HL
Information Technology Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 25, 2019
They should implement algorithms to digest that data and produce additional, more advanced reporting, alerting and support of internal security teams.
RD
Senior Cyber Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 9, 2020
Log aggregation is an issue with this solution because there are a huge number of alerts in a single instance.
AM
RSA Specialist at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 4, 2020
The documentation is not as structured as I would like, personally, and I think that it can be improved and made much more user-friendly.