Splunk Enterprise Security Reviews

We use Splunk for infrastructure monitoring, application monitoring and in the security space for our organization as well as for our customers.

Since Splunk is a platform for data, we can ingest and correlate data from virtually any type of system.

It has a fast turnaround time for setting up monitoring/alerting and forecasting of trends as per our customers' requirements.

The following are top three features that I find quite valuable:

1. Capability to expand the functionality through custom code for data inputs, commands, visualization, alerts, and machine learning.
2. Quick turnaround time for setting up monitoring and alerting with built-in capabilities, plenty of enterprise grade apps available on Splunkbase, and custom coding based on Splunk development skill level.
3. Free Splunk license for PoCs on personal machines and the ability to scale the PoC to an enterprise level app.

• Scheduled PDF generation does not work well for all visualizations, and it does not work for custom visualizations.
• While scheduled reports can be embedded, Splunk dashboard can not be embedded directly without enabling cross origin.
• Missing capability for audio/video and image processing.

It was used for security event management on landscape hosted over AWS.

It helped the organisation to proactively monitor threats and reduce its threat footprint.

Deployment server for deploying changes in one go.

It is quite stable.

No.

Professional support is great, but too expensive. Otherwise content published over website is good.

Not applicable.

Do proper estimation on log ingestion per day as that will impact pricing and licensing.

It was the customer's choice.

It provides a great range of plugins and one can really take great advantage of utilising inbuilt dashboards to derive the desired monitoring.

Our company consults for different customers and are in a good position to recommend the best solution to our clients.

Our company is an IT service provider. We are resellers of Splunk. One of our clients that we monitor is a laboratory that uses this solution.

Splunk is a change management solution. We use the solution as a log collector, and to analyze and provide alerts from the IT instructor.

The product is good, it satisfies our customers.

The price of Splunk is too high for our market.

Our company has been a reseller of Splunk for less than six months.

Splunk is stable.

This is a scalable solution.

We have had no concerns with customer service.

The initial setup of Splunk is somewhat difficult because it was our first time implementing the solution. It was a similar situation to implementing other CM tools like FortiSIEM.

Splunk required two engineers to implement, and we will add another one to maintain the solution.

The prices are complicated as we operate in a small third-world country.

We give support for VMware and other technologies. We purchased Splunk because our customers were asking for our services to take control of the implementation from another company.

If you are considering Splunk and you like what you are seeing; my advice would be to go for it.

I would rate Splunk an 8 out of 10.

Because I'm security focused, I prefer the security features such as Splunk Phantom and Splunk Enterprise Security.

We need to get a Splunk Cloud instance inside South Africa's borders. At this stage, we are pushing Splunk Cloud, but it is not yet within South Africa's borders. So we've got data sovereignty issues, especially with government organizations.

Technical support could be improved as well.

Splunk can be an expensive solution. I think that they need to change their pricing model. At present, it is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. Their competitors are now starting with a pricing model where you pay per device talking back. If Splunk could have a similar alternative, it would then allow people to choose the data model they want such as set data or a set number of devices.

I have been using Splunk for three years.

The technical support here in South Africa hasn't been great, but I understand why as we make up less than 3% of Splunk's total revenue in the world.

The initial setup isn't overly complex, but it's not easy either.

The pricing model is based on the number of gigabytes that you ingest into the Splunk system. So it can be an expensive solution.

Plan your requirements properly from the beginning so that you can get the most value in a shorter space of time.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Splunk at six.

We use it to do SIEM. 

It can log more logs than other solutions. It's a good way to troubleshoot problems.

Splunk is a good solution to collect more events than other solutions. It's a good solution, for me, for this reason.

Cybersecurity and infrastructure monitoring have room for improvement. 

On a scale from one to ten I would rate the initial setup a seven for its complexity. 

We also looked at AlienVault.

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

Splunk is more efficient than other solutions but it's also more expensive. 

• Cybersecurity defense
• Web app monitoring
• VMware monitoring
  

• Troubleshooting
• Cyber defense
  

• Drill down
• Apps
• REST API
  
• Software development kits
• Architecture
• Replication capabilities
  

• Multi-tenancy support
• Improved user interface
• Non-proprietary search language
• Different licensing model

We use it for security operations and management.

The Splunk user community and forum are most valuable.

Its interface could be improved. 

We have been a reseller for three years.

It is stable. It is very powerful.

Their support is good.

Its initial setup is complex. You're going to need deployment services from somebody who is an expert in the product. You would need at least two users. 

It is hard to integrate because it can do so many things. A lot of people think it is a set-it-and-forget-it solution, but it is a full-time job for somebody. I would advise others to plan and prepare for ongoing management. It requires a dedicated person for management. 

Compared to other SIEMs, it is a 10 out of 10.